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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 the North Central neighborhood of Charleston, SC. In the same year the restaurant was named one the 50 Best New Restaurants by Bon Appetit Magazine an...

Send us Fan Mail Steven Raichlen hosts the popular TV shows Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire and Project Smoke , Primal Grill , and Barbecue University on Public Television. His 31 books include the international blockbusters The Barbecue Bible and How to Grill (with combined sales of more than 3 million copies), and the New York Times bestselling Planet Barbecue and Project Smoke (Workman Publishin...

Send us Fan Mail 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 still live he...

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 Barbecue is, to some degree, all about that smoky flavor that can only be provided by burning something.  Whether with logs or chips, wood provides a wide palette of seasoning for your meats no different than any array of rubs or spices.  Guest Nick Broughton supplies barbecue stores nationwide with the wood products necessary to add flavor to your cookouts and knows as much about...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest, Mike Erickson, a trained chef and high school culinary arts teacher in Texas, has embarked on a national quest to get high school kids involved in competitive barbecue. This is the story of National High School BBQ Association and how you (and your teen) can get involved. Dave and Andy will talk about the A to Z of meat injections. Support the show www.bbqradionetwork.c...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest, Dub Siegel, was a professional welder by day and for years built custom smokers at night. His hobby is now his profession.  He is also a Grand Champion pitmaster from one of the biggest events each year - The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle (in our own backyard). Dub also gives tips on upgrading your own cooker at home. Dave and Dan will talk about putting together chili on one...

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 Craig Renfro is Editor In Chief and Owner of Tailgater Magazine and joins us to pass on some great ideas, tips and recipes to make your NFL football playoffs “homegate” a big success. Tailgater Magazine received the National BBQ Association 2020 Award of Excellence for a BBQ publication. Craig keeps us on our toes with a whole bunch of recommendations for your Big Game party on Su...

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 an...

Send us Fan Mail Competitive BBQer and restaurateur Joe Pearce is our guest.  Joe and SLAP's BBQ is 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 his biggest achievement was opening Slap...

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 This week's guest on BBQ RADIO NATION, Rod Gray, was crowned 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 other words, Rod i...

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 Staff Chef at All Things BBQ - www.atbbq.com - Jackson is widely known for his videos at the All Things BBQ YouTube Channel.  A culinary institute trained chef, Chef Tom always brings it to the recipes he consistently develops and unveils on YouTube. Support the show www.bbqradionetwork.com

Send us Fan Mail 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."   In addition to cooking award-winning barbecue, h...

Send us Fan Mail Let's talk turkey! Just in time for Thanksgiving, how to prepare your turkey for the holiday table.   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 tai...

Send us Fan Mail A monster year for Brad Leighninger. Winning pork at Memphis in May, winning the Jack Daniels Invitational, and now back to back KCBS Team of the Year Championships (which he has won 3 out of the last 4 years). All of that while running 4 restaurants. As was mentioned in the program, he may very well be the Tom Brady of BBQ. His team, Gettin' Basted, has finished no less than...

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 KELLY WERTZ is back, this time talking about the new KCBS Steak Championship Series coming up next year and how to get that steak perfect.  "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 wo...

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 an...

Send us Fan Mail Artist STRETCH Rumaner (Sculpture/Design/Food) is completely innovative and original, as his appearance on BBQ Pitmasters proved. A frequent guest of Guy Fieri, and not just on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, STRETCH is becoming a common fixture on Food Network shows. He is a wild man and is always a favorite of the show.  He actually ziplined a whole hog into the American Royal for...

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 & Wine Magazine....