BBQ Tips

When you get your KCBS BBQ results, they can look confusing. In this week's BBQ Tips Podcast Pitmaster Christie Vanover breaks down what all the numbers mean. That way you can fully understand your KCBS BBQ scores, which will help you up your competition BBQ game.

FREE KCBS CALCULATED SCORES SPREADSHEET: https://mailchi.mp/girlscangrill/kcbs-scores

Links mentioned in this episode:

KCBS Event Results: https://mms.kcbs.us/members/evr_search.php?org_id=KCBA&sy=X

Results from the Best Dam BBQ Challenge: https://mms.kcbs.us/members/evr/view_scores.php?org_id=KCBA&evid=46001869

Best Dam BBQ Challenge Summary Scoresheet: https://mms.kcbs.us/members/secure/evr/scores/score_tally_sheets.php?org_id=KCBA&evid=46001869

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Champion pitmaster Christie Vanover is the girl behind one of America's top BBQ websites GirlsCanGrill.com. The site, which was launched in 2015, includes hundreds of recipes for your charcoal, pellet, gas or electric grill or smoker along with thousands of BBQ tips that will make you crush it behind the grill. Christie has won multiple BBQ championships and competed on Food Network's BBQ Brawl.

Pitmaster Christie Vanover has talked a lot about barbecuing at hotter temperatures. She finds the best way to do that is on a drum smoker. In this week's BBQ Tips Podcast she shares the pros and cons about four drum smokers she's cooked on and which one she likes best.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Pit Barrel Smoker: https://homedepot.sjv.io/q4Mv7N

Oklahoma Joe's Bronco: https://girlscangrill.com/product-reviews/oklahoma-joes-bronco-pro-drum-smoker-review/

Gateway Drum Smoker: https://bbqguys.sjv.io/AWZQbN

Hunsaker Smoker:https://girlscangrill.com/product-reviews/hunsaker-drum-smoker-review/

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About Girls Can Grill:

Champion pitmaster Christie Vanover is the girl behind one of America's top BBQ websites GirlsCanGrill.com. The site, which was launched in 2015, includes hundreds of recipes for your charcoal, pellet, gas or electric grill or smoker along with thousands of BBQ tips that will make you crush it behind the grill. Christie has won multiple BBQ championships and competed on Food Network's BBQ Brawl.

We are down to our final KCBS competition meat. Pitmaster Christie Vanover has shared her winning BBQ Tips for chicken, ribs and pork. Now it's time for brisket. Brisket is the one meat in a BBQ competition that if you can nail it, you have a really good chance at being grand champion.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Proud Souls BBQ Class: https://www.proudsoulsbbq.com/bbq-classes

How to separate the point and flat: https://girlscangrill.com/bbq-tips/separate-brisket-point-and-flat/

Injecting: https://girlscangrill.com/bbq-tips/brisket-injection-tools-recipe-and-technique/

Seasoning: https://girlscangrill.com/bbq-tips/how-to-season-brisket/

How to fake a smoke ring: https://girlscangrill.com/bbq-tips/how-to-create-a-smoke-ring-on-meat/

What to do with trimmings: https://girlscangrill.com/bbq-tips/brisket/ground-brisket/

Beef tallow: https://girlscangrill.com/recipe/beef/how-to-make-beef-tallow/

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Supplies mentioned (affiliate links):

Snake River Farms Brisket: https://snakeriverfarms.pxf.io/NKW06N (use code GIRLSCANGRILL to save 10%)

Injector: https://amzn.to/3U6tb5F

Aluminum Half Pans: https://amzn.to/3W9t0ZW

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About Girls Can Grill:

Champion pitmaster Christie Vanover is the girl behind one of America's top BBQ websites GirlsCanGrill.com. The site, which was launched in 2015, includes hundreds of recipes for your charcoal, pellet, gas or electric grill or smoker along with thousands of BBQ tips that will make you crush it behind the grill. Christie has won multiple BBQ championships and competed on Food Network's BBQ Brawl.

Pork butt is pitmaster Christie Vanover's number one KCBS meat category. In this week's BBQ Tips Podcast, she goes over the judging rules and shares her winning secrets for competition pork.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Competition Pork Butt Recipe: https://girlscangrill.com/recipe/competition-pork-butt/

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Blues Hog Tennessee Red: https://amzn.to/3UxeKJc

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About Girls Can Grill:

Champion pitmaster Christie Vanover is the girl behind one of America's top BBQ websites GirlsCanGrill.com. The site, which was launched in 2015, includes hundreds of recipes for your charcoal, pellet, gas or electric grill or smoker along with thousands of BBQ tips that will make you crush it behind the grill. Christie has won multiple BBQ championships and competed on Food Network's BBQ Brawl.

