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The Best Moments of The BBQ Central Show in 10 Minutes or Less Mar 24, 2023

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Episode 274

Taking you back to 9/6/2006 – The first EVER podcast….EVER…not live show…but first ever production ever made as it relates to my time in the live-fire industry. Is it great…YES!! It is greatly bad! It’s really bad…especially as you compare it to the last 10 years of doing shows…however…this was back in a time when NO ONE knew about podcasting…most people still don’t grasp what podcasting is or how they can use it, both as a learning tool and as a marketing tool, so if you run it back to 2006…you can imagine the blank stares when I asked to have someone come on my “podcast”. I did have a guest on this show…the guest sounded better than me…both audibly and from a confidence perspective…and as I bring up audio quality here…the technology back then was scarce…on top of that…I had no background in audio or production of any sort…so I used what was available at the time…which was a service called “Telcaster” founded by a guy named Hoyt Prysock…a podcasting business visionary…but the downside to this very easy to use interface was it was a glorified teleconference that recorded the room…and you wonder why everyone sounds like they were on a phone…it’s because everyone was on a phone!! But again…having no experience on how to integrate more professional sounding options, this is what we had in the beginning…and we have evolved from this very point to where we are today…which is the audio standard for the entire broadcast/podcast industry…I have raised the bar…I have set the standard of excellence that everyone else should strive to meet…so as you tune into the Best Moments show…realize that it all started right from this very point…And please, no mean emails to me about how bad it is…because I know this…I LIVED it!!!

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: 9/6/2006

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**Bonus Content: Dansons President – Jeff Thiessen Mar 23, 2023

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Jeff Thiessen sat down with me when I was at the HPBExpo a few weeks back and we talked about the history of Dansons, when they got into the pellet cooker market and how they have evolved over the years of being in business. If you aren’t familiar with the name “Dansons” you would be familiar with some of their brands, namely, Pit Boss and Louisiana Grills just to name two. Dansons has an extensive line of other cookers as well you might want to check out!

Live Fire News With Wes & A Greek BBQ Review With Daniel Vaughn! Mar 23, 2023

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(March 21, 2023 – Hour Two)

10:14pm – Kicking off the 2nd hour is Wes Wright from Cookoutnews.com

10:35pm – Closing the show tonight is quarterly guest and editor of Texas Monthly, Daniel Vaughn! There is plenty to talk about tonight, including, where this whole pickles, onions and white bread garnish thing actually came from. You see it happen in almost all the BBQ joints in Texas, but, it has also swept around the country as well. So we will learn about the history and we will also talk about why there appears to be only one Texas place that CHARGES for the garnish…good idea or bad idea??

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**Bonus Content: King Of The Griddle – Blackstone Founder Roger Dahle. Mar 22, 2023

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If I told you that the Blackstone Griddle wasn’t necessarily at the top of the “To-Do” list for Roger Dahle, would you believe me? While he really loved the idea, and he did want to make the product and bring it to market, it took about 10 years for it to actually happen. This interview was captured at the 2023 HPBExpo in Louisville, KY. Listen to Roger’s story and how this segment leader came to life and now dominates the free standing griddle segment – owning about an 80% of this market.

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know about Koji – BBQ and All! Mar 21, 2023

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(March 21, 2023 – Hour One)

9:14 & 9:35pm – Kicking off the 3rd week of March is one of the country’s foremost authorities on Koji, Jeremy Umansky (Co-owner of Larder Delicatessen). Meathead brought up Koji a few months ago and there was a renewed interest from the audience on how it all works and what applications it can be used on. Jeremy will give us the background on Koji, where it comes from and how to get it going to be a useable product. Then, we will dig into the 4 things you may or may not want to try it on…namely…the 4 big BBQ meats. If time allows, we will also cover the use on steak for that dry-aged flavor. Jeremy was first on the show back near the end of 2018 and I am honored to have him join me once again!

