Born and raised in northern New Jersey, Joe Carroll didn’t grow up steeped in Southern barbecue culture but knew he loved it. This led him to launch barbecue joint Fette Sau in Brooklyn, NY in 2007, which quickly became popular with hipsters and barbecue devotees alike. He lives with his wife Kim and their twins in Brooklyn. Nick Fauchald is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor, as well as the publisher of Short Stack Editions, a series of small-format cookbooks. He’s been an editor at Food & Wine and Wine Spectator, and from 2008 to 2011, he served as the editor-in-chief of Tasting Table. Feeding the Fire is their first cookbook together. @nick.fauchald