 Has it uh, it's a lie. Yes. How you know it's lying? It's counting. Oh, let me know when it says lie It's it's life. Okay. All right. Okay. So look right now. What he's doing is just sitting out I'm actually a big green from over here. Look what he's doing is sitting out there I know that because of everybody now we lie, right? So as you'll see it'll be you should have some kind of number on there or whatever talking about like some people come in Some people see it so you'll see it and then I guess comments will be down on the bottom Oh, man, so I'm gonna just go out over here first. Let me know anybody in there yet. Um, no, not yet Oh, yep. Now they're coming in now they're coming in. Okay. So that's the number of the people that's in here right now So I'm starting I know look let me get over here like that because look I know y'all probably tired of seeing her You know what I mean? Uh I know you're trying to talk. Take over. Okay. What's up everybody? Hey, check this out Look, I'm putting this out here today. Right? Let me not be such a big face You know to y'all look I'm putting this out right now because listen. I want to say thank you to everybody They did the pre-order on the cookbook Went moved all of the cookbook. Well, not all of them because listen. We got like 10 pallets of books, right? So what I did was I filled up the back of my truck It's brought you know stuff over here and I started already starting to sign books as you can see I got books and boxes everywhere, right? So what I'm getting ready to do is start shipping And I just want to tell everybody listen. God is good Because listen, this is like the last of the best of both worlds with me and uh, Matt We got these here and then I think I got some more somewhere around here just a few more left You know what I mean? But right now I'm you know shipping my taking the mystery out of cooking Cookbook and I got a quick talking and I got to get back to you know shipping So if you guys got any questions or whatever Let me say it again. Hey, thank you and then for those of you guys that didn't get it Who've been a lot of people were just waiting for it to come off a pre-order It is off now. We got books in stock hurry though because they're moving like hotcakes I was on the phone today even asking everybody to uh talking to the publisher asking him to uh You know, I'm saying I need a place to know you know what I mean? So even though they told me hey get get get a whole lot from the gate. So that being said Let me go over here Oh boy, and here we go. All right. So do you see any comments on there anything? Yes, I do. Okay. So why aren't you being kind of you waiting for me to stop? No, there's um Yeah, there's not the comments you're talking about No, they love the cookbook They love the cookbook is very easy to use. Oh, this is true. Yes, that's from larry larry. You're talking about Which there is that top of larry was that larry? Outdoors was larry and robin. Oh outdoors with larry and rob So they got to be talking about the very first cook. Yes So that's the one taking them. Uh, that's the one best of both worlds Where can you buy the cookbook? Uh, you guys can buy it. Listen, this uh, you go to my website It's on there. It should be linked to this if it's not Huh? Oh, okay. It's already linked to this live Uh, but if you have any issues just go to smoking and grilling with ab You know dot com that's w it ab dot com And then uh, you can go ahead and pick yourself up one. I'm gonna show it in just one minute Let me just feel this being a Okay, so look rick bobby said he's got to get him one Come on bobby. Hey listen right now Oh, new york. Yes, listen get yourself one today. I'm guaranteeing I'll sign them I got I only want to tell you guys how many cooks are there so You know what I mean, but listen, I got a lot of books to sign This right now what you see is I'm getting best of the both worlds out of here Right now again, that's the one that uh, Mr. Make it happen and I put together about I guess a couple of years ago It is steal selling, you know, I got to say thank you to everybody, you know Then I'm getting ready to start, you know doing now and over there Do you have any good brisket recipes in your book? Uh, that's funny. You ask I have an outdoor cookbook you guys. I'm gonna let the cow out the bag Next year. I got a grilling book smoking and grilling cookbook coming out. It'll be in barns and noble Walmart's going to have it. I know for sure. I'm committed to doing Three or five. I think right now there's five You know book tours, you know, I mean, I'll let you guys know exactly where you are But they're working on making a five, you know, so that'll be where I save all of that Do you have a discount code? I'd have to tell them that You know, can you call me? I'm gonna turn it on right now. I was giving 10% off You know, I mean, uh, I'll