Episodes

(December 16, 2025 - Hour One) 9:14 - The Chicago visit recap! 9:35pm - After the recap,, we are joined by Wes Wright for the final time in 2025. Get the latest business updates and predictions! The BBQ Central Show Sponsors Smokin Pecan Pellets – Use promo code “BBQCENTRAL” For 10% Off Your Order Primo Grills Big Poppa Smokers – Use promo code “REMPE15” for 15% off your entire purchase! Fireboard Pit Barrel Cooker Micallef Cigars – Premium Hand Rolled Cigars

Episode 411 Taking you back to - 3/23/2010 - Competition Pork Butt Round Table #1 2009 KCBS - Little Pig Town - Scott Kee #5 2009 KCBS - The Slab’s - Kyle Laval (The BBQ Pimp) #7 2009 KCBS - Butcher BBQ - Dave Bouska Continuing the multi-week look back on "Round Table" shows for fan Tyler. This week, learn how the best of the best were doing their pork butts back in 2010 (2009). Ready to make a “BEST OF” show all your own?? Email Jon Solberg and let him know what you would like to hear on ...

(December 9, 2025 - Hour Two) 14min in- Meathead - Amazing Ribs(.com) 35min in - Robert Moss 1:14:00 min in - Ted Conrad - Fireboard The BBQ Central Show Sponsors Smokin Pecan Pellets – Use promo code “BBQCENTRAL” For 10% Off Your Order Primo Grills Big Poppa Smokers – Use promo code “REMPE15” for 15% off your entire purchase! Fireboard Pit Barrel Cooker Micallef Cigars – Premium Hand Rolled Cigars

(December 9, 2025 - Hour One) 14min in- Meathead - Amazing Ribs(.com) 35min in - Robert Moss 1:14:00 min in - Ted Conrad - Fireboard The BBQ Central Show Sponsors Smokin Pecan Pellets – Use promo code “BBQCENTRAL” For 10% Off Your Order Primo Grills Big Poppa Smokers – Use promo code “REMPE15” for 15% off your entire purchase! Fireboard Pit Barrel Cooker Micallef Cigars – Premium Hand Rolled Cigars

Episode 409 Taking you back to 3/16/2010 - Continuing the many weeks of “BBQ Round Tables” as requested by fan of the show “Tyler”...this time around we do a competition round table - Chicken Style - with Kelly Wertz - 4 Legs Up BBQ (4th in 2009), Joe Amore - Smokin MT. Smokers (5th in 2009) and Troy Black - Learn 2 Q (7th in 2009). The Round table shows were some of the most downloaded shows ever in show history… But if I might be honest as it relates to this particular one…the success of the...

(December 2, 2025 - Hour Two) 10:14pm - The first Tuesday in the 2nd hour brings a monthly (and last) visit from Sam The Cooking Guy. He will bum in a little later than normal as he will be finishing another job earlier in the day. That being said, we should have plenty of time to talk about his Thanksgiving and what gifts he's recommending this holiday season. 10:35pm - The close of the show will have me recapping the Thanksgiving holiday at my house, what we did, what we had to fight through...

(December 2, 2025 - Hour One) 9:14 - Last week it was Rasheed Philips and this week it's Al Frugoni! The king of open-live fire cooking joins me to talk about the Meat Up in Hondo, TX but, more importantly, we will discuss how the Open Fire Memphis In May deal came together for the 2026 version of this event. You might be surprised how this all came together...and who dumped on the idea to begin with! 9:35pm - After Al, Mike Lang from Another Pint Please, joins me for the last time in 2025. We...

Episode 409 Taking you back to...3/9/2010 - This week we feature what is going to be a multi-week series of “BBQ Round Table” shows. First up is a technical nightmare…one that I don't recall actually ever doing…but I must have because Jon has it queued up and ready to go…Fan of the show Tyler has requested these and Jon has accommodated him fully and for many weeks to come…and you get to enjoy these upcoming shows too!! Ready to make a “BEST OF” show all your own?? Email Jon Solberg and let hi...

(November 25, 2025 - Hour Two) 10:14pm & 10:35pm - The 4th Tuesday of the month in the 2nd hour brings a visit from the Embedded Correspondents. We are only a few days away from Thanksgiving at this point, so why not have a special edition of the "100% Assurity Statements". There will be a number of Thanksgiving related statements and there will also be a number of unrelated statements as well. It's always fun, it's always unpredictable and there is no better way to finish November than with th...

(November 25, 2025 - Hour One) 9:14 - Rasheed Philips from Philips Barbeque Co. stops by to open things up tonight. Aside from being one of the most sought after live-fire cooks out there today, he also hosts a weekly BBQ podcast. Within that podcast, Rasheed is good for a a "Hot Take" or two. So tonight, Rasheed and I will trade "Hot Takes" to see who can come up with the most "Hottest" take of them all. 9:35pm - After Rasheed, our pal Steve Ray from Owl's Nest BBQ stops by for a whole other ...

Episode 408 9/24/2019 - This week we feature one of my favorite guests…and a BBQCS GHOF’er and the man who…the globe…considers to be THEE foremost burger authority…our friend George Motz. This was George’s first time on the show…so if you missed it…this will be one you want to check out this coming Friday…and he opens with a hot take on “Global Warming”... 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 alway...

(November 18, 2025 - Hour Two) 10:14pm & 10:35pm - This is usually where you would see Susie Bulloch (and Todd) from Hey Grill Hey. While Susie has other plans, Triple T has committed to doing their last segment of 2025 with me. So we will start with what new things are coming out of the HGH platform, and then, we will get the HGH story from Todd's side. We did this with Susie a number of years ago...but I don't know if anyone has actually gotten it from Todd's perspective. I think it is an int...

