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We will talk with LC BBQ on his World Championship, pork steaks with Heavy Smoke BBQ and Gettin' Basted, and upcoming The BBQ League events

Former MLB Player, Curtis Granderson aka the Grandyman and High School BBQ League Founder, Mike Erickson with Guest Co-host, Doug Scheiding Plus a Listener Shares Their Baseball Pet Peeve Curtis Granderson is nicknamed the Grandyman. He played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers,Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers, and Miami Marlins.  He was recently inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame.  Curtis had an exceptional career on the playing field, but his post playing career is just as exceptional as he is involved with The Players Alliance, as well as his Grand Kids Foundation.  Our discussion covers so much more than his playing career and philanthropical endeavors as we also discuss Bob Kendrick, the president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, the numerous awards Curtis has won, and much more, including his love of food. Mike Erickson is known as the BBQ Principal. He is the founder of High School BBQ and the Texas High School BBQ Cookers Association that he built into a State Wide Championship and is now the founder of the National High School BBQ Association.  He is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and Johnson and Wales University Food Entrepreneurship program.  Doug Scheiding joins in with his own unique insight.  Go to https://www.highschoolbbqleague.com/ for more information on the National High School Barbecue Association. We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky. We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories,  Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/ We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe.   If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you. Call the show:  (516) 855-8214 Email:  baseballandbbq@gmail.com Twitter:  @baseballandbbq Instagram:  baseballandbarbecue YouTube:  baseball and bbq Website:  https//baseballandbbq.weebly.com Facebook:  baseball and bbq  

After a few weeks off, we are back to fire up Season 6 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast! We want to thank our listeners and sponsors from the beginning, way back in 2016 when we started the show on local radio.  Our first guest of the new year is the busiest man in BBQ, our friend Tim Scheer who's the boss man for Blues Hog, Gateway Drum Smokers, Shake 'n Bake BBQ, Marble Ridge Farms and The BBQ League. It's no surprise that Tim has big things in the words for 2024 with the Blues Hog brand continuing to expand and his competition teams looking forward to some of the biggest contests on the planet, including Memphis in May where Blues Hog won the 2022 World Championship. Tim also talks about his hog and cattle breeding operation and specifically raising the hogs he will take to Memphis in May.  We also welcome a new sponsor to the show, Smoke 'n Magic BBQ with Brad Colter and Breana Via. We visit with them about their year-long run in the BBQ restaurant world at the Kansas City International Airport, the Smoke 'n Magic line of rubs and sauces and their cooking plans for the year ahead, which include a trip to Australia for Meatstock in April. We'll hear from Brad and Breana - Pork champs at the 2023 Jack Daniels World BBQ Invitational - weekly throughout the year with a Smoke 'n Magic Minute with a tip or insight on one of their products.  Skyler Spartan of The Grill Guys of Missouri also stops by with the latest happenings from their BBQ store in Republic, Mo., including news of a special promotion that leads up to the Super Bowl in a couple of weeks. We'll hear from Skyler or co-owner-operator Charlie Wallace each week on the show. Meanwhile, co-hosts Lyndal and Steve discuss what's on their upcoming BBQ menus and preview the NFL's Final 4. Thanks to all our sponsors and marketing partners for making the show possible:  Blues Hog #blueshognation Royal Oak Charcoal #teamroyaloak2023 The Butcher Shoppe #alwayshandpicked  Proud Souls BBQ Kansas City #proudsoulsbbqkc #kingdomofq  The Grill Guys of Missouri Smoke 'n Magic BBQ #SmokenMagic Vietti Marketing Group   Marty "Real Sign Man" Prather #pizza Have a great BBQ week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm  

Host Andrew Bartolotta sits down with 7-time world barbecue champion, owner of Memphis BBQ Company and The BBQ All-Stars, Author of two cookbooks, and celebrated Southern Delta Chef, Melissa Cookston to discuss her passion for barbecue, being a trailblazing female food entrepreneur, and more.During the conversation, Melissa talks about creating the World Jr. BBQ League, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing the world of competition barbecue to teenagers by nurturing young minds and teaching them important leadership skills through culinary contests. She also shares some of her tips on being a serial entrepreneur and why you should love what you do.Watch Cookston back as a Judge on Season 2 of Netflix's The American Barbecue Showdown, premiering May 26, 2023.Learn more about the grill's best friend, Melissa Cookston and her ventures at https://melissacookston.com/

Kurt talks with Brad Leighninger, pit master of Gettin' Basted based out of Branson, MO about getting thrown into a competition, his beginner's luck, the growing popularity of drum smokers and the hot and fast cooking style, why BBQ should be a passion before being a way to make money, where the future of BBQ is going, how to find ways to get spectators involved, and the world's most exclusive online barbecue entertainment and educational hub, The BBQ League. Connect with Brad Leighninger, Gettin' Basted, and The BBQ League at the links below! Gettin' Basted Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gettinbasted/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gettinbasted Website: https://www.gettinbasted.com/menu Email: brad@gettingbasted.com The BBQ League Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebbqleague/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebbqleague/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyXfQhB_b7Ah00fvd3X9tgg Website: https://www.thebbqleague.com/ Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter here! Want to reach us? Email us at bbq4newbies@gmail.com

Paul Buob recently retired after a long career as a supervisor at Caterpillar in central Illinois. Now, he's really able to focus on his competition BBQ efforts, with Smokin' Ghost BBQ. On Episode 153 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, we visit with Paul about his ascension in BBQ and his recent Grand Championship at the 73-team Sip & Swine BBQ Festival in Georgia. It's also time for the March edition of “Fergie Time” as Richard Fergola of Fergolicious BBQ joins us for his monthly segment. Richard describes the cold and snowy scene cooking up samples outside the Big 12 Basketball Tournament in Kansas City last week, as part of The BBQ League. He also gives a simple tip for those backyard grillers busting out the smoker for the first time this spring as the weather warms. A big thanks to our great sponsor/marketing partners who make Season 4 of the show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Fergolicious BBQ, Affordable Financial Services, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Pro Technology Solutions, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's. We still have room for a couple of more sponsors. Contact me at lscranton755@gmail.com for more info. Have a great BBQ Week and thanks for listening! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

World Championship Pitmaster and the man behind team Shake N Bake and so many BBQ brands, Tim Scheer joins Dane Neal live from Orlando. Hear as Tim talks about the collaboration with El Bandido Yankee for the BBQ and Tequila tailgate and the great personalities from the NFL, college football, MLB and NHL in on […]

World Championship Pitmaster and the man behind team Shake N Bake and so many BBQ brands, Tim Scheer joins Dane Neal live from Orlando. Hear as Tim talks about the collaboration with El Bandido Yankee for the BBQ and Tequila tailgate and the great personalities from the NFL, college football, MLB and NHL in on […]

It's hard to believe that we've been doing the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast for three seasons - after three years on local radio. It's even harder to believe that Season 3 of the podcast wraps up this week. We go out with a bang as first-time show guest Sunny Moody from Nashville, Tennessee joins us. Sunny and husband Jeff and their 4 daughters compete as Moodswing BBQ in SCA and KCBS - Sunny recently won the World Steak Championship at the World Food Championship. Sunny's story in inspirational as she's managing MS to create healthy recipes for an active lifestyle along with championship cooking. Joel Fleetwood of Meat Rushmore BBQ also joins us to discuss his candidacy for the KCBS Board of Directors. Hear some of Joel's ideas to better the sport and the one-time “Under the Radar” guest also discusses Meat Rushmore's ascending competition accomplishments since he was last on the show in 2019. Meanwhile, co-hosts Lyndal and Steve talk about their upcoming holiday cooking plans and give their thumbs-up or thumbs-down on the plethora of college football bowl games. Thanks to our great sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Financial Services, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden, Pro Technology Solutions, Gray Wolf Smokers and The BBQ League. NOTE: If you have an interest in sponsoring the show in 2022, please email Lyndal at lscranton755@gmail.com for details. We're finalizing the sponsor lineup now! Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

With 2021 quickly approaching the finish line, we explore some of the storylines from the Year in Barbecue on Episode 143 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast with two of open-fire cooking's top authorities. Ryan Cooper and Sean Ludwig co-produce The Smoke Sheet, a weekly electronic newsletter that curates the latest national barbecue news, upcoming events, top recipes and more. Ryan and Sean provide insight on what we've seen and what might be ahead for barbecue in 2022 while also giving us a rundown of their barbecue backgrounds and how The Smoke Sheet came to be. If you don't already, subscribe now at BBQnewsletter.com and don't miss an issue. It's FREE. Meanwhile, co-host Steve Koehler discusses a themed family Christmas ahead, cooking steaks on a charcoal chimney and Grillgrates and joins Lyndal Scranton for a quick tour of the college and pro football world. Thanks to our great sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Financial Services, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden, Pro Technology Solutions, Gray Wolf Smokers and The BBQ League. NOTE: If you have an interest in sponsoring the show in 2022, please email Lyndal at lscranton755@gmail.com for details. We're finalizing the sponsor lineup now! Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

