The Pitmaster's Podcast

This week we talk to Jack Danials Senior Brand ambassador Jed Lirette. So pull up a chair and pour yourself some Gentleman Jack and listen as we talk about the most prestigious bbq contest in the world and the most recognized whiskey brand on the planet. 

This week we are replaying one of our old, but one of our favorite episodes. We are replaying the Chris Lilly episode. If you haven't heard it before now is your chance to listen and if you have heard it, trust us, it is as awesome the 2nd time. Great content by one of the most genuine dudes in BBQ.

This week we talk to the winners of the BBQ Pitstop Championship series Nate Benson, Steak Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Ancillary, and Kyle Matuszewski Ancillary Grand Champion. We learn to origins of Turnip soup and learn a thing or two from these elite comp cooks.

Thee Anthony Lujan Takes over the Pod this week and chats with Slingin' Meats is an SCA Golden Ticket and Backyard GC winning husband and wife team from Utah.  Watch out for these two they are on a roll and looking to step up their game even further.

This week we chat with Mark Avalos of SLAB bbq . A BBQ man in the middle of the "craft" bbq scene making BBQ his way. Mark takes his craft BBQ and turns it into his favorite food which happens to be sandwiches. He walks us through his journey from grilling in the backyard to opening a successful restaurant.

This week we talk with BBQ food truck owner, competition cook, and owner of Trauma Hogs rubs Jason Cottingham.  He shares his experience with starting a food trailer and a little comp talk as well.  Check out Trauma hogs traumahogsbbq.com 

Erica Blaire  is a pitmaster and soon-to-be restaurant owner and so happens to be the reigning champ of BBQ Brawl.  Taylor Shulman is an accomplished pitmaster.  Also, is a restaurant chef and consultant who had a strong showing on the show.  We chat with them about their experience and things they are doing with their talents after the show. 

Morgan Strunk fresh off his SCA double which he took down not only a Golden Ticket but a 2nd place call as well.  We chat with him about his short rise to glory and he shares all the info he learned that landed him on his path to Forth Worth.

This week Steve Brewer aka Cast Iron Steve reached out to us and wanted to ask us some questions on the podcast about backyard completion, so we got Matt Hanson to join us and let Steve fire away.  If you have a backyard comp coming up download the pod and we hope you learn all the things you need to get those calls.  

Nate Benson has been crushing the SCA circuit this year and we sit down with him and talk about his success in steak and ancillaries. We hope you can get a good tip or two to help up your game.

After a long week of food truck madness, we decided to record an episode about farts, promote certain contests, and food truck talk. We call it the BS episode. We hope you enjoy our ramblings. But an episode is better than no episode right?.......right?

There is a lot going on in the world of Hey Grill, Hey. New website, new TV shows, new branding but most importantly a new sauce and rubs also.......New headbands. There is a lot to talk about so download where you get your podcasts and catch up with Susie and Todd.

We chat with Jared Hooker of Hooks Rubs and Spices .  A Utah company with Texas roots.  If you want some great rubs to make your food 4000% better you need to try these.  These rubs are in our rotation when we cook so if you need any recipes just reach out.  If you enter promo code:  pitpod10 when you order you can get a sweet discount.  

Bill Purvis may be fairly new to the competition BBQ world but he came in like a wrecking ball.  He is currently 4th in the KCBS points chase.  We talk to him about his quick success, tips, and stories about his journey up till now.  

Chris Webb of Bushmaster BBQ is on a roll these days.  He has racked up a slew of GCs and RGCs in his short comp BBQ career.  We dive into his methods and hear some great stories as well.  

This week we have Brennon Nielson of Sevier BBQ Addicts. He is fresh off a Golden Ticket win in Ogden UT. Brennon is a great SCA cook and he is laying it all out for us this week.

This week we talk with two of the best cooks the west coast has to offer Jerry Aguliar of Burnin' and Lootin' and Matt Hanson of Crooked Pigs.  We discuss meat selection, trimming, and other basics to help get you started in KCBS bbq competitions, and also if you're a veteran of the comp bbq scene we have a bunch of tips for you as well

Marcio Borguezan of Hog Addiction BBQ Competition Team is a whole hog world champion, steak champion, bbq competition cook, and Tribal Fire ambassador.  He is basically who we want to be when we grow up.  We chat whole hog and winning steaks comps over live fire

We talk to John Bolton of The Wolf Pack a killer SCA cook and an all-around great guy.  He walks us through some of his processes and shares some steak cooking tips.  

We chat with The Steak Princess Rylee Wright.  She is a 14-year-old multi-champion in streak and ancillary as well as being a fierce entrepreneur.  She shares some tips and tells us about her journey in food sport. 

Today we sit down with Clint Mitchel, Mardy Rich of Voodoo Coffee Roasters , and AJ Maudsley of Slowpoke BBQ .  AJ will be judging his first comp and we talk with him about what he expects to see and try and get into the mind of first-time judges and then of course we break down what are other judges are looking for.     

Steve Conaway is a very consistent SCA cook.  A former bbq competitor who has settled into the SCA world quite nicely.  We chat with him about his history and success.  

The BBQ Ninja Craig Verhage has been cooking over live fire in almost every way imaginable for decades.  We chat with him about his adventures in cooking.  Craig is always a good time and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did.  

On the pod this week we have KCBS Emily Detwiler and President Rick Wagner.  We chat about all the things KCBS has going on and what the future holds for this organization that is celebrating its 35 year anniversary! So download where ever you get your podcasts.

Mike Wozniak of QUAU BBQ has won more comps than most teams combined.  One of the most prolific cooks on the circuit we try and tap into the magic and glean what we can from one of the legends of bbq.