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Megan Day, a prominent figure in the barbecue competition realm, joins us to elucidate her journey with Burnt Fingers Barbecue, a name inspired by the fervent passion for barbecue that often results in literal burns as eager guests attempt to procure the first taste. From the inception of their culinary venture, Megan and her husband Jason have experienced meteoric success, highlighted by their notable achievements at prestigious events such as the American Royal and Memphis in May. Throughout our discourse, we delve into the intricacies of competitive barbecue, exploring the evolving taste preferences of judges and the significance of high-quality ingredients in achieving victory. Megan's insights into the camaraderie found within the barbecue community further illuminate the profound personal connections forged through this culinary pursuit. Ultimately, this episode serves as an inspiring testament to the transformative power of barbecue, not merely as a culinary art but as a means of fostering community and familial bonds.Links referenced in this episode:heritagesteel.usoregondungeness.orgburntfingerbbq.compaintedhillsbeef.compigpowder.comCompanies mentioned in this episode: Painterdale's Natural Beef Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission Burnt Fingers Barbecue Heritage Steel Painted Hills Natural Beef Pig Powder This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Craig Carter, Aces Wild BBQ, joins Todd Johns as co-host this week. Food Network Star and multiple World Champion Pitmaster, Megan Day, returns to the show sharing party ideas for the upcoming Super Bowl. She talks about how Burnt Finger BBQ became an overnight success nearly two decades ago when their Bacon Explosion YouTube video went viral unexpectedly landing them at the 2009 Super Bowl in Miami.Todd and Craig answer a listener question about a Cuban Asadora Caja style box pit. Craig shares some of his party recipes, also. Product Spotlight: Fireboard Labs Pulse Wireless Temperature Probewww.BurntFingerBBQ.com www.AcesWildBBQ.com. www.FireBoard.comwww.bbqradionetwork.com www.holsteinmfg.com www.atbbq.com www.plowboysbbq.com www.smokeonwheels.com
Southern Living Magazine named her "one of the most influential women in southern bbq", so how exactly did Megan Day go from simply photographing the food to stepping in front of the camera herself? Heath and Candace learn all about her exciting journey in this week's episode of Shootin' The Que!
On this episode, we hear from a small town girl who has taken the professional BBQ circuit by storm. Her name is Megan Day, the co-owner and pitmaster of Burnt Finger BBQ who traded corporate life for a career in ‘cue. She's been serving world championship flavor since 2008 when a bacon explosion catapulted her to viral fame. Now, the seasoned pro is living her dream while bringing the fire to competitions - and airwaves - across the nation. Searing herself in BBQ history as more than someone with a knack for smoking their opponents, she has become a bona fide force to be reckoned with. Website: https://www.burntfingerbbq.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/burntfingermegan/?hl=en Twitter: https://x.com/burntfingermeg?lang=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BurntFingerBBQCheck out our YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/DE_VjtgqLUs
Megan Day from Burnt Finger BBQ spends more time with JT and LeeAnn in Afterhours.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
Burnt Finger BBQ. Led by Kansas City BBQ pitmasters Jason Day and Megan Day, are one of the nation's premier competition BBQ teams. Megan spends the hour with JT and LeeAnn.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
Word is there's a big football game coming up. On Episode 246 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, we do our best to bring you both football and food perspective from both the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers sides as we countdown to Super Bowl Sunday. First up is Megan Day, pitmaster of Kansas City's Burnt Finger BBQ. Megan again is headed for a Friday appearance on NBC's Today Show and she offers some BBQ food ideas ahead of the big day. She also catches us up on the latest happenings for Burnt Finger in the year ahead. From the other perspective, California native and lifetime 49ers fan Jonathon Indermuehle of Heifers, Butts & Clucks BBQ breaks down the food and football from the opposing point of view. Jonathon also tells us how the Chiefs are viewed by fans around the country and offers his pick on the game. In our weekly segments, Brad Colter from Smoke ' Magic BBQ offers up a tip of the week that applies to new competition pitmasters and Skyler Spartan returns with product news from The Grill Guys of Missouri. Co-hosts Lyndal and Steve make their game picks and talk about the best way to watch the big game. 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
This week, I am joined by Jason and Megan Day of Burnt Finger BBQ! We talk about our surprise meet at Memphis in May, Jason's viral Bacon Explosion recipe, and how pellet smokers have produced some surprising results. Go to burntfingerbbq.com to buy their bbq products and learn more! For tour dates, go to davewilliamsoncomedy.com Follow Dave on Instagram @Davewcomedy Leave a review on Apple Podcasts for a shoutout on air!
