Tailgate Guys BBQ Show, Episode 118: Ryan Cooper, Chuck Simpson

06/15/21 • 66 min

On Episode 118 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, we visit with one of the insiders of BBQ media as Ryan Cooper joins us. Ryan and Sean Ludwig co-produce The Smoke Sheet, a weekly, free electronic newsletter that keeps its fingers on the pulse of the BBQ industry with the latest national barbecue news, upcoming events, recipes, media links and more.

Did you know there are high school BBQ teams? We learn more from Chuck Simpson, a high school teacher in Osceola, Missouri, where he is a coach of the high school BBQ team and youngsters can eat their homework! The students learn the ropes of cooking over open-fire as a sanctioned member of the National High School BBQ Association and Missouri High School BBQ Association.

Meanwhile, co-hosts Lyndal and Steve talk Father’s Day cooking and gift ideas plus golf’s third major of 2021, the U.S. Open.

Thanks to our sponsor/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino’s Pizza, an “Official American Royal World Series of BBQ” sponsor of our team.

Have a great BBQ Week!

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Meanwhile, co-hosts Lyndal and Steve talk Father’s Day cooking and gift ideas plus golf’s third major of 2021, the U.S. Open.

Have a great BBQ Week!

#SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

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Tailgate Guys BBQ Show, Episode 117: Megan Day, Kevin Heese

When we had Megan Day of Burnt Finger BBQ on the show earlier this spring, she hinted at a big television project but couldn’t yet disclose it. Now she can. On Episode 117 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, Megan tells us about Food Network’s BBQ Brawl, Season 2, where she’s one of 12 contestants with celebrity coaches Bobby Flay, Michael Symon and Eddie Jackson. It debuts Monday, June 14.

After visiting with Megan about her growing role in giving BBQ positive exposure, we go “Under the Radar” to find out more about an up-and-coming pitmaster. This week’s guest is Kevin Heese of Kansas City’s Weekend Bum BBQ. Kevin tells us his journey into the competition world and a recent top-10 finish in a big field of heavy hitters.

As the thermometer climbs across the land as summer arrives, co-hosts Lyndal Scranton and Steve Koehler talk about their own recent grilling experiences and what’s on tap in the week ahead.

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Tailgate Guys BBQ Show, Epsiode 119: Kevin Green, Tire Smoke BBQ

Welcome to Episode 119 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast where we find out about the rising cost of meat and the outlook for the rest of the summer from one of the industry’s experts. Kevin Green of The Butcher Shoppe breaks it all down for us and what it means to both backyard cooks and competition pitmasters in the near and short term.

We also welcome Jeff Scheurer and Luke Legatt, pitmasters of the KCBS competition team Tire Smoke BBQ out of East Liberty, Ohio. Jeff and Luke are engineers for Honda R&D and they discuss how that analytical background helps them in competition Q. After several near-misses, Tire Smoke BBQ captured its first Grand Championship over the weekend on Day One at the 51-team Hoosier BBQ Classic in Franklin, Indiana.

Meanwhile, co-hosts Lyndal and Steve review their Father’s Day cooking exploits, opine on early episodes of the Food Network Show BBQ Brawl and take a rapid-fire look at the sports world.

Have a great BBQ Week!

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