During this time Tuck was also a member of the El Zariba Shrine, and he and some of his friends in the shrine would do steakfrys for shrine functions. From these Shrine functions the term “Burn’t Biscuit” originated. The biscuits were cooked in dutch ovens over a charcoal fire. Being a Shrine function, libations were being served and consumed. And so, a good time was being had by all, including the cooks. As a result, the combination of fire and libations did sometimes resulted in “Burn’t Biscuits”. After a few of these functions, the cooks all started wearing a “Burn’t Biscuit” on a chain around their necks while they cooked. The “Tuckey Steakfry” idea caught on with members of the Shrine and Tuck was being asked to cook for more groups and parties than he could accommodate.
Tuck retired from the F.B.I. in 1978 and then had more time to devote to doing the Steakfry’s. He continued to put on Steakfrys for the F.B.I. functions after his retirement as well as other law enforcement agencies around the state of Arizona. Between the F.B.I. and Shrine, Tuck had a bunch of different guys that would help him cook. He named his crew “The Burn’t Biscuit Bunch”. Tuck continued to run the Burn’t Biscuit Bunch until 1988, when he turned over the business to some of his younger members of the bunch.
At this time the name was changed to “Burn’t Biscuit Cookout Company”, to more reflect what we do. Though the name was changed, the foundations on which Tuckey started the business remain the same. The people that Tuck cooked for were friends of his and he wanted them to remain that way. So he used Quality food, cooked on-site, and kept the price reasonable. Today, our goal is to keep up Tuckey’s tradition. We still proudly serve many of the same people that knew Tuck, and that’s the way we want to keep it.
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