Former MLB Player, Jim Leyritz and Megan Day from Burnt Finger BBQ Provide Exceptional Baseball and BBQ Talk Jim Leyritz was a professional baseball catcher and infielder. In his 11-year Major League Baseball career, Leyritz played for the New York Yankees, Anaheim Angels, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, San Diego Padres, and Los Angeles Dodgers. With the Yankees, Jim was a member of the 1996 and 1999 World Series championships. Nicknamed "The King," Jim's playing days were highlighted by a pair of memorable postseason home runs he hit with the Yankees in 1995 and 1996 in comeback wins. Jim is a fantastic storyteller and shares many, including stories of his life prior to, during, and after baseball. How did a refusal to give Jim a $5,000 signing bonus change baseball history? Who was the future Baseball Hall of Fame player Jim met when he was 14 that made Jim choose to become a catcher? Jim bares his soul to us, and we are truly grateful for his extreme candor. Megan Day is our guest, but we are pleasantly surprised when her husband Jason Day also joins us. Megan and Jason are the husband and wife pitmasters behind the professional barbecue team, Burnt Finger BBQ. They are educators, authors, product designers, and BBQ ambassadors. They have collected top finishes at many prestigious cooking competitions. Megan was named on Southern Living's, "Most Influential Women in Southern Barbecue." She is a Chopped Grill Masters Champion and is regularly seen promoting barbecue on the Today Show and various Food Network shows. Jason's signature recipe, Bacon Explosion, went viral after it was featured in a New York Times front-page story. They are prominently featured in the film "Smoke and Ribbons: A DocQmentary" streaming on Amazon Prime. Go to https://www.burntfingerbbq.com/ for more information on Megan and Jason as well as a chance to purchase their barbecue sauces and rubs. 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/ If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you. Call the show: (516) 855-8214 Email: baseballandbbq@gmail.comTwitter: @baseballandbbqInstagram: baseballandbarbecueYouTube: baseball and bbqWebsite: https//baseballandbbq.weebly.com Facebook: baseball and bbq
The ultimate combination of food and football arrives this Sunday and we take a preview of Super Bowl XVII on Episode 197 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast. First up, representing the Kansas City Chiefs, is Megan Day of Burnt Finger BBQ. Megan, a former Food Network Chopped Grillmasters champion, will be featured on NBC's Today Show at 8:30 a.m. Friday showing off the best of Kansas City-style BBQ. But first, we ask Megan about her food plans for Super Sunday, how to improve your open-fire cooking experience and what's ahead for Burnt Finger BBQ in 2023. We then take a trip to suburban Philadelphia to get the Eagles' angle on the match-up from Rob Weber, owner/pitmaster of Weber's Backyard BBQ. Rob, a former firefighter who now has a food truck, also is a KCBS competitor in the mid-Atlantic region. He serves up some Philly-themed ideas for the big game that include some unique spins on the classic Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich that we all are familiar with. Meanwhile, co-hosts Lyndal and Steve preview the game in their own way, not through food but actual analysis and make their picks (it's a split decision). Agree or disagree, let us know - and let us know what you plan to cook for the big game. Thanks to all our sponsors and marketing partners for making the show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Proud Souls Barbecue Kansas City, Clark Crew 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. Have a great BBQ week and thanks for listening! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm
Megan Day has garnered 5 World Championships, and four of those are for the incredible rubs and sauces in the BurntFinger.com line-up. Megan (one of our favorite guests) has been featured on The Today Show, Food Network's Chopped Grill Masters (winner), the Amazon Prime documentary Smoke & Ribbons, the front page of the New York Times, Fox & Friends, and the Cooking Channel – just to name a few.Join us for some incredible recipe ideas, including "Zombie Hands Meatloaf" - just for Halloween.
Megan Day (one of our favorite guests) has been featured on The Today Show, Food Network's Chopped Grill Masters (winner), the Amazon Prime documentary Smoke & Ribbons, the front page of the New York Times, Fox & Friends, and the Cooking Channel – just to name a few. Recently she was targeted to go against Bobby Flay and will talk about that in this episode. Since its founding in 2008, Burnt Finger BBQ has racked up countless awards on the competition barbecue circuit, including numerous State Championships, 1st place chicken at the prestigious American Royal World Series of Barbecue, and overall Top 10 finishes at the American Royal, Memphis in May and World Food Championships. Megan is going to cover economical meat alternatives while Dave and Andy will address smoking meat with a gas grill.
