Ready Set BBQ Podcast

In this episode I am joined by Hector, Jaime and Hiram from Los Angeles. We also welcome back the Queen of BBQ, Alma Vera. We start with out Joe review of the Jake Paul and whether we thought the fix was in. Things go off the rails when the gang predicts he will fight a donkey in his next fight. We talk about the next upcoming barbecues in the following months and which we predict we will compete in.
There is still time to enter into the context with Elda's Kitchen. We are announcing 3 winners who will each win a 3 pack of Elda's Kitchen's top selling sauces. Just tag 3 people on our post.

Jaime gives a barbecue review on a local bbq restaurant called Ace's BBQ. He orders a barbecue botana for 4 people. The botana was a pizza box filled with chips and nacho cheese topped with 3 smoked meats. He also provides a review on another local restaurant where he went to have a chicken fried steak.
I give Yuengling beer another try with their light beer offering since most of the team prefers the light stuff these days. We are still not blown away with our reviews. Hiram wants to know the best way to present brisket to someone who has not tried your brisket before. Hector's answer might surprise you. We also give a review of what we think of the snake method of lining up your charcoal in a barbecue pit. We play a game called was it a cookoff or tailgate as I present scenarios of stories and the team guesses if it was a cookoff or a tailgate.
In honor of Hector's birthday we talk about what we remember from our 21st birthdays and reminisce about the first time we drank or got drunk. Hector takes over the red carpet as he tries to play matchmaker for Hiram and Kaley Cuoco.
A bunch of joes that cook like pros!!!

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In this episode we are on location as we do a remote podcast from Smoke Crafters Barbecue (Awesome location). I am joined by Jaime, Hector and Johnny as we sit down with our friend Jaime (Co-owner of Smoke Crafters. We start by talking a little football as we ask Jaime about his fandom between the Cowboys or Texas. Jaime argues that the Cowboys have the best offense in the NFL. Hector may beg to differ.
We then discuss the feast we just finished before recording. We had a spread of Brisket Waffle fries, brisket mac & cheese, brisket sandwiches, carnitas sandwich, brisket street elote, two kinds of sausage, bread pudding, brisket burnt ends, and an oatmeal cream pie. Food was all great. Jaime gives us a little bit of history behind Smoke Crafters. From starting as a catering business, to a food truck to a full blown permanent location. He gives our fans some tips on cooking barbecue.

We talk about making sausage. We tried the Jalapeno Cheddar sausage and an Italian sausage with marinara sauce. We ask for some advice on how we can make our own sausage and some dos and don'ts. He gives us some examples of some exotic recipes that he's played around with. We are a little surprised about how much work goes into making your own sausage.
We finish off by talking a little movie night as Smoke Crafters will on occasion host their own movie nights. He tells us about some up coming movies they plan to show during Halloween and some plans for expanding the location.
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In this episode we do a remote podcast from the headquarters of Chillin n Grillin. I am joined by Jaime, Hector, Hiram (in person) Johnny, Eddie and Phil. We start by talking about the excellent barbecue that Eddie prepared for us before the podcast. We had beef and chicken fajitas, jalapeno poppers, pork riblets, mollejas, nopales, and just about every type of dip and salsa you can think of. Needless to say we all ate well.
We start to talk about the differences between IBCA and CBA cookoffs. (The two available in South and most of Texas). Before we dig too deep we call in the other half of Chillin and Grillin, our compa Mario. Though we can all agree that we like CBA's new system, Mario misses the old days of only having to cook Pork Butt as one of the main categories. CBA now has 4 turn in meats made up of Brisket, Ribs, Chicken, and Pork Butt while IBCA still has the same 3 meats minus the pork butt. None of us can make sense of the comments on the new scoring system but Jaime, having judged sheds some light on that subject.

