The BBQ Central Show

(12/30/2025 - Hour One) It's the most wonderful time of the year...and it's also the last show of the year. Tonight we take it back...all the way back to the beginning of the year! It's been a while since I did an official "Year In Review" style show and tonight we bring it back. Over the 2 hour show tonight, we will take a look back at the past 12 months worth of shows, highlight guests, topics,...

Episode 413 Taking you back to - 3/30/2010 - The competition BBQ Round Table Srries rolls on after the The 12 Days of BBQ Christmas break last week…brisket is the topic and sitting in on the panel was…by the way…let me stop here and get on the “look at me train” for a second…I can tell you how great the show was…I can tell you a lot of things about this show over the years…but nothing confirm how...

(December 23, 2025 - Hour Two) 9:14 - The 12 Days of BBQ Christmas, a follow up on AI music and who has the rights to what, a cat piss update and more! 9:35pm and on - After the open, we go right into the final Embedded Correspondents segment of 2025. during the time, we will talk about best trends of 2025, worst trends of 2025, predictions for 2026 and, of course, a litany of 100% Assurity Statem...

(December 23, 2025 - Hour One) 9:14 - The 12 Days of BBQ Christmas, a follow up on AI music and who has the rights to what, a cat piss update and more! 9:35pm and on - After the open, we go right into the final Embedded Correspondents segment of 2025. during the time, we will talk about best trends of 2025, worst trends of 2025, predictions for 2026 and, of course, a litany of 100% Assurity Statem...

Episode 412 Taking you back to - 12/20/2011 It's the gift that keeps on giving the whole year, Clark!! Every year we introduce you to the best Christmas song ever recorded...and to add even more value, it was done live almost 14 years ago to the day! For your listening pleasure, we present to you..."The 12 Days of BBQ Christmas" Ready to make a “BEST OF” show all your own?? Email Jon Solberg and l...

(December 16, 2025 - Hour Two) 10:14pm - Leading off the 2nd hour is Chris Young from Combustion, Inc. Is he the best YouTube cooking content creator at this current moment in time...??? 10:35pm - The close of the show will have the final visit from Texas Monthly's BBQ editor, Daniel Vaughn. What was the Best, Worst and other in BBQ (in Texas and beyond) in 2025?? Tuner in tonight and find out! Th...

(December 16, 2025 - Hour One) 9:14 - The Chicago visit recap! 9:35pm - After the recap,, we are joined by Wes Wright for the final time in 2025. Get the latest business updates and predictions! The BBQ Central Show Sponsors Smokin Pecan Pellets – Use promo code “BBQCENTRAL” For 10% Off Your Order Primo Grills Big Poppa Smokers – Use promo code “REMPE15” for 15% off your entire purchase! Fireboard...

Episode 411 Taking you back to - 3/23/2010 - Competition Pork Butt Round Table #1 2009 KCBS - Little Pig Town - Scott Kee #5 2009 KCBS - The Slab’s - Kyle Laval (The BBQ Pimp) #7 2009 KCBS - Butcher BBQ - Dave Bouska Continuing the multi-week look back on "Round Table" shows for fan Tyler. This week, learn how the best of the best were doing their pork butts back in 2010 (2009). Ready to make a “B...

(December 9, 2025 - Hour Two) 14min in- Meathead - Amazing Ribs(.com) 35min in - Robert Moss 1:14:00 min in - Ted Conrad - Fireboard The BBQ Central Show Sponsors Smokin Pecan Pellets – Use promo code “BBQCENTRAL” For 10% Off Your Order Primo Grills Big Poppa Smokers – Use promo code “REMPE15” for 15% off your entire purchase! Fireboard Pit Barrel Cooker Micallef Cigars – Premium Hand Rolled Cigar...

(December 9, 2025 - Hour One) 14min in- Meathead - Amazing Ribs(.com) 35min in - Robert Moss 1:14:00 min in - Ted Conrad - Fireboard The BBQ Central Show Sponsors Smokin Pecan Pellets – Use promo code “BBQCENTRAL” For 10% Off Your Order Primo Grills Big Poppa Smokers – Use promo code “REMPE15” for 15% off your entire purchase! Fireboard Pit Barrel Cooker Micallef Cigars – Premium Hand Rolled Cigar...

Episode 409 Taking you back to 3/16/2010 - Continuing the many weeks of “BBQ Round Tables” as requested by fan of the show “Tyler”...this time around we do a competition round table  - Chicken Style - with Kelly Wertz - 4 Legs Up BBQ  (4th in 2009), Joe Amore - Smokin MT. Smokers (5th in 2009) and Troy Black - Learn 2 Q (7th in 2009). The Round table shows were some of the most downloaded shows ev...

(December 2, 2025 - Hour Two) 10:14pm - The first Tuesday in the 2nd hour brings a monthly (and last) visit from  Sam The Cooking Guy . He will bum in a little later than normal as he will be finishing another job earlier in the day. That being said, we should have plenty of time to talk about his Thanksgiving and what gifts he's recommending this holiday season. 10:35pm - The close of the show wi...

