The Pitmaster
Dave
Overman.
Veteran. World Food Championships competitor. The man behind the smoke at Post Falls' most talked-about food truck.
Dave & Chef Sherry Overman
Team Hoakie Smoakes · World Food Championships
Meet the pitmaster
Earned over
the coals.
Dave Overman is a veteran, a pitmaster, and a competitor. He started carrying the Hoakie Smoakes name into sanctioned BBQ events in 2016 — KCBS, PNWBA, and eventually the World Food Championships, where his team finished 4th in the Chicken category with a dish that scored 99.625 and was named the highest-scoring entry in the entire category.
That competition discipline — temperature, timing, respect for the craft — is exactly what shows up on every plate that leaves the truck. Real wood, real bark, real time. The brisket people keep saying beats what they had in Texas. The ribs with a clean smoke ring and a proper bite. Everything earned over the coals.
Dave is also a veteran, and it shows in how he gives back. He cooks for veteran functions throughout the region and serves every year at Feed the Troops near Fairchild Air Force Base. The truck is good food. The man behind it is good people.
Real wood. Real time.
Nothing to hide.
Championship record
The circuit.
Eight-cheese stuffed chicken Parmesan · World Food Championships 2018, Orange Beach AL · Highest-scoring dish of the entire Chicken category.
World Food Championships
4th Place · Chicken · 2018 · 99.625 high score
KCBS
Kansas City Barbeque Society sanctioned circuit
PNWBA
Pacific Northwest Barbeque Association
Service & community
The truck is good food.
The man is good people.
Feed the Troops
Returns every year to cook for troops near Fairchild Air Force Base. Real BBQ, on the house.
Veteran Events
Cooks for veteran functions and military gatherings throughout the Inland Northwest.
G-Pa D's BBQ
Competes alongside the G-Pa D's team on the KCBS, PNWBA, and WFC championship circuits.
Taste the difference
Let's feed your people.
Catch the truck this Friday, or book the pitmaster for your next event.