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BRAD COLTER & BREANA VIA are still pretty new to the BBQ scene but have taken off like a rocket in the last year. First they won the 1st Annual Made for KC Cookoff that awarded them a one year pitmaster residency at Kansas City’s new airport terminal. Just to show it was no fluke, they turned around and not only were invited to the famous Jack Daniels competition, they finished first in pork. What’s next for these two? How about an elaborate launch of their own YouTube Channel dedicated to raising YOUR game on the grill, in the smoker, in the kitchen AND behind the bar!?!

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Aaron Stoffer of THE REAL Man Meat BBQ is gaining a name for himself, not only as a competitor on the BBQ circuit, but for his line of rubs and sauces as well. Aaron wanted to talk about how to get perfectly done ribs every time, and as Todd said in the show, “He’s giving away a ton of secrets!”

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Malcom Reed is the King of BBQ media with almost TWO MILLION YouTube subscribers to his channel "HOW TO BBQ RIGHT".  No smoker yet? How about doing those ribs right on your gas grill? Malcom shows you how. Co-Host Todd John has a burger recipe that might just get your attention,

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Chris Schafer, pitmaster of Heavy Smoke BBQ, picked up his third world championship title at the prestigious 2022 Jack Daniels Invitational. A restaurateur and BBQ instructor, Chris talks about some of the techniques he teaches as well as having the proper mindset. Currently running in 7th place for KCBS team of the year, Chris’s competition trail has been filled with success as he joined the hot and fast movement with his drum cookers.

Andy and Dave will talk about cooking up a pork butt and how to share it on Halloween night with all the visitors coming to your door.

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Chef Brad Wise originally never had any culinary aspirations. A serendipitous tag-along led to a job mopping floors at Jake’s Pizza. Now, he’s one of the Central Coast Region of California’s leading chefs and restaurateurs, with five distinct concepts that highlight the bold, smoky, wood-fired flavors he’s known for. Chef fell in love with the Santa Maria-style of grilling and the live fire proved to be fun for him, the unharnessed, spontaneous flame, the drama fueling his obsession with wood-fired everything. This has become his unintentional trademark, a signature style that is on full display across his portfolio of restaurants, which to date include Trust, Fort Oak, Rare Society, Cardellino, Mr. Trustee, and The Wise Ox. Brad will talk a little about his Sinatra’s Rat Pack inspired Rare Society as well as a Thanksgiving turkey alternative with a Pork Crown Roast.  Dave and Andy will get into some creative BBQ side dishes.

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We've had many American Royal winners on the show before, but not like this guy.
It's never been done before! Our guest this week just won BOTH major events (Invitational and Open) at the 2022 American Royal World Series of BBQ. No one saw him coming - it was his first ever American Royal. An Executive Chef out of the Chicago area, Grant Basiliere did the impossible by first defeating over 200 other teams in the Invitational Competition and then again, the next day, ended up on top of over 500 other teams in the Open Competition.

Dave and Andy talk about making that fall classic, chili.

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Jess Pryles is a full fledged Hardcore Carnivore. She’s a cook, author, and TV personality specializing in the field of meat, with a particular expertise in beef. She’s also a respected authority on live fire cooking and BBQ. Her expertise lies in all things red meat, having once been referred to as “the goddess of all things that have previously moo-ed”. She creates dynamic original recipes with a Southern and Tex-Mex twist, and is also a respected authority on Low 'N' Slow smoked meats, particularly Texas style barbecue. She is also the creator of the internationally-acclaimed line of meat & steak seasoning rub, Hardcore Carnivore®, and in early 2018 a cookbook of the same name hit the shelves. She is also the co-host of the BBQuest TV show.