We get a little surprise by the Jaime Daddy as we are trying to pay some bills. Jaime passes around some holiday gifts and we present a brand new Ready Set BBQ cap to our #1 fan.
We answer some questions from our fans in our Ready Set Q's segment. One joe wants to know how much financially it takes to start a competition barbecue team. We share the perspective from 4 different experiences from competition cooks on the podcast. The numbers range from a few hundred dollars to $80,000. Another caller (my sister Evee) wants to know how she can cook chicken and it still be moist. Everyone has a different opinion on this one from temperature probing, to indirect cooking, marinating, and brining, I guess it's choose which works for you. I think they all work if done right.
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In this episode I am joined by Isaac, Jaime and Hiram (and Erica). We start off with headlines talking about the terrible events that happened in Uvalde Texas, only 3 hours north of us. We don't focus on the recap or the politics but on how local Texans and specifically the bbq community coming together to lend a hand. Also the efforts that HEB has been making to help out as well. In Texas we help each other in times of need. We close out with some predictions from the upcoming NBA finals.
6:00 min

We play a game called Joepardy where they guess have to solve clues in the form of a question from categories in Bro Code, Sports, Podchives, BBQ Science, and Red Carpet. Listen in on how little the guys know about questions that are related to the podcast or even have been mentioned on previous episodes.

27:00 min

Hiram talks about his little weekend at Marina del Ray which brings back memories from the Miramar at South Padre Island. We talk a little barbecue as we share some of the upcoming events we have such as the Sizzling on the Tropics in McAllen and the Texas Cook'em High Steaks in Edinburg. The Tropics cookoff is a little different as the turn in will be at night. Once again HEB will step it up for this event. We will have guest on next week to promote and discuss some of the behind the scenes of the Texas Cook'em High Steaks in Edinburg. Jaime goes back to Smoke Crafters and Isaac pays a visit to Salt American Table. Happy Anniversary Isaac.

38:00 min

We talk about ordering Steak medium raw. If anyone wants to try this please let us know what the reaction is.

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Welcome back to the Ready Set BBQ podcast, your go-to destination for the latest and most exciting happenings around the world! In this episode, we recap the Super Bowl as Hiram's Niners come close but no cigar. We talk Valentine's Day, Stinky meat, smoked turkey, NCAA 2025, Taylor Swift, Deadpool and Madame Web
0-20 mins: Headlines/Joe Talk

• Super Bowl: Hiram gives us his story of how he spent the Super Bowl and what he remembers from that night.
• Valentine's Plans: Hiram and Jaime talk about what they did and where they went to eat for Valentine's day.
• Skunky meat: Hiram's buys some filets and they end up smelling like rotten eggs. Find out whether he attempts to eat them or not. I talk about the stinky brisket we cooked in Kansas City.
• Beef infused rice; I tell the guys about a story I read about the future of food and grains or rice that are infused with lab grown beef cells.

20-30 mins: BBQ Time

• CBA Championship: Recap of the CBA Championship in Seguin as our compas Chiliin N Grillin get a 5th place call and are then celebrated for finishing 6th overall in Brisket and 9th overall for the year.
• Thor's Hammer: Jaime and I cook a popular cut of meat known on Tik Tok as Thor's hammer. Took longer than I thought but I share some tips and heads up if you are going to take on this challenge.
• Johnny's Turkey Breast: Johnny cooked a 5 pound turkey breast on his Weber kettle and he share some cooking and cost saving tips for the Joe's how to smoke some turkey and eat healthy.
• Hiram's Dinner: Hiram talks about breaking dry January and some fo the dinner outings he had .

30-40 mins: Random Internet Stuff

• EA NCAA 2025: We talk about how NCAA football video game is coming back after 11 years off.
• Choose a Syfy device: I ask the guys to choose between an Iron Man suit, Lightsaber, Star Trek teleporter, and Men in Black Mind Eraser.
• Deadpool and Madame Webb: We talk about the upcoming movies of Deadpool and Madame Webb. We all agree that we are watching Madame Webb for the plot.

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