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Send us Fan Mail How do you go from getting talked into your first competition to becoming Grand Champion of the The American Royal in just 5 short years? Winner Bill Heyen (pronounced HINE) from Illinois explains what it took for HHH BBQ to get to the main stage and wear the crown. Support the show www.bbqradionetwork.com

Send us Fan Mail A native of Kansas City, Ryan Cooper has been traveling across the country exploring the best barbecue for years and regularly writes about various news, events, restaurants, products, and trends in his publication as well as the Kansas City Barbeque Society’s publication, The Bullsheet. He is the creator of the BBQ Tourist brand and co-founder of The Smoke Sheet BBQ Newsletter, a...

Send us Fan Mail Andy has been part of the competition BBQ world for over 23 years. As a second generation competitive cook, Smoke on Wheels was born in 1996 to expand his calendar to cook more events. Andy has hundreds of awards; Including over 25 Grand Champion titles, 2 US National Chest to Chest Brisket Invitational Titles, 2 World Pork Champion Titles, including the Jack Daniels World Invitat...

Send us Fan Mail THIS WEEK'S GUEST, KELLY WERTZ, will be talking about making your own sausage to grill and smoke. "4 Legs Up BBQ" is one of the most successful BBQ teams on the Professional BBQ competition circuit in the last several years. A one-man team, Kelly Wertz has distinguished himself with the following: • BBQ World Champion - having won the Jack Daniels World Invitational...

Send us Fan Mail The “epitome of consistency” is exactly who our guest is from week to week on the KCBS competition circuit. Brad Leighninger is the head pitmaster for the championship winning Gettin’ Basted Competition BBQ Team. This team has finished no less than 7th place in the last 6 consecutive KCBS Team of the Year standings, winning it out right 2 of those years (there are literally thousa...

Send us Fan Mail If barbecue had a Mount Rushmore, it's no exaggeration to say this guy would be on it! Tuffy Stone is an icon to even the most experienced pitmaster.  His legendary precision and obsession with the science of smoke make him one of the most influential people in barbecue. It also made him 5 World Championships.  Maybe we should hear what the gentleman has to say. Support the s...

Send us Fan Mail Over the years, guest Heath Riles has not only established himself as a master of the cooking styles of both of the two principle sponsoring bodies in the industry – the Memphis BBQ Network (MBN) and the Kansas City BBQ Society (KCBS) – but also a master of the winning style favored by the Steak Cook-Off Association (SCA).  To illustrate that point, in 2015 Heath won twelve Grand...

Send us Fan Mail Jones Bar-B-Q restaurant is one of those iconic Kansas City BBQ joints that you don’t hear enough about.  For owners/sisters Deborah “Little” and Mary “Shorty” Jones, barbecue is a way of life.  When they were little girls, their father, Leavy B. Jones Sr. set them up on milk crates to look over the pit at the very first Jones Bar-B-Q restaurant.  They have continued making histor...

Send us Fan Mail John Atwell, owner and pitmaster of Jousting Pigs BBQ in historic Liberty, MO began his transition from accountant to professional BBQ'er with a visit to Austin, TX and hitting the best they had to offer.  “I bought an ugly drum smoker, cooked a pork butt and some ribs in the backyard one day,” he says. “I had a friend come over and try it. He liked it. Next thing you know, h...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever eaten at a really good BBQ restaurant then this week’s guest has already had a profound effect on you.  David Knight is the President and founder of Ole Hickory Pits, a leading manufacturer of commercial (restaurant) barbecue smoker ovens, sold worldwide. With experience earned from his early days in the family restaurant and knowledge gained from pit design, David...

Send us Fan Mail This Week’s Guest – Mike Trump of Oakridge BBQ Oakridge BBQ Rubs have been involved with receiving over 8,400 Top Ten competition awards, more than any other brand in the history of competition BBQ.  Mike and Dan get into how these rubs come together.  Dan and Dave also talk about getting the most out of grilling vegetables this summer. Support the show www.bbqradionetwork.com

Send us Fan Mail Darian (KOSMO) Kozz got involved in competitive BBQing the same way thousands of other folks across America do. Kozz started cooking in the backyard with neighbors, friends, and was quickly hooked.  Over the past decade and a half Darian’s business Kosmo’s Q has slowly transformed from backyard griller into a competitive BBQ empire that sells their special brand of rubs, injection...

Send us Fan Mail Travis Clark's "Clark Crew BBQ" has won over 700 Top-10 awards in competition barbecue, culminating with being crowned the Grand Champion of the Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational in 2019. The Jack Daniel’s Invitational is one of the most prestigious BBQ competitions in the world. All of this while cooking on some of the biggest stages against some of the...

Send us Fan Mail Competitive BBQer and restaurateur Joe Pearce is our guest.  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...

Send us Fan Mail This week's guest, Meathead Goldwyn, will be inducted into the BBQ Hall of Fame this 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.  He will discuss cooking chicken, the magical science of salt and putting the grill back into grilled cheese.   Sup...

Send us Fan Mail Brad Leighninger is the head pitmaster for the championship winning Gettin' Basted Competition BBQ Team. This team has finished no less than 7th place in the last 6 consecutive KCBS Team of the Year standings - winning it out right 2 of those years.  They are also the current points leader for 2021. This consistency qualifies Brad as THE MAN in barbecue to beat, no matter who...

Send us Fan Mail 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.  He talks about the journey and what to expect. Also, Dan and Dave talk about ribs, b...

Send us Fan Mail This week's guest, Tim Scheer, head of BluesHog.com and Gateway Smokers, took a trip to the World BBQ Championship in Memphis last week.  He went against convention as well as advice and cooked an event he had never before attempted in a manner few would dare (hot and fast versus low and slow) and walked away with first place!  Hear  the story that will become BBQ legend. Sup...

Send us Fan Mail Author of BBQ Revolution, Mitch Benjamin has a world championship winning competition barbecue team (MEAT MITCH) from Kansas City. After more than a decade of honing his craft, Mitch and his smoking posse dove head first into creating their own unique blend of spices and sauces specifically designed to win championships and trophies….and win they did! Now Meat Mitch products are u...

Send us Fan Mail 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. Since its founding in 2008, Burnt Finger BBQ has racked up countless awards on the competition barbecue cir...

Send us Fan Mail 25-Time Grand BBQ Champion Andy Groneman takes you through brisket, from picking it up at the store to pulling it out of the cooker. Support the show www.bbqradionetwork.com

Send us Fan Mail Mark Lambert is a 4-time Memphis In May World Champion, the 2017 American Royal World Champion in Ribs, and won the 2019 World Championship at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. He also was the first runner up at the 2018 World Food Championship BBQ competition. Residing just outside of Memphis, Tennessee, Mark will tell you that his aim is to cook meat to blow your mind, not t...

Send us Fan Mail Guest - 7 Time World Champion MELISSA COOKSTON Recognized nationally from her many appearances on national news and talks shows, as well as Food Network and Netflix, Melissa Cookston served as a judge on American Barbecue Showdown and season 4 of Destination America’s “BBQ Pitmasters”. Named one of America’s most influential BBQ Pitmasters and personalities by Fox News, Cookston h...

Send us Fan Mail The 2020 IBCA (International Barbeque Cookers Association) Cook of the Year, and current points leader for 2021, Phil Breeden joins Dave and Dan.  Head cook of Lucky Charms competition BBQ team, established in 2015, Phil is looking to translate his skills to KCBS competition. Owner and founder of LC BBQ that  specializes in competition injections and rubs. Support the show www.bbq...