October 04, 2025

Kris Benson, Former MLB Pitcher and National College Baseball Hall of Fame Member and Rick Manzi, Pitmaster from the Anonymous Q Cooking Team

1 hour 44 minutes

Episode 311features Kris Benson, former Major League Baseball pitcher and National College Baseball Hall of Fame member and Rick Manzi, pitmaster from the Anonymous Q cooking team

Kris Benson is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who was drafted first overall in 1996 by the Pittsburgh Pirates. In addition to playing for the Pirates, he also played for the New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, and Arizona Diamondbacks. Kris was an outstanding college player with Clemson University and this has earned him induction into the 2025 class of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame. Kris was also a member of the 1996 USA Olympics team which won a bronze medal. In recognition of various community service and charity efforts, Benson has been honored with the Pittsburgh Pirates team Roberto Clemente Award, the Thurman Munson Award, the Joan Payson Award, and the New Jersey Sports Writers Humanitarian of the Year Award.

Rick Manzi is one half of the husband and wife duo behind the Anonymous Q cooking team and the creators of award-winning Disruption Rubs. Rick's wife gifted him a Big Green Egg, but was not pleased with his initial cooks. Rick sought out and found help and after several years became an expert cook. With his wife, they launched their competition cooking journey in 2020 and have competed in KCBS BBQ and SCA Steak competitions. They are also the creators of Disruption Rubs, a lineup of eight rubs which they will be increasing to 12. For more information on Anonymous Q and their rubs go to www.anonymousbbq.com

We recommend you go to Rogue Cookers website, https://roguecookers.com/ for award-winning rubs, Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/

We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

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