Chris Salsberry from Fred Vegas Smokers has been cooking all over the country this early season.  He's chasing "Bourbon and Friends" and having a blast with competition BBQ.  This is a great podcast with a lot of tips on cooking in different parts of the country, and for making sure BBQ is fun.  You don't want to miss this one.

On this episode of Pitmaster, we have a conversation about GOAT Status with two of them, Brad Leighninger with Gettin' Basted and Darren Warth with Iowa Smokey D's.

The Pork Shanks - On this episode of Pitmaster, an Old Virginia Smoke podcast, Luke talks with Brian Corbett about their weekend together at the King of the Farm contest in Iron Station, NC, and how sometimes one meat can go completely haywire - and how to fix it.

In this episode of Pitmaster, an Old Virginia Smoke podcast, Luke is joined by Bill Gillespie from Smokin Hoggz and Jared Huizenga from Insane Swine to remember Dmitry Feld.  Dmitry was the organizer of the Lake Placid I Love BBQ festival, member of the 1980 Soviet Union Olympic Team, integral part of USA Luge, huge participant with the Shipman Youth Center, and generally one of the best human beings we've ever met.  The world recently lost Dmitry to leukemia.

Happy New Year from Old Virginia Smoke!  This week we feature one of the greats, Dan Hixon from 3Eyz BBQ.  A lot of great stuff in here about controlling your environment and mindset.

This week on Pitmaster, an Old Virginia Smoke podcast, we have Jon Wade with Optimus Swine from Toano, VA, one of the hottest cooks of 2023 and a really good friend of the show.

This week on Pitmaster, an Old Virginia Smoke podcast, our guest is Levi Stoakes, pitmaster of Colorado Bulldawg BBQ.  7th overall in KCBS in 2023, top 25 in all categories, and winner of the Jealous Devil BBQ Challenge.  Great insight here into mindset, tactics, and BBQ.

After a holiday break, Pitmaster, an Old Virginia Smoke podcast, returns with Bill Heyen from Triple H BBQ.  He's been one of the most consistent competitors of the past few years and has some great fun facts and tips in this episode.

This week on Pitmaster, we have Brian Corbett with Smokin' Skullies and Steve Dotson with D Qued BBQ talking about how to assess your competition BBQ season and ways to practice in the offseason. 

On this week's special edition of Pitmaster, an Old Virginia Smoke podcast, we talk to Rod Gray, CEO of KCBS, about the new report released on what happened at the American Royal Open Contest.