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The Grilling Dutchman has been the #1 resource for everything grill and BBQ-related since 2014.

I am Eddie van Aken the guy behind The Grilling Dutchman. I owned and ran my restaurant for many years.

Before that, I worked as a grill and buffet cook in a few restaurants including some well-known big chain ones.

For most of my life, I used my BBQ and grill at home as many others by grilling some burgers, hotdogs, and chicken on a simple charcoal grill.

How It All Got Started

In June 2014, I was looking for a new grill at home.
I love to grill and BBQ all types of meat and even vegetables, but because of my full-service restaurant, I never did too much at home with the grill.

However, now I was looking for a grill I decided to use it as much as possible.

This ended with cooking outdoors each time I had a chance and testing as many methods, grills, and recipes as possible.

I decided to share all my experiences and expertise on a website. That was the start of The Grilling Dutchman.

Although I try to be as thorough as possible in my reviews and tips I still advise you to research yourself. 

Why You Should Trust Me

Through my restaurant experience, I am used to dealing with and using all types of quality kitchen equipment and cooking methods.

I use my experience in this field to give my personal and professional opinions about the features of the equipment I use. Or any other item I have.

I am also active on several forums and FaceBook groups to find more information and share my experience there.

Even small things I can find to help you and me make better use of our grills and cook better meals.

Don’t worry about me sharing only my positive experience, I will also let you know what mistakes I made in the past and still make.

I also review meat delivery services and, look at not just the quality of the meat but also at packaging, delivery, and sustainability.

The reason for this is that I believe that even if you can have a great grill but not good quality meat the result would still not be the same.

Recipes

The recipes I cook, test, or try are most of the time shared here. I have no secrets and with give you the full recipe and ingredients I use.

Collaboration

I work together with many of the top brand grills and food delivery services. Some of them sent me products to review and I always do that in an unbiased way.

I live in Kentucky and enjoy living here.

Contact Me

Contact me by email at:

Contact me by regular mail at 216 Main Street, Cerulean, Kentucky, 42215.

You can call me at 270-350-0856.

You can connect with me on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eddie-van-aken/

Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eddievanaken

Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/eddievanaken.

I also started sharing more content on my personal website https://eddievanaken.com/.

Thank you for taking the time to read this page.

Eddie van Aken

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