Tailgate Guys BBQ Show, Episode 93: Matt Walker, Ken Fisher

11/24/20 • 55 min

The Thanksgiving Week edition of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast finds a menu of barbecue knowledge, leading off with one of the world’s best pitmasters.

Matt Walker of Boomerang BBQ out of Lubbock, Texas, has been top-five in the KCBS Team of the Year standings the last three years, including a championship in 2019. We visit with Matt about the recently completed, challenging KCBS season, which found Boomerang a solid fifth overall and the addition of Gateway Drums to the cooker arsenal. The 2020-21 season is of to a flying start as Boomerang took a Grand Championship last weekend in Waco, Texas.

In the COVID world in which we reside, lots of people are smartly downsizing their Thanksgiving gatherings. We find just the expert to advise us on how to do so - and still have a fabulous feast - as Ken Fisher from Date Night Doins for 2 joins us. Ken says to keep your turkey-smoking simple and also dives into what makes a good burger. Check out his website DateNightDoins.com for hundreds of recipes and product reviews.

Lyndal and Steve also preview their cooking plans for the weekend and take a two-minute-drill type of dive into the sports world.

Thanks to our sponsors/marketing partners who make the fun possible: Blues Hog, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, The BBQ Central Show, Affordable Income Tax & Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Colaw RV and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Vietti Marketing Group and In the Garden of Eden for supporting our competition efforts.

NOTE: We are starting to compile show sponsors for 2021. Please let me know if you would like to join the fun at [email protected]

Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

The Thanksgiving Week edition of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast finds a menu of barbecue knowledge, leading off with one of the world’s best pitmasters.

Lyndal and Steve also preview their cooking plans for the weekend and take a two-minute-drill type of dive into the sports world.

NOTE: We are starting to compile show sponsors for 2021. Please let me know if you would like to join the fun at [email protected]

Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

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Tailgate Guys BBQ Show, Episode 92: Randy Watson, Todd Smith

On Episode 92 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, we get some pointers on grilling steak and smoking Thanksgiving turkey from chef Randy Watson from the popular website BBQGuys.com. Randy, who’s based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was a high-end chef before joining BBQGuys.com, which is one of the fastest growing businesses that provides outdoor living products like smokers, grills and accessories, outdoor kitchens, patio furniture, and more. Randy was a great first-time guest and we definitely plan to have him on again and tap into his open-fire cooking knowledge.

We also talk it over with Todd Smith from Smoking Butt Heads BBQ out of Spartanburg, South Carolina, newly minted winner of the KCBS World BBQ Invitational. Todd tells us about overcoming a competitor’s nightmare (when you drive nearly 1,000 miles and the 8 pork butts you have all go bad), his championship cook in Kansas, the team’s history in BBQ and the Smoking Butt Heads restaurant.

NOTE: We are starting to compile show sponsors for 2021. Please let me know if you would like to join the fun at [email protected]

Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

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Tailgate Guys BBQ Show, Episode 94: Josh Farley, Vic Clevenger

We fire up the final month of 2020 with a couple of fun guests on Episode 94 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, one who is dialed into the top-level of KCBS and another who spreads the word of BBQ through the spoken and written word.

Leading off is Josh Farley, pitmaster of Piggin’ Whiskey O.G. BBQ team out of Oak Grove, Mo. Josh and his fiancee Ashton Christine Smith finished 14th in the KCBS Team of the Year chase and were second in the tricky Chicken category. They did it by cooking legs, something few teams in the Midwest do. How did Josh make it work? He tells us, along with telling the background of Piggin’ Whiskey O.G.

Vic Clevenger is one of the most-entertaining people in BBQ. A professional speaker, stand-up comedian, writer and pitmaster, Vic created ChimneyCartel.com and the Chimney Cartel Facebook group where open-fire cooking ideas are exchanged. Vic has a new, lightweight grill out that sounds fascinating in its simplicity and efficiency. It’s always a good time when Vic pays us a visit.

Meanwhile, Lyndal and Steve review their Thanksgiving cooks - what worked and what didn't - and what’s coming up in the run-up to Christmas.

NOTE: We are starting to compile show sponsors for 2021. Please let me know if you would like to join the fun at [email protected]

Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm