Episodes

(April 18, 2023 – Hour One) 9:14pm – The 3rd Tuesday of April is upon us and leading off the show is one of the most popular and recognizable names in the industry! BBQ expert, Tuff Stone, joins the show after a 3 year layoff! Tonight we talk about the upcoming Memphis In May contest and then we will discuss his rubs and sauces he has available for sale. 9:35pm – After Tuffy, 3rd Tuesday of the month regular guest and creator of the Cookout News website, Wes Wright, joins me to talk about the ...

Episode 277 Taking you back to 4/12/2016 – 4/12/2016 – And by the way…if you are a true fan on the show, and specifically the Best Moments show…you would know that date mentioned was also the date that gave you episode 276 with Max Good…THIS time around, I had long time sponsor of the show, Chris Becker from Cookin Pellets on…we were talking about how they had recently started landing shipment of their wood pellets to other foreign lands…like Hong Kong, Australia and South Korea along with othe...

(April 11, 2023 – Hour Two) 10:14pm – Utah Embedded Correspondent and the owner of Salt City Barbecue, Rusty Monson, joins me to lead off the 2nd hour tonight. We have been visiting with Rusty over the past year getting updates with his growing food trailer business. Tonight we talk about the past 90 days, the most important things he has learned over the past 12 months, how to operate big events successfully and what makes a food truck/trailer good or bad. 10:35pm – After Rusty, I will take a...

(April 11, 2023 – Hour One) 9:14pm – The 2nd Tuesday in April brings a visit from longtime recurring guest, Meathead from Amazingribs.com. Tonight, we recap our face to face meeting in the windy city last Thursday night, we will discuss Korean style BBQ and we will also get you up to speed on what drip pans and water pans do, but more importantly, what they DON’T do! 9:35pm – After Meathead, we are joined by the contributing editor to Southern Living Magazine, Robert Moss. Tonight Robert and I...

Episode 276 Taking you back to 4/12/2016 – A guy who showed up on here a few weeks ago and known as “The Keeper Of The Flame” over at Amazing Ribs dot com will be appearing this coming Friday…and believe it or not…this segment is the FIRST time that Max appeared on this show. Topic at that time was the “then newly released” Weber Summit Charcoal Grill…now known as the Weber Summit Kamado Grill…it was quite a release back then…and there was quite a price tag attached to that cooker too…Do you re...

(April 4, 2023 – Hour Two) 10:14pm & 10:35pm – It has been at least 3 or 4 months since we’ve done a full 2nd hour with Sam The Cooking Guy. Unless something crazy come up between now and when we join forces, tonight will be the 2 segments you have been waiting for. I would give you an outline…but really…why bother! BBQ Central Show Sponsors! Primo Grills Pitts & Spitts BBQ Pits – Use “bbqcentral” at checkout ($500+) for free spice pack Big Poppa Smokers Fireboard Cookin Pellets Pit Barrel C...

(April 4, 2023 – Hour One) 9:14pm – Q2 is off and running and we start the month (and quarter) off the best way possible, with a visit from our pal Malcom Reed from How To BBQ Right! Tonight Malcom and I will tackle a number of different topics to include a few of his latest recipes, an update on the buildout of his “Smokehouse” and we will talk a bit more in-depth on building an outdoor kitchen and what you should consider if this is a project you are going in on in 2023! 9:35pm – After Malco...

Episode 275 Taking you back to 9/6/2006 – This is the conclusion to the show from last week. Jon split up this show into two parts to ensure you get the full FIRST SHOW EVER experience. I hope you enjoy the conclusion of this show and I am sure you will be hearing more of the “Original Dozen” as time rolls on since I have released them to Jon a month or so ago! Ready to make a “BEST OF” show all your own?? Email Jon Solberg and let him know what you would like to hear on a future episode! As a...

(March 28, 2023 – Hour Two) 10:14pm & 10:35pm – Kicking off the 2nd hour is a new rendition of The Embedded Correspondents Segments! We lead the segment, as we do each month, with a new round of “100% Assurity Questions”. After that, we will dive into some other BBQ and Grilling related topics, get an update on Jon Solberg’s quest to milk Instagram out of all their money, talk to Rusty about the BBQ trailer biz and we will see what Doug is up to as well. BBQ Central Show Sponsors! NBBQA Prim...

(March 28, 2023 – Hour one) 9:14pm – Leading off the show tonight, is the Weber Grills Grillmaster, Dustin Green. Last month we talked with Mike Lang about his experience with the new Weber Griddle but tonight we dive in-depth with Dustin to talk about how the griddle came to be, why it differs from others in the market and (maybe) we will learn if Weber plans any big releases for this summer grilling season. 9:35pm – We missed him last month, but the bristly BBQ journalist (Derrick Riches) is...

Terry Witzel sat down with me when I was at the HPBExpo a few weeks back and we talked about the history of Broil King, when they got into making their own cookers and how they have expanded, both products and sales, over the past number of years. Broil King is a fully integrated North American manufacturer of gas grills, charcoal grills, pellet cookers and flattops. They have made a continuous effort to reduce the amount of business they do with China in order to get their products as close to ...

Episode 274 Taking you back to 9/6/2006 – The first EVER podcast….EVER…not live show…but first ever production ever made as it relates to my time in the live-fire industry. Is it great…YES!! It is greatly bad! It’s really bad…especially as you compare it to the last 10 years of doing shows…however…this was back in a time when NO ONE knew about podcasting…most people still don’t grasp what podcasting is or how they can use it, both as a learning tool and as a marketing tool, so if you run it bac...