do it right now. That's for those who buy today and then after that like I mean the book is worth everything and these are high-end table books Just give me a few more minutes and I'm gonna be done and then I'm gonna bring the book over here And then we won't go ahead and look at cooking with CJ said, how can I get a signed copy? Buy it today For you CJ, I'm gonna need you to buy several, you know CJ, I really need you to be out here. Hey, listen, I saw that you sent a text I got a primary up in the backyard right now going So this is what I'm trying to do. I'm trying to like multitask, you know I mean, but I wanted to go online on you know, go live and let everybody know this book is here I am shipping and signing I gotta sign about 3,300 books right now. You know what I mean? If you guys want to guarantee that you get one sign you buy the day today is what the six Come to Atlanta with the book tour. Oh for sure. I'm coming here with my book I'm working with somebody right now to put that together. So look, you gotta get in the chance to see I'm just now loading this up Starting tomorrow. They'll be picking these up Barnes and nobles in Riverside. They want you to come Oh, they got the IE in the house That's right, Riverside Okay Catherine Billhurst said Australia says hello Okay, who Catherine shares Catherine Billhurst billing hers. Uh-huh. She said Australia says says hello down under Hello, that's a long ways. Hey, you gotta love the fact That uh, YouTube touches all across the globe. Hey, welcome, mate All right, so we'll come over here a little bit Do you have a jambalaya video? I do you guys go to my website. We've been putting recipes on there a daily You know what I mean? I got about About 12 or 1300 different variations on different type of videos, but that's on my website also so let's see These are the ones that I've already signed. I say, thank you for you guys. I want to take a look and see what it looks like This is what it looks like if you got to if you got the other book I got a little bit about my you know my food trailer This all the information to come to you guys in just a minute You know, I mean, uh, I got something that might be doing out of the country in january But right after that, I promise you we're not gonna wait no longer We don't go ahead and open it But you know what I'm saying just want to show you guys like the quality, you know the pictures Some of you guys will recognize these we got sweet smoky joe, you know, I'm down with them Oh, and then I got to show you this one down here You know me because this is my boy right here. They're turning me on to something real new Come on, white says your videos are golden content. Hey, thank you. Thank you I'm so glad you guys think about this and this is from my other channel You know, I mean I do it bottoms up with ab but this is that interstate vodka You know, I mean he's in here got a few of the recipes that he recommends You know, I mean that I endorse I stand by them But this will just let you guys know the quality of it and this is the more sort of a book that can be uh On your table not just a book in your kitchen or on your your shelf somewhere, you know, just put up All right, can you have your? The uh take on so This one this right here This book number one. Where you gonna give me all of the uh tags so I can go ahead and Let me do it. All right. Monique says all my questions are being bypassed ask again. I'm sorry about that Monique say she hey, that's how I guess that's how you get it ready You know how hard it is to keep up with that and listen, I'm going live She holding my phone so it only give you about this much room for everything to like scroll up So just work with her keep saying the same thing And uh here is bottoms up with ab on youtube too. Yes, it is bottoms up with ab is on there You guys know that uh, I'm involved with the channel The drilling tv network where we bring chefs in you know and cook you guys got to go buy and check them out I've been doing a terrible job. It's like, you know promoting that kind of stuff Because I never wanted to be that type of person But there's so many great chefs on the drilling tv network Bottoms up is with me life with ab is getting ready to just hey 20 24 is it folks now What happened to your podcast? Charles Jones wants to know Uh, I the podcast became kind of hard to do having a pat nearly, you know, he and I getting out this way So that kind of like just I wasn't a fan of doing that split screens type stuff But I mean if we were going to continue that's the way it would probably have to be Uh, just sometime or I just had a vision to having somebody next to me and that 2300 mile You know, I think he like 2200 miles away That's uh, just didn't work, but I got a new podcast coming You guys will see I'm going to make his debut in january or february depending on if I go out of