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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...

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...