We shine the spotlight on some of the nation's best KCBS Backyard pitmasters on Episode 142 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast. Backyard Chicken Team of the Year Brian Walker and Jay Honea of Alabama's Hickory Hangover - along with Ribs Team of the Year Ted Rasky of Alabama's Veteran Pork Pullers - join us for a segment. They discuss how they got started in the backyard division and why they are in no big hurry to move up into the Masters Division. Then Ryan Cain of Kansas City's Damn Fine Beef & Swine tells us about his rookie season of competing in Backyard, where he proved a quick study. Ryan finished a close second in Team of the Year points in both Chicken and Ribs. Meanwhile, co-hosts Lyndal and Steve recap the Thanksgiving holiday and turn an eye toward Christmas grilling and smoking plans. They even discuss the crazy world of college football, where big-time coaches are on the move. Thanks to our great sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Financial Services, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden, Pro Technology Solutions, Gray Wolf Smokers and The BBQ League. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Happy Thanksgiving and welcome to Episode 141 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast where we talk it over with a couple of great guys from mid-America. Veteran competition pitmaster Richard Fergola has won dozens of contests, been on BBQ Pitmasters and Food Network's Chopped Grillmasters. But his biggest personal accomplishment in food sport occurred recently as he captured Grand Championship honors at the KCBS World Invitational. It's Fergy Time as we talk it over with Richard on Episode 141 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show podcast. We also check in with Dusty Ware, co-owner of the Iowa BBQ Store in Ottumwa and pitmaster of Darty Q. In his first year of competing, Dusty and store co-owner and teammate Sam Heinrichs won a KCBC Grand Championship in their rookie season of competition, using drums, then went and bought the jambo and cook trailer of BBQ legend Rod Gray. We ask him about that and the latest from the Iowa BBQ Store, one of our great sponsors. A big thanks to Manscaped, a Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast sponsor throughout November. BBQ friends, check out the new Lawn Mower 4.0. And best of all, use the code TAILGATEBBQ at checkout for 20 percent off and FREE shipping at Manscaped.com!!! #MANSCAPEDAmbassador #Sponsor Thanks to our great sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Financial Services, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden, Pro Technology Solutions, Gray Wolf Smokers and The BBQ League. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

One of the most-popular figures in sports media - and a huge BBQ enthusiast to boot - joins us for Episode 140 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast. It's Mike Golic, a radio Hall of Famer after his 23 years on ESPN radio as one half of Mike and Mike and Golic and Wingo. We have so much fun visiting with Mike - who's a national spokesman for Operation BBQ Relief - about his enthusiasm for open-fire cooking, football and his favorite sports-talk radio host these days. We also are humbled to pay tribute to one of BBQ's iconic figures. Bill Arnold, founder of Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, passed away recently and we spend time with one of Bill's closest friends, Tim Scheer of Shake N Bake BBQ, Gateway Drum Smokers, Marble Ridge Farms and The BBQ League. Tim recalls how Bill approached him about purchasing Blues Hog and how Tim has a passion to take the company to a new level of exposure to backyard cooks worldwide. We also want to welcome Manscaped as a Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast sponsor throughout November. BBQ friends, check out the new Lawn Mower 4.0. And best of all, use the code TAILGATEBBQ at checkout at Manscaped.com for 20 percent off and FREE shipping!!! #MANSCAPEDAmbassador #Sponsor Thanks to our great sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Financial Services, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden, Pro Technology Solutions, Gray Wolf Smokers and The BBQ League. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

We go international on Episode 139 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast as Tom Raes of Southern Dutch BBQ joins us from The Netherlands. Southern Dutch won 8 of 10 contests in Europe in 2021 to finish 6th in the final KCBS Team of the Year standings. We find out about Tom's cooking background, his BBQ inspirations and the rising popularity of open-fire cooking in Europe. Veteran American pitmaster Greg Hastie of Tebo Creek BBQ also spends some time with us. In 2021, Greg opened American Fire BBQ in Lee's Summit, Missouri. He recently helped organize and run a season-ending, KCBS doubleheader contest and tells us about what it was like to be on that end of competition BBQ. We also want to welcome Manscaped as a Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast sponsor throughout November. BBQ friends, check out the new Lawn Mower 4.0. And best of all, use the code TAILGATEBBQ at checkout at Manscaped.com for 20 percent off and FREE shipping!!! #MANSCAPEDAmbassador  Thanks to our great sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Financial Services, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden, Pro Technology Solutions, Gray Wolf Smokers and The BBQ League. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Chris Schafer confirmed his status as one of America's premier pitmasters in 2021, nailing down his second straight third-place finish in the KCBS Team of the Year standings with seven Grand Championships. On Episode 138 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, we visit with Chris about his season, on sharing his BBQ journey with dad Eddie and Heavy Smoke BBQ restaurant celebrating its one-year anniversary. Also joining us is John Lindsey, one of the premier steak cooks on the planet. John, who along with Ronald Burns forms the backbone of Arkassippi Smoke Live and the #ArkassippiCombo line of rubs and sauces, runs down some new products, previews the new season of BAMA-Q (he's one) and offers his views of the new KCBS Strip Steak Series and how it might - or might not - affect the established SCA. We also want to welcome MANSCAPED as a Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast sponsor throughout November. BBQ friends, check out the new Lawn Mower 4.0. And best of all, use the code TAILGATEBBQ at checkout for 20 percent off and FREE shipping!!! #MANSCAPEDAmbassador Thanks to all our great sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Financial Services, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden, Pro Technology Solutions, Gray Wolf Smokers and The BBQ League. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

While many top competition BBQ teams are a one-person operation with little assistance, it's a collaborative effort for the Kansas City-area team All Forked Up for Q. Dan Boles and Jamie Stuke share the cooking duties for the four KCBS meats and it's clearly a winning formula. On Episode 137 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show, Dan and Jamie tell the team's story, including a Grand Championship last weekend at the Border War BBQ in Osawatomie, Kansas. Ever thought of designing your own dream pit, but don't have the skills to make it a reality? Frank Cox of SmokerBuilder.com can help. With an engineering and fabrication background, Frank can build any kind of pit, or design and instruct others how to do so. We visit with Frank about the booming DIY world of BBQ on this week's show. Meanwhile, co-hosts Lyndal and Steve talk about the importance of winterizing grills, cooking fabulous chicken wings and the free-falling Kansas City Chiefs. Thanks to our great sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Financial Services, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden, Pro Technology Solutions, Gray Wolf Smokers and The BBQ League. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Sterling Smith of Arizona-based Loot N'Booty has been involved in high-level competition BBQ for more than a decade, also teaching and traveling the world spreading the good word of ‘Q. Now he's sharing his knowledge in written form. On Episode 136 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, Sterling tells us about his new book, out this week: “The Complete Barbecue Cookbook: Expert Advice and Foolproof Recipes for BBQ Perfection.” Also joining us for some steak talk is Brent Howard. The school superintendent from Mountain View, Arkansas, discusses the challenges of leading a school district during times of Covid-19 and how steak cooking has been a great outlet for him on weekends. Brent also is one of the few SCA cooks using a pellet cooker and we discuss that. The co-hosts talk about their recent cooking adventures, including Lyndal's weekend leading the Tailgate Guys cooking team into its final competition of the year at Smokin' in Sugar Creek in Kansas City. The narrative: We aren't world beaters, but we're getting better! Thanks to our great sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Financial Services, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden, Pro Technology Solutions, Gray Wolf Smokers and The BBQ League. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

It's been one of the greatest competition BBQ seasons anyone's ever compiled, with double-digit Grand Championships and a third KCBS Team of the Year honor nearing the finish line. But Brad Leighninger's latest title - Grand Champion of The Jack Daniels World BBQ Invitational - might have been the biggest accomplishment of his career so far. On Episode 135 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast we visit with Brad about Gettin' Basted's triumph in Lynchburg, Tennessee, what it meant to the Missourian, how friendly rival Joe Pearce pushes him to excel and how he keeps the competitive fires burning hot. We also visit with Randy Vanslyke of High I Que BBQ after his 9th-place Brisket call in his first appearance at The Jack. Randy also is a new sponsor of the show with his Pro Technology Solutions, a Kansas City-area company that specializes in installation of smart technology, including visual and audio systems in homes and businesses. Meanwhile, Lyndal previews the Tailgate Guys' final KCBS competition of the season - Smokin' in Sugar Creek - and Steve discusses his backyard cooking adventures over the past week. Thanks to our other sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden, Pro Technology Solutions, Gray Wolf Smokers and The BBQ League. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

It's Episode 134 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast and we visit with reigning Jack Daniels World Invitational BBQ champion Travis Clark. It's a wide-ranging conversation about The Jack, his Clark Crew BBQ restaurant, the state of competition BBQ, judging, meat quality and more. Travis is never afraid to speak his mind, which as a show host or listener is rewarding. We also talk turkey with Beth Breeding, vice-president for communications and marketing for the National Turkey Federation. The addition of a Turkey Smoke championship chase has been a positive move for KCBS and Beth said the organizations are fired up to do it again, in bigger fashion, in 2022. Make sure to check out TurkeySmoke.org for some great recipe ideas, plus more competition info. Meanwhile, co-hosts Lyndal and Steve talk about their cooking week, which included a leap into the deep waters of Steak Cookoff Association competition. They also talk MLB playoffs, which is truly one of the great times on the sports calendar. We want to thank a new sponsor this week, our friend Randy VanSlyke of High I Que BBQ. Randy owns and operates Home Technology Solutions in Gardner, Kansas. Pro Technology Solutions offers Gardner and the Kansas City area services such as audio/visual installation - so if you need someone to install those big-screen TVs and sound systems or provide various other home automation expertise, give Randy a call at (913) 927-1185 Thanks to our other sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden, Gray Wolf Smokers and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's Pizza, an “Official American Royal World Series of BBQ” sponsor of our team. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Our American Royal World Series of Barbecue champions tour continues on Episode 133 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast as we're joined by Grand Champion of The Open, Travis Duffy of Last Call Heroes out of Pierre, S.D. Travis tells us about his biggest career win and how he got it done at Kansas Speedway. Nick Davis of Oklahoma's Double Barrel BBQ also joins us to preview a contest he's hosting this weekend, aimed at backyard cooks in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Kevin Hesse from Kansas City's Weekend Bum BBQ also joins Nick to discuss a tell-all class aimed at competition newcomers, set for Nov. 6 at American Fire BBQ. It's also a chance to ask Kevin about his first-place Pork at the American Royal Open. Meanwhile, co-hosts Lyndal and Steve discuss the great cooking weather that October offers and blast through a sports 2-minute drill with a focus on the red-hot baseball Cardinals. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's Pizza, an “Official American Royal World Series of BBQ” sponsor of our team. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

