Give a round of applause to the five Meat Men worthy of a very special honor, entry into the new Meat Man Hall of Fame.

In this special holiday fan appreciation episode, Yoni and Stover honor some of their favorite BBQ people in the world in a "live" ceremony. Come meet these Meat Men, who are devoted to the carnivore craft. Listen to the end for a special edition of the "Meat Man" song.

2017 was a great year for our food podcast and 2018 will only get better. It's because of our fans that our podcast will continue to grow. We know we will have you by our side and continue to help us find the best barbeque. This episode is for the Meat Men!

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Welcome to the end the Best of 2017 Best BBQ countdown! For the last two weeks we've guided you through the Best of the Best BBQ Show. Meat Man Yoni and Meat Man Stover take you through the best moments in 2017 from our Austin-based food podcast. If you haven't heard the full Best of the Best BBQ, make sure to listen to parts 1 to 3!

Last time we listened to clips about Horn BBQ in Oakland, California, a Miller's Smokehouse pop-up, Southside Market, Texas Ranch BBQ and the new school BBQ of LeRoy and Lewis.

In this episode you'll hear more food talk, studio hi-jinx, camel hunting clips and behind-the-scenes Meat Man stories. Here are the places we discuss:

* A Backyard BBQ Party in Austin, Texas, hosted by the Meat Men.

* A California barbecue pop-up featuring Trudy's Underground Barbecue.

* Ray's BBQ in Los Angles featuring Super Meat Man Ray Ramirez.

* A pitmaster studio roundtable featuring talent from Snow's BBQ, La BBQ and Truth BBQ.

* Louis Mueller BBQ, home of the best beef rib in Texas.

More Best BBQ Show on Monday! Happy New Year. Message us at [email protected] and on Instagram @bestbarbecue. Rate and review our show if you're a real Meat Man. #meatman

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It's the Revenge of the Return of the Best of the Best BBQ Show c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-ountdown! We're halfway through the Best of the Best BBQ Show rundown, where Meat Man Yoni and Meat Man Stover take you through the best moments in 2017 from our Austin-based food podcast.

Last time we listened to clips about Terry Black's Barbecue (a favorite lunch spot of the Meat Men), a fast food BBQ competition, including Arby's smoked brisket sandwich, the Tex-Mex BBQ of Valentina's, and the traditional Texas BBQ flavor explosions of Truth BBQ.

In this episode you'll hear more food talk, studio hi-jinx and behind-the-scenes Meat Man stories. Here are the places we discuss:

* Horn BBQ: Pitmaster Matt Horn came all the way from Oakland, California, to visit Austin and tour the BBQ scene. He's a talented, fun guy who fit in well in the Meat Man studio.

* Miller's Smokehouse Pop-up: In this clip, the Meat Men talk about their stop by to Miller's pop-up in Austin, their amazing desserts by Mama Miller and all you wanted to know about gas station flavored water.

* Southside Market: Yoni and Stover got a behind-the-scenes tour to see how the sausage was made at the oldest BBQ joint in Texas. We also sat down for a huge meat feast with staff.

* Texas Ranch BBQ: We heard great things about Texas Ranch BBQ (formerly called 12 Bones) and we were not disappointed. Stover raves about the tremendous pork ribs being cooked up by Marco Oglesby.

* LeRoy and Lewis: We round out the countdown by looking back at our stop at one of the more adventurous BBQ places we've tried. Evan LeRoy is a real Meat Man.

More Best of the Best BBQ on Monday! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Message us at [email protected] and on Instagram @bestbarbecue. Rate and review our show if you're a Meat Man. #meatman

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It's the Return of the Best of the Best BBQ Show c-c-c-c-c-ountdown! Meat Man Yoni and Meat Man Stover continue their rundown of the best moments from 2017 of the Best BBQ podcast.

Last week we listened to clips from the early days of our barbecue podcast and more, including visits to Snow's BBQ and La Barbecue, as well as interviews with Moo's Craft BBQ, from Los Angeles, Australian documentary filmmakers behind a worldwide barbecue film on Netflix, and some silliness from the Texas Monthly BBQ Festival (Hint: Sticky).

In this episode you'll hear more food talk, studio hi-jinx and behind-the-scenes Meat Man stories. Here are the places we discuss:

* Terry Black's Barbecue: One of Stover and Yoni's favorite lunch-time haunts, Terry Black's is bringing traditional Texas barbecue to the middle of Austin.

* Fast Food BBQ: In a competition weeks in the making, Stover persuades Yoni to try Arby's brisket, as well as three other "fast" places serving smoked meat. The Meat Men do a blind taste test to determine their favorite.

* Valentina's Tex Mex Barbecue: The Meat Men rave over the Tex-Mex/BBQ fusion of Valentina's, which includes the Real Deal Holyfield brisket breakfast taco.

* Truth BBQ: This Brenham, Texas, BBQ oasis is moving toward big things, including opening another, much-anticipated, location in Houston.

* Frankling BBQ Reopens and the Meat Men make the News: Your embedded hosts forced themselves up in the middle of the night to plop their butts down at the front of Franklin BBQ in Austin to celebrate the reopening after they were closed from a fire. Along the way they popped up numerous times on TV.

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It's that time of year! Best of the Best BBQ Show is here. Meat Men Yoni and Stover begin their c-c-c-c-countdown of the best moments from the first year of the Best BQQ podcast. In this episode you'll hear from some of your favorite pitmasters, hear untold stories from our meat adventures and some fun in-studio craziness.

In the next two weeks we will be running through our favorite episodes and telling you all the juicy details. Here's the first five moments as you'll hear on the episode:

* La Barbecue: The Meat Men share their first meal together and talk with the owners and staff of Austin favorite La Barbecue.