The Best Moments of The BBQ Central Show in 10 Minutes or Less Mar 17, 2023

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Episode 273

Taking you back to 3/22/2011 – Tom Gellert from a team called Ed-Que-Cators (Educators). The idea of this segment was having Tom do a review of cooking classes he had taken over the years (for example: The BBQ Guru, Pellet Envy, I Smell Smoke, Swamp Boys). It is important to remember that, back in 2011, one of the biggest things going on the competition circuit was the associated “cooking classes” where a pitmaster would hold a class for hundreds of dollars per student and give a no-holds barred class showing exactly what they do from start to finish. So we took his class experiences and broke them down to see what type of ROI he was getting from them. It’s a great interview so go back and grab the whole segment by using the link in the show notes when it posts Friday!

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: 3/22/2011

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Comfort Food The Cowboy Way – Kent Rollins Mar 16, 2023

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(March 14, 2023 – Hour Two)

10:14pm – Kicking off the 2nd hour is the Cowboy Cook himself, Kent Rollins! Kent has a new book that is getting ready to hit the market nd there is an associated book tour that is happening soon as well. We will talk about the new book, what he likes about writing, what you can expect to see in the pages and when the tour might roll by your house! We will also talk to Kent (and maybe Shannon) about trends they are seeing in the live-fire industry and I will also ask them about their take on “flat top” or “griddle” cooking!

10:35pm – Depending on how long Kent goes, we will get more recap from the HPBExpo and from my perspective and what I was looking to do there. I might also have some preview audio of a number of “Bonus Content Episodes” that will be released over the next few weeks.

ChatGPT Might Make You Go Out Of Business! Mar 15, 2023

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(March 14, 2023 – Hour one)

9:14 – Kicking off the 2nd Tuesday of the month, as he usually does, is Meathead from Amazingribs.com. However, tonight we are going to switch it up a bit and talk about a subject he casually brought up in January, which is Artificial Intelligence (ex. ChatGPT). How will this potentially impact those of you have have website that depend on traffic generated by these search engines? How should you look to pivot? What should you be doing now to lessen the impacts you might incur otherwise? /Meathead is set to give a presentation at the prestigious Rochester Institute of Technology this coming eek and we will get a preview of it! This is a segment you will not want to miss!

9:35 pm – After Meathead, we will stay with the “Amazingribs.com” theme and welcome back the “Keeper of the Flame”, Max Good. Max and I both attended the HPBExpo this past weekend in Louisville, KY, however, we were running different agendas. Max was checking the products out and seeing what might be new, improved and/or otherwise and we’ll see what his best and worst of the show was and also talk about future trends of 2023.

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

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Episode 272

Taking you back to 3/8/2011 – In this Best Moments show, we journey back to a time in the show where I did something at the end of each show called “The 4th Segment Free For All”. This segment saw prizes donated to the show by vendors and then given to listers as long as they were able to answer questions about the show that evening. So, of course, you had to be on the livestream in order to win, and sometimes it was quick and sometimes it took quite a bit of time. Winning prizes on the show is not unique, it has happened for years, but this was done in a time when I thought I was pulling off a pretty accurate impersonation of Will Ferrell doing an impersonation of Harry Caray. You can be the judge of how good or bad the impersonation was but I doubt you will argue the comedic value of this bit. Is it time to bring it back?? Are you excited??? I know I am!

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: 3/8/2011

Original Full Show Link: CLICK HERE

Sometimes Business Is Not Just Business & Combustion, Inc. Is Display Free! Mar 09, 2023

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(March 7, 2023 – Hour Two)

10:14pm – After sitting out a month due to book writing pressures, Sam The Cooking Guy makes his triumphant return to the show. We could easily go an hour (but we won’t) so I HOPE to discuss his getting into the rub market, if he thought that he would ever be a “products” person, what does he really think of the new Traeger products he got his hands on, some of his recent recipes and much more.

10:35pm – Coming out of the bullpen tonight is the owner of Combustion, Inc. Chris Young. Chris is releasing a new predictive thermometer that can run solely via the app without the need for the display, should you prefer it that way. We will talk about why this was made available, how the company is doing and we will also talk a bit about these smart oven he has been reviewing on his YouTube Channel recently.

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