Our team is a testament to food bringing people from all walks of life together. We each have our own experiences and personalities that add to the group but are tied by the common thread of hospitality. Get to know us, there’s always room at our table.
Lisa Richards - CEO & Cowgirl Queen
The BBQ Queen
What is your cowboy quote?
“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Except for a cowgirl, cowgirls will kill you.”
What is your favorite Western movie or TV show?
The Big Valley - I always wanted to be Barbara Stanwyck
What is your favorite BBQ related memory?
My dad taught me how to grill when I was 9 years old - this was the time where he would teach me and we would have our most heartfelt talks growing up. This was always a safe, comforting place for me to catch up with my dad and share some wonderful memories throughout the years.
Chanel Mitchell - Executive Chef and Ash Kicker
Campfire Chef Chanel
What is your cowboy quote?
“A cowgirl faces life head on, lives by her own light, and make no excuses.”
What is your favorite Western movie or TV show?
Chefs Table BBQ - may not be a Western, but it has the flavors of the Wild West!
What is your favorite BBQ related memory?
Growing up, my dad used to bring the TV outside so we could hang out in the pool and watch football on Sundays. This always included going to the carneceria after church, and we would hang out all day by the pool grilling with my dad.
Kristen Villasenor - Senior Event Coordinator & Rodeo Princess
Cowtippin’ Kris
What is your cowboy quote?
“If you’re not makin’ dust, you’re eatin’ it”
What is your favorite Western movie or TV show?
Tombstone
What is your favorite BBQ related memory?
Neighborhood block party cookouts and kid bike races growing up in Indiana.
Taylor Richards - Director of Operations & Warehouse Wrangler
Smoke Stack Richards
What is your cowboy quote?
“Where the leather is scarred, there is a great story to tell.” -Jimmy Tart
What is your favorite Western movie or TV show?
3:10 to Yuma (movie), Deadwood (TV)
What is your favorite BBQ related memory?
When I was a youngen’ me, my pops, & his pals saddled up and headed out into the Sierra Nevadas with a huge train in tow. We worked our way through the wilderness to a small lake up in them mountains. We posted up our camp, sent our rides out to graze the land, then fished and explored to our hearts' content. Best part was one night one of my pops pals disappeared for some time only to come back charging the camp in a black bear hide. I haven’t seen so many grown cow poke scramble so fast. It truly was an experience of a lifetime.
Jenna Van Sky - Account Manager & Sales Wrangler
Joltin’ Jenna
What is your cowboy quote?
“Don’t squat with your spurs on”
What is your favorite Western movie or TV show?
Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner
What is your favorite BBQ related memory?
Neighborhood Block Party Summer BBQ’s with pool parties and bonfires
