(July 15, 2025 - Hour One)

9:14pm - The 3rd Tuesday of July brings a visit from the hosts of the famed "Baseball and BBQ" podcast, Len Aberman and Jeff Cohen. Ironically, the mid-point of the baseball season is upon us TONIGHT. We will discuss the first half of the year, the Mets, The Guardians and some other items as well. We might even talk about some BBQ stuff...who knows!

9:35pm - After the Baseball and BBQ boys, I will be joined by Wes Wright from Cookout News. We missed Wes last month so, tonight, we will recap the past 60 days of BBQ business and take a quick look ahead to the next 30 days.

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(July 8, 2025 - Hour One)

10:14pm - I have some things to cover, some questions to answer and some hot takes to spit!

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(July 8, 2025 - Hour One)

9:14pm - The 2nd Tuesday of the month (at least this month) brings a visit from the creator of the Barbecue Lab. David Gafford joins me tonight to talk about outdoor kitchens, pellet cookers, gas grills and grill brushes.

9:35pm - After David, I will be joined by the smartest man in BBQ, Robert Moss! Tonight we talk about the latest updates in the Michelin Star Guide and then we transition into "Mac and Cheese" or pork ribs getting dumped into the Ohio river...guess you'll have to tune in and find out what we end up going with to close the segment.

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Episode 389

Taking you back to August 18, 2015 - Featuring the newest #1 Texas Monthly BBQ Joints recipient, an accomplished competition BBQ pitmaster and all around nice guy, Ernest Servantes. If you haven’t heard Ernest before…this one does give you a quick look into how he came up…also, how he was able to knock down a bunch of TV appearances back when BBQ was a big thing on TV…you also can hear me act like a complete tool in the beginning of the interview as well…and that’s all I am going to say about that.

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Original Air Date: 8/18/2015

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(July 1, 2025 - Hour Two:

10:14pm & 10:35pm - Sam The Cooking Guy makes his monthly appearance on the show tonight and it's a special day for a number of reasons. We will talk about his new book that he just signed to do, we will also talk about his latest trip out of the country and, before any of that, we will take a look at foods that originate from the great country to the north of us...CANADA!! We do this because today is Canada Day! I also have a special item planned for our friend Sam that will be sure to set the tone for this part of the interview!



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(July 1, 2025 - Hour One)

9:14pm - The 2nd half of 2025 begins TODAY! So, why not take a look at the first part of the year with our monthly guest, Malcom Reed! What happened in business, what happened in food, what happened in life...and then we'll look into the 2nd half of the year and guess how the industry will react to ever changing business climates, threats and other items that impact business in all forms of the live-fire industry.

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