Very sad day, indeed RIP Little Steven (from Stike)

The Cen-Tex Smoker

LittleSteven (Steve Nelson) passed away today. 

Sudden illness, but we thought it was a decent prognosis. Of course, the universe thought otherwise, and took him.

He was a good friend. The most generous person that forum ever knew. And if no one knows that, it's because he kept it on the down-low. 

He lost his son last month, and had been dealing with it as best he could, when this curveball came his way. 

A visit to the hospital for a sudden issue, followed by a downturn.

Ain't fair 

I'm not on the forum, and can't post. 

If you guys could dig up some of his funnier momenta and memories, that'd be fitting

I remember laughing my ass off when he emailed me privately about this guy on the forum named "big green dave" and his Bordeaux wines, and how he wanted to pick me up and drive down to get the leftovers. All the while he never knew I was actually BigGreenDave

Broke his heart when i told him. Hahah

And the fishing stories, with me, him and Zippylip and Fidel....

Well. We're running through them the past fews hours while we slowly (quickly?) drain our respective bottles in his memory

Sad sad day

He was an absolute gem

Hope you are well. Say hi to those who care. And even to those who don't 

Post the info. And/or this email. 

Stike
Darby 
BigGreenDave
Etc.

PS: here's one fishing story. We went fishing for about five days when we went to the Georgia Mountain Eggfest. Rented a cabin. Last day I went around to collect the linens and in Steven's room they were still in the bag, folded. He'd slept on the bare plastic covered mattress all week. 

Funny fvcking guy. God speed you canadian midget bast^rd. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

F@ck me. One of the greats. Im stunned. 

JohnInCarolina

I kept waiting for the punchline in this post.  It never came.  Damn.

buzd504

Damn.  That's awful.  Only knew him on here, but he was a gem.  RIP.

nolaegghead

He gave my swag away, but I forgave the small funny man with a giant heart.

DMW

Never got to meet him in person, but he helped me out when I was getting started on here. Tis a sad day.

cazzy

Damn, I deeply regret not meeting him at the Salado Eggfest a few years back.  RIP LS, you were one of my favorites!

The Cen-Tex Smoker

No punchline coming. We lost a great one
today. 

SGH

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

We lost a great one
today. 

I sure hate to hear it. I never met him in person, but I certainly liked the forum character. May he Rest In Peace. 

DoubleEgger

Sorry to hear about that. Prayers for his family. 

StillH2OEgger

I think everyone on here learned something from him. His lack of input on here more recently was certainly missed. Never met him, but very sorry to hear this news.

U_tarded

Sad to hear, he was very active when I joined.  He was all about some throw downs.  A stand up all around good guy, will be missed for sure. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

I was in Toronto for work a few
years ago and LS offered to take me to a Maple Leafs game. We were all set to go and I got sick. Felt so bad but I couldn’t go. He sent his son to the game instead but his son stopped by my hotel with a a huge care package of rubs, sauces, etc. I had to check my bag because of all the extras he sent to me. Steven must have called me 10 times to make sure I was ok. 

caliking

I don't know how to process this. I can only hope this is some kind of troll post.

I cooked with him at Salado a few years back. He had mad skilz. Even if I couldn't convince him that  "Rogan Josht" wasn't a real thing (its Rogan Josh, ya wee man!!). Spent the afterhours drinking with him and his bride, as he had the cottage next to us that year. He taught me the gravity of what it meant when your SWMBO gives you the "big eyes" at 2am because she's had it  with trying to put caliprince to bed. 

This chokes me up, and saddens me no end. I'll pour one out for you,  Steven. And many more. 

Peace, brother. 

20stone

caliking said:

I don't know how to process this. I can only hope this is some kind of troll post.

I cooked with him at Salado a few years back. He had mad skilz. Even if I couldn't convince him that  "Rogan Josht" wasn't a real thing (its Rogan Josh, ya wee man!!). Spent the afterhours drinking with him and his bride, as he had the cottage next to us that year. He taught me the gravity of what it meant when your SWMBO gives you the "big eyes" at 2am because she's had with it trying to put caliprince to bed. 

This chokes me up, and saddens me no end. I'll pour one out for you,  Steven. And many more. 

Peace, brother. 

I think that is when I met him (and you) as well.  It is tough to lose folks so young (though I guess we aren’t all that young anymore).  I believe your cook produced the Curry Egg, now residing on @CT’s porch. 

All our condolences to his family. 

caliking

The year that he made it to Salado, he prepped and brought pork satay. FROM CANADA!! Figured out how to (legally) make through customs with the meat, and then somehow convinced me to cook it for him in the evening. While he drank Tony's beer and shot the sh!t with everyone.  

Wish I could do it again. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

caliking said:

I don't know how to process this. I can only hope this is some kind of troll post.

I cooked with him at Salado a few years back. He had mad skilz. Even if I couldn't convince him that  "Rogan Josht" wasn't a real thing (its Rogan Josh, ya wee man!!). Spent the afterhours drinking with him and his bride, as he had the cottage next to us that year. He taught me the gravity of what it meant when your SWMBO gives you the "big eyes" at 2am because she's had with it trying to put caliprince to bed. 

