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The Best Moments of The BBQ Central Show in 10 Minutes or Less May 26, 2023

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Episode 283This 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 5/22/2012 - where you would have found me having an interview with Melissa Cookston from Yazoo’s Delta Q and owner of Memphis Barbecue Company. Back then we were talking about Yazoo’s winning the overall grand championship at the 2012 MIM…their 2nd overall world title at that point…and we also covered what all goes into this event. There is plenty of things that need to happen before the actual cooking starts so, if you aren’t familiar with what all is needed to get ready to cook, then you will want to check the show out on Friday. BTW, I don’t know if you heard this or not…but there was a story released towards the end of last week announcing Melissa’s retirement from competition cooking…It also looked like she did a few TV interviews talking about it as well…so the winningest woman in competition BBQ has called it a career…looks like I will have to reach out and see if she wants to come back on and talk about the “career that was” and what she looks to do moving forward.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: 5/22/2012Original Full Show Link: CLICK HERE

The EC's And I Guess Who will Be In The 2023 BBQ Hall Of Fame! May 25, 2023

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10:14 & 10:35pm: The 2nd hour tonight is all Embedded Correspondents All THE TIME! We start off in our usual way...answering a new round of "100% Assurity" questions. Then we will get to the heavy lifting! As you may (or may not) know, the list of 10 finalists for this year's BBQ HOF was released about 2 weeks ago. Tomorrow, the class of 2023 will be announced on The BBQ Central Show at 3pm Eastern. In advance of that, the EC's and I will review the list and come up with 4 people whom we feel will be put in tomorrow by those eligible to vote. THEN, each of us will reveal our own personal list of people we would like to see go in tomorrow using the same list of finalists.

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The 2023 Barbecue Hall of Fame Inductees Announced Exclusively Right Here! May 24, 2023

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(Originally Aired live on 5/24/2023 @ 3pm Eastern)

Robert Moss, Elizabeth Gunter and myself announce who makes it into the BBQ Hall of Fame this year! We will also find out who the legacy inductees will be and we will also learn if there will be an "Impact Award" given out this year.

Chris Lilly Makes His Return To The Show! May 24, 2023

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9:14pm & 9:35pm - The third Tuesday of the month brings a visit from one of the most recognizable and most famous names in the live-fire industry. If you have heard of "Big Bob Gibson's" before than you most certainly know the name Chris Lilly. The last time we did a segment was back in 2018 at the NBBQA annual convention and we were fact to face. This time, while not in person, we are going to be talking about this past weekend's Memphis In May run, where the future of the team and that event might go, what it's like being so closely tied to a brand like BBG, The BBQ Hall of Fame and The BBQ Central Show's Guest Hall of Fame...plus much more!

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The Best Moments of The BBQ Central Show in 10 Minutes or Less May 19, 2023

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Episode 282This 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!!

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Taking You Back To 5/22/2012 - Featured this week is the creator of a company and product that is still around today, named MOJO Bricks, Fred Grosse! Ironically enough, Fred has ties here to Bomb City, USA…I believe his wife was originally from Eastlake, OH which is the next city over from me…so I have actually met Fred in person a few times and been on the receiving end of some “test products” bak in the day. In this episode we talk about his background and we also talk about how he got into the whole BBQ business. Fred’s product is unique in that it is a compressed product but much bigger than a pellet. So if you are looking for something that can give good clean smoke and do it for a long period of time, you might want to hit the Googles and see where to grab them! That’s Fred Grosse from MojoBricks!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: 5/22/2012Original Full Show Link: CLICK HERE

Hey Grill Hey Is Courageous; The Edge Give You Real Flavor! May 18, 2023

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10:14pm: Leading the 2nd hour tonight is 2023 quarterly guest, Susie Bulloch from Hey Grill Hey. Susie and I will get you ready for Memorial Day, we will see who she would put into the 2023 BBQ HOF class in a few weeks and we will also talk about her upcoming trip to Memphis in May. If you are a fan of Susie's products, we will also talk about her line and what's new or coming down the pike in 2023.

