He would do the State fair and ask any of us that would come cook with him the two weeks,he would take us on a great deep sea fishing trip.
He talked of -40º all night cooks when the grease drains would freeze into grease to the ground.Never bother a CS.
His brother cooks in Chicago and his family lives about 10 miles south of me ,by our local contest.
Guy's Triple Ds on the Food channel ,a couple nights ago,featured Dale and his retaurant.
Great show ,if you get a chance to see it.
He organized the first/only KCBS state championship there and a bunch of members hauled their rigs up there to make it a qualifier.
He was always sideways trying to be involved with starting restaurants,