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Bill West writes about Country music and Barbecue Tricks. West served as one of the founding board members for the Southern Barbecue Network and is a certified SBN judge. His website at http://BarbecueTricks.com and his YouTube channel – are places to get bite sized information about grilling and BBQ.  His book "BBQ Blueprint" was his first addition to the website flow of information. He has since released "The Complete Electric Smoker Cookbook", and "The Ultimate Wood Pellet Grill Smoker Cookbook".  His free BBQ Sides and Sauces eCookBook is also available at his site. 

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Aaron Stoffer of THE REAL Man Meat BBQ is gaining a name for himself, not only as a competitor on the BBQ circuit, but for his line of rubs and sauces as well. Consistent high scores in chicken is why we have invited Aaron to talk about how to raise your backyard game with great chicken every time.

Dave and Andy talk about hot sauce and crafting street tacos.

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Christie Vanover is the California AND Nevada State BBQ Champion and is making waves on the west coast with GirlsCanGrill.com, a website filled with blogging, recipes, tips, rubs and more, including her line of BBQ rubs. Christie is going to give us some great tips on tailgating, as well as walk us through her method of cooking brisket.

Andy and Dave are going to cover some how-tos with Jerk Chicken. So if your chicken is being a jerk...

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What's the one thing BBQ legend Johnny Trigg had wished Tim Scheer had told him about hot and fast drum cooking before he started? We've got it right here for you. If you are thinking about making the switch to a drum cooker (like the Gateway Drum Cookers) then this show is for you. World Champion Pitmaster Tim Scheer blew the literal lid off of the "low and slow" barbecue world when he masterminded the Gateway Drum Smoker and beat over 600 teams at the American Royal BBQ Competition in 2012 with his ribs that were cooked in two hours and 15 minutes.  His "hot and fast" method, as well as his Gateway smoker, is rapidly becoming a backyard favorite. Dave and Andy will discuss the melding of BBQ and salad?!? They might take away our BBQ cards for this one!

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Pitmaster Rodney Scott has been cooking whole-hog barbecue over wood coals since he was 11 years old. For the next 25 years he worked with his family in their BBQ stop in Hemingway, SC until 2017 when he opened Rodney Scott’s BBQ in Charleston, SC.  In the same year the restaurant was named one of the 50 Best New Restaurants by Bon Appetit Magazine and in 2018, Scott was awarded the James Beard Foundation’s award for Outstanding Chef in the Southeast, being only the second pitmaster to ever do so. He's now working on opening his 6th restaurant in Nashville. Rodney is going to give us ideas for the last blast of the summer BBQ, Labor Day weekend.  Andy and Dave will be talking about grilling fish. 

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Sunny Moody is the 2021 WFC (World Food Championships) Steak Category Champion and has received numerous awards, Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion plus multiple 1st place finishes in many categories in BBQ and Grilling. Moodswing BBQ was founded by Sunny and Jeff Moody as a professional competition BBQ team. What started as a passion for backyard BBQ and live fire cooking with family and friends has evolved into a full-fledged, high profile professional competition BBQ team. Nothing gives Sunny more satisfaction than teaching others how to create mouthwatering food through BBQ and Grilling. 

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TRAVIS CLARK has 10 World BBQ Titles to his name as Andy and Todd get into  cooking delicious ribs right on the grill, as well as get caught up with Travis's doings in Oklahoma.
Co-Host Todd Johns is wondering what in the world ever happened to sandwiches?!?

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Travis Clark's "Clark Crew BBQ" has won over 700 Top-10 awards in competition barbecue, culminating with being crowned the Grand Champion of one of the most prestigious BBQ competitions in the world, the Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational in 2019.  All of this while cooking on some of the biggest stages against some of the best teams in the world. This episode Travis is going to walk us through his method of cooking pork butt.  Andy and Dave dig into options for grilled corn on the cob.

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After winning The American Royal, Pitmaster Todd Johns built a Kansas City BBQ reputation well known by many, in and out of KC. Three Plowboys restaurants and THE barbecue go-to at Arrowhead Stadium for Chiefs games, Johns is moving on to bigger and better things.  BBQRN has been wanting to do a show about opening a BBQ restaurant for some time and now that he's exiting we were able to get his well earned advice to those with that dream. 
Dave and Andy get into summertime appetizers you can grill and smoke - and what in the world is "Cold Smoking"?

