The BBQ Central Show

(October 28, 2025 - Hour Two) 10:14pm & 10:35pm - The 4th Tuesday of the month brings a visit from the Embedded Correspondents. There is a long list of live-fire 100% Assurity questions to run through. There is also a long list of non-live-fire questions to run through as well. The BBQ Central Show Sponsors Smokin Pecan Pellets – Use promo code “BBQCENTRAL” For 10% Off Your Order Primo Grills...

(October 28, 2025 - Hour One) 9:00-10:00pm - The first hour has crashed out completely in the past hour...but never fear...there are things to talk about and recaps to give! 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 M...

Episode 405 Taking you back to 5/22/2012 - Continuing the 5 week run with the newest members of the BBQ Central Show Guest Hall of Fame. Today we feature Andy Husbands. 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* Wa...

(October 21, 2025 - Hour Two) 10:14pm - Leading off the 2nd hour and making her final appearance in 2025, is the creator of  Hardcore Carnivore , Jess Pryles. Tonight we discuss a number of topics to include the "Top 150" list released by the Under Seasoned Podcast, how her new book effort is coming along, what the correct internal temps of beef actually are (lots of gray info out there these days...

(October 21, 2025 - Hour One) 9:00-10:00pm - Finishing up the 2025 BBQ Central Show Guest Hall of Fame "Origin Stories" with our pal and monthly guest, Wes Wright from Cookout News. We all know Wes and the brilliant mind behind the  Cookoutnews.com  website, but how did he get here? All will be revealed tonight during the first hour! The BBQ Central Show Sponsors Primo Grills Big Poppa Smokers – U...

Episode 404 Taking you back to 8/2/2022 - Continuing the 5 week run with the newest members of the BBQ Central Show Guest Hall of Fame. Today we feature Wes Wright...the creator of the Cookout News website. 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...

(October 14, 2025 - Hour Two) 10:00-11:00pm - In the 2nd hour, we knock down the 4th of 5 BBQCS Origin Stories with the one and only Melissa Cookston. We know Melissa as a hugely successful competition cook, then as an author, then as a TV host and now as a BBQ supply store owner. She is also active in major competitions and founded the World Jr. BBQ League. Where did she grow up? What was a young...

(October 14, 2025 - Hour One) 9:14pm - Robert Moss jumps in a segment early to (help me out) talk about his latest top 50 list and then we talk about the resurrection of "The Cue Sheet". 9:35pm - Open for some house cleaning The BBQ Central Show Sponsors Primo Grills Big Poppa Smokers – Use promo code “REMPE15” for 15% off your entire purchase! Fireboard Pit Barrel Cooker Micallef Cigars – Premium...

Episode 403 Taking you back to 5/14/2013 - Continuing the 5 week run with the newest members of the BBQ Central Show Guest Hall of Fame. Today we feature Melissa Cookston...the winningest woman in BBQ. Stay tuned for the next HOF member next Friday! 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 yo...

(October 7, 2025 - Hour Two) 10:00-11:00pm - In the 2nd hour, we knock down the 3rd of 5 Origin Stories with former CEO of KCBS Emily Detwiler. Not always in the BBQ world, we will track Emily's ascension into the world of live fire, where it peaked and why she left. We will also get the full back story on her as well, which is a story that hasn't been told in our circles...but that changes tonigh...

(October 7, 2025 - Hour One) 9:00 -10pm - Tonight's show is all 2025 BBQ Central Show Guest Hall of Famer's All The Time! First up is long time friend of the show, TV star, author, class teacher and BBQ restaurant owner,  Andy Husbands . Ever wondered how Andy came into this business? All will be revealed during the first hour. Be ready to start right from the jump...no intro tonight! The BBQ Cent...

Episode 402Taking you back to 10/31/2019 - Starting a 5 week run with the newest members of the BBQ Central Show Guest Hall of Fame. Today we start with Emily Detwiler. Emily spent many years in the BBQ industry on the business side of things. She worked with Smithfield for many years and made many appearances on the show talking about various programs and initiatives that Smithfield was bringing...

(September 30, 2025 - Hour Two) 10:00-11:00pm - In the 2nd hour, we kick off the BBQCS GHOF "Origin Stories" with Travis Clark. We will get the full background on Travis, what his childhood was like, what his past jobs were like and how he got into BBQ in the first place. We will then track his BBQ path to present day. It is sure to be an incredible hour of BBQ and life talk. The BBQ Central Show...

