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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...

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...