town Now look, I don't want to show nobody's address, but you see him right here I don't know you can't hear it now, but she's probably putting more tapes in there. Look at all of these I'm doing them now folks. So I'm going to go ahead and find the end of this one Pop tart gone trucking ask ab if he needs a 18 wheeler for any transportation across america to let me know I like to provide that. Hey, you know what pop tart I wish I would have thought of that because this sure was hard getting these books here They were supposed to have been here before uh black friday, you know what I mean? So I was supposed to start shipping there, but you know He'll go rather and stuff like that things that they couldn't foresee but the books were ready The other books sold out. So can I get both lp? Uh, did you take my book? Did you take that? So which book has every recipe in it? I want my girls to keep the Real country and cajun cooking in the family from a outdoors country cajun cooking Fellow so what's up? I mean a combination of both books if you know who mr. Make it happen is you know, I mean Oh, I got a song I need so I don't want to get these mixed up, but I'm checking them off these I'm doing these So you guys can see they already signed So you want to know I'll say a combination of both not trying to like really push them You know, I mean uh me and matt we decided not to even make another I mean we decided not to you know keep we sold 25 000 copies of that book or the best of both words It was very very successful. We've been talking about doing Another book and he'll be out on the 19th From the 19th, we'll be uh working on this new book You don't just moving forward, but to answer your question I'm gonna say this Both of the Cookbooks is nice. It'll get you right. I promise you Monique is asking what they um if he would oh ask ab If he would ever sell his own cookware. I would buy them asap You know, uh, thank you And because listen, I got the best team in the world. They have helped me You know get my website together. Look, I was late getting the website out Very proud of getting it out And they're a little behind on getting it out as far as My kitchen It's already in the mix. It'll be here after the first of the year You know, so when it gets here, I'll let everybody know and the reason I ain't telling everybody what I'm selling is because look I know everybody out here. They watch it and they're gonna try to beat me to it I just want to get you know get it out here. You know what I mean to move from there Tia Wilson said, but thank you. No. Yes. What's up? Yeah, what's up with the restaurant elmer and jasper? Uh, oh, let me clear it up. I was supposed to put a video out about that I don't have much to do with elmer and jasper's no more as of october to 26 Uh, mr. Michael henry, you know, he went ahead and took over everything and we renamed it I don't say I renamed it. He went ahead and renamed it and I just need to do somewhere where I can uh, you know, like, you know If I'm gonna have a brand I'm gonna put it under my brand and I just want to have a little bit more control But that's it. Um Casey and stealth Can you ask ab to speak on his opinion of kansas city barbecue? Okay, kansas city barbecue speak on it. Yes for me I mean, it's a style, you know, I mean, uh, they got their own way of doing it You know, I'm more of a texas style and I I hate to be biased that way I mean, good food is good food. It's just I don't do kansas city style not even on Not even really on the red, you know, I guess you could say that I don't you know, I don't get into that because I'm gonna be honest with you Just because I don't do something like that doesn't mean it's great But if you ask me, I'm a more of a texas style You know Slash smoke Do you have an outdoor cookbook? I do it'll be released in the spring All outdoor everything from smoking, you know smoking meats To grilling meats You know what I mean open fire It's already Just about done. I'll be releasing that in April That'll be like We'll be putting the cover out soon I would just inform we'll be putting the cover out soon How to get both cookbooks Okay, so If you go to my website smoking and grilling with ab dot com and that's w it ab Dot com right go there Go to my shop Or even on the front page you'll see I got both of the books on there You got to go, you know buy one book and they come from they all ship them from here But I don't have like a bundle that way But the grilling book it's separate Yeah, but the grilling book is going to be totally separate separate That's through a publisher, you know, I mean, uh, we wrote the book they have in it and they brought the walmart to us also It's going to be in stores. Yeah, I don't I won't be doing any of the shipping on that Unless they asked me to put it on my website or something like that It'll be available throughout