About Light My Fire BBQ
Light My Fire BBQ began competing in June, 2004. The team consists of Jeff and Sheila Fellers. Jeff and Sheila live in Murfreesboro, Tennessee with our son Zhenya and daughter Leeza, with Cats Ash, dogs Chourney, Patiences and turtle Spits. We have won over 60 awards on the professional BBQ circuit sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbecue Society- KCBS and Won grand championship at non sanctioned events. We have appeared on NBC Nashville Star tv show, ABC 33/44 Birmingham, AL, Southern Women Show cooking stage in Nashville and Birmingham. Our newest team member is Ryan Overstreet, Catering Manager, who brings his love of Southern BBQ and corporate management to take us to a new level.
BBQ is in our blood- Jeff grew up in Kansas City, MO the mecca for all things BBQ, Sheila was born in TX and grew up near St. Louis, MO. Jeff's Great Great Grandfather Henry Fellers moved to Missouri from Jonesboro, TN in 1866, bringing some Southern family recipes, that were past down through the years that we mix with our love of BBQ styles from Kansas City, Texas and Tennessee.
Jeff has a background in advertising, event planning, promotions and music media working with companies such as Billboard/Musician Magazine, Southeast Performer, Musicians Atlas, Nashville New Music Conference, Studio On Wheels, KC Royals, Nashville Superspeedway, Nashville Rescue Mission, Mercy Ministries and more. Jeff is currently marketing manager for 94FM The Fish.
Sheila has worked in the food industry for 8 years with well know restaurants such as Cracker Barrel, Logans and Tony Roma's. A graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, Sheila is a Special Education teacher at Castle Heights Upper Elementary School in Lebanon, Tennessee.
Ryan has years of management experience working with top organization such as Target, Old Navy and event companies. Ryan is a management, organizational and on site event professional that we are happy to have as part of our team.