Scott Crawford & Ed Reilly: From the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame to the BBQ Flame

On episode 359 of Baseball and BBQ, we travel from the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame to the BBQ flame! Scott Crawford takes us inside Canada’s baseball history, sharing fascinating stories and a look at the people, players, and memorabilia that make the Hall so special. Then Ed Reilly of Monument Grills fires up a conversation about his remarkable 35-year career in the BBQ industry, the evolution of grills and outdoor cooking, and his passion for preserving barbecue history. Scott Crawford is the director of operations for the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in St. Marys, Ontario, Canada. His baseball knowledge and opinions are always enjoyable and appreciated and we are thrilled to welcome him back as he takes us inside one of baseball's most fascinating museums and gives us a terrific education on Canada's rich baseball history. We talked about their most current class of inductees. Go to https://baseballhalloffame.ca/ for more information on the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Ed Reilly has spent roughly 35 years in the barbecue and outdoor-cooking business, working in sales, marketing and management with companies including Weber, Char-Broil, Sunbeam, Old World Spices and B&B Charcoal. He is now with Monument Grills. He is also the holder of the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of barbecue grills, with more than 750 vintage grills and smokers. He describes himself as a "BBQ-ologist." We are joined by guest co-host Chef Ray Sheehan Ray SGo to https://monumentgrills.com/ for more information on Monument Grills. Joining us as guest co-host is Chef Ray Sheehan, one of the most recognizable names in the barbecue world and a longtime friend and contributor to Baseball and BBQ. Ray is an award-winning chef, pitmaster, sauce and rub maker, cookbook author, and BBQ educator. He has spent more than 25 years in the food industry and has competed, judged, written about, and taught barbecue. Go to https://www.raysheehan.com for more information. We recommend you go to Rogue Cookers website, https://roguecookers.com/ for award-winning rubs, Chef Ray Sheehan’s website, https://www.raysheehan.com/ for award-winning saucess, rubs, and cookbooks, Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/ To team up against prostate cancer go to https://fansforthecure.org/ for Fans for the Cure, and to subscribe to Bill Chuck's newsletter, Billy-Ball go to https://billchuck.substack.com/ We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky. If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you. Call the show: (516) 855-8214 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @baseballandbbq Instagram: baseballandbarbecue YouTube: baseball and bbq Website: https//baseballandbbq.weebly.com Facebook: baseball and bbq Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.