The BBQ Central Show

(October 5, 2021 - Hour One) 9:14pm: Believe it or not, we are starting quarter 4 of 2021...and YES, it is rapidly coming to a close! To start the last quarter of the year we are joined by the co-creator of How To BBQ Right, Malcom Reed. Tonight, Malcom and I will be talking about a number of things to include a competition they took part in putting together in Hernando, maybe we will ge...

Episode 196 October 4, 2016 - Dr. BBQ (Ray Lampe) was my guest during this show back in 2016...we were answering some questions from some social media platforms.  Ray recapped his time participating at something called “Grillstock” which is now no longer happening...however, it existed for a good 5 or 6 years and was a HUGE event over there!  We also mentioned something named “Haywood Jablowme...a...

(September 28, 2021 - Hour Two) 10:14pm &10:35pm - The 4th Tuesday of the month brings another edition of the ultra popular Embedded Correspondents segment. Tonight, we will cover a few current topics before we delve into the 2021 BBQ Central Show Guest Hall of Fame debate and ultimate induction of this year's class. Who makes it in...we would love your input as well! Email me and I will work...

(September 28, 2021 - Hour One) 9:14pm: After an incredible debut from a few months ago, Chef Ben Bebenroth (Spice Acre Farms) returns to talk about one of my favorite topics...PIZZA! Ben has been working on a concept here in the Cleveland area called "Boom's Pizza" We will talk about how that vision is coming along and how he plans to grow it. On top of that, we will also talk about pizza making...

Episode 195 8/13/2013 --  Sometimes on this show you will hear me refer to “The Golden Age of BBQ”...what does that mean??  Well, 10 years ago, BBQ of all kinds, especially competition, was all over the place...no more prevalent place than TV.  BBQ Pitmasters was THEE show of its time and everyone who watched it realized that they didn’t have to be a world class athlete...or even need to be in ANY...

(September 21, 2021 - Hour Two) 10:14pm: Remember last year when The American BBQ Showdown hit Netflix and everyone was talking about it? I had a few of the contestants on the show and we talked about the experience with them. Joining me in the 2nd hour is Stephanie Lewis who is the Casting Director for season 2! We will talk about the application process, how to position yourself in these intervi...

(September 21, 2021 - Hour One) 9:14pm: Steven Raichlen, from the Barbecue Bible, is ready to join us tonight to talk about squash, squash and more squash! It is in season now across many portion of the country and it appears to be one of Steven's favorite things to add live-fire too for flavor. We will learn all about the varieties and which ones are the best to roast, smoke or BBQ and...

Episode 194 September 6, 2011 - Backyard chicken round table.  With Shane Draper, Jeremy Sleshmen and Chad Ward.  Here's the good news about any BBQ round table you might run across from my past shows...and some go WAAAAY back to the early 2010’s...the majority of them are still 90% GOOD info even to this day.  Sure, there are some techniques or rub that might have changed...but the...

(September 14, 2021 - Hour one) 10:14pm: Owner of Big Poppa Smokers and pitmaster of the same team name, Sterling Ball, joins me. The 2nd hour will be ripe with American Royal build up as that takes place this coming weekend. Sterling won the event in 2012 and we will do a look back and see where his appreciation has grown 9 years later. Of course, I will ask Sterling about where th...

(September 14, 2021 - Hour One) 9:14pm: The 2nd Tuesday brings a visit from the creator of Amazingribs.com, Meathead!! Tonight we will unveil a multi-month segment called "BBQ Science with Meathead". The high level concept is to take a specific BBQ topic that many newcomers might not know much about and explain what is really going. Tonight we will tackle the always talked about "Stall"....

Episode 193 Sept 20, 2016 - A look back at September 11th from 5 years ago...this Saturday will be the 20th anniversary of this event...one that changed our way of life in many ways...especially in the ways we travel now.  I have said it before and I will say it again...the further we move past the event itself, the more it becomes “something you read about or see on TV” on that day only.  The det...

(September 7, 2021 - Hour Two) 10:14pm: Owner of Cali BBQ and Cali BBQ Media and host of the Digital Hospitality podcast, Shawn Walchef, joins me tonight to talk about how he has converted his traditional BBQ restaurant into a BBQ commissary of sorts. While many businesses struggled during COVID, Shawn and his team remained playable during the time and figured out how they...

