Authentic Brazilian Churrasco

In late 2001 I boarded a plane to Santa Catarina, Brazil as a newly called missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I lived there from 2001 to 2003.

Little did I know that of everything I would come to love about Brazil and Brazilians, the food and culture would stay with me for the rest of my life. As a missionary I had the opportunity to sample cuisine from hundreds of people. Restaurants, meals provided by church members, new friends, street vendors. I sought out to learn everything I could about Brazilian culture and food.

After returning home I continued learning by surrounding myself with Brazilians living in the United States and spent 17 years studying the craft. For the last 5 years I dove intensively into churrasco do espeto specifically, working with butchers to source authentic Brazilian cuts and perfecting both traditional recipes and my own variations.

The Espeto Grill is the answer to a question people in Utah County kept asking me. I fire up a custom-built nine-zone churrasqueira, load it with fifty skewers of picanha, fraldinha, linguiça, and whatever else is on this week's menu, and cook for the neighborhood.

This is not a restaurant. It is something better.