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In the last 20 years Ray Lampe, a.k.a. "DR. BBQ",  has become a legend in the BBQ community, dominating the BBQ competition circuit by winning dozens of competitions all across the country. He is one of the country's leading authorities on BBQ, grilling and tailgating with 10 books on the subject.  
Ray has appeared on The Food Network, most recently as a judge and expert on "Tailgate Warriors w/ Guy Fieri", HGTV, CNN, Discovery, OLN, and is a regular guest on Sirius/XM radio. He has been featured in several publications including, Life Magazine, Maxim, Food & Wine, Men's Journal, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal.
Dave and Andy are going to get specific about keys to brining.

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Let’s Talk Ribs with National Champion Rod Gray
Rod Gray, was crowned undefeated Grand Champion of the 2013 Kingsford’s BBQ Pitmasters (Season 4) on national television.  A National Championship in 2009, Rod Gray of BBQ competition team Pellet Envy was also the runner-up National Champion in 2010 and has been named the best pork ribs and brisket cook in the entire country.  In other words, Rod is one of the winningest pitmasters in the history of BBQ and this week he is zeroed in on making you better at cooking ribs.

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Megan Day (one of our favorite guests) has been featured on The Today Show, Food Network’s Chopped Grill Masters (winner), the Amazon Prime documentary Smoke & Ribbons, the front page of the New York Times, Fox & Friends, and the Cooking Channel – just to name a few. Recently she was targeted to go against Bobby Flay and will talk about that in this episode. Since its founding in 2008, Burnt Finger BBQ has racked up countless awards on the competition barbecue circuit, including numerous State Championships, 1st place chicken at the prestigious American Royal World Series of Barbecue, and overall Top 10 finishes at the American Royal, Memphis in May and World Food Championships. Megan is going to cover economical meat alternatives while Dave and Andy will address smoking meat with a gas grill.

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Brad Colter and Brie Via finally found their sweet spot to win their first ever BBQ Grand Championship. This time the stakes were the highest they’ve ever been with a $25,000.00 first place purse and a one-year licensing contract with royalties for a BBQ restaurant at the new Kansas City International Airport currently under construction. The 8,000-square-foot competition BBQ themed restaurant is set to open with the new airport in March of 2023. Brad and Brie’s recipes will be the feature on the menu. Brad will tell us what went down and Brie will share her path to making great brisket. Andy is going to get into how to approach making your own barbecue sauce.

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Our Annual 4th of July Burgers, Brats and Dogs (Oh My!) show is back. This time around Chef Tom Jackson of All Things Barbecue (www.atbbq.com ), was assigned the task to tell us how to elevate our Burgers, Brats and Dogs to beyond expectations. Jackson is widely known for his videos at the All Things BBQ YouTube Channel.  

A culinary institute trained chef, Chef Tom always brings it to the recipes he consistently develops and unveils on YouTube.  If you have a weekend BBQ with friends and family, this is the show to listen to, and it doesn't even have to be a holiday.

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REPEAT - After more than thirty years of winning contests for his smoked hogs, briskets, ribs, and chickens, Myron Mixon knows a whole lot about barbecue. So what does the “winningest man in barbecue” know about living a healthy lifestyle? As someone who was overweight and unhealthy before losing more than 100 pounds, he’s figured out how to cook and eat the foods he loves and still live healthfully. Having kept those pounds off for more than two years, Mixon is living proof that you can eat barbecue and be healthy, if you know how to do it right.