Megan Day (one of our favorite guests) has been featured on The Today Show, Food Network's Chopped Grill Masters (winner), the Amazon Prime documentary Smoke & Ribbons, the front page of the New York Times, Fox & Friends, and the Cooking Channel – just to name a few. Since its founding in 2008, Burnt Finger BBQ has racked up countless awards on the competition barbecue circuit, including numerous State Championships, 1st place chicken at the prestigious American Royal World Series of Barbecue, and overall Top 10 finishes at the American Royal, Memphis in May and World Food Championships. Megan is going to cover cooking steaks and chicken.
First, we talk about Rusty's experience at the Jack then we get some advice on branding and how to get and retain sponsors. Megan walks us through all that and what she and her husband Jason have going on in the busy world of Burnt Finger BBQ.
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
Megan Day (one of our favorite guests) has been featured on The Today Show, Food Network’s Chopped Grill Masters (winner), the Amazon Prime documentary Smoke & Ribbons, the front page of the New York Times, Fox & Friends, and the Cooking Channel – just to name a few. Since its founding in 2008, Burnt Finger BBQ has racked up countless awards on the competition barbecue circuit, including numerous State Championships, 1st place chicken at the prestigious American Royal World Series of Barbecue, and overall Top 10 finishes at the American Royal, Memphis in May and World Food Championships. Also, Dave and Dan cover getting kids into BBQ.
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
There are lots of people that have taken their success in competition BBQ and turned it into a commercial success. These people have a passion for barbecue and cooking that goes to a different level. And you’ll find no two better than Megan and Jason Day with Burnt Finger BBQ.Megan and Jason have been extremely successful in the competition world, particularly at the American Royal and Memphis in May, and have translated that success into a fantastic brand and career around Burnt Finger BBQ.
Megan Day has been featured on The Today Show, Food Network’s Chopped Grill Masters (winner), the Amazon Prime documentary Smoke & Ribbons, the front page of the New York Times, Fox & Friends, and the Cooking Channel – just to name a few. Since its founding in 2008, Burnt Finger BBQ has racked up countless awards on the competition barbecue circuit, including numerous State Championships, 1st place chicken at the prestigious American Royal World Series of Barbecue, and overall Top 10 finishes at the American Royal, Memphis in May and World Food Championships. Also, Dave and Dan cover open fire cooking on and off the grill.
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
It’s Super Bowl week, which means more than just a big football game is coming. Super Sunday also has grown into one of the biggest food days of the year and this week, we visit with a pair of powerhouse pitmasters to get some game-day cooking advice. Jess Pryles is a native Australian and Texas transplant who is recognized for her line of Hardcore Carnivore rubs and expertise over open fires - particularly beef. We visit with Jess not only about some delicious Super Bowl ideas for chicken wings, but about the recent Brisket Camp she attended at Texas A&M University. With the Chiefs in the big game, we had to get a Kansas City rep and who better than one of our favorites, Megan Day of Burnt Finger BBQ. It’s a big week for Megan, as her edition of Chopped Champions airs on Food Network, along with a spot on Thursday’s NBC Today Show, cooking against a San Francisco pitmaster. Thanks to our sponsors who make it all the fun possible: Blues Hog, The Butcher Shoppe, Code 3 Spices, The BBQ Central Show, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, the Ozarks BBQ Alliance and Royal Oak Charcoal. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm
Get ready to indulge in this savory episode, as Matt DeCoursey sits down with Megan Day, Co-owner and Pitmaster of Burnt Finger BBQ. Megan is just a small-town girl living the barbeque dream who together with her husband, Jason Day, a native Kansan and a certified BBQ addict started Burnt Finger BBQ in 2008. Since its founding, Burnt Finger BBQ has racked up countless awards on the competition barbeque circuit, including Megan winning Food Network's Chopped Grill Masters Season 4. Their signature recipe, Bacon Explosion was featured front-page in the New York Times and has become the most downloaded online recipe. Learn more about: Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Burnt Finger BBQ https://www.burntfingerbbq.com/ GigaBook: https://gigabook.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle
Mikey Sits down and chats bbq with Burnt Finger BBQ. we can sales and all the things that go into putting out a product.