all of the major bookstores What's your two favorite recipes in your new book? I'll say how to be the Cajun uh the Cajun fried rice, you know the Cajun fried rice and uh Hey, you know what I want to say? It's gonna sound so cliché, you know, I mean, uh I love the Cajun things. I'ma say probably Let's just keep it that way. I'll keep it simple. I like the Cajun double I hope we don't Did you say the outdoor cookbook is next year? Yeah, it comes out in April 2024 So By you guys being in here right now, if you already pre-ordered this book, you can see how slow it's going But we got to print all of these and then once this live is over with she'll probably be printing for the next hour Yeah Hey missy, I know you out here miss me As soon as we get that uh that dymo printer here, we can probably like catch up We have printed like there's And I ain't gonna let it in over here So talk to me folks You guys uh, let me know what you want to know. You know you guys are keeping this company now Did you put out the discount code? Yes. It's not on the screen Or can you see it sign ab 10 it'll be posted in the chat It's signed ab 10 for 10% off and a signed copy This is guaranteed because I can't sign 10 000 copies I mean I can but I just got to get make sure everybody know it and I'm shipping and signing as fast as I possibly can Are you trying to get on the food network? James Williams? Yeah, I mean it depends on what it is. I got something to make an announcement. I'll know on the 10 And then we're gonna revisit that question. So check back at me, you know check back with me Look at my community tab because I'm gonna let the world know You know what I mean if I if it comes true Stay ready said I've learned so much from you. Thank you Hey, so, you know when I hear that, you know Hey, thank you You know, I mean, I appreciate you even you know choosing my channel to You know the watch and follow right this so many good YouTube channels out here Even on Facebook and I want to say thank you to the people on facebook too Some of y'all probably coming here too. You know what I mean? I crossed over a million I made a video and you know what you're talking about being busy or never every had time to even put it out. I need to be ready But right now I'm at 1.1 million on facebook You know, uh, this has just been an incredible ride you guys Thank you for taking me on it. I hope that you guys do get some value from this you know And I gotta say this listen Not to say something that we are here all the time Listen if I can do this man anybody can do anything. That's the way I think You know, I mean I've been blessed to Be on youtube, you know And uh meet people out in the street Hang out with everybody all of that. So I just want to say hey, thank y'all You know, I mean, uh Let's keep it pushing because I'm gonna run into y'all out here in the streets Just got to be a better way than this. I gotta get some kind of Can you uh deep your smiths that can we order your book on amazon? Uh my new book you can't This one here I gotta like do some things or like put it on And then an amazon tape I don't want to tell you nothing bad about amazon amazon reaches the world, you know, so It's not really on amazon Not this one, but the next one the one that's coming outside the all-grilling one that one is for sure Monique said your next product should be an indoor grill. I live in an apartment and hate that I can't grow Yeah, I can tell you this though the first grill I'm gonna put out will be an outdoor grill I'm gonna do a haul set for my barbecue enthusiasts Next year I'm gonna do another work On the haul set, you know, I mean just to show it's got so much Like people make it so complicated to do something, you know And then uh My pedicure, you know what I mean, but I will that's something to consider I will consider that though and then run that by a few people see if they come up with it's a good idea Suzanne K said where did you get your big dish you cooked your lasagna in? It was a big dish. Oh Was it big? Was that my 13 by now? I'm gonna tell you why I used to get a lot of my stuff from but they close right now That's a big bath and beyond You know, I mean, uh, I sure hated to see them go You know, I mean that was my store I used to run into so many people that bad about the beyond they look at me with my baseball cap They're like, hey, what did you do with the other? You know, I mean we fighting over the same Intenses and all of that So next year would be the year I put out some cookware But I'd be you know what the real Why it has taken so long Is because I got a certain personality and I can't just put out I needed to represent my personality and not look like Betty Crocker, you know Are there different recipes in both books? Yes, they are Yes, they are And that'd be a cool twist, wouldn't it for me to put out a book Over there and then say