The BBQ Central Show

(August 10, 2021 - Hour Two) 10:14pm - Tonight in the 2nd our I will break format in a fairly dramatic way. A number of months ago, show contributor and Texas Monthly BBQ Editor Daniel Vaughn, turned me on to a podcast documentary called "Relative Unknown". He said I might be interested in it because there was a "Cleveland connection" in it. So I took his suggestion, loaded it into the podcast app...

(August 10, 2021 - Hour One) 9:14pm & 9:35pm: Meathead from Amazingribs.com joins me for his monthly visit. It is garden season so tonight, we will talk about a number of things that can go from your garden to the grill or smoker for a fresh and seasonal dinner option. We will also get the monthly update on the AR brands of rubs and sauces and speak a bit on how the live-fire industry has chan...

Episode 188 July 15, 2014 - A visit with Sterling Ball of Big Poppa Smokers...One of the main topics hit that night was “regions of the country” and how it related to flavor profiles.  We also talked about how much BBQ was on TV at that time and if it helped the industry and how it affected the competition side of things.  Sterling is always a great guest and isn’t afraid to share his real opinion...

(August 3, 2021 - Hour Two) 10:14pm - Sam The Cooking Guy joins me for his normal first Tuesday of the month segment. HAs Sam reached 3 million YT subscribers yet?? When will it happen? Did we see his son, Max Zien, in front of the camera a few weeks ago?? I will also talk to him about his new cast iron pan that is available for sale (and show the one I have) and more during our time together toni...

(August 3, 2021 - Hour 1) 9:14pm - Coming off a great showing in Galax, VA, first Tuesday of the month regular, Malcom Reed from How To BBQ Right, joins me to talk about how the event went for team Killer Hogs. We might also get a special "sit-in" appearance from Mark Williams of Swine Life who took the GC on the KCBS side of things. We will also talk about some of Malcom's (and Mark's) latest rec...

A few week back at the top of the 2nd hour I did a story on a place called Combe Hay Farms (It appears the DO NOT ship to the USA). They produce horse milk to drink and made claims that it can help cure a few common skin conditions. I have no proof of that myself, but you can read about it on their website and draw you own conclusions from there. This past Friday, July 30, 2021, I was a guest on t...

Episode 187 July 12, 2011 - One of the most successful competition cooks in KCBS, Mike Davis from Lotta Bull BBQ was the guest back then.  We talked about a recent win at a competition he was at and we talked a bit about when the team decides to make changes to their cooking program as meats start to not score as well.  If you are a competition cook I think this information will still hold true ev...

(July 27, 2021 - Hour Two) 10:14pm - The Embedded Correspondents join me to talk about our favorite BBQ sauces (mass market or otherwise) and we will also follow up on the Derrick Riches topics of Trager and Weber. 10:35pm - After 4 (long) months, the American Idol BBQ Central Show Edition will come to an end. Jon Solberg and I are ready to sing live on the show tonight as well as lead the segment...

(July 27, 2021 - Hour One) 9:14pm - There are many places out there in the food world that claim to be "sustainable" or "green" or "Farm to table" but most don't fit that bill. My first guest tonight is walking the walk! Ben Bebenroth, Founder of Spice Acres Farm will join me to talk about his background, how he got into farming, the mission of the farm and his most recent live-fire cook where he...

Episode 186 July 31, 2012 - Brisket Round Table to include Mike Wozniak (Quau) Ryan Newstrom (Big T’z Que Crew) Scott Kee (Pig Little Pig Town) - It ends up being a bit of a garnish conversation - which is a conversation that has taken place for years and years...it’s “optional”...but is it really?  Take a look back at 2012 and see where you weigh in on this topic back from 9 years ago. Ready to m...

(July 20, 2021 - Hour Two) 10:14pm - Kicking off the 2nd hour is quarterly guest and CEO of Hardcore Carnivore, Jess Pryles. Tonight we cover "dry-aged brisket (yes, it happened), steak from a high level and its varying levels of acceptance vs. other proteins, hot dog talk, meat washing and more. Unless your busy procreating with spiders, you'll want to tune in for this one!! 10:35pm - The bullpen...

(July 20, 2021 - Hour One) 9:14pm - Continuing to race through July we find ourselves in the 3rd week and our usual visit from the live-fire icon himself, Steven Raichlen. Tonight we will talk about ember roasted corn and other veggies, the best way to eat Maryland crab, get a recap on BBQ University and we will also talk about the need to evolve and adapt to the ever changing social media culture...