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After 34 years of running meat markets, sausage counters, selling wholesale, and running a custom meat processing plant, David Bouska started cooking in his local BBQ competitions. Since then, David has won hundreds of competitions INCLUDING the World Champion BBQ Pitmaster of 2012, followed by a second World Championship in 2018. David appeared on season 4 & 5 of the hit TV reality show, BBQ Pitmasters & BBQ Pitmasters All Stars.  There's no one better we can think of to talk about aging meat than the man behind www.ButcherBBQ.com

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Operation BBQ Relief was founded in May 2011 in response to a need for relief efforts in tornado-stricken Joplin, Missouri, a community of about 50,000 residents. Volunteers from competition BBQ teams from eight states answered the need to help feed displaced families, police, fire, National Guard and emergency personnel. Since then, OPERATION BBQ RELIEF has served over 9 million BBQ meals in situations most of us hope we never face. Stan Hays is CEO of this organization and will talk about how to get involved and also cooking AT the Super Bowl. Co-Host Andy Groneman will give some ideas for pizza?!?

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In this episode Brad Leighninger is going to get into doing brisket the hot 'n fast way he has become famous for. 
Brad Leighninger of Gettin’ Basted BBQ is the very definition of winning consistently. Winning pork at Memphis in May, winning the Jack Daniels Invitational, and back-to-back KCBS Team of the Year Championships (which he has won 3 out of 4 years), all of that while running multiple restaurants. He even took down last year's 2023 American Royal crown for chicken.

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Christopher Prieto is a champion pitmaster and owner of PRIME Barbecue in Knightdale, N.C. His journey into cooking and the world of barbecue began when he was a child. Today, after years of cooking on the professional barbecue circuit, Christopher believes he has finally achieved what he considers “barbecue excellence” with his own signature style that fuses together elements of Texas, Kansas City and North Carolina flavors. Christopher was featured on season 5 of the TV program “BBQ Pitmasters” and published his first book with Southern Living titled “Ultimate Book of BBQ: The Complete Year-Round Guide to Grilling & Smoking.”

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Ryan Cain went from backyard pitmaster to American Royal Champion and will give us the lowdown on his chicken and ribs, as well as how the Backyard Competition Series works. Dave and Andy will also talk about a couple great items that will make your family and guests very happy at your Memorial Day BBQ.

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Craig Sharry is the Pitmaster of Texas Pepper Jelly Competition BBQ team out of Houston, TX. Craig is a 2-time World Champion at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Craig is also a 2-time winner of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo BBQ Cook-Off, the 3rd largest sanctioned cook off in the United States where over 220 teams competed.  He has won well over 80 Grand Champions and Reserve Grand Champions combined during his 15+ years of cooking. Many backyard BBQ enthusiasts and competition cookers all over the world have used his Texas Pepper Jelly, Rib Candy and Craig's Sauce in their BBQ cooking over the past 13 years.

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The two game changers for great barbecue are a good thermometer and the ability to manage your fire. This week's guest, Meathead Goldwyn, who was inducted into the BBQ Hall of Fame this last September, will enlighten us on key factors to consider.  Author of "Meathead: The Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling", Mr. Goldwyn is recognized as one of the leading authorities on BBQ.  His website, www.AmazingRibs.com, is probably the most popular BBQ website on the internet.  What is indisputable is the fact Forbes calls it the "BEST" BBQ website out there.  Dave and Andy will be talking about what to consider when buying a new smoker or grill for this season.

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We get caught up with competitive BBQer and restaurateur Joe Pearce of SLAPs BBQ in Kansas City.  Joe and SLAP's BBQ are the Back-to-Back KCBS Team of the Year Reserve Grand Champion for 2020 & 2021.  Joe has been featured on TV in BBQ Pitmasters and teamed up with Bobby Flay on the Food Network to compete for the crown of "Master of 'Cue".  But probably his biggest achievement was opening Slap's barbecue joint in BBQ heavy Kansas City and recently being proclaimed best BBQ place in Kansas by Food & Wine Magazine.  Pretty impressive. 

