TAMPA, Fla. — A Tampa man has been feeding the homeless and people in need for years. It is some delicious food he makes himself.

Kenneth Davis has a restaurant called Greedy Lee’s BBQ on East Osborne Avenue. He has a couple of large, mobile grills he can use to cook the food on site or for catering.

“The main thing is the fire and the seasoning. Once you get that under control, it’s basically smooth sailing,” Davis said about his approach to grilling. He’s particular about the process.

“This is one business where you have to, or you won’t be in business long. Most people don’t play with their BBQ. They are going to give you one chance, you know.”

On a recent morning, Davis grilled many pounds of boneless chicken thighs along with side dishes of green beans and rice and took it with one of his mobile grills to a street near downtown Tampa. His mission was to feed homeless people in the area.

A couple of minutes after he arrived, a long line of people had gathered for the hot, free food. “We are just feeding some of the people that are less fortunate,” said Davis. “Giving a helping hand.”

Davis’ friends, who were helping him with the effort, loaded up Styrofoam containers with lots of food. Davis and his friends have been sharing the food about once a month for several years.

Davis also started regular food give-a-ways in his neighborhood after last year’s hurricanes had left residents without power. He still had electricity and saved the food purchased for his restaurant. “And instead of me just using everybody’s hard times for profit, we just decided you know to do some acts of encouragement.”

That was the case for one of the homeless people who got a hot meal near downtown. Marcos Tapia said he hadn’t eaten for a day until he got the food.

“It’s just sometimes I understand that you know someone they just need a form of knowing that someone else cares that doesn’t know them from Adam and Eve,” Davis said about the impact he hopes the food will have on people.