Over the years, guest Heath Riles has not only established himself as a master of the cooking styles of both of the two principle sponsoring bodies in the industry – the Memphis BBQ Network (MBN) and the Kansas City BBQ Society (KCBS) – but also a master of the winning style favored by the Steak Cook-Off Association (SCA).  To illustrate that point, in 2015 Heath won twelve Grand Championships out of the thirteen Memphis BBQ Network contests they competed in, and also racked up five perfect “180” scores in Kansas City BBQ Society contests.  The various sauces, rubs and other products Heath has developed are among the top winners in the Awards of Excellence Competition. His product line is second to none and he talks about the versatility from Appetizers to Cocktails.

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Larry Olmsted is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author who has published several books and thousands of articles for major newspapers and magazines worldwide over the past 25-plus years. He was named one of the “10 Most Extreme U.S. Journalists,” by the Society of Professional Journalists and Travel Writer of the Year by the State of Mississippi.  His last book, Real Food, Fake Food: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating & What You Can Do About It, was a New York Times hardcover bestseller, an audiobook bestseller, and a bestseller in Canada. It was named to Best Books of the Year lists by People Magazine, Outside Magazine, Apple iBooks and has been republished in several foreign languages. 

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After 34 years of running meat markets, sausage counters, selling wholesale, and running a custom meat processing plant, David Bouska started cooking in his local BBQ competitions. Since then, David has won hundreds of competitions INCLUDING the World Champion BBQ Pitmaster of 2012, followed by a second World Championship in 2018. David appeared on season 4 & 5 of the hit TV reality show, BBQ Pitmasters & BBQ Pitmasters All Stars.  There's no one better we can think of to talk rescuing your cook when things go south than the man behind www.ButcherBBQ.com

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Chef Fred Nesbitt is one of the country's leading cannabis chefs. Based in San Francisco, Fred is in demand creating dining experiences not for the faint of heart. Classically trained as a chef and augmented with a certification in Cannabis Science & Medicine from the College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, Fred creates delicious edibles from his home and discovers new ways to infuse cannabis into his cooking. T-Bone sent him a bottle each of BBQ sauce from Andy's Smoke on Wheels line and Todd's Plowboys collection and talks about using them at a private party in California just last weekend.

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As a respected authority on Texas-style barbecue, Jess Pryles is also a co-founder of the Australasian Barbecue Alliance, designed and releases the JP Signature Edition Pitts & Spitts smoker, created an internationally- acclaimed line of meat seasonings under the Hardcore Carnivore® brand and has partnered and been ambassador for numerous brands including Kingsford Charcoal, Lone Star Beef, Gerber Legendary Gear and Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation.
With her “meat scientist” credentials from Iowa State University, Jess is going to (with her warm-heart) unravel the myths and hesitations with frozen meats.

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Blane Hunter (a.k.a. Mr. Porky Butts) grew up barbecuing in south Texas from a very young age. With over 27 years of experience combined with a Culinary education from Johnson and Wales and FVTC culinary schools Blane started competing professionally in the world of BBQ in 2013. In the seven short years that followed he has accumulated one of the most impressive resumes on the BBQ circuit across America.

·       7 World Championships

·       2016 KCBS National Grand Champion – Team of the Year

·       2016 KCBS National Ribs Champion

·       2017 American Royal Open World Champion

·       2017 King of the Smoker Grand Champion

·       Multiple KCBS Perfect Scores in Chicken, Ribs, Brisket and Pork

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TRAVIS CLARK has 10 World BBQ Titles to his name as Andy and Todd get caught up with his doings in Oklahoma as well as considerations in preparing for getting a run at a great summer of BBQ in your own backyard.
Co-Host Todd Johns is going to wax eloquent on grilling fish, including the use of planks.

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It's that time of year, so we visit with the guy who monitors the pulse of the BBQ industry for new products and services. David Gafford from The Barbecue Lab will be talking about all the new products unveiled at the Hearth, Patio & BBQ Expo in Nashville last month. On the docket is AI, starting your fire with just the pull of a string and live fire cooking shows up big.

Meanwhile, Todd & Andy will make sure to talk about assembling a great charcuterie board and the guidelines to follow for that.

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21 year US Air Force Veteran Mike Starr has traveled all over the world. During those travels he experienced unique cultures and tasted unique foods. He is bringing those unique flavors from his world travels to your backyard. Mike guarantees that after you try his natural sauces and seasonings in the Blazing Star line up, you will never have a boring dinner or barbecue party. 

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Armed with a background in the Refrigeration, HVAC, and Food Equipment Industry for 28 years, Frank Cox has made his living with temperature control, fluid dynamics (liquid and vapor), and heat transfer in many applications in the real world. His passion, SmokerBuilder, was founded by Frank in 2010 with a small blog and a shop full of tools. Since then, he has published over 200 sets of smoker plans, and produced in person and online courses teaching fabrication. His mission was, and still is, to "Teach people to build a smoker". This week Frank is going to help us to troubleshoot our gas grills. Todd is going to help your St. Patrick's Day party with a recipe for making your own pastrami and his own Russian dressing recipe.

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