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The heart of Plowboys BBQ is competition-style barbecue. It began in 2001 when Todd Johns and his brother-in-law, Randy Hinck, started Pork Pullin Plowboys, their competition team. For the next six years, Todd and Randy would travel all over the country, participating in competitions, perfecting their craft and learning what makes truly great barbecue. Along the way Todd became a recurring theme at the American Royal, becoming Sausage Champion, Pork Reserve Champion, Brisket Champion, Chicken Reserve Champion, Pork Champion, Runner-Up and finally Grand Champion. In this show Todd talks about the fun schedule he and Andy are facing the next few weeks as BBQ season is HERE. Andy and Dave get into the Cinco de Mayo entertaining scene and Andy introduces us to south of the border grilling.

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Contest information to win a new Fireboard Spark Instant Read Digital Thermometer!
Thermometers. They've been called the #1 difference maker for smoking and grilling. Ted Conrad, co-founder of Fireboard Labs, makers of innovative thermometer solutions, joins us to talk about some of what they offer. 

Also in this week's show, what are they serving at ballparks this baseball season. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups on a pulled pork sandwich?  That's just the beginning. 

Hold on for the last segment when Andy walks us through cooking seafood on the grill.

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Max Good is the man in charge of finding the best products for the AmazingRibs.com Equipment Reviews section. He is the only man in the world who tests grills and smokers for a living and has cooked on more than anyone in history. Max loves barbecue so much that he took his barbecue sauce recipes, had them bottled, and now sells Black Swan Premium, All-Natural Sauces around the world. Traeger and Weber take center stage in this episode. Dave and Andy discuss different cuts of meat.

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Brian Wahby is owner of Eximius Productions which produces huge public BBQ & music festivals in St. Louis, Denver, Jacksonville and Kansas City – with more cities joining the line up along the way.  These festivals feature top pitmasters from the U.S. making their BBQ available to the public.  The second annual KC BBQ Fest takes place at Arrowhead Stadium the first weekend of May, 2022. 
Also joining us in the studio as another co-host with Andy Groneman is Todd Johns of Plowboys BBQ. Todd is a past American Royal Sausage Champion, Pork Reserve Champion, Brisket Champion, Chicken Reserve Champion, Pork Champion, Runner-Up and of course Grand Champion. 

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Bill West writes about Country music and Barbecue Tricks. West served as one of the founding board members for the Southern Barbecue Network and is a certified SBN judge. His website at http://BarbecueTricks.com and the YouTube channel – are places to get bite sized information about grilling and BBQ. His book "BBQ Blueprint" was his first addition to the website flow of information. He has since released "The Complete Electric Smoker Cookbook", and "The Ultimate Wood Pellet Grill Smoker Cookbook". His free BBQ Sides and Sauces eCookBook is also available at his site. 

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Get ready to take notes as we have a true BBQ legend dropping tips and hints left and right. Dave Anderson is the Dave of the more than 200 Famous Dave’s BBQ in North America.

Growing up in Chicago, Anderson remembers his father coming home from work with a lunch pail full of street vendor ribs. Those early flavors inspired a lifelong passion, one that’s taken Anderson from barbecue novice to one of the foremost authorities on the art and craft of meat, heat, and smoke.

Anderson spent 25 years exploring his passion in barbecue capitals of America, from Kansas City to the Carolinas. About 20 years and 20,000 jobs later, the rest is finger-licking history. Over the course of his career, Anderson has shared his smoky savvy everywhere from The Food Network, The Travel Channel, and CNBC to Washington, D.C., and a special Presidential appointment. And he’s devoted his talents not only to feeding a nation but to charitable causes, including leadership work with at-risk youth.

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Amy Mills was raised on smoke, sauce, and Magic Dust®. Owner of the renowned barbecue destination, 17th Street Barbecue, she’s the industry’s go-to girl for all things barbecue. As the recipient of the Barbecue Heroine prize and consistently named a leader in her industry, it’s Amy’s mission to spread the gospel of barbecue.  

