Noam W owner of the Trompo king brand joins the show. I remember watching the brand become. Several years ago the introduction of a product that was kind of semi-foreign to most Trompo cooking vertical stacked meats. Over the years the brand has grown and I thought it was time to get the full story as well as his bbq lifestyle journey son tape. Noam was a great guest that we hope to continue having on the show. We spent a short time with Noam but learned SO MUCH with regard to bringing a bbq product to market. In addition we even learned about partnering your bbq brand with others to spread bb ..read more

Dreamers can dream he makes shit happen. Junior is going on years of experience, catering, his competitive bbq trail, his tv career building two restaurants. And never accepting status quo as good enough. The American dream is alive and well at Juniors. A chance meeting in 2018/19 led to friendship with this guy. And when you meet him and work aside him you’ll see why he had the quote up on the wall. Why there’s a holiday on the books in Midland Texas with his namesake. Since moving his operation to Early, Tx Junior doubled down on starting a business and started two. The meat market and the r ..read more

Levi Stoakes the husband half of a husband wife team sits down at the pit this week. Sitting down and being still isn’t something that comes easy to this young bbq man. Especially after putting 70,000 miles on your bbq gear in a year. Wow that’s gunna be rough on the trade in value….. but I digress. I always like to know where folks get their love of bbq, & in a great many cases the guests grew up with it or in it. “Yeah we always slaughter a hog every fall” but not this time. His only childhood memory of bbq wasn’t even actual bbq….it was a crock pot of meat and sauce with the false label ..read more

Aside from being a dynomite roommate, Harry Soo is the concept of BBQ in human form. BBQ is about community family and just a great time. Harry devotes, much time, energy, as well as blood, sweat and tears to the BBQ community. I’m fortunate to call him a friend. But since our chat in 2020 much has changed. It’s time to catch up and see what’s going on with Harry Soo. Harry is going Vegan…. Cooking vegan on one of his new YouTube channels. He will also introduce a line of vegan seasonings. But of course that’s not enough with the travel, youtube, original rubs and seasonings. he had to partner ..read more

This week were joined by Swamp Boys owner operator Rub Bagby. His decades of competition bbq didn’t satisfy his bbq bug. We catch up with Rub and his newest venture, not just retired. A few school years past since his retirement and Rub is back in the trailer weekly. This time with a little different perspective and goal in mind; feeding the masses. Rub with the help of some of his other local bbq legends in their own rights turned his 15+ year bbq battle wagon into a food trailer. Where you can find him under the water tower. Nearly the whole food service industry thinks buying a fancy new tr ..read more

A good bed of coals will keep your cooker humming along smoking bbq for what seems like forever. I liken Shawn Bevins to a good bed of coals, little rain, no worries; it’s still burning. I first met Shawn after Hamrforge while he was building out Hellrazr. We spoke around the time of his new grill releases. Fast forward to September 23 we are knee deep in the biggest train looking cooker I’ve seen. Plus his heart tried to check out but he wouldn’t allow it to quit….. So we are headed back north to Quebec Canada this week to get the first word from Shawn on his recent bbq transition to what’s n ..read more

This week I sat down with Ray Carnes Owner /operator of Recteq Grills. We chatted about what got him into bbq, and his influence of smoked meats. How a failure wasn’t fatal to him. A smaller car lot that couldn’t survive the financial constraints of 2008-2009 turned into what their fans claim to be; the best pellet cooker on the market. They have a customer in me. Which this is not a sponsored episode; but hey Ray… hint hint lol. But I digress, their loyal fans that push this brand into homes and businesses throughout the US. It’s fascinating how I have watched what was a one grill company tur ..read more

The BBQ depot, owner operator, Shane Biddy is in the house joining us this week from Gainesville Georgia. Shane, a heating and air technician by trade started his life in BBQ as a sponsor for a friends, barbecue competition team. Shortly there after he found himself at the competitions and cooking with his former sponsored team. And just when you thought he couldn’t get busier, he started a local BBQ rub, sauce and seasoning supply store. From there, he volunteered to help a local fundraising effort with his competition style BBQ. And what would you know but it was a hit too. Cooking is always ..read more

The first installment of BBQ trailer trash round table. We sat n chatted with Jeff Mike and James about some of the ins and outs of food truck/trailer work. Deciding on the truck layout, getting the portions required to not sell out but not waste all your profits. Some of the tricks of the trade. Mike in St Pete FL and Jeff in Ootawah, Tn chat about requirements in food truck or trailers. Ootawah is having a big blow up with more food trucks n trailers than you can shake a stick at ..read more

Mike Silverstein of M&M BBQ and Tampa Pig Roast join us at the pit this week to chat all things trailer trash………. Lol tongue in cheek of course. The getting to know Mike episode before our round table discussion. Find out the about illegal fuel, and why food trailers are superior to trucks. We met Mike in person while he was catering an event in the area we were vacationing. I called to speak and shake his hand as I’d known through social media. We just hit it off, I even scored his coveted chicken recipe! That kind of friend, a bbq friend. Get caught up on Mike now so you know the members ..read more