What a fun time!! I attended the 6 hour Smoking and Grilling class this past weekend. There were about 22 folks that attended. The instruction was good and there were lots of food. Good introduction to lots of different smokers and grills. The school actually offers lots of the equipment for sale and after checking prices on the web their prices appeared to be better than can find on the open market.
The class started at 10AM and had a snack at about 2PM and lunch at about 3:30PM. So by the time 2PM came around everyone was very hungry....especially after doing all the food prep and the anticipation of a great meal.
A couple of suggestions....when I went I missed the part about bringing your own drink. Six hours of class and eating with nothing available was not as enjoyable as being able to crack open a cold adult beverage. Most of the actual grilling was done by an employee and a limited amount of grilling was done by a few students. It would have been nice to get more hands on the grills. In addition, the store was very inefficient on getting checked out and took way too much time. A better POS system is needed.
I did end up buying a bunch of stuff in the store. With the decent prices I like to support a local business.
If you have a chance to attend - I highly recommend this program. They also have a steak class and a sea food class (I signed up for that one next month!)