Amy is considered a complete authority on barbecue and the business that surrounds it.  She’s a featured judge on various barbecue shows such as Food Network’s BBQ Brawl, Firemasters, CHOPPED, Best in Smoke, Kingsford Invitational, and Smoked, as well as co-star of the Mills Family’s own digital series,Peace, Love, and Barbecue.

Co-authored with her dad, BBQ Hall of Famer Mike Mills, affectionately known as “The Legend” in the world of barbecue, her cookbook Peace, Love, and Barbecue is considered a classic in the genre, was nominated for a James Beard Foundation award, and won the National Barbecue Association Award of Excellence. Their second book, Praise the Lard, was published in May 2017. 

17th Street Barbecue is headquartered in Murphysboro, Illinois, with an outpost in the neighboring town of Marion. Influenced by her business, Murphysboro was proclaimed the “Barbecue Capital of Illinois” by the State Legislature in 2014. The Factory at 17th Street, their barbecue sauce co-packing facility launched in 2021. 

In the late Mike Mills’ own words, “Life’s too short for a half-rack.”

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Pitmaster Rodney Scott has been cooking whole-hog barbecue over wood coals since he was 11 years old. For the next 25 years he worked with his family in their BBQ stop in Hemingway, SC until 2017 when he opened Rodney Scott’s BBQ in the North Central neighborhood of Charleston, SC.

In the same year the restaurant was named one the 50 Best New Restaurants by Bon Appetit Magazine and in 2018, Scott was awarded the James Beard Foundation’s award for Outstanding Chef Southeast, being only the second pitmaster to ever do so. Rodney has been the subject of a full episode of the award-winning Netflix, Chef’s Table series and worked as a judge on Food Network’s BBQ Brawl for two seasons. His cookbook, Rodney Scott’s World of BBQ, published by Clarkson Potter was released in the spring of 2021 to great fanfare. 

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Steven Raichlen hosts the popular TV shows Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire and Project Smoke, Primal Grill, and Barbecue University on Public Television. His 31 books include the international blockbusters The Barbecue Bible and How to Grill (with combined sales of more than 3 million copies), and the New York Times bestselling Planet Barbecue and Project Smoke (Workman Publishing).

An award-winning journalist, Raichlen writes regularly for The New York Times. His work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Esquire, GQ, and all the major food magazines. In 2015, he was inducted into the Barbecue Hall of Fame.

Raichlen is the creator of the Project Smoke and Barbecue Essentials lines of grilling accessories and seasonings. You can now order Steven’s cooked food from www.planetbarbecue.com and have it delivered to your door.

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After more than thirty years of winning contests for his smoked hogs, briskets, ribs, and chickens, Myron Mixon knows a whole lot about barbecue. So what does the “winningest man in barbecue” know about living a healthy lifestyle? As someone who was overweight and unhealthy before losing more than 100 pounds, he’s figured out how to cook and eat the foods he loves and still live healthfully. Having kept those pounds off for more than two years, Mixon is living proof that you can eat barbecue and be healthy, if you know how to do it right.

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After 34 years of running meat markets, sausage counters, selling wholesale, and running a custom meat processing plant, David Bouska started cooking in his local BBQ competitions. Since then, David has won hundreds of competitions INCLUDING the World Champion BBQ Pitmaster of 2012, followed by a second World Championship in 2018. David appeared on season 4 & 5 of the hit TV reality show, BBQ Pitmasters & BBQ Pitmasters All Stars.  There's no one better we can think of to talk about aging meat than the man behind www.ButcherBBQ.com

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Barbecue is, to some degree, all about that smoky flavor that can only be provided by burning something.  Whether with logs or chips, wood provides a wide palette of seasoning for your meats no different than any array of rubs or spices.  Guest Nick Broughton supplies barbecue stores nationwide with the wood products necessary to add flavor to your cookouts and knows as much about the subject as just about anyone can. He will also talk about their upcoming bourbon barrel wood chips AND smoked cocktail kit. Dave and Andy are going to talk about the basics of injecting “stuff”.