(September 7, 2021 - Hour One) 9:14pm: Welcome to the end of Q3 in 2021! Malcom Reed from How to BBQ Right (and maybe Mark Williams of Swine Life) joins me tonight to talk about tailgating recipes, tailgating best practices and something we haven't really talked about a lot on the show...DEEP FRYING! Malcom and Mark have been playing around with a deep fryer that I have plenty of qu...

Recently I was asked to be a guest on the food based podcast entitled "Real Food Real People" The show is hosted by Pat, and her husband Doug is the "engineer/producer". The show talks about a variety of different food topics and they also have a number of expert guests on to cover whatever the topic of the week is! New episodes are released each week and some even come with a "Second Helping". If...

Episode 191 September 4, 2012 - Today we feature one of the most iconic Pitmasters in the Northeast (and the country) Chris Hart from I-Que who was my guest back then and we were talking about the impending Jack Daniels BBQ World Championship he was going to compete in.  Back in 2012, Team I-Que was going for their 11th year in a row!!  A huge feat regardless of team or sport...they were a past gr...

(August 31, 2021 - Hour Two) 10:14pm: Quarterly guest and creator of the Hardcore Carnivore brand, Jess Pryles joins me to kick off the 2nd hour. Topics we will hit tonight include the new Tex-Mex rub she just announced a handful of weeks ago, Smithfield video shoots, flanken cut beef ribs, washing meat under the sink and much much more. If you have a question for Jess, please email them to me and...

(August 31, 2021 - Hour One) 9:14pm: Most of us in this industry know about most of the grills and cookers that are available currently. But how many of us really know a lot about Argentinian style cookers? Tonight, first time guest Matt Brothers will join me to discuss his passion for this style of cooking and how this led to his business, Nuke Grills. We will also learn about the cookers and how...

(Recorded 8/27/2021) In this bonus content episode I am joined by the owner of Yukon Glory, Esriel Rappaport. Esriel has a very unique story of getting into this market and how the company has evolved over the years along with bringing some of the most well thought out products to the market. Within the next 30 minutes or so, Esriel will share how the company started, how they grew the business an...

Episode 191 August 24, 2010 - BBQ Fan favorite Rod Gray of Pellet Envy, is featured on this episode and we talked in-depth about where Wagyu briskets were in that era.  If you can believe it, there was a time where wagyu was not the mainstream pick...in fact, 11 years ago or longer, many of the top Pitmasters actually poo-pooed all over it.  One of the key points in this segment was me asking Rod...

(August 24, 2021 - Hour Two) 10:14pm & 10:35pm - The Embedded Correspondents join me for their standing 2nd hour appointment. Topics that we will cover tonight include: our favorite rubs on the 4 main BBQ meats, the growing popularity of smoking cream cheese, the shift of social media in the live-fire industry, speculating on which major BBQ competitions will or will not take place this year a...

(August 24, 2021 - Houe One) 9:14pm: Longest running sponsor of the show, The BBQ Guru's own Bob Trudnak, joins me to lead the show. Tonight we will talk about a few new products he is bringing to market that revolve around the pizza world. We will also get a "state of the Guru" update and we will also discuss Bob's passion for cooking in general and how he plans to leverage that in the future. 9:...

Episode 190 August 21, 2021 - Remember the incredibly popular showed on the Food Network called "Chopped"? Of course you do...aside from me, everyone thinks that show is great! In an effort to change it up a bit, Chopped went to a "grill-master" style show that had a number of personalities on it to include Ray Lampe. We talked about how he got on the show and what the experience was like and we a...

(August 17, 2021 - Hour Two) 10:14pm - Kicking off the 2nd hour is quarterly guest and the creator of the uber-popular Hey Grill Hey, Susie Bulloch. Tonight Susie (and maybe Todd) and I will talk about their complete rebrand and relaunch of their entire product line and corresponding websites and what went into that. We will also talk about their risks and decisions that go into something like thi...

(August 17, 2021 - hour One) 9:14pm: August is rapidly sweeping by but we won't miss our regular segment with BBQ icon, Steven Raichlen from Barbecue Bible. Tonight we will talk about beach grilling, his favorite garden dishes, the secrets to cooking great chicken thighs, how to cook the perfect steak and much more! 9:35pm: After Steven, I will be joined by a legend in his own right and the creato...

Episode 189 July 10, 2010 - Hot Grill on Grill Action was a guest on the show back then.  This was actually done in the “After-Dark” segment before the show blew out to a full two hour weekly show.  Logan Hendrickson and Ryan Amos showed up and we talked about their background and how they got into cooking.  They were getting ready to be on the 2nd season of BBQ Pitmasters back then.  I also gave...