The BBQ Central Show – Details, episodes & analysis

(September 3, 2024 - Hour Two)

10:14pm - Leading off the 2nd hour is our pal and favorite YouTube food guy, Sam The Cooking Guy. It feels like it has been forever since Sam has been on...and, frankly, it has been! So tonight we will catch up on a number of topics to include cast iron skillets, Jollibee spaghetti and a number of questions when it comes to eating out a restaurants.



10:35pm - Closing the show tonight is my long time pal and show favorite, Steve Ray from Owl's Nest BBQ Supply. Steve and I have a shared interest in competitive food sport...mainly eating. Steve has covered this part of the industry extensively this year and tonight we break down the event that took place on Netflix yesterday afternoon. Billed as "Unfinished Beef", Netflix got Joey Chestnut and Kobayashi together in one room for 10 minutes to see who is the best hot dog eater in all the land. I don't want to spoil the results for you here, so if you didn't watch yesterday and you plan on catching it at some point in the next few days or week...don't listen to this segment...we will ruin it all for you!

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(August 13, 2024 - Hour One)

10:14pm - Leading off the 2nd hour is the founder of a website and Social platform called "The Barbecue Lab". David Gafford joins me to talk about how he got started, what you can expect from his reviews and where he looks to go with this concept over the next few years...big things planned with David and this show as we go through the rest of the year and into the future!



10:35pm - Closing the show tonight is my pal and fellow C-Town'er, Darren Carter from Carter's BBQ! They were recently featured in the 5th season of "Made In America" which can be seen on YouTube and is powered by GoDaddy. Darren will talk about how the the whole thing happened, what they thought of the experience and what they would do differently if they could go back and do it again!

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Schwank Grills - USe code BBQ Central for $150 off

Winners Products  

Primo Grills

Pitts & Spitts BBQ Pits - Use "charcoalcentral" at checkout for $150 Off Charcoal Grills

Big Poppa Smokers – Use promo code “REMPE” for $10 off your purchase of $50 or more!

Fireboard

Cookin Pellets

Famous Dave’s All Star BBQ Series

Pit Barrel Cooker

Franklin BBQ Pits

The Butcher Shoppe - Save 10% When You Mention "The BBQ Central Show"

JRE Tobacco – Makers of the Aladino (and other) line of premium cigars!

Micallef Cigars – Premium Hand Rolled Cigars

(January 16, 2024 - Hour One)

9:14pm - The 2rd Tuesday bring new guests of many sorts. We lead off the interviews tonight with someone who has been in the BBQ Supply business in Wisconsin for the past 3 years. Mike Luce joins me to talk about why he got into it, what business has been like and what you want to consider if this is something you want to get into.

9:35pm - After Mike, I will be joined by 3rd Tuesday of the month regular guest, Wes Wright, from Cookout News (dot com). Plenty of new items have popped up over the past 4 weeks and we will get all the insight with Wes. Perhaps one of the most important items we will cover tonight is if ALL major grill/BBQ makers should be looking to go to CES first before any other industry/trade convention during the year going forward. CES happened last week, NBBQA happens between 1/31/2024-2/3/2024 (San Antonio) and HPBExpo happens 2/13/2024-2/15/2024 (Nashville). Which one really bring "the heat" for your dollar?

The BBQ Central Show Sponsors

Primo Grills

Pitts & Spitts BBQ Pits - Use "charcoalcentral" at checkout for $150 Off Charcoal Grills

Big Poppa Smokers – Use promo code “REMPE” for $10 off your purchase of $50 or more!

Fireboard

Cookin Pellets

Pit Barrel Cooker

Franklin BBQ Pits

The Butcher Shoppe - Save 10% When You Mention "The BBQ Central Show"

JRE Tobacco – Makers of the Aladino (and other) line of premium cigars!

Meathead from amazingribs.com stops by for his normal 2nd Tuesday of the month visit. We will answer your questions from Facebook and we will also cover corned beef/pastrami for the upcoming St Patrick’s Day celebration.

Episode 10

In this edition, Jon Solberg presents to you a “double-header” with the Josh Cary of Yoder Smokers. In these 2 segments, you will learn all about the YS brand of smokers and their evolution.  

Tim Scheer from Shake N Bake BBQ was supposed to stop by – BUT – No Showed! (Bad Karma) Mike Lang, creator of Another Pint Please, stopped in to chat about cold weather grilling, beer use in his recipes and some out of the box options to think about.

Episode 9

In this edition, Jon Solberg presents to you a “double-header” with the founders of Tec Grills, Bill and Rachel Best. In these 2 segments, you will learn all about the TEC history and their evolution.

Chad Ward, Director or Sales and Marketing for Traeger Grills, joins me to talk about our new partnership and the new line of cookers that Traeger is offering to the pellet market.

Episode 8 In this edition, Jon Solberg presents to you a timely edition featuring Shotgun Fred, the founder of The BBQ Guru. This past weekend, The Shotgun Fred BBQ Shoot-Out was held in Hunstsville, TX which is an event created in his memory!