On Episode 132 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, we visit with an American Royal World Series of BBQ Grand Champion - and even get to brag on ourselves a bit! We also tell you how you can apply to be a contestant on a popular televised BBQ program. The lowdown: Bill Heyen took a break from fall harvest in the fertile farm fields of west-central Illinois and captained Triple H BBQ to a world championship in the American Royal Invitational over the weekend. Bill recaps how it went down at Kansas Speedway. The 41st American Royal was an unforgettable experience for the Tailgate Guys BBQ cooking team, which made its first dive into the deep end of the BBQ water in the 467-team Open. Lyndal Scranton recaps the thrill of a 12th-place Chicken call and what it means to a podcast co-host to experience competition success on a huge stage. Stephanie Lewis is casting producer for the American Barbecue Showdown's Season 2, which returns to Netflix in 2022. Stephanie tells us how aspiring pitmasters can apply to be a part of the lineup, as applications at bbqshow.castingcrane.com are open now. Co-hosts Steve Koehler and Lyndal also talk backyard cooking as autumn arrives along with a sports two-minute drill. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's Pizza, an “Official American Royal World Series of BBQ” sponsor of our team. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

The world's largest BBQ competition is about to fire up. It's American Royal World Series of BBQ week as nearly 500 teams converge on Kansas Speedway to fill the air with delicious smoke and light their pits feeling unbridled optimism. To preview the event, we visit with six first-time competitors about their hopes, expectations and to learn a bit about their BBQ journeys. Our first roundtable brings together Wes Garrett of Piglitically Incorrect BBQ out of Brandon, Mississippi; David Lillis of Kansas City's Barking Dog BBQ and Brian Anglin of Who Dat BBQ out of Vermillion, South Dakota. We then bring in Chad Peterson from Mad Chad's BBQ from Sioux City, Iowa; Jim Self of Papa Jim's BBQ of Worden, Illinois; and the husband-wife team of Mike and Nichole Mulkey of Mulkey's BBQ from St. Louis. Meanwhile, co-host Lyndal talks about the Tailgate Guys BBQ team's prep for its first Royal and Steve discusses his cooking week in the backyard, where the judges always give winning scores. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's Pizza, an “Official American Royal World Series of BBQ” sponsor of our team. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

The American Royal World Series of BBQ is just one week away and we have a preview on Episode 130 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast. Kicking things off is the reigning Royal Open Grand Champions, Fred Robles of Rio Valley Meats. Fred tells us what winning the major meant to him and how things are going in the inaugural year of the Texas-based Champions Barbecue Alliance he helped create. We also talk it over with Emily Park, event manager of The Royal about last-minute preparations and what the public can expect at Kansas Speedway, Sept. 16-19. There's also a Steak Cookoffs Association comp on Thursday night on site and SCA rep Jim Altic gives us the details. Co-hosts Lyndal and Steve also review their big holiday weekend of cooking and talk a bit of professional and college football. It's a fun time of the year for sports and BBQ! Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's Pizza, an “Official American Royal World Series of BBQ” sponsor of our team. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

On Episode 129 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast we have a terrific conversation with David Page, author of the new book “Food Americana.” David was a long-time television news producer, covering some huge international stories over the years including the fall of the Berlin Wall. Later, he created the ground-breaking television program “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives” and now takes us inside the love of food - including BBQ - throughout the USA. We also take a trip to southeast Missouri to visit with Travis Bickings, pitmaster of the competition team Shot in the Dark BBQ. Travis tells us about getting into competition BBQ after a 20-year career in the Marines and how his team has taken its game to a new level in 2021 with its first Grand Championship. Co-hosts Lyndal and Steve preview the big Labor Day Weekend, always a prime time to fire up grills and smokers. They even mix a little college football talk in. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's Pizza, an “Official American Royal World Series of BBQ” sponsor of our team. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

He's a nuclear engineer and, now, a Kansas City Barbeque Society Grand Champion pitmaster. On Episode 128 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, we take a trip to Hartsville, S.C., to tell the BBQ story of Phillip Mason of Fallout BBQ after his team's first GC, last weekend in Myrtle Beach. We also drop into northwest Arkansas for a Sponsor Spotlight segment, checking in with Brian Gunterman of DDR Fabrication. Not only does Brian make some spectacular steel signs and custom grilling accessories for BBQ teams, he's launched a new line of BBQ rubs while preparing to cook The American Royal Open for the first time. Lyndal also reviews the Tailgate Guys BBQ team's results at last weekend's Smoke on the Harbor in Warsaw, Missouri. Co-host Steve discusses some indoor cooking ideas during a scorching hot week in mid-America before he gets back out on the deck this weekend. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's Pizza, an “Official American Royal World Series of BBQ” sponsor of our team. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

It's been far too long since we visited with Kansas City Barbeque Society CEO Emily Detwiler. We correct that on Episode 127 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, with Emily giving us her thoughts on the first two years into her run as CEO of the world's largest BBQ organization. She discusses what it's been like dealing with a pandemic, plans for continuing education for judges and the new competition pork rule for 2022, which does away with a minimum starting weight. This week's other guest has a desire to help newcomers to competition BBQ and is doing so by starting a new contest this fall, for backyard cooks. Nick Davis of Oklahoma's Double Barrel BBQ tells us why it's important for him to grow the sport while also raising funds for a worthy cause that is personal to him. Co-hosts Lyndal and Steve talk about their latest cooking adventures and weigh in on The Field of Dreams baseball game in rural Iowa. Home run or foul ball? They discuss. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's Pizza, an “Official American Royal World Series of BBQ” sponsor of our team. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

We hope everyone is having a great BBQ week and is ready for terrific BBQ conversation on Episode 126 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast. Lee Hickel could be the poster subject for that old Willie Nelson song “On the Road Again.” From his home base near Corpus Christi, Texas, the pitmaster of Red Mule's Bad Ass BBQ is piling up the miles as he travels the KCBS circuit for the first time. A former IBCA Team of the Year, Hickel tells us his journey from a gas-griller just a few years ago to one of America's best competition cooks. Winning a Grand Championship is a goal for all who fire it up on the competition circuit. Matt Bohannon of Parts ‘R' Smokin' BBQ out of Harrisonville, Missouri, realized that dream last weekend and we learn his cooking story and what the GC at the Laurie Hillbilly BBQ meant. Cooking with his dad, Matt was dominant with a KCBS winning score of over 706. Co-hosts Lyndal and Steve discuss their cooking weeks and Lyndal gives his impressions of judging a KCBS contest for the first time. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's Pizza, an “Official American Royal World Series of BBQ” sponsor of our team. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

When Carey Bringle lost a leg to cancer at 17, the Tennessee native didn't let it slow him down. Instead, Bringle turned his situation and BBQ knowledge into marketing genius. For a quarter-century, he's been serving up and competing in BBQ as “Peg Leg Porker.” On Episode 125 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show, we visit with Carey about his BBQ roots, his Nashville restaurants and get some timely tailgating tips as football season nears. We also go “Under the Radar” with another up-and-coming competition BBQ team, this time taking a trip to central Ohio to visit with Chris Pannell and Heath Bletzacker of Ale Yeah BBQ. The duo recently won their first KCBS Grand Championship and we find out more about their journey from childhood friends to KCBS professional champs. Meanwhile, co-hosts Lyndal and Steve discuss backyard cooking experiences from the past week and give a review of the latest episode of Food Network's BBQ Brawl. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's Pizza, an “Official American Royal World Series of BBQ” sponsor of our team. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

This week we have Ryan Murphy with Dirt Road BBQ.  Ryan is an original member of the BBQ League, a World BBQ Champion at the World Food Championships, and winner of 22 grand championships.  He's a hell of a guy who's very particular about his pits and is great to talk to.

There's a new No. 1 team in the KCBS Team of the Year standings this week and we talk it over with Joe Pearce of Slaps BBQ on Episode 124 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast. Joe discusses the grind of cooking doubleheaders, the chase for Team of the Year and what he looks for in the details after receiving his scoresheets. We also touch on the BBQ restaurant business (Joe and brother Mike's SLAPS is arguably Kansas City's best) and what Joe likes to cook at home. The effort to give exposure to up-and-coming teams continues in our “Under the Radar” segment. We go to South Dakota to learn more about BNB BBQ where Brooks Alexander and B.J. Hughes are knocking on that Grand Championship door. When that GC happens, the couple say they'll take the leap from engaged to married. Meanwhile, Lyndal and Steve recap their cooking weeks, included the Tailgate Guys BBQ team's leap into a tough field (including Joe and Slaps) at the double KCBS cook in Osceola, Missouri. The highlight: A first-day call in Brisket and a notable Day 2 improvement in chicken. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's Pizza, an “Official American Royal World Series of BBQ” sponsor of our team. Have a great BBQ Week!

