Bill Gillespie is the bestselling author of Secrets to Smoking on the Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker and Other Smokers.

He’s also the pitmaster of Smokin’ Hoggz BBQ, an award-winning barbecue team that has claimed top prize in the Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue and the American Royal Invitational, as well as capturing hundreds of other barbecue awards.

He lives in Abington, Massachusetts.