BRAD PROSE
Founder of Chiles and Smoke
I’m Brad Prose, the cook, recipe developer, photographer, slightly chile-obsessed guy, and cookbook author behind Chiles and Smoke.
My Story
I’ve lived in Phoenix my entire life, and food has always been tied to the people around me. I grew up grilling in the backyard, learning the basics from family and neighbors, and spending as much time around barbecue as I could.
When I met my wife, she was a vegetarian. My cooking eventually brought her back to meat, while she completely changed the way I thought about ingredients. She taught me to read labels, pay attention to what was actually in the food we ate, and think more carefully about the ingredients I was cooking with.
Her Mexican heritage opened the door to a whole new world of flavors. Chiles, citrus, herbs, and the food of Sonora and the Southwest gradually became part of the way I cooked. Once we had kids, understanding what I was putting on the table mattered even more.
I started Chiles and Smoke as a place to share what I was cooking and learning along the way. Over time, it grew into hundreds of recipes, two cookbooks, and eventually my own line of seasonings and sauces built around the same ideas that shaped my cooking in the first place: bold flavor, thoughtful ingredients, and food worth sharing with the people around you.
Chiles And Smoke Today
Chiles and Smoke is a Phoenix-based food brand built around barbecue, grilling, chiles, and Southwest flavors.
My goal is to help people cook more often, try new flavors, and feel confident at the grill. You’ll find recipes, techniques, seasonings, sauces, and a whole lot of inspiration to get you cooking.
Read My Cookbooks
Two cookbooks filled with bold flavor, real food, and recipes that actually work at home.
Plus, every recipe has a photo. Let’s face it: Readers love to know what to expect!
Featured In
My recipes, videos, and story have been featured in national media, television, and online publications, including:
Let’s Partner Together
I partner with brands that fit naturally into the way I cook and the audience I’ve built around Chiles and Smoke. The goal is to create something useful and memorable, whether that’s introducing a product through an original recipe, producing photography and video a brand can use across its own channels, or putting the product directly in front of customers through live cooking and retail events.
With more than a decade of recipe development and food content experience, I know how to build a story around a product without making it feel like an advertisement. Great food, strong visuals, and useful content give the audience a reason to care and the brand something worth sharing.
A Few Things People Ask Me
Let’s Cook Something Up.
Whether you’re here for your next recipe, looking for something new for the grill,
or interested in working together, I’m glad you found Chiles and Smoke.