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Tell me about BRED. BRED started off originally as a gourmet burger restaurant. We did mostly takeout. I just wanted to give people my take on what a burger should taste like. I wanted to incorporate all of my upbringing. It evolved over time to more comfort food along with burgers, and we’ve been doing very well since then. How do your burgers taste? What makes them different? We smoke the burgers. Traditionally, people put their burger on a grill, cook it for two minutes on each side, then get it to whatever temperature you want. Right now, we’re using maple, oak, and ashwood. Seasonally, we’ll switch to hickory. People are tasting that smoky flavor, and that’s what makes our burgers different. How did you get started in this line of work? It’s crazy. It just happened. Growing up, I never said that I wanted to be a chef or anything like that. I played basketball at the University of Hartford. I was there for four years. I came out of school, didn’t know what I wanted to do. My aunt ended up helping me get a job at her insurance company, and I absolutely hated it. I still have nightmares about that. I used to like the gym a lot.

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