Episode 185 July 19, 2016 - While this time in life might not ring a bell, you might be familiar with the game “Pokemon”.  Back in the summer of 2016, the newest version of Pokemon came out...and people were using their phones in order to play it...people were jumping out in the streets and getting hit by cars because they weren’t paying attention to what they were actually doing...While I was con...

(July 13, 2021 - Hour Two) 10:14pm - Keeping in the "BBQ/Grilling website theme, I will welcome Joe Clements from the Smoked BBQ Source. Until Derrick Riches recent article a month or so ago, I was not familiar with Joe's site, but since that time, I have been doing a bunch of digging and I am excited to have him on to talk about how he got this whole thing started and how it has grown over the pa...

(July 13, 2021 - Hour One) 9:14pm & 9:35pm - The 2nd Tuesday of the month in the first hour brings a visit from Meathead at Amazingribs.com. Tonight we cover two items that Meathead has been especially active cooking on his grill...Octopus and Calamari...and some other seafood/water living items. Meathead has often said, if he wasn't Meathead he would have been Fishhead. Let's see if he can le...

Episode 184 June 28, 2016 - Being featured on the show this week is Tim Mikeska from Mikeska brands sausage...known as “The First Family of BBQ”... Tim talks about his family’s long history in the BBQ industry and how the Mikesaka brand has grown over the time.  If you have ever had sausage in a BBQ restaurant outside of Texas...there is a pretty good chance that you are eating Mikeska brand sausa...

(July 6, 2021 - Hour Two) 10:14pm - The first Tuesday in the 2nd hour brings a recurring segment with Sam The Cooking Guy. For those of you who are aspiring to be the next great book writer, you will get some great inside info on what it takes during the "process" of writing the book. Do you have what it really takes to be a best selling author?? Tune in for Sam's segment and see! 10:35pm - Closin...

(July 6, 2021 - Hour One) 9:14pm - As we begin Q3 of 2021 we are set to be joined by YouTube star and championship pitmaster, Malcom Reed from How To BBQ Right. Malcom will be joining us from his farm, so perhaps, we will get a live dispatching of a chicken or pig (probably not). I will ask Malcom his preparation for the upcoming Galax, VA contest he mentioned last month, his recipe for the peach...

Episode 183 July 2, 2013 - Show favorite Ted Reader...THEE MASTER PLANKER, was a guest on the show back then.  Before I was joined by Ted, I talked about learning a new way of doing rib prep...which was putting water on the ribs before the rub!!  I also asked Teddy for his take on this method.  We also talked about the impending 4th of July holiday, getting your grill clean and safe and some menu...

(June 29, 2021 - Hour Two) 10:14pm - First time guest and pitmaster of Swine Life BBQ, Mark Williams, joins me to kick off the 2nd hour. Mark has grown to become, not only a successful competition cook, but a very successful YouTuber as well. We will get to know Mark a it more and trach his growth within the live-fire industry! We will also talk about a few of his latest recipes that you might wan...

(June 29, 2021 - Hour One) 9:14pm - It is a bonus week for June and we are ready to go! First up, the ever popular contributing editor t Southern Living, Robert Moss, joins me to talk about a few topics. The first item to cover tonight has been a question which has raged on for years if not decades on the internet. Robert will definitively answer if a hot dog is a sandwich or not! We will also get...

Episode 182 Taking you back to June 25, 2013 - Featuring Trace Arnold...does that name ring a bell??  Probably not...but he was on the show as a guest in 2013 and we talked about his 80ft offset BBQ and grill (trailer) that he was hauling all over the country that year doing BBQ events.  At the time it was the biggest/longest operational BBQ and Grill.  He was doing a 13 city tour in it visiting v...

(June 22, 2021 - Hour Two) 10:14pm - The Embedded Correspondents join me to reveal our Ruth's Chris Steakhouse expose!! Yes, much like the internal temperature taking of 2019 where we went to a number of restaurants armed with out thermapens to take internal temps of steaks, 3 of us went to various Ruth's Chris restaurants and took our IR pistol thermometers to temp the plates, which they claim to...

(June 22, 2021 - Hour One) 9:14pm - The owner of Pit Barrel Cooker, Noah Glanville, joins me for the opening segment. We will discuss the current state of live-fire, the best things to cook on the PBC for the upcoming July 4th holiday, the best things to cook REGARDLESS of holiday or day of the week on PBC and we might even announce something new on the show! It will be cutting edge if we do...Tun...

Episode 181 Taking you back to May 27, 2014 - Featuring Jamie Purviance, who is a well known and respected live-fire author especially when it comes to the brand of Weber.  In this segment we really got to know who Jamie was and tracked his rise in the industry.  He is a well traveled person and an accomplished chef in his own right.  If you aren’t familiar with Jamie, this is a good introduction...