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Send us Fan Mail Ryan Cooper is the founder of BBQ Tourist and co-founder of The Smoke Sheet  BBQ Newsletter , based in Omaha, Nebraska. Originally from Kansas City, Missouri, for the last several years he has been traveling throughout the country, seeking to experience and understand barbecue in all of its many forms. He regularly covers barbecue news, events, restaurants, products, and trends on...

Send us Fan Mail 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 r...

Send us Fan Mail 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 a...

Send us Fan Mail Mitchell Schwartz played in the NFL for 9 seasons on the offensive line and earned 4 Pro Bowl nods and a Super Bowl ring with the Kansas City Chiefs. Mitch is also known for his prowess in the kitchen and behind the grill and has thousands of followers on Instagram, as well as www.mitchinthekitch.blog Guest co-host Todd Johns will be joining Mitch to talk about getting ready with...

Send us Fan Mail When it comes to brining and injections, Kosmo is THE guy we talk to. 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 co...

Send us Fan Mail Amy Mills 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...

Send us Fan Mail Grills, Smokers and Corn Roasters – OH MY! Holstein MFG has an incredible line of products that includes all of these and more. Our guest (and show sponsor), Darrin Schmidt, grew up in the business and has spent 40+ years designing and building quality grills and smokers for everyone from the backyarder to the state fair, and even NASCAR. Holstein Manufacturing was founded with th...

Send us Fan Mail Meat tenderness is an art form based in a lot of science. Richard Fergola, of Fergolicious BBQ, has a knack for sharing the art & science of barbecue. His expert knowledge is backed by numerous awards within the KCBS competition circuit as well as appearances on television shows like Destination America’s "BBQ Pitmasters" and Food Network’s "Chopped Grillmasters...

Send us Fan Mail 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 indisputab...

Send us Fan Mail Blane Hunter (a.k.a. Mr. Porky Butts) grew up barbecuing in south Texas from a very young age. He was tending fires and checking temps as soon as he could help with his dad’s passion for the magic that happens in the world of “low and slow” pit smoking. With over 27 years of experience combined with a Culinary education from Johnson and Wales and FVTC culinary schools Blane starte...

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 In 2009, Craig Verhage earned his nickname, The BBQ Ninja, because of his unique style which consists of a bandana, sunglasses and his flamethrower. Craig teaches cooking classes that feature wild game he hunts and harvests, including alligator, duck and venison. Cooking alligator using his flamethrower has become his calling card. Craig is going to share with us how to get the mo...

Send us Fan Mail Myron Mixon just came out with a new line of pellet smokers produced by Smokin' Brothers. He tells us why he chose them and the features other manufacturers are missing. After more than thirty years of winning contests for his smoked hogs, briskets, ribs, and chickens, Myron knows a whole lot about barbecue. So what does the “winningest man in barbecue” know about living a he...

Send us Fan Mail A culinary institute trained chef, Chef Tom Jackson 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 guy to listen to, and it doesn't even have to be a holiday.  Just the same, Tom is going to share some Cyber Monday gift ideas as well as what to do with those leftovers that are ge...

Send us Fan Mail When Malcom Reed started competing in barbecue competitions it didn’t take long for this hobby to develop into a full-blown addiction. After being inspired by the camaraderie and brotherhood of the sport, Malcom and his wife Rachelle developed HowToBBQRight.com , a website devoted to sharing BBQ techniques and promoting the Competition BBQ Lifestyle. In conjunction with that they...

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 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 and collecting 10 World...

Send us Fan Mail INCLUDES 10 MINUTE BONUS SEGMENT     Thanksgiving is right around the corner so we grabbed back to back KCBS Turkey Smoke Team of the Year (he crushed the competition) leader, Chiles Cridlin, to talk about doing that turkey right for the holidays. He dropped so much on us, including some secrets that will make you take notice. Andy even advises listeners to take notes. Join us as...

Send us Fan Mail Megan Day has garnered 5 World Championships, and four of those are for the incredible rubs and sauces in the BurntFinger.com line-up. Megan (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 Channe...

Send us Fan Mail 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 h...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 f...

Send us Fan Mail 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 origi...

Send us Fan Mail 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 o...

Send us Fan Mail 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. Support the show www....

Send us Fan Mail 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-to...