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Daniel Vaughn Has A New List That Does Texas, But, Not Really! Mar 21, 2024

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(March 19, 2024 - Hour Two)

10:14pm - Technical Issues with John Tesar.

10:35pm - Closing out the show tonight is quarterly guest and BBQ Editor for Texas Monthly, Daniel Vaughn! Tonight we get Daniel's thoughts on the passing of John Brotherton at the beginning of the year, his take on the Smokin' Joe's Pit BBQ story (and how often this actually happens) and some other hot BBQ topics as well.

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Steven Raichlen Takes on Abu Dhabi! Mar 20, 2024

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(March 19, 2024 - Hour One)

9:14pm - Last month there was a small contingent of well known American BBQ/Grillmasters that went to Abu Dhabi for the first ever Live-fire BBQ and Grilling festival. This event was masterminded by Cleveland, Ohio's very own, Steve Harvey. While I would love tot ell you that Steve Harvey is making his debut on the show tonight, alas, he's not. However, the next best Steve IS joining me to talk about the event that he was at and you know him as Steven Raichlen. Steven will give us the details about how this whole thing came together, what the festival was like, how he feels it went over in Abu Dhabi and if he had any access to Steve Harvey himself. We will also talk about Steven's latest induction into the "Taste" Hall of Fame this past weekend.

9:35pm - No Wes Wright Tonight...

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The Best Moments of The BBQ Central Show in 10 Minutes or Less Mar 15, 2024

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Episode 325This 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 12/5/2017 - Being featured this Friday is long-time friend of the show, Dr. BBQ, Ray Lampe. In this show, we talked about his radio show at the time…on a station called “The Bone”. We also talked about his potential attendance at the 2018 version of Grillstock…which changed hands of ownership…and we also talked about the restaurant he was involved with at the time…it was still unopened and, as Jon said on the show a few weeks ago…seemed like a never-ending saga of things to have to get through in order to open…which it finally did…and was a great success…until it closed last year or the year before…but it was fun getting the updates back then. If you aren’t familiar with Ray…this is a good intro to him and his personality.

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 showOriginal Air Date: 12/5/2017Original Full Show Link: CLICK HERE

Rogue Cooker Rubs For Sale; Smokin Joe's Pit BBQ - NOT CLOSED! Mar 14, 2024

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(March 12, 2024 - Hour Two)

10:14pm - You typically find the guest leading off the 2nd hour during the Embedded Correspondents segment on the 4th Tuesday of the month, but Doug Scheiding of Rogue Cookers turns around quickly to do an in-depth segment about this rib business he got into. We will explore how this came to be, what he's done during the ramp up phase and what he's currently doing now that they are out in certain parts of the country (and now online for retail too). Thinking about getting into the rub biz??? Don't miss this segment.

10:35pm - Closing out the show tonight is someone who has been THEE hot topic of the show open the past (2) weeks in a row. The 2023 BBQCS podumentary subject, owner of the shortly defuncted but now back open Smokin Joe's Pit BBQ, Joe Martinez. As the recap would indicate, Joe Opened a food truck in El Paso, TX, got RAVE reviews from everyone who ate there, made the Texas Monthly "Best New BBQ Places" in released in 2023, closed his food truck 2 weeks ago (for like 38 minutes) and then re-opened by the same weekend...what is going on here?? We will learn about every single dirty detail during the segment tonight!

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Bone Meat Is Better? Is There A First Method Of Southern Style BBQ? Mar 13, 2024

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(March 12, 2024 - Hour One)

9:14pm - Stop me if you've heard this one before: "Meat closer to the bone has more flavor". Indeed, it's a statement made by many folks year after year but what kind of truth actually sits behind those words. Tonight we will get the real information to this statement and see if it holds water or not. Meathead from Amazingribs.com joins me to go in-depth on this topic. We will discuss where the saying came from, what bone is and does, how it does or does not impart flavor and if we need to drop this saying from the American lexicon of live-fire cooking.

9:35pm - After Meathead, I will be joined by our pal, Robert Moss. Topic tonight: Evolutions of different cooking methods in Southern Style BBQ. Seems like a pretty tame subject, but be prepared to be blown out over the information that is going to be shared during this segment tonight. If it's half as good as last month's segment, you're in for a BBQ lesson you won't soon forget.

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The Best Moments of The BBQ Central Show in 10 Minutes or Less Mar 08, 2024

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Episode 324This 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 3/25/2008 - Featuring someone many of you, nowadays, have never heard of…but back in the old “forum days” of BBQ and Grilling …this guy was prolific on all the best (and worst) forums available on the internet…his name is Chris Finney…or in many cases…he just went by “Finney”. I’ve known Chris for nearly 20 years…in fact, when I trace back to my beginnings of BBQ…not the show…just getting into the cooking portion…Chris Finney is one of the core group of guys I still know to this day. You know who else is in that group…believe it or not…Diva Q!!Anyway, one of the most popular ways to cook a steak or roast…especially thick ones…is the reverse sear…and in this segment…Chris Finney lays claim to inventing this way of cooking steaks back in early 2008!! He gives his background in cooking, talks about books he’s read on cooking…and then tell you how he came up with this method…Jon actually asks everyone at the end of the show “Do you think this guy is the one that invented it”...and I’ll ask it differently. When you hear the show Friday…is there any reason we shouldn’t believe that Chris Finney is the rightful inventor of “The reverse sear” aka…the Finney Method?

Sam The Cooking Guy - The Holy Grill! Mar 07, 2024

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(March 5, 2024 - Hour Two)

10:14pm & 10:35pm - First Tuesday of the month regular guest, Sam The Cooking Guy, stops by to talk about his impending book, giving away 1,000 bottles of Kewpie mayo, the best subscriber sent recipe he has tried so far this month and much more!

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Malcom Reed, Matt Osman & Mike Lang...Lookout! Mar 05, 2024

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(March 5, 2024 - Hour One)

9:14pm - March is here, believe it or not, and so is our pal, Malcom Reed. Creator of How To BBQ Right and the pitmaster of Killer Hogs competition team, Malcom and I will talk about some of his recent videos, if a pellet cooker gives you the best chicken skin and much more!

9:35pm - After Malcom, quarterly guest, Mike Lang from Another Pint Please, joins me to talk about some of the latest topics in live-fire. I will ask him about the Weber/CES deal and if it was a "bad look" or not, one skillet meals, his looming retirement from public safety and much more! Mike is always a great interview and brings a great perspective.

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The Best Moments of The BBQ Central Show in 10 Minutes or Less Mar 01, 2024

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Episode 323This 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 3/11/2008 - Featuring a guy by the name of Merl Whitebook. Former KCBS Board member, judge, contest rep...Merl seemed to have his hands in a lot of BBQ stuff back in the day. Merl passed away in 2022. so you won't see him around anymore. But by many accounts, he was quite the character and personality...as you will see in this interview.

Embedded Correspondents - February 2024 Feb 29, 2024

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(February 27, 2024 - Hour Two)

10:14pm & 10:35pm - Closing out the month in fine fashion, The Embedded Correspondents join me to go through an extensive "100% Assurity Questions" list! There are so many new questions to cover, it's going to be a fun time! After that...assuming we have time...there will be a Houston Livestock and Rodeo BBQ contest recap from our pal Doug in Texas

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