hey, this one mine And it had the same, no, it's definitely different recipes If you look on my youtube channel It's a gang of recipes on there, you know, just like A lot of times when I've done things, I didn't know how to get it to you Make it because you're fine I'm going to need you to slow down over here and print that stuff Yeah, these are the ones that I got assigned. I just put the takies on these these are the ones I'm pulling on Johnny on the spot said just ordered your cookbook. So will it be signed? Appreciate you abe showing love from alabama Oh, that's what's up. Hey, that's my home state right there Alabama Yeah So look, I'm gonna have her come around this way. I'm gonna show you guys some cool things too. So look That box is full and we probably gonna run through about 10 or 15 of these tonight You know, I mean, I'm getting everybody's out there. So you guys to get them in your email saying A label has been generated. It's just a matter of me putting my John Hancock on it putting them in the back of the Back of my truck That's only one box. I'm sweating already. Okay. So look come on over here So this is something that I haven't had a chance to let everybody know about this right here This right here is my embroidery embroidery machine I'm getting ready that we were supposed to have and I know this is different for a food channel But I was supposed to have like a Santa hat, you know, I mean you put your name on it But look, I'm a quick wearing this. I know I'm gonna catch a lot of flak You know what I mean because I'm gonna run with check it out. I'll show you right now Inside the cookbook You see the sg I'm gonna do the puff right the puff stitching. So, you know how like when you see the la right here up on the top It'll be like that. So it'll be the square. I'm gonna just start wearing my own brand I think it's about that time, right? So I'll be able to stitch here I'll do the hats to smoking and grilling. I got some stuff. We moved all our little, you know I guess you can call our little practice runs and all of that kind of stuff So I did all of that and then what I'm gonna do is like if you guys look on my website I have my t-shirt that say Kitchen, you know kitchen certified, you know, I mean I have that I supposed to be doing Are you kitchen certified popping my shirt all that? Listen, I'm so behind on everything But that's the machine right there that does it. We print it. We do everything here once it becomes a success We're gonna move to a warehouse and we're gonna put that warehouse and we're gonna put that uh Maybe do an automated silk screen. You know what I mean? Uh, so hey listen to me folks I I'm not gonna lie to you God is being good to me You know what I mean, but I don't want to leave that You know, I'm getting older and I care more so about leaving a legacy here. You know what I mean leaving the name Uh, even having my daughter behind the camera right now holding the camera, you know, I mean, I'm trying to leave something for that I don't want to ride around here with all that old kind of stuff and do that You know, I mean, I want to build something So that's what I'm trying to do build something and help others to do whatever they do YouTube or facebook has been my journey, but I'm sure like everybody has a journey We just got to find it, you know, I mean, so if it's something that I can do to help somebody You know achieve that then let's get it but check it out. I'm going to get into that manufacturing folks. Why are you laughing? Top hat said can we see you without your hat on? I don't know. Why do you want to do that? I don't know. Let me show my head I ain't taking my hat on That's like telling me when I dance a gig for a hundred dollars No sir You know about that bread You know about that bread now. I'm gonna Drop me a super chat not forever Don't do it. Don't do it TJ diamonds 26 that ab do you still have your restaurant in Vegas? Oh, well, it's not here in Vegas. It was in Rancho Cucamonga Uh, I will have one open if you guys get this book. You'll see if you'll get a chance to see it I went ahead and put a picture of it in there I promise you I'm gonna get open in february I want to be open earlier than that. But like I said, I got prior commitment And I'm dangling right now, but I'll know in attempt whether it falls through or not Ashby, where did you get your inspiration from as it relates to cooking? Was it your parents? Oh, yes, that's where it comes from my mama. Well, you know what? I'm sorry mama. I don't want you to be mad at me It's really for my grandma. I spent a lot of time with my grandma like in the kitchen Just being a little fat boy in the kitchen with my granny When she was baking, you know licking the beater licking the bowl, you know stuff like that I spent so much time in the kitchen, you know before I started running outside I didn't even know I was