Jeff Thiessen sat down with me when I was at the HPBExpo a few weeks back and we talked about the history of Dansons, when they got into the pellet cooker market and how they have evolved over the years of being in business. If you aren’t familiar with the name “Dansons” you would be familiar with some of their brands, namely, Pit Boss and Louisiana Grills just to name two. Dansons has an extensive line of other cookers as well you might want to check out!

(March 21, 2023 – Hour Two) 10:14pm – Kicking off the 2nd hour is Wes Wright from Cookoutnews.com 10:35pm – Closing the show tonight is quarterly guest and editor of Texas Monthly, Daniel Vaughn! There is plenty to talk about tonight, including, where this whole pickles, onions and white bread garnish thing actually came from. You see it happen in almost all the BBQ joints in Texas, but, it has also swept around the country as well. So we will learn about the history and we will also talk about...

If I told you that the Blackstone Griddle wasn’t necessarily at the top of the “To-Do” list for Roger Dahle, would you believe me? While he really loved the idea, and he did want to make the product and bring it to market, it took about 10 years for it to actually happen. This interview was captured at the 2023 HPBExpo in Louisville, KY. Listen to Roger’s story and how this segment leader came to life and now dominates the free standing griddle segment – owning about an 80% of this market.

(March 21, 2023 – Hour One) 9:14 & 9:35pm – Kicking off the 3rd week of March is one of the country’s foremost authorities on Koji, Jeremy Umansky (Co-owner of Larder Delicatessen). Meathead brought up Koji a few months ago and there was a renewed interest from the audience on how it all works and what applications it can be used on. Jeremy will give us the background on Koji, where it comes from and how to get it going to be a useable product. Then, we will dig into the 4 things you may or may...

Episode 273 Taking you back to 3/22/2011 – Tom Gellert from a team called Ed-Que-Cators (Educators). The idea of this segment was having Tom do a review of cooking classes he had taken over the years (for example: The BBQ Guru, Pellet Envy, I Smell Smoke, Swamp Boys). It is important to remember that, back in 2011, one of the biggest things going on the competition circuit was the associated “cooking classes” where a pitmaster would hold a class for hundreds of dollars per student and give a no...

(March 14, 2023 – Hour Two) 10:14pm – Kicking off the 2nd hour is the Cowboy Cook himself, Kent Rollins! Kent has a new book that is getting ready to hit the market nd there is an associated book tour that is happening soon as well. We will talk about the new book, what he likes about writing, what you can expect to see in the pages and when the tour might roll by your house! We will also talk to Kent (and maybe Shannon) about trends they are seeing in the live-fire industry and I will also ask...

(March 14, 2023 – Hour one) 9:14 – Kicking off the 2nd Tuesday of the month, as he usually does, is Meathead from Amazingribs.com. However, tonight we are going to switch it up a bit and talk about a subject he casually brought up in January, which is Artificial Intelligence (ex. ChatGPT). How will this potentially impact those of you have have website that depend on traffic generated by these search engines? How should you look to pivot? What should you be doing now to lessen the impacts you m...

Episode 272 Taking you back to 3/8/2011 – In this Best Moments show, we journey back to a time in the show where I did something at the end of each show called “The 4th Segment Free For All”. This segment saw prizes donated to the show by vendors and then given to listers as long as they were able to answer questions about the show that evening. So, of course, you had to be on the livestream in order to win, and sometimes it was quick and sometimes it took quite a bit of time. Winning prizes on...

(March 7, 2023 – Hour Two) 10:14pm – After sitting out a month due to book writing pressures, Sam The Cooking Guy makes his triumphant return to the show. We could easily go an hour (but we won’t) so I HOPE to discuss his getting into the rub market, if he thought that he would ever be a “products” person, what does he really think of the new Traeger products he got his hands on, some of his recent recipes and much more. 10:35pm – Coming out of the bullpen tonight is the owner of Combustion, I...

(March 7, 2023 – Hour One) 9:14 – Leading off the last month in Q1 of 2023, our pal and the creator of How To BBQ Right, Malcom Reed. Tonight we will discuss his most recent trip to Jamaica and see what food/recipe inspirations he brought back with him. We will also talk about some trends in our industry and we might talk a bit about getting into the rub and sauce business. 9:35 pm – After Malcom, we will get our dose of cigar knowledge and insight from official cigar expert of the show, Mr. J...

Episode 271 Taking you back to 3/8/2011 – In this Best Moments show we replay a portion of the first conversation I ever had with one, Craig Sharry who is the owner of Texas Pepper Jelly. In 2011, Craig had already been in the TPJ business and in the competition scene pretty heavily…but he had started this whole business about 5 years earlier. Over the years, Craig became quite a fierce and respected BBQ competitor in the Texas ranks and ultimately became the President of the IBCA for a while a...

(February 28, 2023 – Hour Two) 10:14pm & 10:35pm – Kicking of the the 2nd hour are the world renowned “Embedded Correspondents” Tonight we launch the segment, as we always do, with a new round of 100% Assurity Questions! However, instead of pulling in a real human to take part in the questions alongside the EC’s, we turn to the immensely popular “Chat GPT” machine and see what it thinks! We will also cover flat top cooking trends, Houston Livestock and Rodeo BBQ Cook-Off, Jon’s effort to make m...