Harry Soo calls himself an “accidental pitmaster,” a self-proclaimed IT nerd who cooked his first BBQ contest only at the urging of co-workers. What a ride it's been, as Harry went on to become a competition BBQ champion and a hero to many pitmasters - amateur and pro - with his vast knowledge via a large Youtube following. It was tremendous to welcome Harry for an extended conversation on Episode 123 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast. Not only did we discuss BBQ techniques, but Harry tells us about some of his incredible adventures, including cooking a Musk Ox Steak under the Northern Lights of Alaska. For Harry, BBQ is not about the trophies, it's about the experiences and memories - and helping others improve their BBQ game. Ever heard of Brisket Sushi? Harry tells us about his newest creation. Co-hosts Steve and Lyndal also discuss their BBQ week, highlighted by Steve's beef ribs cook. Meanwhile, Lyndal previews the Tailgate Guys' dive into a KCBS doubleheader this weekend in Osceola, Missouri. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's Pizza, an “Official American Royal World Series of BBQ” sponsor of our team. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

On Episode 122 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, we catch up with our friend Craig Verhage marketing director for Royal Oak Charcoal to find out about the new Royal Oak charcoal pellets. Craig also put his BBQ “uniform” on last weekend as “The BBQ Ninja” at the Windy City Smokeout in Chicago and he gives us a recap of a festive weekend. As the baseball season has reached the All-Star break, it's a perfect time to chat with the co-hosts of the Baseball & BBQ Podcast, Leonard Aberman and Jeff Cohen. We discuss their show and it's blend of two passions and the big storylines from MLB so far in 2021. Co-hosts Steve and Lyndal also discuss the latest episode of BBQ Brawl on The Food Network and touch on a proposed KCBS rules change eliminating the minimum weight for cooking pork. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's Pizza, an “Official American Royal World Series of BBQ” sponsor of our team. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

We hope everyone is having a great week, as we transition from the 4th of July to the heat of summer. Welcome to Episode 121 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast! If you're a fan of good barbecue, cold beverages and music then the sacred tailgating ground at Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium is the place for you this weekend. Richard Fergola of Fergolicious BBQ tells us about the inaugural KC Barbecue Festival, a three-day celebration of Q. “Fergie” will serve as host and emcee throughout the weekend and while we have him, we find out what's new with Fergolicious and the KC Grilling Company. We also check in with Jerry Aguilar from Burnin' and Lootin' BBQ, the 2019 California BBQ Association Team of the Year. As KCBS competitions continue to lag in California, Jerry and wife Lupe have enjoyed getting their grill on in Steak Cookoff Association events, while making plans for The American Royal this fall in Kansas City. Jerry's best category in KCBS is chicken and you might be surprised by how many chicken thighs he cooks at a comp. The co-hosts recap their 4th of July cooking and also take a quick lap around the sports world. Let us know if you agree or disagree with their opinions. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden, Gray Wolf Smokers and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's Pizza, an “Official American Royal World Series of BBQ” sponsor of our team. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

As we head into the July 4th holiday weekend, Episode 120 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast talks competition BBQ with a pair of pitmasters who are having outstanding seasons. First up is Phillip Breeden of LC BBQ out of Bandera, Texas. The 2020 IBCA Team of the Year in his home state, Phil decided to take LB BBQ full-steam into the KCBS circuit in 2021 and the results have been outstanding. Learn more about his story - and grueling travel schedule - in our first guest segment. We also go “Under the Radar” with Tommy Self of Perfectly Blended BBQ out of Crimson Tide Country - Vance, Alabama. Tommy has been getting regular walks despite only cooking BBQ for a short period of time. He's having a solid rookie season in the KCBS Masters division after stepping up from Backyard. Meanwhile, co-hosts Lyndal and Steve talk about their upcoming holiday cooking plans and give their takes on the latest Food Network show BBQ Brawl. Is the show discriminatory toward the female contestants? We have opinions. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's Pizza, an “Official American Royal World Series of BBQ” sponsor of our team. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Welcome to Episode 119 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast where we find out about the rising cost of meat and the outlook for the rest of the summer from one of the industry's experts. Kevin Green of The Butcher Shoppe breaks it all down for us and what it means to both backyard cooks and competition pitmasters in the near and short term. We also welcome Jeff Scheurer and Luke Legatt, pitmasters of the KCBS competition team Tire Smoke BBQ out of East Liberty, Ohio. Jeff and Luke are engineers for Honda R&D and they discuss how that analytical background helps them in competition Q. After several near-misses, Tire Smoke BBQ captured its first Grand Championship over the weekend on Day One at the 51-team Hoosier BBQ Classic in Franklin, Indiana. Meanwhile, co-hosts Lyndal and Steve review their Father's Day cooking exploits, opine on early episodes of the Food Network Show BBQ Brawl and take a rapid-fire look at the sports world. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's Pizza, an “Official American Royal World Series of BBQ” sponsor of our team. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

On Episode 118 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, we visit with one of the insiders of BBQ media as Ryan Cooper joins us. Ryan and Sean Ludwig co-produce The Smoke Sheet, a weekly, free electronic newsletter that keeps its fingers on the pulse of the BBQ industry with the latest national barbecue news, upcoming events, recipes, media links and more.  Did you know there are high school BBQ teams? We learn more from Chuck Simpson, a high school teacher in Osceola, Missouri, where he is a coach of the high school BBQ team and youngsters can eat their homework! The students learn the ropes of cooking over open-fire as a sanctioned member of the National High School BBQ Association and Missouri High School BBQ Association. Meanwhile, co-hosts Lyndal and Steve talk Father's Day cooking and gift ideas plus golf's third major of 2021, the U.S. Open. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's Pizza, an “Official American Royal World Series of BBQ” sponsor of our team. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

When we had Megan Day of Burnt Finger BBQ on the show earlier this spring, she hinted at a big television project but couldn't yet disclose it. Now she can. On Episode 117 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, Megan tells us about Food Network's BBQ Brawl, Season 2, where she's one of 12 contestants with celebrity coaches Bobby Flay, Michael Symon and Eddie Jackson. It debuts Monday, June 14. After visiting with Megan about her growing role in giving BBQ positive exposure, we go “Under the Radar” to find out more about an up-and-coming pitmaster. This week's guest is Kevin Heese of Kansas City's Weekend Bum BBQ. Kevin tells us his journey into the competition world and a recent top-10 finish in a big field of heavy hitters. As the thermometer climbs across the land as summer arrives, co-hosts Lyndal Scranton and Steve Koehler talk about their own recent grilling experiences and what's on tap in the week ahead. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

If you follow competition BBQ you know him. If you cook in the backyard, you might have used his products. Either way, it’s been far too long since we visited with Sterling Ball the “Big Poppa” in Big Poppa Smokers. We fix that on Episode 116 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show and have a terrific conversation with Sterling about the state of competition Q, musicians who love open-fire cooking and the red-hot roll Sterling and teammate James “The Flame” Perez are on in competition cooking. We also check in with Dusty Ware from the Iowa BBQ Store, finding out more about our newest show sponsor, Dusty’s cooking background and some Father’s Day gift ideas. Is there a BBQ rivalry between Iowa and Minnesota? Listen and find out. Meanwhile, co-hosts Lyndal and Steve review their Memorial Day Weekend cooking adventures and preview the open-fire week ahead. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Special shout-out to Marty "Sign Man" Prather and Domino's, an "Official American Royal World Series of BBQ" sponsor of our team. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

It’s Memorial Day Week, which means the official start to grilling season in the USA. While many of us cook over open-fire year-round, our guests on Episode 116 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast offer some tips - along with sharing their BBQ backgrounds - to the backyard grillmaster. New Orleans might not be known for its BBQ cuisine, but James Cruse of Bluff City Smokers put the Crescent City on the map recently by winning the Memphis in May World Championship in Ribs. Also a pitmaster and part-owner of Central City BBQ in New Orleans, we discuss competition and restaurant-style BBQ with James, who also says fire management is key to a great backyard cook. As we conclude National BBQ Month, we welcome another first-time show guest, Brie Blackford. Brie has developed a grilling website EldasKitchen.com which features recipes and a variety of artisan-made, small-batch, one-and-done-sized sauces. Brie tells us about learning about cooking from her grandmother, Elda, thus the name of the site and offers up her spin on grilling ideas to help backyard cooks. Meanwhile, Lyndal and Steve remind everyone that the grill is for more than meat. Veggies and even desserts can benefit greatly from that smoky sear from an open fire for a complete, fresh off-the-grill meal. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden, Domino's Pizza of the Ozarks (official American Royal World Series BBQ Sponsor of our team) and The BBQ League. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