(September 30, 2025 - Hour One) 9:14pm - Tonight we start with my second favorite passion/hobby, CIGARS! Amanda Micallef from  Micallef Cigars  stops by to talk about their new "Micallef Green" cigar that was recently released. We will learn how long this one was in thew works, why "green" vs another color, what the guts of the cigar are made up of and what kind of smoking experience you can expec...

Episode 401Taking you back to 9/23/2008 - Bob Beeman - Golds Bar-B-Que - Kicking off the next 400 episodes…the live show only 7 months old at this point…and history will show that Bob Beeman, in the beginnings of the show…was a competitive BBQ’er in the PNW…was a big fan of the show…and was a semi-frequent caller to the show when we had the “phone line” to actually do that. Ready to make a “BEST O...

(September 23, 2025 - Hour Two) 10:14pm & 10:35pm - In the 2nd hour, the EC's and I will do the annual BBQ Central Show Guest Hall of Fame nominations...culminating in a new BBQCS Guest Hall of Fame Class! Which 5 will get in?? You will have to tune in to find out! The BBQ Central Show Sponsors Primo Grills Big Poppa Smokers – Use promo code “REMPE15” for 15% off your entire purchase! Fireboar...

(September 23, 2025 - Hour One) 9:14pm - Tonight I start with a recap of the 2025 Hartville Hardware Grillfest. I will give you all the highlights (no low-lights), interactions and behind the scenes scoops you could ever want! 9:35pm - The Embedded Correspondents will drop in a bit early to polish of a few 100%AQ. The BBQ Central Show Sponsors Primo Grills Big Poppa Smokers – Use promo code “REMPE...

Episode 400!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Taking you back to 8/18/2015 - Jon believes he has found the actual 400th episode of The BBQ Central Show…and this is a taste of what and who was on the show back in 2015 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...

(September 16, 2025 - Hour Two) 10:14pm - Leading off the 2nd hour is someone who has been moved around the guest board the past number of weeks. Mike Lang from Another Pint Please will stop by and talk about his new IG account, is latest book writing effort and this coming weekend's agenda at the 2025 Hartville Hardware Grillfest! Oh yeah...I will be there too!! 10:35pm - Joining me for his 3rd q...

(September 16, 2025 - Hour One) 9:14pm - Tonight we, hopefully, bring a resolution to the months long "non-payment" of a bet between Matt Osman and Sam The Cooking Guy. Matt bet Sam's YouTube Channel would hit 4MM subscribers by May 1st. He was so confident, that he bet Sam $2,000 he would accomplish this goal. Matt was wrong. However, months later, there has been no payment to Sam. We will get th...

Episode 399 Taking you back to 9/1/2009 - Being featured this week is ME!!  And you know I love me some me…and the topic being discussed at this time was wood pellets…specifically Traeger Wood pellets…specifically…the way the flavor was going into these pellets…enjoy! 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! ...

(September 9, 2025 - Hour Two) 10:14pm & 10:35pm - 6 months after his last visit, we catch up with, now, two time book author, Meathead from Amazingribs.com. How is the book selling? Is it tracking the way the first book did? Will this be a NYT Best Seller? Is Harry Connick Jr. using Meathead as his go to source for his personal BBQ knowledge? Does he still run Amazingribs.com? All will be rev...

(September 9, 2025 - Hour One) 9:14pm - The latest craze in our small ecosystem has been the revealing of the new BBQ Central Show theme song "Get In The Smoke". Tonight we lead off the show with the creator of the song, Heath Bennett. We will get to know Heath a bit, see if he is a music guy and see if he is a bbq'er. We will also learn the "process" hew went through to turn out the finished prod...

Episode 398 Taking you back to September 15, 2011, we are excited to feature a truly pioneering figure in the history of our program. I would confidently assert that she was the program's very first "Embedded Correspondent," a concept she embodied long before the EC format became a familiar and established part of our show. Her name is Kelly Dodd, and we encourage our audience to consider if that...

(Pre-Recorded August 31, 2025 - Second hour) Sam The Cooking Guy and I chop it up on eating out, tipping, retail and more. The BBQ Central Show Sponsors 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