* Snow's BBQ: Best BBQ hits up Yoni's favorite weekly stop Snow's to chat with the owner and pitmaster and Stover visits the cattle auction next door.

* "Barbecue" the documentary: The filmmakers behind the worldwide documentary "Barbecue" (available on Netflix) chat with the Meat Men about BBQ culture around the world.

* Moo's Craft BBQ: Los Angeles' great Moo's Craft Barbecue visits the Meat Man studio on a Texas BBQ vacation and hears their new theme song.

* The Big Red Challenge at the Texas Monthly BBQ Fest: Stover talks two top pit masters into dumping the official soda of BBQ Big Red on his head during the annual Texas Monthly BBQ Festival.

Stay tuned Thursday for more Best of the Best BBQ. Give us a shout at [email protected] and on Instagram @bestbarbecue. Rate and Review the show on your app!

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We have a special in-studio guest this week: Burt from Los Angeles' much-loved Trudy's Underground Barbecue. Burt visited Central Texas with his BBQ posse in tow for a blitz of smoked meat and fun in Austin.

Yoni, Stover, Burt and friends went to Truth BBQ in Brenham, Texas, to share a huge platter of brisket, beef rib, pork ribs, BBQ sides and Truth's amazing cake. After our meal we headed to the studio to talk about barbecue tourism, the best BBQ (and food), making Texas-style BBQ in Southern California and more fun conversations. Shoutout to the Meat Men we discuss on this episode.

Lots more surprises in store on the Best BBQ podcast. The Best BBQ show takes a look every week (and sometimes twice a week) at the best bbq in Texas and beyond. Do you have a suggestion or a comment? Send us an email at [email protected]. Don't forget to rate and review our show so we can pop up higher in the search rankings.

Find our meaty Instagram at @bestbarbecue to see our BBQ adventures. Follow us and Just Say Hi in the comments. See you next time, and go eat some meat!

The Meat Men Yoni and Stover tested their meaty might by undertaking a Smoked Meat Gauntlet in the BBQ capital of Texas, Lockhart. Your intrepid hosts visited three of the country's best, and legendary, Texas BBQ joints: Black's Barbecue, Kreutz Market and Smitty's Market. Together, these places have more than a hundred years of history serving smoked meats and other delicious food to those in Central Texas and all over the world.

Listen as we discuss the best meats to taste in Lockhart, getting lost in small town Texas, eating way too much, and lots of Texas and BBQ history. We also ask the Meat Man Army to write us some Meat Man songs to play on the show and give lots of fan shoutouts.

Like what you hear on our food podcast? Then please rate and subscribe. Each review helps a lot and ensures we can continue to be found on the podcast charts. Thanks as always! Find us on Instagram @bestbarbecue and email us at [email protected]. Thanks for listening and go eat some BBQ!

It's a one-of-a-kind celebration as your Meat Men hosts Yoni and Stover record a special episode in the early morning from outside the world-famous Franklin Barbecue. We got to the Austin, Texas, BBQ joint at 3:30 a.m. so we could beat the rush for the anticipated return of one of the best barbecue places in the world.

In this episode you'll hear special appearances from fellow Meat Men in line, Ray from Los Angeles' Ray's BBQ, and Dan from Char-Broil, who calls in to talk grilling at home and BBQ equipment. Along the way you'll hear the usual comedy and BBQ discussions. We hope you enjoy this bonus episode. Make sure to subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss an episode.

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We are the champions! Of the line at the reopening celebration for the famous Franklin Barbecue in Austin, Texas. Yoni and Stover, the hosts of the Best BBQ podcast, got their BBQ butts up at 3 a.m. to wait by the door for the much-anticipated reopening of Franklin BBQ which sadly saw its smokeroom destroyed this summer by a fire.

Aaron Franklin's great BBQ place is open now and the Meat Men wanted to be there to share some love from the BBQ family. In this episode, Yoni and Stover listen to their numerous appearances on the Texas TV news, which helpfully broadcast our smoked meat messages to morning news viewers, who also got an eyeful of our Meat Man T-shirts.

Speaking of BBQ shirts, in this episode we give out another Ray's BBQ (a friend of the show from the Los Angeles BBQ scene) to a fan of Best BBQ. Make sure to subscribe to us on Instagram (@bestbarbecue) and on your podcast app to make sure to catch our contests and bonus episodes. What do you want for Best BBQ merchandise? We will be making official Meat Man merch in early 2018 and we want to get our fans the shirts, koozies and other things they want. Send us a note to [email protected].

Shoutout to the Meat and Metal NO podcast for the international BBQ love. Keep the smoke rolling and turn the metal up loud.

You asked for it, you got it! Thanks for requesting a longer episode Meat Men. In this studio roundtable, we bring three masters of the smoked meat craft into the Meat Man studios to discuss Texas barbecue, cooking techniques, dispatching feral hogs, music, food tips and more.

Along with your Meat Men hosts Yoni and Stover, were Brendan Lamb (from La Barbecue), Clay Cowgill (from Snow's BBQ) and Dylan Taylor (from Truth Barbecue). They were a lot of fun to have in our Austin studio. When you hear the audio clip of hogs exploding, you'll have the same reaction we all did. It gets crazy. Kelis also makes a "cameo."

Let Best BBQ know what other barbecue chefs, grillmasters, celebrities, Instagram stars, or whoever, you want us to bring into the podcast studio and we will start making it happen. As always, thanks for listening and don't forget to rate and subscribe so we know how you think the show is going. Find us on Instagram and Twitter as @bestbarbecue and jump in our mailbag by emailing [email protected]. Just Say Hi.