10:35pm: Coming out of the bullpen tonight is the product manager for Char-Broil, Seth Sawyer. Seth was on for the first time about this point last year and we briefly discussed both the "Edge" electric grill and the "Cruise" gas grill. Tonight, given the talk of more and more electric grills "potentially" coming to market, we will dive a bit deeper into this "Edge" product and see how it might be able to meet your needs if you live in a spot that doesn't allow "live-fire" cookers, or perhaps, you don't like dealing with any of that stuff at your own home. We will break it all down and see if 110V can get it done or if 220V is really the true future for this segment.

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A Live-Fire Icon Reappears; Does A Connected Ceramic Cooker Get You Hot? May 17, 2023

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9:14pm - The third Tuesday of the month brings a visit from someone who has been away from the show for almost 6 months or so. Tonight he is back and better than ever and ready to share his stories of his most recent live-fire travels and we ill also talk about his newest season of "Planet Barbecue". Steven Raichlen, BBQ/Grilling icon, will be here and we will dive into all of that!

9:35pm - After Steven, 3rd Tuesday of the month regular and the creator of the "Cookout News" website, Wes Wright, joins me. Topics with Wes tonight include: Did the sale of Dansons go through, who might have bought them (and why), "Connected Joe" success, Bobby Brennan news and much more.

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The Best Moments of The BBQ Central Show in 10 Minutes or Less May 12, 2023

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Episode 281

Taking You Back To You’ll be hearing from him live in 2 weeks…but this Friday’s show features a BBQ legend, BBQ Hall of Fame’er and a BBQ Central Show Guest Hall of Fame’er book author, TV personality and 5 time overall world grand champion at Memphis in May, Chris Lilly of Big Bob Gibson’s! In 2011, BBG notched its then 3rd overall world title at MIM…they have since won 2 additional overall world titles which has them deadlocked with another MIM legend…Myron Mixon. So, as we sit about a week and change away from the 2023 MIM contest…it will be nice to hear what Chris and the team went through 13 years ago

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!

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Original Air Date: 5/17/2011

Original Full Show Link: CLICK HERE

This 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!!

Tempering Steak Seals In The Juice; Smokin' Joe's Pit BBQ Podumentary Hits Again! May 11, 2023

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10:14pm: Leading the 2nd hour tonight is a newer guest that has really added a lot of value in his appearances. Chris Young, creator of the Combustion, Inc wireless thermometer, joins me and we open a new discussion on the if "Searing seals in the juices". Chris did a recent video on the topic for his YouTube channel so we will break it down and see if we need to rethink the validity of statement or not.

10:35pm: Coming out of the bullpen tonight is new quarterly guest, Joe Martinez from Smokin' Joes Pit BBQ. Joe is the new 2023 "podumentary" subject with his new food trailer business. During his first visit we learned about his ramp up to day one and what kind of money he has already invested before selling that first pound of BBQ. Tonight, we will look at that first day of selling and what those first 3 months of business have been like for him! If you are looking to get into this kind of business, you don't want to miss what Joe has to say! You can also go back to 2022 and listen to all 4 of Rusty Monson's segments as well. He was the podumentary subject last year!

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It Not About What's Safer; It's About What's Less Risky! May 09, 2023

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9:14pm - The second Tuesday of the month launces with our pal from Amazingribs.com, Meathead! Last week, Sam The Cooking Guy and I got into a nonsense conversation about eating raw foods and which might be safer to eat over the other. I mentioned "Mrs. Meathead" during our segment and then I asked the actual Meathead if she might weigh in on this topic and he's ready to go with all kinds of info tonight. We might also hit on the progress of his new book as well to see if it's still on track or not!

9:35pm - After Meathead, I will be joined by contributing editor to Southern Living Magazine, Robert Moss. Yesterday, the 10 BBQ Hall of Fame finalists were announced and we will go a bit further in depth on how these names were arrived upon and maybe we will also pontificate on what the class of 4 might look like. We will also hit the topic of "Brunswick Stew", get the history of it and also learn about other stews that are in the same realm.

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