Episodes

Episode 229 From 5/17/2011- This week we feature Fred Grose…founder of Mojobricks. Are you one that has tried Mojobricks before…a very popular smoking wood product. Fred does have a tie here to Bomb City, USA as well…in this interview we got some background on Fred and how he got into the “wood smoke” business…and the, of course, why his products were different…and are still different, than anything else out there on the market as well…and yes, if you are wondering, the business is still going ...

(May 17, 2022 – Hour 2) 10:14pm – Kicking off the 2nd hour is 2nd time guest and BBQ/food writer for the San Antonio Express-News, Chuck Blount. Tonight, Chuck and I will talk about how the all mighty hamburger is making its way into more and more traditional BBQ restaurants and why that trend is growing. We will also discuss how that trend will affect how he (and other food reviewers) evaluate the BBQ restaurant…can you score down if some place does great BBQ but makes an average burger? 10:3...

(May 17, 2022 – Hour 1) 9:14pm – Memphis in May happened this past weekend and one of my lead guests showed on me last week. Did the karma work in reverse for him and the team? Not so much…Tim Scheer and Brad Leighninger join me to talk about their world championship cook and how Tim has single handedly reversed how “The Show Karma” might apply to pitmasters going forward. 9:35pm – Continuing to bring you the best in smoking content, but not in the way you might think, Mr. Johnathan from The C...

May 4th, 2022 – Rebecca King, aka The Bad Jew, made a return back to her original home in Cleveland, Ohio. The past few years, Rebecca has been hard at work getting The Bad Jew going out in her new home in LA and she has had great success introducing her “Porkstrami” to the west coast folks…and anyone she runs into along the way. On this particular day, we met up for a quick lunch at my pal Jeremy Umansky’s restaurant, the multiple time James Beard nominated Larder Delicatessen on the west side ...

Episode 228 From 5/20/2011 – being featured this week is a guy named Doug Killilea, who at the time, was a backyard BBQ enthusiast and a guy who actually came to the BBQ Central Show Studio and laid it down in person! I am not sure where Doug is today, but I hope he is doing well and I hope he is still letting the smoke roll! Ready to make a “BEST OF” show all your own?? Email Jon Solberg and let him know what you would like to hear on a future episode! As always, thank you for listening! *Do...

(May 10, 2022 – Hour Two) 10:14pm – Kicking off the 2nd hour is a good friend of this show and one of the winningest pitmasters on the KCBS circuit over the past decade, Tim Scheer from Shake N Bake BBQ. This coming weekend, Tim and Brad Leighninger rejoin forces as “Blues Hog” competition team to attempt to snatch back to back world titles but this time in whole hog. We will talk to Tim on why they decided to veer away from shoulder this year (they won it last year) and go whole hog! I have an...

(Aired Live On May 11, 2022) I welcomed back Emily Park from The American Royal as we revealed the list of 9 finalists for this year’s BBQ Hall of Fame! This is an exclusive announcement that only the BBQ Central Show will bring you before any else knows about it.

(May 10, 2022 – Hour One) 9:14pm – Grinding through the 2nd week in May and the weather here in Cleveland has finally come up and added a little sun and warmth! Let’s build on that momentum and talk to Meathead tonight about combustion as we rekindle our “BBQ Science with Meathead” talks that we had been running the beginning of the year. I might also ask him about the new book and the BBQ Hall of Fame. 9:35pm – After Meathead, we are joined by the contributing BBQ editor at Southern Living Ma...

Episode 227 From 5/26/2015 – being featured this week is one of the pitmasters of The Pork Brothers Competition Team – Mike Fritz! He and his 2 other team members were running the rib burner circuit back then…the rib circuit is much different than a KCBS, FBA, SLBBQ, the Texas sanctioning bodies or most any competition BBQ sanctioning body really…if you ever have the “rib burn-off” events in your hometown…there were MANY back in the day here in Cleveland and there are still a few big ones each ...

(May 3, 2022 – Hour Two) 10:14pm – Making a return trip this week is the longest running Embedded Correspondent for The BBQ Central Show, Doug Scheiding from Rogue Cookers. Tonight we talk about his consistent, and now prolific, growth on the social media platform Instagram. Doug has over 20,000 followers right now and tonight we talk all about how he got there and what the best practices have been for him to get to his current level of success. 10:35pm – As we finish with Doug, we might have ...

(May 3, 2022 – Hour One) 9:14pm – Welcome to May! We begin this month, as we do each month, with a visit from our pal Malcom Reed from How To BBQ Right. Tonight we talk all about ribs! This topic will conclude out 4 month effort in covering the 4 major BBQ meats for the backyard cook. 9:35pm – After we talk all about the ribs stuff, Malcom and I will also talk about the really big BBQ competition that happens this month, Memphis in May! Killer Hogs is setting up to take this GC in 2022 so we w...

Episode 226 From 5/3/2011 – This week we feature Chris Hart from the I-que BBQ team…We work through a bit of technical issues right up front, which you will hear…but the big topic of the segment was Chris being a part of a TV show called “Best In Smoke” that was on The Food Network. Chris explained how the show was going to happen and it was taking place over a 4 episode run…back in 2011 BBQ and TV was still a thing. In fact, there were a number of cable networks that were trying their hand at ...

