Throwing a Kurvball at you this week, literally, as I chat with Lisa Leventhal of Kurvball Whiskey. If you haven't heard of Kurvball Whiskey, it is the original BBQ whiskey. We talk through Lisa's background, how Kurvball came to be and where it's going! Enjoy and check them out via any of the links below:

https://www.kurvballwhiskey.com/home/

https://www.instagram.com/kurvballwhiskey/

https://www.facebook.com/kurvballwhiskey

https://twitter.com/kurvballwhiskey

https://www.tiktok.com/@kurvballwhiskey

Starting things off in 2024, we are jumping in with Bernie and Ana from Teddy's Barbecue in Weslaco, Texas! Teddy's is a Top50 joint in the Rio Grande Valley and the Garcia family is working on taking over the valley with all their concepts :) We spend the time talking about the Teddy's story, their expansion, and favorite bites, including some of the best beef fat tortillas in the business and what makes them so good. Y'all enjoy and if you are down in the RGV, swing by for the best chicken fried steak you've ever had or see what specials they might have going on - brisket ramen or a pot of menudo sound pretty tasty, especially when made by the Garcia family!

Find more details on their website or follow them on social media:

https://www.teddysrgv.com/

https://www.instagram.com/teddysbarbecue/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/TeddysBarbecue/

I feel like we raised the steaks with the episode and there are plenty of meat jokes to be made about this episode, but I'll just butcher them :) All jokes aside, I had a great time talking with Jess Pryles, everyone's favorite Tex-stralian (not sure if I've heard that before, so claiming until otherwise informed) and lover of all things meat! We talked about what brought her over to the promised land of Texas from the land down under, what her journey in the world of meat and BBQ has been like, and all the other things in between. I hope y'all enjoy listening to this episode as much as I enjoyed creating it!

Websites:

https://www.hardcorecarnivore.com/

https://jesspryles.com/

Social Media:

https://www.facebook.com/hardcorecarnivore

https://twitter.com/carnivorerub

https://www.instagram.com/hardcorecarnivore/

https://www.facebook.com/jesspryles

https://twitter.com/jesspryles

https://www.instagram.com/jesspryles/

https://www.youtube.com/jesspryles

https://www.tiktok.com/@jesspryles

I am super excited about this episode as there are not many events that make me more happy than ones that revolve around BBQ, great music, and drinks! And if there is one festival that does all those things right it's Windy City Smokeout!! I have the pleasure of chatting with Callie Revel and Izzy Shaindlin who make up part of the team that presents Windy City each year for 10 years so far. We dive into how the festival started, how its grown, what they look for in musical artists and BBQ participants, along with all the usual lines of questioning. Enjoy this episode y'all and if you haven't been, make plans to go as this years schedule is trying to top all the previous years!

https://www.windycitysmokeout.com/

https://www.facebook.com/WindyCitySmokeout

https://www.instagram.com/windycitysmokeout/

https://twitter.com/wcsmokeout

https://www.tiktok.com/@windycitysmokeout

I had the pleasure of sitting down to chat with Grecia Ramos for this week's episode! Grecia burst on the BBQ scene creating the mouthwatering desserts at 2M Smokehouse in San Antonio and is gearing up to open her own bake shop, Baked by Chef Grecia Ramos, in Castroville. We dive into her background, favorite receipes, as usual all the things. After you listen to the podcast, go check out all the yum yums around the San Antonio area and you can find her on social media at all the following pages: 

https://www.instagram.com/lareinadepostres/
https://www.tiktok.com/@lareinadepostres

https://www.instagram.com/baked_satx/
https://www.tiktok.com/@baked_satx

https://www.instagram.com/blulacysmokehouse/

https://www.instagram.com/2msmokehouse/

We spend this week with Christine and Kelli Neveraez, Texas BBQ's mother-daughter due from LaVaca BBQ! We dug into the LaVaca BBQ story, from the competition days all the way to 2 locations, the original one in Port Lavaca and their newest in Victoria! Find them at all the links below:

https://www.lavacabbq.com/

https://www.facebook.com/mylavacabbq

https://www.facebook.com/LavacaBBQVictoria

https://www.instagram.com/mylavacabbq/

Today we head back to the West Coast to chat with Brenda Castillo of Heritage Barbecue. She takes us all the way back before pop-ups, before a brick and mortar, before Michelin, and how Heritage Barbecue came to be and how she became Mrs. Heritage Barbecue! 

 The trio of Jewel Hill, Raquel Lopez and Simone See, also known as the Barb.B.Que Bandidas popped up like bbq ninjas on the Lubbock BBQ scene. They will be doing their first pop up at Two Doc Brewing on July 16th. They are each bringing their own spin to the BBQ you have gotten used to. Get to know them and their story a little more in this episode!

 We are spending this episode with Jacqueline Herrera, hailing from Brett's Barbecue Shop in Katy, Texas. As usual, get to know Jacqueline's story, get some advise and listen to some thought provoking questions :)