(December 2, 2025 - Hour One) 9:14 - Last week it was Rasheed Philips and this week it's  Al Frugoni ! The king of open-live fire cooking joins me to talk about the Meat Up in Hondo, TX but, more importantly, we will discuss how the Open Fire Memphis In May deal came together for the 2026 version of this event. You might be surprised how this all came together...and who dumped on the idea to begin...

Episode 409 Taking you back to...3/9/2010 - This week we feature what is going to be a multi-week series of “BBQ Round Table” shows. First up is a technical nightmare…one that I don't recall actually ever doing…but I must have because Jon has it queued up and ready to go…Fan of the show Tyler has requested these and Jon has accommodated him fully and for many weeks to come…and you get to enjoy the...

(November 25, 2025 - Hour Two) 10:14pm & 10:35pm - The 4th Tuesday of the month in the 2nd hour brings a visit from the Embedded Correspondents. We are only a few days away from Thanksgiving at this point, so why not have a special edition of the "100% Assurity Statements". There will be a number of Thanksgiving related statements and there will also be a number of unrelated statements as well...

(November 25, 2025 - Hour One) 9:14 - Rasheed Philips from Philips Barbeque Co. stops by to open things up tonight. Aside from being one of the most sought after live-fire cooks out there today, he also hosts a weekly BBQ podcast. Within that podcast, Rasheed is good for a a "Hot Take" or two. So tonight, Rasheed and I will trade "Hot Takes" to see who can come up with the most "Hottest" take of t...

Episode 408 9/24/2019 - This week we feature one of my favorite guests…and a BBQCS GHOF’er and the man who…the globe…considers to be THEE foremost burger authority…our friend George Motz. This was George’s first time on the show…so if you missed it…this will be one you want to check out this coming Friday…and he opens with a hot take on “Global Warming”... Ready to make a “BEST OF” show all your o...

(November 18, 2025 - Hour Two) 10:14pm & 10:35pm - This is usually where you would see Susie Bulloch (and Todd) from Hey Grill Hey. While Susie has other plans, Triple T has committed to doing their last segment of 2025 with me. So we will start with what new things are coming out of the HGH platform, and then, we will get the HGH story from Todd's side. We did this with Susie a number of year...

(November 18, 2025 - Hour One) 9:14 - The man who needs no introduction to anyone interested in cooking over live-fire, Steven Raichlen, joins me for his last visit of 2025. Tonight we make sure you are "Thanksgiving Ready", that you are "Holiday Season Gift-Giving Ready" and we will also talk about a few of his upcoming book projects, that to me, seem to signal something in his prolific career......

Episode 407 9/23/2008 - Fred Bernardo of Tasty Licks BBQ and Supply Store is being featured this week…and in this segment we talk about something that was HUGE in the industry back in later 2008…the reveal of the 22” WSM…a much bigger version of the flag ship 18.5”...which was my first smoker… We also talked about the 26” Weber Kettle…which I think is still one of the biggest/coolest things to hav...

(November 10, 2025 - Hour Two) The BBQ Central Show Sponsors Smokin Pecan Pellets – Use promo code “BBQCENTRAL” For 10% Off Your Order Primo Grills Big Poppa Smokers – Use promo code “REMPE15” for 15% off your entire purchase! Fireboard Pit Barrel Cooker Micallef Cigars – Premium Hand Rolled Cigars

(November 10, 2025 - Hour One) The BBQ Central Show Sponsors Smokin Pecan Pellets – Use promo code “BBQCENTRAL” For 10% Off Your Order Primo Grills Big Poppa Smokers – Use promo code “REMPE15” for 15% off your entire purchase! Fireboard Pit Barrel Cooker Micallef Cigars – Premium Hand Rolled Cigars

(November 4, 2025 - Hour Two) 10:14pm - The first Tuesday in the 2nd hour brings a visit from Sam The Cooking Guy. Did he par-boil wings recently?? Why did he do that and how do I get him to never do that again?? We will also talk about the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday and what he is recommending this year. 10:35pm - We continue with Sam and we also discuss some random food topics. Want to join i...

(November 4, 2025 - Hour One) 9:14 - The first Tuesday of the month brings a visit from our pal Malcom Reed. Tonight will be Thanksgiving and football heavy from a food talk stand point. Malcom will help make sure your turkey is on point along with all of the side dishes. We will also talk about some great football recipes that do not include wings...because Malcom and I LOVE chicken wings! 9:35pm...

Episode 406 Taking you back to 9/5/2017 - Continuing the 5 week run with the newest members of the BBQ Central Show Guest Hall of Fame. Today we feature Travis Clark. Ready to make a “BEST OF” show all your own?? Email Jon Solberg and let him know what you would like to hear on a future episode!  As always, thank you for listening! *Don’t forget to RATE AND REVIEW THE SHOW ON YOU PODCAST APP* Want...