The Pitmaster's Podcast

Scott Harris of Surefire Foods has won Golden Tickets in SCA Steak and Ancillaries and is an accomplished BBQ competitor as well. We chat with him about his culinary background and how that helps and…

In this episode, we recap the SCA world championship with Morgan Strunk, Nate Benson, and Bobby Oliver. We chat about their experience, what is needed to prepare for such an event and what it takes t…

Pitmaster of Fire and Smoke BBQ and host of Man Meat BBQ podcast Mikey Kay stops by to talk about what he has been up to and talk bbq business. 

Aaron Gonerway is a former Texan who now cooks in the challenging cold and altitude of Aurora CO. Starting out as a small operation for friends or anyone lucky enough to catch his food for sale on so…

With the SCA World Championships coming up soon we talk to the winner of last year's event Marissa Ouverson. With her new tell-all class on BBQ Champs and a slew of wins under her belt, we talk to he…

We head north to have a live chat with Angie Cammack Butcher over at BBQ Pitstop of Logan. We talk about meat cuts and get a butcher's take on good and bad meats. Rusty even gets schooled on porterho…

This week we have the legend of pits David Knight founder of Ole Hickory Pits. We get into how he started in the pit-making business and about the journey that lead him to the BBQ Hall of Fame and ho…

We check in with John Linsdey of All Q'ued Up and Arkassippi Smoke Live. Co-creator of the now-famous Arkassippi combo. John recently won the prestigious Hog Drop put on by none other than Myron Mixo…

This week we chat with the legendary rub maker and bbq competitor Stephan Franklin of Simply Marvelous. His rubs are used by the best cooks on the circuit and we get to know the man behind one of the…

This week we have Tony Roberts a very accomplished BBQ cook and owner of Proud Souls Barbecue and Provisions. We chat with him about his adventures in owning a bbq shop, tips and tricks on the comp c…

Thermoworks has been busy making some new toys to take your cooking game to the next level. We talk to Amanda McGrath and Kyle Halverson about said toys and what you need to know about them before yo…

One of, if not the best rib cook in the world James Cruse chats with us about his win at Memphis in May, his new adventure in to rub development with Deep South Blenders and cajun land brand, his win…

This week we are catching up with Sunny and Jeff Moody. Sunny is fresh off her World Championship win at World Foods and they are getting their hands in all sorts of things. A lot has changed since w…

We chat with the legend Kelly Wertz of 4 legs up BBQ about the new KCBS National Steak Championships, sausage, and how to be a better competitor. If you have been interested in knowing more about the…

Phil Breeden of LC BBQ is one of the best cooks on the circuit with an excellent rub line used by some of the top cooks. We chat with him about BBQ of course. We also talk with him about his extensi…

One of the best brisket cooks on the circuit Brian Dywer of BBQ Bus sits down with us and talks bbq, tools of the trade, and his favorite cookers. He is also the inventor of the Brisket Holder and Bu…

Christie Vanover of Girls Can Grill is fresh off her GC in Indio CA. She just got back judging The Jack and is running SCA competitions. We run through her process and hear about her experience at th…

Joel Fleetwood is an accomplished BBQ competitor and has recently been nominated to be on the KCBS board of directors.  We chat with him about how he hopes to improve KCBS and BBQ in general.  

If you can spell BBQ you know who Fred Robles is and what he has accomplished. The owner of Rio Valley Meats in Weslaco, TX took a stab at a bbq contest 10 years ago with borrowed equipment and has s…