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Our guest, Mike Erickson, a trained chef and high school culinary arts teacher in Texas, has embarked on a national quest to get high school kids involved in competitive barbecue. This is the story of National High School BBQ Association and how you (and your teen) can get involved. Dave and Andy will talk about the A to Z of meat injections.

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Our guest, Dub Siegel, was a professional welder by day and for years built custom smokers at night. His hobby is now his profession.  He is also a Grand Champion pitmaster from one of the biggest events each year - The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle (in our own backyard). Dub also gives tips on upgrading your own cooker at home. Dave and Dan will talk about putting together chili on one of these winter days.

NOTE: This is repeat program due to COVID complications.

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Operation BBQ Relief was founded in May 2011 in response to a need for relief efforts in tornado-stricken Joplin, Missouri, a community of about 50,000 residents. Volunteers from competition BBQ teams from eight states answered the need to help feed displaced families, police, fire, National Guard and emergency personnel. Since then, OPERATION BBQ RELIEF has served over 9 million BBQ meals in situations most of us hope we never face. Stan Hays is CEO of this organization and will talk about how to get involved and also cooking AT the Super Bowl. Co-Host Andy Groneman will give some ideas for your hamburgers.

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Craig Renfro is Editor In Chief and Owner of Tailgater Magazine and joins us to pass on some great ideas, tips and recipes to make your NFL football playoffs “homegate” a big success. Tailgater Magazine received the National BBQ Association 2020 Award of Excellence for a BBQ publication.
Craig keeps us on our toes with a whole bunch of recommendations for your Big Game party on Sunday.  Dave and Andy talk about making sausage.

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Aaron Stoffer of THE REAL Man Meat BBQ is gaining a name for himself, not only as a competitor on the BBQ circuit, but for his line of rubs and sauces as well (new one's coming out soon).  Aaron really gets that we are all about sharing tips and techniques, so he comes loaded to talk about how to layer flavors in your brisket with injections.

Todd and Andy have ideas on how to use the meat trimmings you've saved up.

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Craig Sharry is the Pitmaster of Texas Pepper Jelly Competition BBQ team out of Houston, TX. Craig is a 2-time World Champion at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Craig is also a 2-time winner of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo BBQ Cook-Off, the 3rd largest sanctioned cook off in the United States where over 220 teams competed.

He has won well over 80 Grand Champions and Reserve Grand Champions combined during his 15+ years of cooking. Many backyard BBQ enthusiasts and competition cookers all over the world have used his Texas Pepper Jelly, Rib Candy and Craig's Sauce in their BBQ cooking over the past 13 years.

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Competitive BBQer and restaurateur Joe Pearce is our guest.  Joe and SLAP's BBQ is the Back-to-Back KCBS Team of the Year Reserve Grand Champion for 2020 & 2021.  Joe has been featured on TV in BBQ Pitmasters and teamed up with Bobby Flay on the Food Network to compete for the crown of "Master of 'Cue".  But probably his biggest achievement was opening Slap's barbecue joint in BBQ heavy Kansas City and recently being proclaimed best BBQ place in Kansas by Food & Wine Magazine.  Pretty impressive. 

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This week's guest, Meathead Goldwyn, was inducted into the BBQ Hall of Fame this last September at The American Royal.  Author of "Meathead: The Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling", Mr. Goldwyn is recognized as one of the leading authorities on BBQ.  His website, www.AmazingRibs.com, is probably the most popular BBQ website on the internet.  What is indisputable is the fact Forbes calls it the "BEST".  He will discuss couch-gating and making cracklin's and wings for your guests as we transition to the peak of football season. Dave and Andy will be talking about turning those holiday leftovers into delicious soups for gameday.

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