Episode 215 Taking you back to February 2017 – Following up on his appearance last week, Ray Lampe (Dr. BBQ) is the feature on this week’s Best Moments show. This particular show, I visited with Ray who was, at the time, 3 months or so into opening the Dr. BBQ restaurant and what it had been like for everyone involved. If you remember, we did a number of segments leading into the actually opening of this place…it just went ON AND ON…I think it was near 2 years…maybe a little less…before this pl...

(February 8, 2022 – Hour Two) 10:14pm & 10:35pm – Leading off the 2nd hour is one of the original founders of ChefSteps, the book “Modernist Cuisine” and now one of the creators of a new wireless thermometer offering from the company Combustion, Inc., Chris Young joins me for the first time! Chris is incredibly accomplished in science and food and he is passionate about applying both to his cooking. He is also an avid live-fire cook and will be here to share everything he knows about protein, t...

(February 8, 2022 – Hour One) 9:14pm & 9:35pm – Leading off the first hour and carrying the balance of it is first time guest and CEO of Traeger Grills, Jeremy Andrus. This has been an interview I have been chasing for some time now, especially since the company went public last summer, and thanks to the help from my Texas EC, Doug Scheiding, it comes to fruition tonight! Jeremy will be joining me from Traeger HQ in Utah where we will learn about his background and how he got into business, hw ...

Episode 214 Taking you back to 2017 – Clarence Joseph of Momma and Poppa Joe’s BBQ joined me. This time of year brings the San Antonio Rodeo and BBQ Cook Off. Back in 2016, CJ won that event and, during this visit, I had him back on to talk about his chances of going back to back GC at that event…we also talked about what it was like for him to teach competition BBQ classes…and then have his students go out and beat him at the events that followed later in those years…a bitter sweet issue that ...

(February 1, 2022 – Hour Two) 10:14pm – Leading off the 2nd hour is YouTube sensation, cookbook author and regional celebrity to Southern California with 15 Emmy’s to his credit, Sam The Cooking Guy. Tonight we will lead off the segment by playing “What Does Sam Like Best” and the winner will receive something really neat! After the game, Sam and I will talk about the upcoming release of his new book “Between The Buns” and also take a lookin to his 6th book which is starting to come together as...

(February 1, 2022 – Hour one) 9:14pm – Welcome to February and we welcome in first Tuesday of the month recurring guest, Malcom Reed from How To BBQ Right. Over the next 4 months, Malcom and I will be doing a “Individual BBQ Round Table” for his segments as we cover the big 4 BBQ meats and how he does all of them from start to finish! Tonight we start with one of my favorites, pork butt! If you are new to BBQ or are looking for another way to do them, then tune in tonight and get all of Malcom’...

Episode 213 Taking you back to 4/9/2013 – Stemming from the events that transpired from a BBQ contest that occurred on Aug 11, 2012…Also, this was on request from Lance Owen via Hawaii. The (LONG) longtime fans of this show will remember this item. Back in 2011 a BBQ competitor was banned from competitions because, according to reports, he wore a “PENIS AND BALLS” apron on to the awards stage…kids saw it, women saw it…it didn’t go over very well at all…to the tune of him getting a pretty stiff ...

(January 25, 2022 – Hour Two) 10:14pm & 10:35pm – The 4th Tuesday of the month in the 2nd hour is the visit from my pals and BBQ know-it-alls, The Embedded Correspondents. Tonight we will run through a fresh list of “100% Assurity Picks” along with a lucky listener, then we will dig into the Weber incident a bit more, talk about gas grills and ease of use and some other items as well. By the way, did you know Smithfield is offering you a chance to win FREE BACON FOR A YEAR??? HERE is the link ...

(January 25, 2022 – Hour One) 9:14pm – Opening the last show of January is the unofficial legal counsel of The BBQ Central Show, Suzann Moskowitz. Last time Suzann was on we talked a lot about Trademarks, what they are and why you would want to consider one for your business. this time around we tackle “copyrights” and what those are, how they are enforced and, of course, why you would want that kind of protection depending on what you do. This will be another great segment with all kinds of gr...

Episode 212 Taking you back to 2/7/2012 – If you like the shows where Jon features me, then you are in for a treat this week. Back in February of 2012, I did a bit on the celebration of the 4th year of the live BBQ Central Show. If you recall, the show started out as a traditional podcast back in 2006 and eventually transitioned into a live show in February of 2008. I look back at crossing a milestone of 4 years at that point…and now look to cross into the 14 year of live shows next month. I ho...

(January 18, 2022 - Hour Two 10:14pm - She was such a hit as a quarterly guest in 2021, she decided to re-up for 2022! Jess Pryles from Hardcore Carnivore will join me tonight to talk about meat science, educating her audience and debunking the multitude of social media posts about food that are just plain wrong (on many levels). We will also see if she can get off the schneid and pick the right song tonight as we close the segment! 10:35pm - Closing the show tonight is first time guest and host...

(January 18, 2022 - Hour one) 9:14pm - Racing through January and where we would usually find the BBQ Icon Steven Raichlen visiting, I had to bump him out a month to secure an interview with Weber's Grillmaster, Dustin Green. Today, Weber unveiled its latest revisions of the flagship Genesis gas grill line and they are touting it as the biggest and most innovative change in the past 15 years. I will ask Dustin all about the revamps, the features and benefits, price points and when we will be abl...