(November 18, 2025 - Hour One) 9:14 - The man who needs no introduction to anyone interested in cooking over live-fire, Steven Raichlen, joins me for his last visit of 2025. Tonight we make sure you are "Thanksgiving Ready", that you are "Holiday Season Gift-Giving Ready" and we will also talk about a few of his upcoming book projects, that to me, seem to signal something in his prolific career...am I right?? Tune in and see. 9:35pm - After Steven, I will be joined by monthly guest, and offici...

Episode 407 9/23/2008 - Fred Bernardo of Tasty Licks BBQ and Supply Store is being featured this week…and in this segment we talk about something that was HUGE in the industry back in later 2008…the reveal of the 22” WSM…a much bigger version of the flag ship 18.5”...which was my first smoker… We also talked about the 26” Weber Kettle…which I think is still one of the biggest/coolest things to have happened in 20 years…6” Weber Kettle…yes please!! Ready to make a “BEST OF” show all your own??...

(November 10, 2025 - Hour Two) The BBQ Central Show Sponsors Smokin Pecan Pellets – Use promo code “BBQCENTRAL” For 10% Off Your Order Primo Grills Big Poppa Smokers – Use promo code “REMPE15” for 15% off your entire purchase! Fireboard Pit Barrel Cooker Micallef Cigars – Premium Hand Rolled Cigars

(November 10, 2025 - Hour One) The BBQ Central Show Sponsors Smokin Pecan Pellets – Use promo code “BBQCENTRAL” For 10% Off Your Order Primo Grills Big Poppa Smokers – Use promo code “REMPE15” for 15% off your entire purchase! Fireboard Pit Barrel Cooker Micallef Cigars – Premium Hand Rolled Cigars

(November 4, 2025 - Hour Two) 10:14pm - The first Tuesday in the 2nd hour brings a visit from Sam The Cooking Guy. Did he par-boil wings recently?? Why did he do that and how do I get him to never do that again?? We will also talk about the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday and what he is recommending this year. 10:35pm - We continue with Sam and we also discuss some random food topics. Want to join in the conversation?? Use the link in the YouTube chat to jump in and ask questions. The BBQ Centr...

(November 4, 2025 - Hour One) 9:14 - The first Tuesday of the month brings a visit from our pal Malcom Reed. Tonight will be Thanksgiving and football heavy from a food talk stand point. Malcom will help make sure your turkey is on point along with all of the side dishes. We will also talk about some great football recipes that do not include wings...because Malcom and I LOVE chicken wings! 9:35pm - I posed the question to the EC's last week. Did you know the WFC had already happened...it was ...

Episode 406 Taking you back to 9/5/2017 - Continuing the 5 week run with the newest members of the BBQ Central Show Guest Hall of Fame. Today we feature Travis Clark. 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! *Don’t forget to RATE AND REVIEW THE SHOW ON YOU PODCAST APP* Want to hear more from this episode??? Click the link below to hear the full show: Original Air D...

(October 28, 2025 - Hour Two) 10:14pm & 10:35pm - The 4th Tuesday of the month brings a visit from the Embedded Correspondents. There is a long list of live-fire 100% Assurity questions to run through. There is also a long list of non-live-fire questions to run through as well. The BBQ Central Show Sponsors Smokin Pecan Pellets – Use promo code “BBQCENTRAL” For 10% Off Your Order Primo Grills Big Poppa Smokers – Use promo code “REMPE15” for 15% off your entire purchase! Fireboard Pit Barrel ...

(October 28, 2025 - Hour One) 9:00-10:00pm - The first hour has crashed out completely in the past hour...but never fear...there are things to talk about and recaps to give! The BBQ Central Show Sponsors Smokin Pecan Pellets – Use promo code “BBQCENTRAL” For 10% Off Your Order Primo Grills Big Poppa Smokers – Use promo code “REMPE15” for 15% off your entire purchase! Fireboard Pit Barrel Cooker Micallef Cigars – Premium Hand Rolled Cigars

Episode 405 Taking you back to 5/22/2012 - Continuing the 5 week run with the newest members of the BBQ Central Show Guest Hall of Fame. Today we feature Andy Husbands. 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! *Don’t forget to RATE AND REVIEW THE SHOW ON YOU PODCAST APP* Want to hear more from this episode??? Click the link below to hear the full show: Original Air...

(October 21, 2025 - Hour Two) 10:14pm - Leading off the 2nd hour and making her final appearance in 2025, is the creator of Hardcore Carnivore, Jess Pryles. Tonight we discuss a number of topics to include the "Top 150" list released by the Under Seasoned Podcast, how her new book effort is coming along, what the correct internal temps of beef actually are (lots of gray info out there these days), lamb talk and we finish with a special "Betwixt The Two" music game. 10:35pm - If there is time l...

(October 21, 2025 - Hour One) 9:00-10:00pm - Finishing up the 2025 BBQ Central Show Guest Hall of Fame "Origin Stories" with our pal and monthly guest, Wes Wright from Cookout News. We all know Wes and the brilliant mind behind the Cookoutnews.com website, but how did he get here? All will be revealed tonight during the first hour! The BBQ Central Show Sponsors Primo Grills Big Poppa Smokers – Use promo code “REMPE15” for 15% off your entire purchase! Fireboard Pit Barrel Cooker Micallef Ciga...