learning how to cook. It really starts like this This one, you know, you know when my grandmother was doing something and I saw what she was doing And I went and started getting utensils ahead of her. She's like, oh, you paid attention You know what I mean? Then my mama worked So when my mama working, look, times were different. I done told you guys this a many a time At seven years old as long as I can see over the stove that I can remember the first time I walked This is my mama's at this time to go ahead and start cooking a little bit You do that now and this time in age they call child services on me Darren Smith said I asked before but how do you see how do you select the people you collaborate with? Oh, you know what? I don't do it like that. Like if somebody reaches out and it get to me You know what I mean? And they can do it. You know what I mean? I got to do a little research, you know, because I'm past that part where I could just do something with him You know what I mean? All the life for him to at least fit my brand but I'm with him to help however I can and Man, I work with anybody. I just finished working with our chef talk You know what I mean? Uh, he's not he's not big on uh, on youtube, but he's going to be the A b big fans here. Can you shout out the luna family in Tampa? The luna family in Tampa, Tampa, Florida, huh? What's good luna family? I'm giving y'all a shout out. Listen. I'm in Las Vegas now, but I'm still representing You know what I'm saying? I'm gonna just call it south central Los Angeles. What do you do folks? Hey, you know what? I might take you guys outside though. We got enough for If we got enough light Are you doing a book tour in the midwest? I'm gonna be able to give book tour states And dates after right after the first of the year Will these books be delivered by the 25th? Oh, yeah, they're going out now If you order today I'm gonna be honest with you If you want one sign you have to order today because once we stop printing for this today's date You know what I mean? Like when I come in tomorrow everything up until today's date will be signed These probably take about three or four days maybe to get to you Cody reep love your Volkswagen drag car Somebody a just so you know I'm going fuel injectors. We're going to have even big numbers now fellow racer Let me pick you back off. What do you say? They say they love me too So you guys look Remember I'm gonna say the code again. What's the code? Sign AB 10 right for 10% off and guaranteed You know a signature on your book Right. I need these two ladies here To help me So I can just start, you know, look at me I'm doing things out of sync so I can start You know like having two or three stations together, you know what I mean? Because we got a ship We'll be here pretty much throughout the night Again, I want to say thank you to everybody, you know, happy holidays everybody, you know We want to be safe be smart spend time with your loved ones And then I'm about to wrap this up. I wasn't going to take you guys outside this I got a prime reel. I think that prime will be going out. What day Friday? If you want to know how how it works here You just heard It'll be Right And out Friday and then this sunday if you guys want to see something really nice I'm gonna do a seafood map. So don't forget I do Premiere on sunday Right, I mean it'll be an eight o'clock Pacific standard time You got a jump in there and I'm gonna show you how to make something nice What I'm doing here is doing my Christmas menu, you know, I mean giving everybody, you know Just a few more options, you know and making it easy and making sure it tastes good Now if you guys got anything you want to say you got about two minutes You know what I mean? Darren Smith said what are your hobbies? I heard you like racing Oh Racing number one Love to be specific. I'm a big time drag racing you know, I mean That's why I can't get done done So love that, you know, I mean, uh, I'm big into flying large scale rc planes. I got a lot of hobbies You know, I mean, uh, I mean the saltwater tanks. If it's me, I'm gonna show that at my pad. You don't know Huh, oh, that's right. You know what you guys got to go by Listen, if you're in there right now, go by check out this channel called life with ab I'm getting, huh? Oh and bottoms up. Thank you. This is why it ain't growing because I can't even remember to even talk about You know what I mean? I got so much going on but 2024. I got some help. I got the fam bam here You know, I mean, uh, so it's going down folks So, you know, if you've been watching any of my videos, you had to be to be to be here You know what I mean? So tell me how I leave all my videos And for those you guys are stinking I might leave it like this and then to take a bite, you know So I'm going to put this tag on the top right here And guess what folks? I'm out peace