Megan, and her husband Jason, are World Champion pitmasters with their team "Burnt Finger BBQ". For the last 10 years the team has taken the world by storm. They have numerous wins on the competition circuit, as well as cookbooks, Burnt Finger Branded products, and the world famous Bacon Explosion™! The team have had multiple television appearances on The Today Show, Fox & Friends, the Food Network, CNN, as well as almost every other major media outlet. Megan also won the title of 'Chopped' Champion on Season 4 of Food Network's 'Chopped Grillmasters', in February of 2019. Without question, Megan is one of the most motivated, positive, and driven people I've ever interviewed... and she's just getting started! Check out their website: www.BurntFingerBBQ.com Twitter: @BurntFingerBBQ / @BurntFingerMeg Instagram: @BurntFingerBBQ / @BurntFingerMegan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn More About Ten Tabs Open & Alex(ander) Howell Check out TTO website @ www.tentabsopen.com Instagram: @AlexanderFromKC Twitter: @AlexanderFromKC Follow Alex @ www.AlexanderHowell.com
Welcome to August and welcome to Episode 29 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show. Summer might be starting to wind down, but we always keep the fire hot and the tailgate down for some great BBQ talk! This week, we’re joined by Kansas City's Megan Day of Burnt Finger BBQ. Not only does Megan and husband Jason form a championship KCBS team, she’s a Food Network’s “Chopped Grillmasters” champion, among a growing list of TV appearances that makes Megan one of BBQ’s best ambassadors. Find out the latest about Burnt Finger BBQ in a fun conversation with Megan. Want to cook a great steak? John Lindsey of All Qued Up from Jonesboro, Arkansas, offers up advice whether you’re cooking on a gas grill in the backyard or on an elaborate professional charcoal grill in competition. John is one of the nation’s best on the Steak Cookoff Association circuit and he tells us about his season and the appeal of steak competition cooking. The guys also preview this weekend’s Route 66 BBQ Festival, where the Tailgate Guys will be firing it up Saturday in the KCBS portion of the competition. Thanks for listening and thanks to our sponsors - Smithfield, Blues Hog, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, Colaw RV Sales and The SLABS BBQ Sauces & Rubs. #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm
After three years on local radio, co-hosts Lyndal Scranton and Steve Koehler have taken the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show to podcast. This week, Lyndal and Steve talk it over with Megan Day of Burnt Finger BBQ and food writer Juliana Goodwin has some Super Bowl Sunday snack ideas.
We couldn’t let the World Series of Barbecue pass by without chatting about it! American Royal, well, royalty join cohosts Lindsay Shively and Jill Silva in this special bonus episode of Chew Diligence. Guests include Kansas City Barbecue Society founder and Barbecue Hall of Famer Carolyn Wells, KCBS charter member, Barbecue Hall of Famer and founder of the American Royal Barbecue Sauce Contest Ardie Davis (a.k.a. Remus Powers, Ph. B.) and Burnt Finger BBQ cofounder (and fierce competitor) Megan Day.
About a decade ago they exploded onto the national BBQ stage. The invention of the now infamous Bacon Explosion put Burnt Finger BBQ into an industry, media and internet spotlight. Since then, the Lee's Summit couple has lived life in the fast lane of BBQ competitions and media appearances across the nation. Last week, downtown Lee's Summit-based restaurant and bar, Stuey McBrew's hosted a special watch party for the premier of the couple's segment on Food Network's 'The Kitchen.' This is Megan and Jason Day.
Hour 1:My first guests tonight are making a run for the KCBS Board of Directors. Stephanie Wilson from The Slabs and Cheryl Hill from The Smoking Hills join me to talk about why they have decided to run for election to the Board. If you are a KCBS member and you haven't voted yet, this will be a segment you NEED to tune into!!After the break, The Smokin' Guitar Player himself, Fred Bernardo of Tasty Licks BBQ will join the show. Fred has a number of items to talk about tonight including a few BBQ classes that will be offered at his facility in Shillington, PA. There might even be a new song dropped on the show…who can ever forget “BBQ One” or “Dirty Chicken”??Hour 2:Kicking off the second hour, one of the creators of the world famous BACON EXPLOSION and author of the Best BBQ Book in the World in 2010, Jason Day joins me. Jason is a Pitmaster for Burnt Finger BBQ and is also apart of BBQ Addicts. We will rehash the Bacon Explosion craze, the book and what he has planned for 2013.Helping me close the show tonight is Brian Munter. Brian has created a very cool app, The Pit Pal, for your smart devices to help you with your BBQ cooks. He will give us the low-down on how it works, what it works with and how it can help you be a more efficient and accurate BBQ Pitmaster!All of this, plus your phone calls, emails, and big giveaways tonight on the BBQ Central Show!!buy cialis