Tailgate Guys BBQ Show, Episode 132: Bill Heyen, Stephanie Lewis

09/21/21 • 54 min

On Episode 132 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, we visit with an American Royal World Series of BBQ Grand Champion - and even get to brag on ourselves a bit! We also tell you how you can apply to be a contestant on a popular televised BBQ program. The lowdown:

Bill Heyen took a break from fall harvest in the fertile farm fields of west-central Illinois and captained Triple H BBQ to a world championship in the American Royal Invitational over the weekend. Bill recaps how it went down at Kansas Speedway.

The 41st American Royal was an unforgettable experience for the Tailgate Guys BBQ cooking team, which made its first dive into the deep end of the BBQ water in the 467-team Open. Lyndal Scranton recaps the thrill of a 12th-place Chicken call and what it means to a podcast co-host to experience competition success on a huge stage.

Stephanie Lewis is casting producer for the American Barbecue Showdown’s Season 2, which returns to Netflix in 2022. Stephanie tells us how aspiring pitmasters can apply to be a part of the lineup, as applications at bbqshow.castingcrane.com are open now.

Co-hosts Steve Koehler and Lyndal also talk backyard cooking as autumn arrives along with a sports two-minute drill.

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!

#SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Co-hosts Steve Koehler and Lyndal also talk backyard cooking as autumn arrives along with a sports two-minute drill.

Have a great BBQ Week!

#SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

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Tailgate Guys BBQ Show, Episode 131: American Royal 1st-time competitors

The world’s largest BBQ competition is about to fire up. It’s American Royal World Series of BBQ week as nearly 500 teams converge on Kansas Speedway to fill the air with delicious smoke and light their pits feeling unbridled optimism. To preview the event, we visit with six first-time competitors about their hopes, expectations and to learn a bit about their BBQ journeys.

Our first roundtable brings together Wes Garrett of Piglitically Incorrect BBQ out of Brandon, Mississippi; David Lillis of Kansas City’s Barking Dog BBQ and Brian Anglin of Who Dat BBQ out of Vermillion, South Dakota. We then bring in Chad Peterson from Mad Chad’s BBQ from Sioux City, Iowa; Jim Self of Papa Jim’s BBQ of Worden, Illinois; and the husband-wife team of Mike and Nichole Mulkey of Mulkey’s BBQ from St. Louis.

Meanwhile, co-host Lyndal talks about the Tailgate Guys BBQ team’s prep for its first Royal and Steve discusses his cooking week in the backyard, where the judges always give winning scores.

Have a great BBQ Week!

#SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

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Tailgate Guys BBQ Show, Episode 133: Travis Duffy, Nick Davis, Kevin Hesse

Our American Royal World Series of Barbecue champions tour continues on Episode 133 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast as we’re joined by Grand Champion of The Open, Travis Duffy of Last Call Heroes out of Pierre, S.D. Travis tells us about his biggest career win and how he got it done at Kansas Speedway.

Nick Davis of Oklahoma’s Double Barrel BBQ also joins us to preview a contest he’s hosting this weekend, aimed at backyard cooks in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Kevin Hesse from Kansas City’s Weekend Bum BBQ also joins Nick to discuss a tell-all class aimed at competition newcomers, set for Nov. 6 at American Fire BBQ. It’s also a chance to ask Kevin about his first-place Pork at the American Royal Open.

Meanwhile, co-hosts Lyndal and Steve discuss the great cooking weather that October offers and blast through a sports 2-minute drill with a focus on the red-hot baseball Cardinals.

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, 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!

#SmokeEmIfYouGotEm