This week Sterling Ball of Big Poppa Smokers makes his return. Sterling might be the most interesting man in BBQ. We talk about his induction into the KCBS Hall Of Fame, his YouTube page, his health and his love for food and bringing people together.

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This week I was joined by Bob Healey the founder of Grill Blazer. the Grill Gun and Su-VGun are tremendous products. They do not fail. Extremely durable products for everything we can throw at them.

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This week I'm joined by my amigo Kyle Matuszewski owner of Your Behind BBQ and Birds &Bones restaurant in Florence AZ. We catch up on his bbq business, restaurant, and we find out about his podcast. Also a little breaking news his butcher shop he's opening.

This week Greg aka The BBQ Broker joins me to put the band back together for the evening! We catch up and talk about the steps and leaps Greg has taken with his catering business.

This week I'm joined by my brother CJ of Cooking With CJ. We talk about how things have changed since he became a full time content creator. Also he has dipped a toe into the competition game.

The last episode of 2024 is here. Let's go out with a bang. Aaron Lesley of Texas Oil Dust joins me to ring in the new year and say goodbye to 2024. We recap the the year competition wise and business wise.

THANK YOU ALL FOR ANOTHER GREAT YEAR AND YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT!!!!

This week I'm joined by my good friend Matthew Hussey aka The Hungry Hussey. Man its been way to long since Hussey was on. We do some catching up and then talk about his new podcast Chewing The Fat With The Hungry Hussey.

This week I'm joined by Jason Hernandez of Big J's So Cal BBQ. Jason shares his story of Ups and downs, right and wrong decisions, and staying the course to run a successful catering company.

This week I'm joined by David Walker of The Hood Drip Sauce. His story is great and his sauces are even greater.

https://hooddripsauce.com/

This week Chef Ray Sheehan joins me to talk about his annual holiday gift idea guide he does for Barbecue News Magazine.

Ray has also generously given us a promo code for his website for all his products. From now till the end of December use cade PITLIFE15 for 15% off your entire order. His products are tremendous youll love them.

https://www.raysheehan.com/