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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...

Send us Fan Mail 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&qu...

Send us Fan Mail 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 t...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

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. This ep...

Send us Fan Mail 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 we...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 oth...

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. Recently she was targeted to go against Bobby Flay and will talk about that in this episode. Since its foun...

Send us Fan Mail 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 them...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 stil...

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 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

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

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 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 autho...

Send us Fan Mail 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 hi...

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 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 baseb...

Send us Fan Mail 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 wo...

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.  The second annual KC BBQ Fest takes place at Arrowhead Stadium the first weekend of...

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 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 an...