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The Best Moments of The BBQ Central Show in 10 Minutes or Less Feb 21, 2025

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Episode 371This episode is brought to you by The butcher Shoppe…Home of the NEVER crossbred 100% Australian Wylarah 9+ Wagyu brisket, wagyu beef (American and Japanese), dry aged steaks, wild game and MUCH more!! Call to order today: (850) 458-8782 and ask for Kevin! Mention The BBQ Central Show for 10% off your entire order!!___________________________________________Taking you back to 2/5/2013 - You know gang…there have been so many things that have happened on this show over the last, almost, 20 years…and the one we are bringing back this coming Friday is one of those where, if someone asked what my favorite part of the show has been…or guest…or segment…recency bias comes into play for sure…for, without Jon going back and listening to the old shows, I would have never recalled this one that you will hear Friday…Back in 2013…Chad Ward from Whiskey Bent BBQ and I made a wager… don’t recall what the specific wager was…but it seems I WON! I don’t know what my side of payment would have been had I lost…but I didn’t lose…so no matter. HOWEVER, Chad lost…and his side of payment was, that if he lost…which he did…he would have to come on the show and shave his head and his carefully manicured “chin beard”...which is very important to Chad…and Chad’s lady friend at the time, who loved the hair and the beard, is the one that actually did the shaving…I don’t have any idea where the video would be on this…but the audio is pretty great…so be sure to grab it this Friday!!

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Bad Byron Returns To BBQCS! Feb 20, 2025

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(February 18, 2025)

10:14pm & 10:35pm - Leading the 2nd hour is a true BBQ legend and pioneer. When one considers the great rubs that are available, this one continues to be mentioned year in and year out...and many consider this to be one of the rubs that got the whole "rub business" off the ground. Byron Chism stops by to talk about where he is in his BBQ career, what business he's getting into in 2025 and where he sees this industry heading to over the next 10 months or so. Byron always has great takes, a great personality and a great outlook on life! Be sure to tune into this one!

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Project Griddle; Pitbopss Makes a Dual Fuel Cooker That's Pretty Neat-O! Feb 19, 2025

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(February 18, 2025 - Hour One)

9:14pm - Making his first quarterly appearance of 2025 is one of the biggest names in all of live-fire cooking. Steven Raichlen stop by after many months of absence and we will catch up on everything that has been going on in his life. There is a new book that will be coming out in the next 3 months or so (has to do with griddle stuff) and a 2025 BBQ U, and much more as well.

9:35pm - After Steven, Wes Wright from Cookout News stops by for his monthly visit to talk about the latest business happenings and insider rumors that are going on in the industry.

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The Best Moments of The BBQ Central Show in 10 Minutes or Less Feb 15, 2025

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Episode 370This episode is brought to you by The butcher Shoppe…Home of the NEVER crossbred 100% Australian Wylarah 9+ Wagyu brisket, wagyu beef (American and Japanese), dry aged steaks, wild game and MUCH more!! Call to order today: (850) 458-8782 and ask for Kevin! Mention The BBQ Central Show for 10% off your entire order!!___________________________________________Taking you back to 1/31/2010 - Derrick Riches - First show that had guest video coming in as a separate feed…we talked about pellet cookers…and specifically about the then, newly released, Grilla Grills pellet cooker…

18 Years Of The BBQ Central Show... Feb 13, 2025

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(February 11, 2025 - Hour Two)

10:14pm & 10:35pm - Leading the 2nd hour is the current CEO and President of Memphis In May, Mack Weaver. Mack and I will talk about his background, his sports achievements, his business experience and how that all helped him find his way to MIM. The 2025 event will be here before you know it..Tune in for a great segment (or two)

All this plus a new YouTube Poll Question of the week and results from last week's poll.

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What's Smoking, Mr. J? James Beard BBQ Semi-Finalists Announced Feb 12, 2025

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(February 11, 2025)

9:14pm - Our official cigar expert, Mr. Jonathan from the Cigar Authority Podcast, joins me tonight for his first quarterly visit of the year. Tonight we talk about what's hot to smoke, what lighters are cool, what makes you a cigar douche, what the best humidity is to keep your humidor at and much more. Mr. J always comes prepared ad always has hot takes!!

9:35pm - After we get our cigar game honed, we will have a monthly visit from our pal Robert Moss. Lat month he shocked all of us with his take on the Michelin Star guidebook. Tonight, we build on that a bit, toss in some James Beard award talk for fun and see where that takes us. Robert starts out at a blistering pace in 2025...which, as we all know, is rapidly coming to a close!

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The Best Moments of The BBQ Central Show in 10 Minutes or Less Feb 07, 2025

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Episode 369This episode is brought to you by The butcher Shoppe…Home of the NEVER crossbred 100% Australian Wylarah 9+ Wagyu brisket, wagyu beef (American and Japanese), dry aged steaks, wild game and MUCH more!! Call to order today: (850) 458-8782 and ask for Kevin! Mention The BBQ Central Show for 10% off your entire order!!___________________________________________Taking you back to 1/21/2014 - Being featured this week is the creator of the Butcher BBQ line of products and the pitmaster of the name sake competition team “Butcher BBQ” Dave Bouska. In this episode, Dave and I talk about a topic that I have mentioned a number of times on this show…that being Horsemeat. Dave and I talk about the general topic, why horses are different and what the thoughts of horse meat consumption are across the country…because it is not the same thought across the globe. Dave brings up some REALLY good points that make a lot of sense to the folks who are open to listening to them…but for the majority of you whom are not open to it…you will take a shit on it like you would do otherwise…and I will continue to try and keep this as a grassroots movement…regardless…I think you will enjoy the segment no matter what side of the fence you are on.

STCG Out of Restaurants; ibbq Has Grill Tables For You! Feb 06, 2025

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(February 4, 2025 - Hour Two)

10:14pm - Leading the 2nd hour, as he usually does, is Sam The Cooking Guy. Did he get out of the restaurant biz...yes! Will we talk about that...YES! We will also talk about some other hot topics as well...be sure to tune in!

10:35pm - Have you ever thought about having a grill that can cook your food, but, you aren't sectioned off from the rest of the family (or party) like most of us are currently? You might want to check out the first guest tonight. Karim Pirani co-founded a company called iBBQ and we are going to talk about how he came across the opportunity, how he brought it to the USA and why he believes that this is the best cooker on the market and how it will bring your family together more than ever. There might even be a special discount code for you to use to save 15% off a specific unit that will be mentioned during the interview tonight.

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Super Bowl With Malcom Reed; Pitts & Spitts 3 Burner Gas Grill? Feb 05, 2025

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(February 4, 2025 - Hour One)

9:14pm - Our pal Malcom Reed joins the show. We'll talk about content creation, podcast creation, bison meat recipes ans the Super Bowl chicken wings recipe that will win the upcoming weekend at your party!

9:35pm - Long time sponsor of the show and successful businessman, Ryan Zboril from Pitts and Spitts, joins me. Tonight we talk about their latest offerings and how they are doing, what it's like to be an American business operating in today's environment and what tariffs could do to their business plan if they eventually get implemented. Lots of great information going on in this segment.

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