Ready Set BBQ Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by Jaime, Johnny, Hector,  and Hiram (virtually) as we talk a little bit of Cowboys football as they recover from last weeks beating. Jaime is back on the band wagon ready to restart payment on his Superbowl tickets.  We also talk about some other recent meltdowns as OU is upset by Baylor and the Texas Longhorns continue to embarrass themselves and me....

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by Jaime, Johnny, Hector, Isaac, and Hiram (virtually) as we talk a little bit of Cowboys football as the melt down they had. The same goes for the Texas Longhorns as they drop their 4th game a row.  We end our headliners by talking a little boxing as Canelo unifies the championship belts.   Hector and Johnny talk about cooking 15 briskets over the week...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by Jaime, Rudy, and Hiram (virtually) as we talk a little bit of Cowboys football as the game just ended.  We also just finished watching the Astro try to stay alive and push to a game 6. Hiram and I teams (Bears & Niners) play each other in a disappointing ending.  In the spirit of Halloween we talk some Halloween parties and costumes from present...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by Jaime, Hector, Johnny and Hiram (virtually) as we talk a little Dodgers meltdown or just their lack of available players. Hiram and Jaime make a little wager on the World Series.  Hector jumps off the burning covered wagon that is Baker Mayfield.  He also lost a little faith in Oklahoma.  I plan to make a visit to Austin to see my Longhorns after alm...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are on location as we do a remote podcast from Smoke Crafters Barbecue (Awesome location).  I am joined by Jaime, Hector and Johnny as we sit down with our friend Jaime (Co-owner of Smoke Crafters.   We start by talking a little football as we ask Jaime about his fandom between the Cowboys or Texas.  Jaime argues that the Cowboys have the best offense in the NFL...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode  I am joined by Jaime, Hector and Hiram (back in LA).  We give Hector a few minutes to do a victory lap following the big comeback Oklahoma pulled on our beloved Texas Longhorns.  We talk about Fury vs. Wilder part 3.  They guys say Wilder fought like a champion, I'm not so sure I agree with their boxing acumen.  Hector has a little fomo from missing the fight...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode  I am joined by Jaime, Hector and Hiram (live in house).  We have multiple special guest as my sister Evee sits in as well as 1/2 of two different barbecue teams.  Eddie from Chillin and Grillin and Phil from Dos Hermanos BBQ.  We start the conversation with a birthday bash we just threw for my sister Evee's 21st bday.  We cooked some brisket, ribs, rice, bean...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode  I am joined by the usual group of Jaime, Hector and Hiram.  Although this time Hiram joins us live in the studio. We think of coming up with a better  name for our garage pod studio.  Jaime talks some UFC that we plan to check out the next day.  He tells us about Nick Diaz's giant following.  We also talk a little boxing and wrestling as the weekend is busy w...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode  I am joined by the usual group of Jaime, Hector and Hiram.  We open it up by talking about the last episodes debate of beans or no beans in a bowl of chili. We had some very interesting responses on social media and way more engagement than we anticipated.  Hector and I talked about a pop up event that we catered with our friends at Snowbite. We get to take over a...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode  I am joined by some unicorns we haven't seen in a minute, Johnny Deep and Isaac. Hector and Hiram also join the convo as usual as we tackle some of the Worlds biggest issues (maybe our World).  We open it up by talking about he contest we've been promoting  with Elda's Kitchen.  We announce the 3 lucky winners who will each receive a 3 pack of Elda&...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode  I am joined by Hector, Jaime and Hiram from Los Angeles.  We also welcome back the Queen of BBQ, Alma Vera.  We start with out Joe review of the Jake Paul and whether we thought the fix was in.  Things go off the rails when the gang predicts he will fight a donkey in his next fight.  We talk about the next upcoming barbecues in the following months and which we pr...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode  I am joined by Hector, Jaime and Hiram from Los Angeles.  We start off by talking about the crate challenge that has gone viral on the internet. Jaime thinks he can beat the challenge with his cat like ninja skills.  When then talk about the Nirvana baby that is now suing the band's estate for using his picture when he was a baby.  Hiram shares a story from h...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode  I am joined by Hector, Jaime and Hiram from Los Angeles.  We start off by talking about our giveaway contest that we are having with Elda's Kitchen.  If you  recall she was a guest of ours not so long ago.  Check out our social media pages for the details to win some free products from Elda's Kitchen.    We then talk about flat iron griddle cooking or wh...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode  I am joined by Hector, Jaime and Hiram from Los Angeles.  We start off by talking about a huge Saturday night barbecue that we just feasted on.  We always make way too much. This time it was dino ribs, pork butt, pork ribs, mollejas, and more.  We then dive into the infamous McGriddle that Jerry Jones scarfs down during the first episode of Hard Knocks on HBO.  He...

