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The Midwest Chimney Safety Council is dedicated to providing education on chimney, fireplace, and wood and gas heating appliances to the public and industry professionals.  We offer classes to the public on the correct operation and maintenance of wood and gas burning appliances and chimneys, and seminars and workshops to professional chimney sweeps, chimney builders, masons, home inspectors, fire investigators, HVAC installers, and Hearth appliance installers. Most of our classes for professionals are approved for CEU credits from the CSIA, ASHI, MHA, and NFI.   

Outdoor Bake Oven Workshop II

June 7,8,9 2012
  Cedar Hill, Missouri
  At Kirk and Sally Scott's house

Masonry Finishing Work



Learn how to apply veneer bricks and man-made stone finishing.  We will complete the finish work on both ovens that were built last year at this location.  These are good skills to have when remodeling fireplaces or finishing prefab chimney exteriors as well as ovens. We will also have a beginning masonry class and hands-on practice bulding brick structures. Hands-on. CEUs applied for.

The Instructor: Gene Padgitt is an MHA Certified Heater Mason, CSIA Certified Chimney Sweep, NFI Certified Gas Specialist, Licensed Mechanical Contractor, and Certified Fire Investigator.  Gene has been an instructor for the MCSC and other associations since 1995.  He is a currently the Vice President of the MCSC. Gene is a self-taught award-winning mason, and the winner of the 1992 and 2012 NCSG masonry contests and contests hosted by the MCSC, Masonry Heater Association, and National Association of The Remodeling Industry, and The Home Book. Gene's skills include working with stone, brick, block man-made stone and specialty masonry art. You WILL pick up some new skills in these classes. The masonry classes will be held on Thursday and Friday. CEU’s applied for. 
 
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Historic Wood-Fired Cooking

 
Suzanne Corbett, a master baker from St. Louis and award-winning author, will teach hands-on classes on how to make and bake different types of foods and breads in a wood-fired brick oven and cook stove! This event will be held all day Saturday and will be our evening meal. MCSC board members will also share their favorite recipes during the week. All meals for the workshop will be made on site and cooked in the brick and cob ovens and cookstove.  This will be good first-hand information to share with your clients.  Hands-on.

The Instructor: Suzanne Corbett is a national award-winning writer/producer, culinary teacher and food historian. She served as food and travel writer for the St Louis Globe Democrat.(online)and food editor and feature writer for for PrimeLife MediaCircuit Newspaper and 50plusstlouis.com. In addition, she contributes to NewsMagaizne Network and AAA Traveler Magazines. Other publication credits include Better Homes & Gardens, Sauce, Victoria Magazine, St. Louis At Home, St. Louis Homes & Lifestyles, and St. Louis Post Dispatch, and was host of Hot Plates, which aired on KSLG, St. Louis.
 Suzanne has also contributed to numerous cookbooks including Bread Winners, Bread Winners Too, Good Old Food and The James Beard Celebration Cookbook and is the author of the award winning cookbook, Pushcarts & Stalls: The Soulard Market History Cookbook.
     In addition to her culinary classes, Suzanne's historic food programs interpret American foodways, ranging from hearth baking to cooking on vintage cast-iron wood stoves and early 20th century ranges to provisioning a chuck wagon.
This work has earned her a place as a food historian for the National Park Service at Jefferson National Expansion Memorial and as a consultant for numerous exhibits at museums and historic sites throughout the U.S. Suzanne holds a masters degree in media communications from Webster University and is a Certified Culinary Professional with the International Association of Culinary Professionals, a Les Dame D'Escoffer, a board member of The St. Louis Mercantile Library, the St. Louis Press Club and a past president of the Missouri Press Women.

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Flashing Class
Learn the important skill of installing flashing around a chimney and increase your profits!  Solve your customer’s leaking problems instead of referring the work to a roofer. 
Instructor: Greg Boss, CCS, English Sweep in St. Louis.  CEU’s will be applied for.

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All lunches during the week will be cooked in the wood ovens and stove

Class size limited to 60 people so register early!

Bring your own masonry tools and protective gear with you!
We won’t have any extra on site.  Bring hard hat, goggles, gloves, ear protection, and masonry tools.
NOTE: No children under 18 allowed by law. We will be following OSHA safety regulations.

CEU’s from NFI & CSIA will be applied for two classes

Annual MCSC Auction on Saturday night:
Get great deals on your favorite chimney products donated by industry suppliers and
manufacturers! With our real auctioneer, Steve Hoover.
(Note: If Steve and Kristin’s new baby arrives at the same time we’ll have a stand-in auctioneer)
Bring your unwanted items to the auction!             

All proceeds go towards MCSC expenses for educational events           

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