This chokes me up, and saddens me no end. I'll pour one out for you,  Steven. And many more. 

Peace, brother. 

I still have that egg you guys polluted that day. I bought it and I’ll never sell it.

Focker

RIP brother.

Met him at the GA MTN fest, cool guy.
I'll roll some smoke in honor this weekend.

R2Egg2Q

I’m stunned.  So sorry to hear this. 

Botch

So sorry to hear this.  
He lost his son the month before, how is his wife doing?  Anyone in contact?  

blasting

RIP.  Sorry for your loss, for all that knew him personally.  

caliking

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

caliking said:

I don't know how to process this. I can only hope this is some kind of troll post.

I cooked with him at Salado a few years back. He had mad skilz. Even if I couldn't convince him that  "Rogan Josht" wasn't a real thing (its Rogan Josh, ya wee man!!). Spent the afterhours drinking with him and his bride, as he had the cottage next to us that year. He taught me the gravity of what it meant when your SWMBO gives you the "big eyes" at 2am because she's had with it trying to put caliprince to bed. 

This chokes me up, and saddens me no end. I'll pour one out for you,  Steven. And many more. 

Peace, brother. 

I still have that egg you guys polluted that day. I bought it and I’ll never sell it.

Almost forgot about curry egg. She couldn't have a better home. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

caliking said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

caliking said:

I don't know how to process this. I can only hope this is some kind of troll post.

I cooked with him at Salado a few years back. He had mad skilz. Even if I couldn't convince him that  "Rogan Josht" wasn't a real thing (its Rogan Josh, ya wee man!!). Spent the afterhours drinking with him and his bride, as he had the cottage next to us that year. He taught me the gravity of what it meant when your SWMBO gives you the "big eyes" at 2am because she's had with it trying to put caliprince to bed. 

This chokes me up, and saddens me no end. I'll pour one out for you,  Steven. And many more. 

Peace, brother. 

I still have that egg you guys polluted that day. I bought it and I’ll never sell it.

Almost forgot about curry egg. She couldn't have a better home. 

I’ll be doing one for my homie on that egg tomorrow. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Botch said:

So sorry to hear this.  
He lost his son the month before, how is his wife doing?  Anyone in contact?  

I think Stike is but I’m just hearing this as you guys are. I didn’t know about that and don’t know the details. I’ll pass along anything I hear as appropriate

The Cen-Tex Smoker

20stone said:

caliking said:

I don't know how to process this. I can only hope this is some kind of troll post.

I cooked with him at Salado a few years back. He had mad skilz. Even if I couldn't convince him that  "Rogan Josht" wasn't a real thing (its Rogan Josh, ya wee man!!). Spent the afterhours drinking with him and his bride, as he had the cottage next to us that year. He taught me the gravity of what it meant when your SWMBO gives you the "big eyes" at 2am because she's had with it trying to put caliprince to bed. 

This chokes me up, and saddens me no end. I'll pour one out for you,  Steven. And many more. 

Peace, brother. 

I think that is when I met him (and you) as well.  It is tough to lose folks so young (though I guess we aren’t all that young anymore).  I believe your cook produced the Curry Egg, now residing on @CT’s porch. 

Allour condolences to his family. 

That is when I met all you guys. Steven, Cali, Dwayne, JIC. I may be mixing a few years up but I’m close. And yes, the curry egg has a lifetime appointment on my porch. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

From Stike:

That same Ga Mt Fest. His bag gets lost. 

Calls the airline and they say it will be there (our cabin) next day. It's been 8 or 10 hours already. 

We get up. Dawn. Load the boat and head out. Fish all day. It's in the 80s. 

We get back to our dock around sunset. Spent

Up to the cabin, and lo and behold. There is Steven's bag

He opens it and pulls out (I. Sh!t. You. Not.) his famous satay chicken. In a ziploc bag

We three (me, zippy, Fidel) look at each other. Back to steven

He says "you think it's ok?"

We're at 24 hours, 80 degrees or so

He pulls some out and hands it to me. Nervous glances around the table. 

I asked him what's in it and he list it off and says "and a lot of salt"

I ate some then and there. Raw

He put the rest in the fridge and we waited to see if i got the sh!ts or fever 

Nope

We fired it off the next day and thereafter we referred to his Satay as "Steven's Luggage Chicken"

Always a story with that guy 

HeavyG

Sounds like quite a good man. May he RIP.

Next time there is one of those "should I eat it" threads we need to remember to post this story about "Steven's Luggage Chicken" in his honor!

caliking

The best part is putting it in the fridge... after 80°F x 24hrs!

Jonnysouth

My condolences! Always enjoyed reading what LS had to say. I was raised in Alberta so those Northerners from the Great White North tend to get my attention. RIP Little Steven!

Ozzie_Isaac

Wow.  Just wow.  Never met him in person, but always enjoyed his posts and sense of humour.  Thank you for letting us know.

Might try some luggage chicken this weekend.  The weather has been warm.  Anyone have a recipe?

Canugghead

Very sad indeed, I'm lost for words. Rest in peace my friend.