Roger Van Fleet has a passion that supercedes his work as an IT manager and a part-time pastor at a New Albany church. Van Fleet call himself a BBQ-ologist, and spent Thunder weekend following his passion — feeding the 150 crew members lunch AND dinner on Saturday.

He cooked up 50 pounds of brisket, 80 pork medallions, 70 pounds of pork and 80 chicken breasts on his homemade smoker, and got help from co-workers and friends in delivering the food to more than 20 locations throughout the Thunder event.

“I get a lot of satisfaction out of it, I love to feed people,” he told me on Saturday afternoon, offering an exquisite sample.

He said he built the smoker from an abandoned trailer once owned by Fox 41, where he’s worked for 7 years. With a little help, he got a 550-gallon oil tank mounted to the trailer. He says his goal now is to enter the world of barbecue competition, beginning with a big event in August.