A special episode this week. Ashley joins me to talk about a project she's working on. The Care Nest. The Care Nest is a food and hygiene pantry for students K-12. If you would like to donate the links are down below.

Venmo: @smtnshop

PayPal: [email protected]

This week I celebrate the 8th anniversary of the Pit life BBQ Podcast. It's been a wild ride. I thank each and every one who tunes in every week. From the bottom of my heart I thank you.

This week I catch up with Bill Purvis of Chicken Fried BBQ.We cooked alongside eachother last weekend but it's been a while since we sat down on the show. We talk about his expanding line of rubs, sauces, and wraps and punching his ticket to The Jack.

This week I sit down with my long time friend Billy Gillespie of Smokin' Hoggz BBQ. It's been a while but we caught up at a comp a few weeks back and said lets do it. We talk about his rubs and sauces, improving your cooking game, the damn dip and his induction in the 2026 Class of the KCBS Hall Of Fame.

This week TD of TD's Brew & BBQ joins me at the pit. We catch up on his lines of seasonings and sauces and then we get the inside scoop on the construction of the new TD's Brew & BBQ World Headquarters.

This week I'm joined by Ryan Dunlevy. Ryan and his partners have written a bbq childrens book titled The Grill That Couldn't Glow. A feel good story with a few life lessons for our future pitmasters.

https://www.amazon.com/Grill-That-Couldnt-Glow-Finding/dp/B0H2MLYCWQ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3QZBPJ2V2WPCQ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.KBKiT5p7isCgSi9p_OeAHA.wpJYnexyuQ41TimN0kMMkrolii_IW99469xaAxstYJY&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+grill+that+couldn%27t+glow&qid=1783991637&sprefix=the+grill+tha%2Caps%2C230&sr=8-1

This week I'm flying solo. Tonight I recap this past weekends competition.

This week I'm joined by Aaron Carpenter of LB's BBQ & More. We sit down and talk about Aaron's journey into bbq. His love of peoples choice competitions, also his two seasonings Savory Shake and Triple B rub. Then we talk about his fire starter bags.

This week I'm joind by Kirk from Turbo Trusser. We all know their products and the quality and how well they work. Well.... they have something new. The SMOKE-N-GRIDDLE!!! A large griddle pan with a built in smoke tube. Now we can add that kiss of smoke to our griddle dishes.

https://turbotrusser.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorkOvqDBqJWK3t2A3m5zARsHbNtwtRBZvzAVXhbfOr2LHYiDlBn

This week Marvin Weinberger of GrillFighter makes his triumphant return! We talk about his GrillFighter chainmail brush. I believe the best grill brush on the market. We also talk about what he's working on now.

https://grillfighter.tools/

https://www.amazon.com/GrillFighter-Bristle-Free-SteelClothTM-Stainless-Porcelain-Coated/dp/B0G93WT8WW