"Red Gill"
Champion Showman — Blytheville, Arkansas
Ray 'Red' Gill was a champion showman from Blytheville, Arkansas who competed alongside Jim Quessenberry on the 1985 trip to Fanore, County Clare, Ireland. While Jim was cooking for the judges, Red was working the crowd — teaching the Irish how to "call the hogs," the Arkansas Razorbacks' legendary cheer.
The mental image of Red Gill standing in a field in County Clare bellowing "Woo Pig Sooie" at a crowd of Irish folk musicians is one of the great untold moments of American BBQ history.
VP Sales & Marketing, Hays Supermarkets · Q Sauce Kings Partner
Supporter, Early Partner & Best Friend
Early Team Member
Production Team Member
First Production Employee
Team Member - Sons of Original Pigtails Cooking Team
Production Team Member
Production Team Member
Plantation Manager — W.M. Smith & Sons from 1908
Co-Founder, Bluff City BBQ Supply
Jonesboro Friend — Co-Owner, Whitedog Records
Wynne Attorney & Pig Tails Team Spokesman
Pig Tails & Arkansas Trav'lers Team Member
Pig Tails Team Member
1984 Memphis in May Team — Whole Hog Division
1984 Memphis in May Team — Whole Hog Division
1984 Memphis in May Team — Whole Hog Division
1984 Memphis in May Team — Whole Hog Division
1984 Memphis in May Team — Whole Hog Division
1984 Memphis in May Team — Whole Hog Division
1985 Ireland World Cup Team
1985 Ireland World Cup Team
1987 Ireland Team — Met Jim at Dale Carnegie
Head Chef — 1987 Ireland Team
1987 Ireland Team — Dallas Members
2× World Champion 
Irish Cup World Champion 1985 Irish Cup World Champion 1987 
BBQ Hall of Fame Semi-Finalist 2019 
Arkansas Trav'ler Cooking Team 
Memphis in May 1978–1994