About

Kitchen Alpha started in 2015 when I decided I wanted to find a way to share my love of cooking with others. I intended to start posting cooking related content online, so started a website and a YouTube channel. It took a while to get up the courage, but I finally posted my first video to YouTube in the fall of 2016.

After a few years I wanted to offer more than just videos, so I developed an online course called Charcoal Grilling 101, which covers all the basics for learning to grill and BBQ with charcoal. Around that same time, I utilized my love of wood working and began building cutting boards. I worked out of a shop I had set up on the small enclosed back porch of a house my wife and I rented at the time. It was tiny but it was a blessing to have!

In 2021, God blessed us to be able to buy a piece of property of our own. After almost 3 years of working to get our home and little mountain farm established, we finally started construction on a small workshop. I am now back to building cutting boards, and plan to add more cooking products soon! My goal is to handcraft heritage quality cooking tools, that can be passed down through the generations!

Ryan Smith

Founder/Owner