On Episode 114 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, we recap Memphis in May by welcoming Pork Shoulder World Champions Tim Scheer and Brad Leighninger. The Missouri duo combined to lead Team Blues Hog onto a world stage and they talk about how they did it, defying the naysayers, by cooking their “Grip It and Rip It” style of Hot & Fast on Gateway Drum Smokers. Meanwhile, on the 10-year anniversary of the devastating F5 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, we talk it over with Operation BBQ Relief co-founder and CEO Stan Hays. Joplin was the origin of OBR, which has done so much work over the last decade. Stan shares his memories of the horrific scene in Joplin and how OBR came to be after that trying time and even offers up some backyard grilling tips. Co-hosts Lyndal and Steve recap the week in BBQ, including last week’s show guest Myron Mixon winning Whole Hog at Memphis in May, along with his 5th overall World Championship. There’s also a lightning round of sports talk served up with the BBQ. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Myron Mixon is known as the winningest man in BBQ and this week will be shooting for his fifth Memphis in May World Championship. A compelling figure for his role on the iconic television program BBQ Pitmasters, we welcome Myron to Episode 113 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast. We visit with Myron about Memphis in May, where he will cook a pair of 200-pound hogs, and his new book out this week - Keto BBQ: Real BBQ for a Healthy Lifestyle - highlighting Myron’s 100-pound weight loss. It was recently announced that the American Royal World Series of BBQ would return in September and we find out from Emily Park, event manager of the event, what the event will look like after a year’s absence. We even squeeze in a third guest this week as John Lindsey from All Q’ued Up BBQ tells us about an SCA Steak “Boot Camp” coming up this weekend at Pits N Grills in Springfield, Missouri. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

It’s always a great conversation when Megan Day of Burnt Finger BBQ joins us and Episode 112 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show is no exception. Megan reviews her and husband Jason’s BBQ journey and updates us on several projects in the works for 2021,  including the tease of a television project. A past American Royal World Series of BBQ chicken champion, she also offers some surprising advice for teams headed to The Royal for the first time this September. We go “Under the Radar” with Toby Antonson from Brew & Que Competition BBQ team out of Lincoln, Nebraska. Toby has been competing since 2015 and tells us about some of his BBQ highlights, along with the challenges that a team that competes only a handful of times a year faces. Co-host Lyndal Scranton also make a big announcement about the Tailgate Guys’ cooking team's decision to leap into The American Royal this fall while Steve Koehler tells us his open-fire cooking plans for Mother’s Day weekend. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

One of competition BBQ’s majors is only a couple of weeks away and on Episode 111 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, we talk it over with the great Heath Riles about his preparation for Memphis in May. Heath also tells us about his booming product business, on layering rubs vs. mixing them and a tip or two on how competition cooks might take the next step from good to great. We go “Under the Radar” with Chase Willard from KCBS team Willard Wick BBQ out of Independence, Mo. Chase, who’s only been competing since 2019, reviews a great cook at last weekend’s Ozarks BBQ Festival following a stretch of adversity that included a house fire a week before the comp. He also talks about his former competitive passion of bull-riding. As for the co-hosts, Lyndal reviews Team Tailgate Guys cook at Ozarks BBQ Fest and Steve is loving going back to the charcoal-cooking basics with his new Weber Kettle 22. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Bill Gillespie is a veteran on the competition BBQ circuit and his Smokin’ Hoggz team from Abington, Massachusetts, has enjoyed big success with grand championships at the American Royal invitational and Jack Daniel Invitational. On Episode 110 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show, we visit with Bill about his career and his new book: Hot and Fast BBQ on Your Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker - Master the Quickest Method to Smoking Mouthwatering Meats - out May 25. It’s also the week of the Ozarks BBQ Fest, our hometown comp. Giving us a preview if one of the promoters, Larry Krauck, but we talk more than BBQ. Larry is nothing short of a walking miracle as he describes his comeback from a critical battle with Covid that hospitalized him for nearly 100 days over the winter. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, the Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

When Thomas Gearhart of California’s Mudville BBQ won the 2019 American Royal Invitational Grand Championship, he figured to ride that momentum into the new season. Instead, the pandemic wiped out almost all competition BBQ on the West Coast in 2020. We catch up with Thomas on Episode 109 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, just before he swings back into competition this weekend after the lengthy break. On our “Under the Radar” segment, we take a trip to Iowa to visit with Trent Vanderheiden to learn the story of Bohica BBQ. Trent has been competing since 2015 and he discusses the appeal and challenges that competition cooking presents. Want to nominate yourself - or someone else - for “Under the Radar?” We’re looking for teams just getting started or who have yet to win a Grand Championship. Let me know at lscranton755@gmail.com Lyndal and Steve also review the busy week in the KCBS world and discuss their cooking weeks while looking ahead to the KCBS portion of Ozarks BBQ Fest, coming up in Springfield, April 23-24. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, the Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

When the Chicago father-son duo of Brian and Brendan Dwyer pull into a KCBS competition, they turn heads with their unique BBQ ride. Their team is aptly named “The BBQ Bus” as the the Dwyers have transformed an old school bus into one of the most-unique BBQ outfits on the circuit. They also have become big winners, one of the nation’s top Brisket teams with six perfect 180s - along with a grand championship last weekend in their 2021 opener in Tennessee. We have a fun conversation with Brian and Brendan on Episode 106 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show about their BBQ life and how they got started in food sport. Also this week, the “Under the Radar” segment returns where we find out about a relatively new team. Joe Osbrink of Never Easy BBQ from Des Moines, Iowa, cooked his first KCBS and SCA events in 2020 and already has found success, including a trip to the finals at the recent SCA World Championship. Find out more about Joe, who won’t be under the radar much longer. As for the co-hosts, Lyndal previews the Tailgate Guys BBQ team’s KCBS doubleheader this weekend and Steve contemplates smoking tofu. Yes, tofu. They also break down March Madness because this is the best month of the year for hoops junkies. Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication and Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, plus Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. ADVISORY: We have room for two more sponsors. Email lscranton755@gmail.com for details. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Tim Scheer, recognized BBQ authority, has out done himself with The BBQ League which launched in March 2020 as the world’s most exclusive online barbecue entertainment and educational hub, providing the BEST barbecue content (and savings) to meat enthusiasts of ALL skill levels.  They have brought together the best and brightest Pit Masters to raise the level of any barbecuer, whether hobbyist or serious competitor.  wwwthebbqleague.com

We are joined by a world champion and an up-and-comer on Episode 102 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show podcast, just a few weeks after their paths intersected atop the leaderboard of a huge early season competition. Bill Purvis of Houston’s Chicken Fried BBQ has been competing for only a couple of years, mainly on the Texas scene. Bill earned his first KCBS Grand Championship recently at the 118-team Humble Rodeo & BBQ near his hometown. He tells us about his rapid ascent, what the win meant to him and what’s ahead in 2021 for Chicken Fried BBQ. Bill edged out reigning KCBS Team of the Year winner Brad Leighninger of Gettin’ Basted at Humble. Brad is off to a flying start in pursuit of a repeat and third overall KCBS championship. We ask Brad about his comp schedule, along with some cool things happening with The BBQ League, which is rapidly becoming the premier online source for BBQ entertainment and instruction. He also breaks some news about plans to cook at Memphis in May as part of Team #BluesHogNation Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication and Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo. ADVISORY: We have room for two more sponsors. Email lscranton755@gmail.com for details. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Join us as we talk BBQ with the GC and RGC of the Humble Rodeo & BBQ cook off...GC Bill Purvis of Chicken Fried BBQ and RGC Brad Leighninger of Gettin' Basted. We talk to Bill about his meteoric rise up the BBQ rankings and we chat with Brad about his 2020 KCBS Team of the Year run and also hit up the BBQ League. Outstanding show. Check it out!!

We conclude Season 2 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show in Podcast form by featuring two outstanding BBQ conversations while also discussing some holiday gifts from Santa for the open-fire aficionado in your life. Both our guests on Episode 96 are making their first appearances on the show. Leading off is Rub Bagby, perhaps the most-decorated pitmaster in Florida. The Florida Barbecue Association Hall of Famer tells us about his start in competition cooking in 2003, some of the places BBQ has taken him and offers great advice to the average backyard cook. We’re also joined by Colby Archie, also known in the BBQ world as “Johnny Briquette” from the southeast Missouri competition team Pit Hustle BBQ. As Colby explains, Pit Hustle is a brand beyond just cooking, it’s also about promoting open-fire cooking in various ways including his growing social media presence. Pit Hustle recently took a tour of eight esteemed Texas BBQ restaurants and he gives us a rundown. As Season 2 of our show on podcast draws to a close, we want to thank our listeners and guests who dialed up the show. We also give a big shout-out to our sponsors who made the fun possible: Blues Hog, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, The BBQ Central Show, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts in 2020. We look forward to firing up Season 3 in a few weeks. Please NOTE that we are accepting sponsorships for 2021. Please let me know if you would like to join us at lscranton755@gmail.com. Until then, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

As we steam toward the finish line of 2020 and Season 2 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show, we visit with one of the great pitmasters and personalities of competition cooking plus one of America’s great, locally owned meat suppliers. Leading off Episode 95 of the show is Kelly Wertz of 4 Legs Up BBQ out of Great Bend, Kansas. The former Jack Daniels Invitational BBQ World Champion with 35 Grand Championships since he began competing in 2003 tells us what cooking in the early years was like compared to nowadays. Imagine stopping at Walmart on the way to a competition to buy all your meat? Yep, Kelly said that was the norm in the old days. It’s always an honor to visit with Kevin Green of The Butcher Shoppe out of Pensacola, Florida, one of our show’s marketing partners. Kevin tells us about enduring both a pandemic and multiple hurricanes to not only stay in business, but thrive during a challenging year. He also has some meat suggestions for that smoked holiday meal. Meanwhile, co-host Lyndal Scranton talks about becoming a certified KCBS judge last weekend and what he learned during the experience. He and co-host Steve Koehler also wrap things up with a lightning round of sports talk. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, The BBQ Central Show, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts in 2020. NOTE: We are starting to compile show sponsors for 2021. Please let me know if you would like to join the fun at lscranton755@gmail.com Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

