I still love making hamburgers on the grill. I guess whenever I eat them childhood memories come up for me.

There are so many great things about this business. Almost everybody is on the same team. It is all for one-friendly competitiveness. No one is out to hurt anyone.

I spend 80% of my time in my restaurants. Taping my TV shows doesn't take much time, and then they get aired a lot. That's the thing people don't realize.

You can't chase everybody on the Internet who's saying stuff about you, that's for sure.

Most of the time, I grill over high heat. I like things to move fast. I like the sound and smell of a very hot fire. I gravitate towards dishes that you can get on and off the grill as quickly as possible. After a while, you'll know without thinking about it how hot the fire is.

I dropped out of high school. I really had no interest in doing any school work whatsoever.

You have to have your face in the food. These days people think a tattoo and a bottle of Sriracha equals success.