Tenderness seems to be what gets everybody tripped up in the KCBS rib category. We always hear the phrase fall-off-the-bone ribs. That is not good in a competition. In a competition, that's considered overdone. The challenge is finding the balance. In this week's BBQ Tips Podcast, pitmaster Christie Vanover shares her process for competition BBQ pork ribs.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Competition Prep + Timeline: https://girlscangrill.com/bbq-tips-podcast/judging-prepping-and-cooking-tips-for-competition-chicken/

Competition Chicken Prep: https://girlscangrill.com/bbq-tips-podcast/how-a-champion-pitmaster-preps-for-a-bbq-competition/

How to trim ribs for competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHdK-EU6icw

Hanging Ribs: https://girlscangrill.com/competition-bbq/hanging-ribs-on-a-drum-smoker-for-competition-bbq/

3 Ways to Cook Competition Ribs : https://girlscangrill.com/competition-bbq/three-ways-to-cook-competition-ribs/

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Thermapen One: https://alnk.to/8iS059U

Basting Brush: https://alnk.to/7M7J9CK

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About Girls Can Grill:

Champion pitmaster Christie Vanover is the girl behind one of America's top BBQ websites GirlsCanGrill.com. The site, which was launched in 2015, includes hundreds of recipes for your charcoal, pellet, gas or electric grill or smoker along with thousands of BBQ tips that will make you crush it behind the grill. Christie has won multiple BBQ championships and competed on Food Network's BBQ Brawl.

After judging a recent barbecue competition, Team Girls Can Grill is back at the pits. In this week's BBQ Tips Podcast, pitmaster Christie Vanover shares what she learned about judging chicken and how she preps and cooks her competition chicken thighs.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Chicken Trimming Video: https://youtu.be/37FICIDgtCQ

Competition Chicken Recipe: https://girlscangrill.com/recipe/competition-chicken-thighs/

Chicken Schmaltz: https://girlscangrill.com/recipe/chicken/schmaltz/

Supplies mentioned (affiliate links):

Shears: https://amzn.to/4aM37U0

Gloveworks Gloves: https://amzn.to/4cLslUt

Boning Knife: https://amzn.to/3PXIZq3

Mini Loaf Pan: https://amzn.to/3UdRG0X

2-Pound Loaf Pan: https://amzn.to/3Jkqf01

Butter Shaver: https://amzn.to/43XsAYC

Cocktail Forks: https://amzn.to/43VI27B

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About Girls Can Grill:

Champion pitmaster Christie Vanover is the girl behind one of America's top BBQ websites GirlsCanGrill.com. The site, which was launched in 2015, includes hundreds of recipes for your charcoal, pellet, gas or electric grill or smoker along with thousands of BBQ tips that will make you crush it behind the grill. Christie has won multiple BBQ championships and competed on Food Network's BBQ Brawl.

In this week's BBQ Tips Podcast, world champion Marcio Borguezan of Hog Addiction shares how to trim a whole hog for live fire cooking.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Hogs for the Cause: https://hogsforthecause.rallybound.org/2024/HogAddiction

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About Girls Can Grill:

Champion pitmaster Christie Vanover is the girl behind one of America's top BBQ websites GirlsCanGrill.com. The site, which was launched in 2015, includes hundreds of recipes for your charcoal, pellet, gas or electric grill or smoker along with thousands of BBQ tips that will make you crush it behind the grill. Christie has won multiple BBQ championships and competed on Food Network's BBQ Brawl.

Pitmaster Christie Vanover explored the 2024 National Hardware Show in Las Vegas to find what's new in the outdoor BBQ and grilling space. Check out her top finds and the new outdoor appliances that will be released soon.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Flammkraft Grill: https://bbqguys.sjv.io/756EVY (affiliate link)

Kenmore Retro Portable Gas Grill: https://kenmoregrill.com/product/permasteel-2-burner-retro-portable-gas-grill/

Cuisinart Outdoor Wok: https://www.cuisinart.com/shopping/outdoor-grilling/

Mack's Fyers: https://macksfryers.com/#products

Bradley Raven Smoker: https://www.bradleysmoker.com/

MEAT!: https://www.meatyourmaker.com/

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About Girls Can Grill:

Champion pitmaster Christie Vanover is the girl behind one of America's top BBQ websites GirlsCanGrill.com. The site, which was launched in 2015, includes hundreds of recipes for your charcoal, pellet, gas or electric grill or smoker along with thousands of BBQ tips that will make you crush it behind the grill. Christie has won multiple BBQ championships and competed on Food Network's BBQ Brawl.

If you're smoking a ham this Easter, tune into this week's episode of the BBQ Tips Podcast. Pitmaster Christie Vanover walks you through how she selects, seasons and smokes a ham on a charcoal, pellet or gas grill. Plus, she includes her recipe for a perfect versatile glaze.

Links mentioned in this episode:

How to smoke on a gas grill: https://girlscangrill.com/bbq-tips/wood-chip-foil-pouch/

Orange-glazed ham: https://girlscangrill.com/recipe/grilled-ham/

Aluminum half pans: https://amzn.to/3IIgBUL

Basting mop: https://amzn.to/3vi69jJ (affiliate links)

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About Girls Can Grill:

Champion pitmaster Christie Vanover is the girl behind one of America's top BBQ websites GirlsCanGrill.com. The site, which was launched in 2015, includes hundreds of recipes for your charcoal, pellet, gas or electric grill or smoker along with thousands of BBQ tips that will make you crush it behind the grill. Christie has won multiple BBQ championships and competed on Food Network's BBQ Brawl.

On this week's episode of the BBQ Tips Podcast, Pitmaster Christie Vanover shares what a competition BBQ ancillary category is all about with tips from her experience as a world champion competitor and judge.

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About Girls Can Grill:

Champion pitmaster Christie Vanover is the girl behind one of America's top BBQ websites GirlsCanGrill.com. The site, which was launched in 2015, includes hundreds of recipes for your charcoal, pellet, gas or electric grill or smoker along with thousands of BBQ tips that will make you crush it behind the grill. Christie has won multiple BBQ championships and competed on Food Network's BBQ Brawl.