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The Best Moments of The BBQ Central Show in 10 Minutes or Less Oct 03, 2025

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Episode 402Taking you back to 10/31/2019 - Starting a 5 week run with the newest members of the BBQ Central Show Guest Hall of Fame. Today we start with Emily Detwiler. Emily spent many years in the BBQ industry on the business side of things. She worked with Smithfield for many years and made many appearances on the show talking about various programs and initiatives that Smithfield was bringing to the industry at that those times. Eventually, Emily left Smithfield and became CEO of the Kansas City BBQ Society. After her contract expired, she left and went to a large food seller where she remains today.Emily had been Rusty's annual pick to go into the GHOF...and 2025 was Emily's year as she was unanimously voted in by all of us! Congrats to Emily and THANK YOU for being such a great guest all these years.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 Date: 10/31/2019Original Full Show Link: CLICK HERE

The Origin Story of Travis Clark Oct 02, 2025

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(September 30, 2025 - Hour Two)

10:00-11:00pm - In the 2nd hour, we kick off the BBQCS GHOF "Origin Stories" with Travis Clark. We will get the full background on Travis, what his childhood was like, what his past jobs were like and how he got into BBQ in the first place. We will then track his BBQ path to present day. It is sure to be an incredible hour of BBQ and life talk.

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The Green Line Is Here! Oct 01, 2025

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(September 30, 2025 - Hour One)

9:14pm - Tonight we start with my second favorite passion/hobby, CIGARS! Amanda Micallef from Micallef Cigars stops by to talk about their new "Micallef Green" cigar that was recently released. We will learn how long this one was in thew works, why "green" vs another color, what the guts of the cigar are made up of and what kind of smoking experience you can expect if you pick some up. I should be coming into some as well so samples will be available for those of you who wish to try one.

9:35pm - Recap of the BBQ Central Show Guest Hall of Fame class

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The Best Moments of The BBQ Central Show in 10 Minutes or Less Sep 26, 2025

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Episode 401Taking you back to 9/23/2008 - Bob Beeman - Golds Bar-B-Que - Kicking off the next 400 episodes…the live show only 7 months old at this point…and history will show that Bob Beeman, in the beginnings of the show…was a competitive BBQ’er in the PNW…was a big fan of the show…and was a semi-frequent caller to the show when we had the “phone line” to actually do that.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 Date: 9/23/2008Original Full Show Link: CLICK HERE

2025 BBQ Central Show Guest Hall Of Fame Show!!!!!! Sep 25, 2025

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(September 23, 2025 - Hour Two)

10:14pm & 10:35pm - In the 2nd hour, the EC's and I will do the annual BBQ Central Show Guest Hall of Fame nominations...culminating in a new BBQCS Guest Hall of Fame Class! Which 5 will get in?? You will have to tune in to find out!

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Grillfest 2025 Recap; Abridged 100% Assurity Questions Sep 24, 2025

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(September 23, 2025 - Hour One)

9:14pm - Tonight I start with a recap of the 2025 Hartville Hardware Grillfest. I will give you all the highlights (no low-lights), interactions and behind the scenes scoops you could ever want!

9:35pm - The Embedded Correspondents will drop in a bit early to polish of a few 100%AQ.

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The Best Moments of The BBQ Central Show in 10 Minutes or Less Sep 19, 2025

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Episode 400!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Taking you back to 8/18/2015 - Jon believes he has found the actual 400th episode of The BBQ Central Show…and this is a taste of what and who was on the show back in 2015

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Original Air Date: 8/18/2015

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Another BOOK Please; Daniel Vaughn Rates Texas Airport BBQ? Sep 18, 2025

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(September 16, 2025 - Hour Two)

10:14pm - Leading off the 2nd hour is someone who has been moved around the guest board the past number of weeks. Mike Lang from Another Pint Please will stop by and talk about his new IG account, is latest book writing effort and this coming weekend's agenda at the 2025 Hartville Hardware Grillfest! Oh yeah...I will be there too!!

10:35pm - Joining me for his 3rd quarterly visit in 2025 is the BBQ editor of Texas Monthly, Daniel Vaughn. Tonight we talk on a variety of topics to include his global influence in BBQ, a sausage sensi and the hate he gets from people on the TMBBQ Top 50 BBQ list.

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A $2,000 Bet Is Settled; Wes Wright Stops By To Stand On BBQ Business! Sep 17, 2025

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(September 16, 2025 - Hour One)

9:14pm - Tonight we, hopefully, bring a resolution to the months long "non-payment" of a bet between Matt Osman and Sam The Cooking Guy. Matt bet Sam's YouTube Channel would hit 4MM subscribers by May 1st. He was so confident, that he bet Sam $2,000 he would accomplish this goal. Matt was wrong. However, months later, there has been no payment to Sam. We will get the full background on the story and we will also work out payment. We will also have fun and frivolity along the way.

9:35pm - 3rd Tuesday of the month regular guest and creator of Cookoputnews.com, Wes Wright, joins me to talk about the past 30 days of business in the BBQ and Grilling world.

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