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Founding of TaTu BBQ

Patrick Momany grew up in Europe, mostly Landstuhl, in the mid sixties, his father was in the Army, mother and grandmother are German. He operated his own service and manufacturing businesses, received awards and patents since 1986.

With the guidance of his grandmother, he began learning the art of food preparation over 40 years ago, she taught him to respect food,  going through a war will do that to you. When she passed away his mother stepped in and continued the tutelage. He has been cooking for people off and on ever since 1968, including three years in the Navy. He had the opportunity to switch occupations and become a professional Boucanier (I’ll explain) in 2005. A Boucanier is the person who is in charge of the Boucan…still wondering? Here’s a brief explanation:

Boucan - French word for a grill used to smoke meat. The word buccaneer came from boucan. Smoking meat for sale to passing ships was common from about 1620 to 1670. Men were illegally hunting and smoking the meat until the Spanish cracked down on them. Many took up pirating since their livelihood was over. These men at the time were known as Boucaniers.

Patrick Momany is a Boucanier who travels to Europe and BBQ’s for our wounded troops. Something he does to fulfill his heart. He could not do this without the support of family, friends and numerous organizations. Money is always a challenge. If you are so moved please visit www.bbq4wounded.org to see photo graphs and videos of these trips and donate if you can.

God bless and take care.