We fire up the final month of 2020 with a couple of fun guests on Episode 94 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, one who is dialed into the top-level of KCBS and another who spreads the word of BBQ through the spoken and written word. Leading off is Josh Farley, pitmaster of Piggin’ Whiskey O.G. BBQ team out of Oak Grove, Mo. Josh and his fiancee Ashton Christine Smith finished 14th in the KCBS Team of the Year chase and were second in the tricky Chicken category. They did it by cooking legs, something few teams in the Midwest do. How did Josh make it work? He tells us, along with telling the background of Piggin’ Whiskey O.G. Vic Clevenger is one of the most-entertaining people in BBQ. A professional speaker, stand-up comedian, writer and pitmaster, Vic created ChimneyCartel.com and the Chimney Cartel Facebook group where open-fire cooking ideas are exchanged. Vic has a new, lightweight grill out that sounds fascinating in its simplicity and efficiency. It’s always a good time when Vic pays us a visit. Meanwhile, Lyndal and Steve review their Thanksgiving cooks - what worked and what didn't - and what’s coming up in the run-up to Christmas. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, The BBQ Central Show, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts in 2020. NOTE: We are starting to compile show sponsors for 2021. Please let me know if you would like to join the fun at lscranton755@gmail.com Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

The Thanksgiving Week edition of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast finds a menu of barbecue knowledge, leading off with one of the world’s best pitmasters. Matt Walker of Boomerang BBQ out of Lubbock, Texas, has been top-five in the KCBS Team of the Year standings the last three years, including a championship in 2019. We visit with Matt about the recently completed, challenging KCBS season, which found Boomerang a solid fifth overall and the addition of Gateway Drums to the cooker arsenal. The 2020-21 season is of to a flying start as Boomerang took a Grand Championship last weekend in Waco, Texas. In the COVID world in which we reside, lots of people are smartly downsizing their Thanksgiving gatherings. We find just the expert to advise us on how to do so - and still have a fabulous feast - as Ken Fisher from Date Night Doins for 2 joins us. Ken says to keep your turkey-smoking simple and also dives into what makes a good burger. Check out his website DateNightDoins.com for hundreds of recipes and product reviews. Lyndal and Steve also preview their cooking plans for the weekend and take a two-minute-drill type of dive into the sports world. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, The BBQ Central Show, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. NOTE: We are starting to compile show sponsors for 2021. Please let me know if you would like to join the fun at lscranton755@gmail.com Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

On Episode 92 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, we get some pointers on grilling steak and smoking Thanksgiving turkey from chef Randy Watson from the popular website BBQGuys.com. Randy, who’s based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was a high-end chef before joining BBQGuys.com, which is one of the fastest growing businesses that provides outdoor living products like smokers, grills and accessories, outdoor kitchens, patio furniture, and more. Randy was a great first-time guest and we definitely plan to have him on again and tap into his open-fire cooking knowledge. We also talk it over with Todd Smith from Smoking Butt Heads BBQ out of Spartanburg, South Carolina, newly minted winner of the KCBS World BBQ Invitational. Todd tells us about overcoming a competitor’s nightmare (when you drive nearly 1,000 miles and the 8 pork butts you have all go bad), his championship cook in Kansas, the team’s history in BBQ and the Smoking Butt Heads restaurant. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, The BBQ Central Show, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. NOTE: We are starting to compile show sponsors for 2021. Please let me know if you would like to join the fun at lscranton755@gmail.com Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

This week on the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, we talk to a veteran pitmaster who’s been one of the nation’s best for several years on the KCBS circuit and a newcomer who just completed his first year. Chiles Cridlin of Wolf’s Revenge BBQ out of Henrico, Virginia, chats about a variety of topics. After three consecutive top-10 finishes in the KCBS Team of the Year race, Chiles was 20th in the just-completed season and is off to the KCBS Invitational this weekend. Also a member of the KCBS Board of Directors, he discusses some new twists coming to the comp scene in 2021, and as a Smithfield brand ambassador he offers some tips for backyard cooks about meat selection. We also visit with Missouri’s Hugh Munro, a former professional drag racer who now gets his adrenaline rush cooking BBQ. Hugh's Ambition Que team cooked 10 KCBS contests in its first season. What were some highlights, what did Hugh learn and what advice would he give to those consideration taking the competition plunge? He tells us. Meanwhile, Lyndal and Steve talk about their cooking week and how to celebrate the Masters in November with some Sunday-afternoon grilling plans. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, The BBQ Central Show, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. NOTE: We are starting to compile show sponsors for 2021. Please let me know if you would like to join the fun at lscranton755@gmail.com Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Seven weeks ago, if you had told Brad Leighninger he would win KCBS Team of the Year honors, what would his answer have been? “You’re crazy.” Or something to that effect. On Episode 90 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, Brad tells us about his improbable and downright historic stretch drive that propelled Gettin’ Basted to its second Team of the Year championship in three years. Brad discusses what it was like cooking in three time zones this fall and if it was jubilation or relief when he edged out Joe Pearce and Slaps BBQ by a mere two points. First-time guest Greg Hastie of Tebo Creek BBQ also joins us after the biggest Grand Championship of his career. Tebo Creek topped a loaded 93-team field at Smoke in the Spring in Osage City, Kansas with a dazzling score of 706. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, The BBQ Central Show, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication DDRFab.com, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. NOTE: We are starting to compile show sponsors for 2021. Please let me know if you would like to join the fun at lscranton755@gmail.com Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Hot off the grill, it’s Episode 89 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast where we’re talking steaks, spice rubs, sauces and baseball. First up is Chris Bohnemeier from Code 3 Spices out of Collinsville, Illinois. Chris is an accomplished steak cook on the Steak Cookoffs Association circuit, with a golden ticket in hand for March’s SCA World Championship. He also is co-founder of Code 3, whose Patriot Sauce has won two Memphis in May World Series of BBQ sauce championships and the 2020 American Royal Tomato-based Spicy Sauce division of the American Royal. Anyone who knows us can testify that baseball joins BBQ as one of our passions. So it’s a treat to welcome Leonard Aberman and Jeff Cohen, co-hosts of the Baseball and BBQ Podcast. We talk about 2020 baseball, the World Series and about their show which often finds retired baseball guests who have ventured into the BBQ world (example: slugger Greg “The Bull” Luzinski). Lyndal and Steve also talk about cleaning out the freezer before winter and break down the wild KCBS Team of the Year chase which enters its final weekend. Will it be Gettin’ Basted, Slaps or Heavy Smoke taking home the crown? Or can someone else slingshot past them all? Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, The BBQ Central Show, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication DDRFab.com, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. NOTE: We are starting to compile show sponsors for 2021. Please let me know if you would like to join the fun at lscranton755@gmail.com Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

First a disclaimer: Episode 88 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast is a long one, but we think it’s worth your time whether you binge-listen all at once, or dial up a little at a time. It’s always an honor to visit with BBQ Hall-of-Famer Chris Lilly of Big Bob Gibson’s BBQ. Chris is a six-time Memphis in May World Series of BBQ Pork Champion and five-time Memphis in May Grand Champion, an American Royal Invitational Grand Champ, author, chef, television personality, brand ambassador and restaurant proprietor. We ask Chris about his 2020, his biggest rival from his time on the competition trail and about the value of injecting meat even if you’re doing simple backyard smoking. Joining us for the first time is Greg Rempe, host of the legendary BBQ Central Show. Greg tells us how a guy from Cleveland, a city hardly known for BBQ, wound up with an intense interest in BBQ and went on to start the longest-running, most-downloaded show on the planet with a focus on open-fire cooking. Is there one guest Greg would like to land that he hasn’t? Tune in and find out. Meanwhile, co-host Steve Koehler gives a review of a visit to Clark Crew BBQ in Oklahoma City and Lyndal Scranton recaps how a Steak Cookoff Association tripleheader went. The guys also make World Series predictions. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, The Butcher Shoppe, The BBQ Central Show, Royal Oak Charcoal, Code 3 Spices - www.code3spices.com, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication DDRFab.com, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