Send us Fan Mail Season 2 we are back!!! In this episode  I am joined by Hector, Jaime and Hiram from Los Angeles.  The Ready Set BBQ podcast is back for Season 2 after a month hiatus.  We catch up on what we've been doing during the break.  Hector plans to go back on his diet after touring some of America's best eats.  We talk about a Sunday cookoff earlier in the day.  I hope this does...

Send us Fan Mail In this bonus episode we do our third live podcast of the day at the Texas Cook'em High Steaks in Edinburg.  Brett Gallaway from the Steak Cookoff Association joins us to talk about the event and possible future events in the Rio Grande Valley. He gives a little history about the Steak Cookoff Associations' beginnings from 9 cookoffs 6 years ago to over 600 world wide  i...

Send us Fan Mail In this bonus episode we do our second live podcast of the day at the Texas Cook'em High Steaks in Edinburg.  Mario and Eddie from Chillin N Grilling  join us to talk about the cookoff prior to the results.  We talk about the overall event and how we feel our different meat turns in came out.  The gang all feel pretty confident about our turn in on this day.  We ask for more...

Send us Fan Mail In this bonus episode we do our first live podcast at the Texas Cook'em High Steaks in Edinburg.  Johnny, Jaime and myself are joined by my other brother Eric for the first time.  We talk about the new set up for the cook off and thank Ronnie for our awesome spot behind the 9th hole at Ebony Golf Course.  Jaime breaks down the new Champions Barbecue Alliance (CBA) scoring sys...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 25 Part 1!! We've got a full house again as I'm joined by Johnny, Rudy, Jaime, and my brother Hiram virtually from LA .  Hector is also back from his beach vacation.  Let's see if we can make it through this extra long podcast recording. We start up with some Joe tips that some of the cooking teams shared for the average backyard cooker. We got some tips fro...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 25 Part 1!! We've got a full house again as I'm joined by Johnny, Rudy, Jaime, and my brother Hiram virtually from LA .  Hector is also back from his beach vacation.  Let's see if we can make it through this extra long podcast recording.   We talk about our weekends where most of us competing in the Texas Cook'em High Steaks in Edinburg. Hiram plans to...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 24!! We've got a full house again as I'm joined by Johnny, Rudy, Jaime, and my brother Hiram virtually from LA, who is also with our friend Erica .  Hiram shares some stories about Erica and Jaime in High School. We question whether Jaime was a bully back then and would have been cancelled today.  We talk about the disappointing loss by the Texas Longhorns baseba...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 23!! We've got a full house and I'm joined by Isaac, Johnny, Rudy, Jaime, and my brother Hiram virtually from LA.  We start by talking about what we got for Father's day and how it's not as glamorous as Mother's Day.  John takes a Ferris Bueller's day off and treats himself.  We made some steaks prior to recording the podcast getting ready for...

Send us Fan Mail In this special episode we interview Brie Blackford from Elda's Kitchen.  I am joined by Hector, Marisol, and Alma "The Queen of BBQ".  We talk about her weekly Facebook live videos.  Brie tells us how Elda's Kitchen got started and a little history behind it.  She reminisces about cooking with her Grandma and how it inspired her to continue the tradition of co...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Jaime, Hector, Johnny and I are joined by Hiram in LA.  We welcome special guest Ronnie Larralde, President of the Edinburg Chamber of Commerce and organizer of the Texas Cook'em High Steaks in Edinburg.  We start with a little celebrity boxing and how it's changing the boxing world.  Deshawn Watson makes his way back into the podcast as Ronnie is a die h...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Jaime, Hector and I are joined once again by Hiram in LA.  We talk a little NBA updates and the upcoming Mayweather vs. Paul "Fight".  Is  it a fight or a money grab.  Maybe a little bit of both.  We talk about my recent cookoff where I ride shotgun for the Queen of BBQ and battling the erratic Texas weather.  We also talk about the upcoming High Steaks c...