The KCBS Team of the Year race is red-hot and no BBQ source covers it as well as the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show. Teams are crisscrossing time zones and cooking in remnants of hurricanes to chase the crown. On Episode 87, we visit with Joe Pearce of Slaps BBQ, the current points lead after a rainy weekend in Mississippi. Joe tells us about his double Grand Championship the first weekend of October in Casper, Wyoming, how Brad Leighninger of 2018 KCBS Team of the Year Gettin’ Basted pushes him and fellow contender Chris Schafer of Heavy Smoke to be better and what winning Team of the Year would mean. The finish line is within sight and it’ll fun to watch how things play out. We also talk steak cooking with one of the best in the business, John Lindsey of All Q’ued Up BBQ team out of Jonesboro, Arkansas and the Arkassippi Live Show that airs each Monday night on Facebook. John gives us a rundown of the Steak Cookoff Association points race and offers some steak-cooking tips that you normally would have to pay good money for. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, The Butcher Shoppe, The BBQ Central Show, Royal Oak Charcoal, Code 3 Spices, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Most in the competition BBQ world simply refer to him as the GOAT. His Iowa Smokey Ds has won three American Royal World Series of BBQ Open Grand Championships with the Jack Daniels Invitational and Houston Livestock Rodeo & BBQ also on his list of major titles. Fresh from a Grand Championship last weekend at the 66-team Ottumwa Smoketoberfest, it’s great to welcome Darren Warth back to the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast. Also on Episode 86 of the show, after a scheduling whiff with an intended guest we bring back a great interview from over the summer with the Hardcore Carnivore, Jess Pryles. If you haven’t heard it, you will enjoy it. If you have heard it, you can enjoy it again. Jess is one of the best in the business at talking meat, from the slaughterhouse to the dinner table - and all points in between. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, The Butcher Shoppe, The BBQ Central Show, Royal Oak Charcoal, Code 3 Spices - www.code3spices.com, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication DDRFab.com, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. Have a great week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

We have a powerhouse hour of Tailgate Guys BBQ this week as a pair of champions join us with news and knowledge. First up is Mark Lambert, four-time Memphis in May champion and owner/operates of Sweet Swine O’ Mine. Mark tells us what a 2020 with few competitions has been like, but the most fun comes when he discusses a Steak Cookoff Association doubleheader he’s hosting in Byhalia, Mississippi Nov. 13. Steak is only part of the story. An ancillary contest will be Whole Hog! How will it work? Mark has answers. Then we welcome Brad Leighninger of 2018 KCBS Team of the Year Gettin’ Basted back to the show. Brad, with new motivation, is fresh off a big win at a stacked 47-team contest in Savannah, Tennessee which has him in the mix in a mad, 10-or-more team scramble for KCBS Team of the Year honors. We also ask Brad about the weirdness of the season, especially the judging inconsistencies and how teams should view it. Steve Koehler also is back in the co-host chair and he has a no-holds-barred review of the Netflix show American Barbecue Showdown. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, The Butcher Shoppe, The BBQ Central Show, Royal Oak Charcoal, Code 3 Spices - www.code3spices.com, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication DDRFab.com, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. Have a great week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

A pair of recent KCBS-contest Grand Champions join us on Episode 84 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast - Paul Keltner from Tennessee’s Rooters-N-Tooters and Drew Davis from Arkansas’ Razorracks BBQ. Rooters-n-Tooters is a serious KCBS Team of the Year contender after taking GC honors at the Smoke on the Falls in Gadsden, Alabama. Paul tells us about the team’s history and the outlook the rest of the way as it sits third in the points chase, just behind SLAPS and Heavy Smoke. Meanwhile, Razorracks earned top honors on Day 1 at the Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship in Shawnee, beating out 55 other teams in a stacked field. In a new twist this week, my wife and Tailgate Guys BBQ competition cooking teammate Karen Scranton sits in as co-host. We discuss tasty ways to use leftover BBQ and reflect on the memories of our first-place KCBS Pork, one year ago. Yes, even little teams can take home a big trophy “on any given day.” Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, The Butcher Shoppe, Royal Oak Charcoal, The BBQ Central Show, Code 3 Spices - www.code3spices.com, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

We bring you the best/most-heartbreaking story of the competition BBQ Weekend - maybe the BBQ Year - on Episode 83 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast. Joe Hewer of Happy Grillmore BBQ team captured first place in Ribs, Pork and Brisket at the Smoke on the Trails in Gardner, Kansas. But a 28th-place finish among 48 teams in Chicken left Happy Grillmore in a tie for the Grand Championship with Joe Pearce of Slaps BBQ as both wound up with a score of 704.5372. Joe Pearce won the tie-breaker, denying Joe Hewer a first GC. We visit with Hewer about the mixed emotions and the history of the Happy Grillmore team. We also catch up with Richard Fergola, GM at the KC Grilling Company in Olathe, Kansas. As Fergolicious BBQ, he’s been on television’s BBQ Pitmasters and Food Network’s Chopped Grillmasters and also is a member of the KCBS Board of Directors. A man of many hats, Richard gives us a wide-ranging conversation kicking off with what it’s like in Kansas City this week on what was supposed to be American Royal World Series of BBQ time. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, The Butcher Shoppe, Royal Oak Charcoal, The BBQ Central Show, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

On Episode 82 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, we visit with two pitmasters having outstanding seasons on the KCBS competition trail and the co-hosts discuss their own open-fire adventures along with a sprinkle of sports. To say Chris Schafer of St. Louis-based Heavy Smoke BBQ has lots of proverbial irons in the fire is an understatement. Heavy Smoke is going back-and-forth with Man Meat BBQ atop the KCBS Team of the Year chase. We visit with Chris about that, plus his line of Heavy Smoke rubs, the decision to open a BBQ restaurant later this fall and his rapidly growing All That For 6 Pieces podcast. Only in his second year of competitive cooking, Oklahoma firefighter Nick Davis has led Double Barrel BBQ into the top 25 of the KCBS standings. Fresh from a lengthy haul to cook in Augusta, Georgia over Labor Day weekend, we get the lowdown from Nick about Double Barrel’s rapid rise onto the KCBS scene. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, The Butcher Shoppe, Royal Oak Charcoal, The BBQ Central Show, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Colaw RV, Code 3 Spices and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. Have a great week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

In this episode I get the chance to chat with Tarik Sykes aka "BBQ With Rik Rik". See all things BBQ With Rik Rik here: https://linktr.ee/bbqwithrikrik Get your BBQ With Rik Rik merch here: https://yourxpressions.com/rikrik/shop/home Follow BBQ With Rik Rik on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/bbqwithrikrik See the Rik Rik YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBxvkmMJ7BvXXWgmg6niqYQ Check out his videos on The BBQ League here: https://www.thebbqleague.com Follow his personal Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/dunkondunks First off, he's just a good guy. A kind soul who is hard working and has an amazing eye for photography and video. We talk about his upbringing, all the places he lived, and what brought him to Kansas City. We especially talk about his passion for fire and grilling(some great stories here). We talk about his connection to Tyler Harp from Harp Barbecue (https://www.instagram.com/harpbarbecue) and his awesome Mother's Day shoot he did for Tyler and family by Tyler's 1,000 gallon smoker. We talk about his previous projects which include work for XXL Magazine, King Magazine, Sole Collector magazine, SneakerNews.com, and Nike. We also go into depth about how he will be doing A LOT of cooking and filming it all for his show. BBQ With Rik Rik sponsors: Jealous devil charcoal Kotai Knives Thermoworks Vaughn Wood Products Denny Mikes Rub Company

It’s a legendary sauce on the competition circuit and in back yards, since the days Bill Arnold made batches in his kitchen. Now Blues Hog and its six flavors is going more mobile and more handy, available in new squeeze bottles. For those who love the Mason jars, no worries. They are staying. Learn more on Episode 81 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show, as we visit with Tim Scheer - now the owner of Blues Hog and many, many other endeavors - about marketing of the sauce. We also ask Tim about his reputation as the ultimate at making magic with a competition box in the final minutes before turn-in and about his perfect batting average in a limited competition schedule in 2020. Also joining us for a fun conversation is first-time guest Daina Falk, founder of HungryFan.com which is the go-to brand for Game Day recipes, products, and reviews. Daina has appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Today Show and her book, “The Hungry Fan’s Game Day Cookbook” includes recipes from some of sports’ biggest stars. Find it on Amazon.com. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, The Butcher Shoppe, Royal Oak Charcoal, The BBQ Central Show, Code 3 Spices, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. Have a great BBQ Week and Labor Day Weekend! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

She's one of the most-engaging people in BBQ, with a smile that could light a fire and mad pitmaster skills to match. You might have seen her on Home Shopping Network selling the Burnt Finger BBQ ready-to-heat-and-eat BBQ meals. Or winning her Episode on Food Network’s Chopped Grillmasters. Or cooking on the NBC Today show. This week, you can hear Megan Day on Episode 80 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast. Megan and husband Jason comprise Burnt Finger, an accomplished competition team from Kansas City that as scored perfect 180 in chicken at the American Royal World Series of BBQ and placed 2nd in ribs at Memphis in May. They also recently earned first place in both tomato-based sauce and hot rub categories of the American Royal sauce and rub contests. We also welcome first-time guest Brent Bourland of Bees Knees BBQ out of Huntsville, Alabama. Brent and his best friend Jeff Cole teamed up to compete six years ago and have won numerous championships along the way. They’re also one of the featured teams on the popular Destination America TV Show “Bama-Q” and we learn more about Bees Knees. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, The Butcher Shoppe, The BBQ Central Show, Royal Oak Charcoal, Code 3 Spices, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. Have a great week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Robby Royal, 2014 Grand Champion of the popular television show BBQ Pitmasters, joins us on Episode 79 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast. Robby tells us about how the pandemic has thrown his Rescue Smokers team a curve and created even more challenging times than normal in his profession as EMS Director for Turner County Georgia Emergence Medical Services. He also discusses staying connected with the BBQ world via BBQ Champs Academy, an online teaching resource. Donald Cook of North Carolina’s Who Cares BBQ - the 11th-ranked KCBS team in the world, also joins us. Donald tells us about winning Grand Championships on back-to-back days earlier this month in Wythe, Virginia, and about his background in comp cooking. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, The Butcher Shoppe, The BBQ Central Show, Royal Oak Charcoal, Code 3 Spices, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. Have a great week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Jess Pryles is one of the world’s foremost authorities on cooking meat. An Australian native who now calls Austin, Texas, home, we’re pleased to welcome the “Hardcore Carnivore” back to the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show for the usual, terrific conversation. Jess tells us about being accepted into the Meat Science Graduate Certificate program at Iowa State University and what that involves, plus how she’s staying connected to her many fans during the pandemic. Episode 78 of the show also brings Justin McCabe of Boom Chicka Cow Cow to the show. Justin discusses his team’s first KCBS Grand Championship, last weekend in a star-studded field of teams in Enid, Oklahoma and the history behind his team’s rapid rise to prominence in competition cooking. Meanwhile, Lyndal and Steve chat about their own backyard cooking adventures and what’s happening - or not happening - in the sports world. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, The Butcher Shoppe, The BBQ Central Show, Royal Oak Charcoal, Code 3 Spices - www.code3spices.com, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication DDRFab.com, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. Have a great week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

He’s one of the great characters in BBQ, a man so well known he needs only one name. He’s an artist, cook, restaurateur and television personality. You might have seen him on Food Network’s Guy’s Grocery Games and Diners’ Drive-Ins and Dives, or on Destination America’s BBQ Pitmasters. He’s had a perfect 180 in Chicken at the American Royal World Series of BBQ. And he bottles some of the hottest BBQ sauce on the planet. Who is it? STRETCH joins us for a fun conversation on Episode 77 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast. Enjoy! We also chat with Brian Gunterman of DDR Fabrication, a company that works magic with steel to make signs for BBQ teams across the globe. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, The Butcher Shoppe, The BBQ Central Show, Royal Oak Charcoal, Code 3 Spices - www.code3spices.com, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication DDRFab.com, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. Have a great week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

It’s been an unusual year on the competition BBQ circuit, with events canceled or postponed and some others put together quickly to fill a void. Aaron Stoffer and Man Meat BBQ has made the most of things, holding on to the No. 1 ranking in the current KCBS Team of the Year standings. We visit with Aaron about the ride on Episode 76 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast. Speaking of canceled events, will the American Royal World Series of BBQ join other majors in pulling the plug in 2020? Not yet. World Series of BBQ Manager Emily Park tells us the Sept. 17-20 event at Kansas Speedway is a go - as of now - but it will look a bit different. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, The Butcher Shoppe, The BBQ Central Show, Royal Oak Charcoal, Code 3 Spices - www.code3spices.com, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. Have a great week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

We like KCBS judges. We really do. It’s just that a small percentage of really bad ones cast a dark shadow and drive many teams out of the sport. On Episode 75 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, we discuss our thoughts on this topic after getting a first-hand look at … um … interesting scoring the past weekend. Meanwhile, we then move on and talk to people a lot smarter than us about BBQ. Lee Thompson of Florida BBQ Association Team of the Year Pig Chicka Cow Cow joins us to talk about the frustration of how contests - with or without good judging - have ground to a half in his neck of the woods. Also this week, Jeni Huelskamp from the Pits N Grills BBQ teams reflects on a fabulous weekend for that team at Smokin’ on the Osage in Osceola, Missouri. Jeni also owns and operates Manly Cans, a great business that fans of BBQ might be interested in. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, The Butcher Shoppe, The BBQ Central Show, Royal Oak Charcoal, Code 3 Spices - www.code3spices.com, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. Have a great week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

For Luke Darnell, BBQ is now a full-time occupation. The pitmaster of Old Virginia Smoke, a past KCBS Chicken Team of the Year, has started a catering business and the timing has been good. With the COVID-19 pandemic, Luke’s competition schedule has been severely curtailed in 2020. We visit with him about those topics - plus tips on competition chicken - on Episode 74 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast. KCBS contest organizer Michelle Higgins also joins us to talk about the challenges of running a contest in these unique times. She has a double coming up this weekend with at least 33 teams coming to Smokin’ on the Osage in Osceola, Missouri. Meanwhile, the guys banter about their own BBQ adventures - and even discuss some music. We hope you enjoy! Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, The Butcher Shoppe, The BBQ Central Show, Royal Oak Charcoal, Code 3 Spices - www.code3spices.com, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication DDRFab.com, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. Have a great week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Episode 73 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcasts marks the return of one of our favorite guests - and one of the most-popular pitmasters on the planet. Big Moe Cason joins us to discuss “Big Booty Judy” his new, whopping 1,000-gallon tank converted into a smoker. Moe also tells us about the latest addition to his product line, the I-10 sauce, plus many other things in a fun segment. We also take get an update on meat shortages and price spikes from industry insider Kevin Green of The Butcher Shoppe. Kevin says things are settling down into more of a normal pattern and those awesome A9 Briskets are shipping briskly as competitions ramp back up. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, The Butcher Shoppe, The BBQ Central Show, Royal Oak Charcoal, Code 3 Spices - www.code3spices.com, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication DDRFab.com, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

On episode 72 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, we chat with a pair of World Champion pitmasters, back-to-back - Blane Hunter of Porky Butts BBQ and David Bouska from Butcher BBQ. Porky Butts BBQ was the 2016 KCBS Team of the Year and 2017 American Royal Open Grand Champion. The fixture on the competition circuit took a break the last couple of years to open Porky Butts BBQ restaurant in Omaha, Nebraska last year. On a hunch, Hunter returned to competition last weekend at a double in Rodney, Iowa and showed he hasn’t lost his touch. Blane tells us what it was like to be back. Bouska, the 2018 Jack Daniels Invitational World BBQ Champion, has a line of products as legendary as his cooking prowess. He tells us about his “BBQ Mud” which is new to market, just this week, and how the pandemic has affected his competition cooking and business in 2020. Meanwhile, Lyndal discusses his new status as Certified Steak Cookoffs Association BBQ Judge and Steve previews his big holiday weekend of cooking. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, The Butcher Shoppe, The BBQ Central Show, Royal Oak Charcoal, Code 3 Spices - www.code3spices.com, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication DDRFab.com, Colaw RV Sales and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. Have a great 4th of July Weekend! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

How do you do a television show about competition BBQ when competitions are canceled. On Episode 71 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show, we find out how the popular show Bama-Q is dealing with the pandemic from show host Lisa Blackwell. Look for Bama-Q Live with pitmasters from the show and invited chefs creating culinary content as Bama-Q Live is streamed to the Bama-Q Facebook page, The Bama-Q TV Amazon Fire TV and Roku Channels and also the Pride Outdoor Network’s Amazon Fire TV and Roku Channels. They’ve already had over 2 millions views. We also visit with Steve Hayden of One2BBQ out of New Berlin, Illinois after his outstanding performance at last weekend’s COVID Relief Que in Franklin, Indiana. Steve tells about his 12 years as a competition cook and the history of One2BBQ. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, The BBQ Central Show, The Butcher Shoppe, Code 3 Spices - www.code3spices.com, Royal Oak Charcoal, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Welcome to Episode 70 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, where we prepare you for Father’s Day Weekend with a pair of timely guests. First up is "The Tallest Man in BBQ,” who also might be the busiest. Either way, Tim Scheer of Shake 'n Bake BBQ, The BBQ League, Blues Hog and Gateway Drum Smokers joins us after his win in last week's inaugural pay-per-view BBQ FITE Klub event. We also visit with Emily McGee of the Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association about outdoor cooking trends - grilling is booming during the pandemic - and Father's Day gift ideas to help with your shopping for Dad. Meanwhile, the guys preview their first competitions of 2020 with Steve ready to grill up ribeyes and Lyndal primed for the KCBS portion of Ozarks BBQ Fest. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, The BBQ Central Show, The Butcher Shoppe, Code 3 Spices - www.code3spices.com, Royal Oak Charcoal, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication DDRFab.com, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our efforts at Ozarks BBQ Fest and beyond. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Sterling Smith is wired to “go.” The pitmaster of Loot ’n Booty BBQ out of Scottsdale, Arizona, usually keeps a burning-hot pace, traveling the globe to promote BBQ and teach classes. How has Sterling handled the caution flag that COVID-19 has thrown the world? He tells us in Episode 69 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast. We also get the details on the revised Ozarks BBQ Fest, our hometown KCBS and SCA competition. Larry Krauk, event coordinator for Ozark Empire Fairgrounds in Springfield, Mo., previews the June 19-20 competition - in which we will be participating. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, The BBQ Central Show, The Butcher Shoppe, Code 3 Spices - www.code3spices.com, Royal Oak Charcoal, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication DDRFab.com, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Competition BBQ is starting to fire back up after a three-month shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Episode 68 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, we get a feel for what’s happening on the KCBS circuit from Buddy Hammett, pitmaster from Shiggin’ Ain’t Easy out of Westland, Michigan. His team won last weekend’s contest in Warsaw, Indiana, and we talk about safety measures and what it was like in the first KCBS event in “new normal” times. When talking competitive steak cooking, no team is busier than All Q’ued Up with the father-son due of John Lindsey and John Walter Lindsey. It’s always good to visit with the dynamic duo from Jonesboro, Arkansas about ribeyes, rubs and safety on the SCA circuit. Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, The BBQ Central Show, The Butcher Shoppe, Code 3 Spices - www.code3spices.com, Royal Oak Charcoal, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication DDRFab.com, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm