Mike Steele is the Pitmaster of Pigs and Cows Gone Wild, and the creator of BBQChamps.com, an online collection of BBQ classes. We talk Royal, Jack, and an exciting announcement and offer from BBQChamps.com”

The tallest man in BBQ stopped by to talk about the Bill Arnold Celebration of Life at the Blues Hog site later this week. 

It’s American Royal week!  We’ve battled through some technical issues,  but we’re back this week with a vengeance!  To start us off this week we have Curt Wallace with Smoked and Furious, KCBS Invitational winner with the highest score ever!  Great interview and perfect to get you in that Royal mood.

This week on Pitmaster, an Old Virginia Smoke podcast, we catch up with our old friend and American Royal winner Thomas Gearhart about cooking in different parts of the country, his routines, and how things have changed since winning the Royal.

On this week's episode of Pitmaster, we have KCBS World Invitational Champ Aaron Stoffer from Man Meat BBQ.  He shares his thoughts and his mindset from this past weekend’s huge victory.

Listen to Luke and Kim discuss BBQ and many other topics in the first part of this hilarious and fun conversation. Guests include Brian Corbett with Smokin' Skullies, Jerry Stephenson with Redneck Scientific, Stephen Hypes with Still Workin' On It, Thomas Gearhart with Mudville, and a bunch of others as they cruise by!

On this week's special episode of Pitmaster, an Old Virginia Smoke podcast, we have a trio of misfits, who are also great people and a great time.  Jason Singletary of Smoke Central, Frank Neagle of Yes Dear BBQ and Joseph Puccio of Smoke Show Mafia joined forces as the SS Trio, and cooked a contest in Florida where they will be featured tonight on BBQ USA season 2 with Michael Symon.  Give this a listen before you get into Monday Night BBQ on the Food Network!

This week’s episode is topical and very, very important.  Last week, a great friend of the show experienced every competition cook’s worst nightmare—a KCBS rep coming to his cooksite with his box with only 5 samples in it.

Hear the story directly from Brian Corbett with Smokin Skullies on what happened in Galax, VA, how to prevent it in the future, and how the rest of his cook went.

Listen to Luke and Kim discuss BBQ, college football, driving to Wise, alcohol, and many other topics in the first part of this hilarious and fun conversation. Guests include Brian Corbett with Smokin' Skullies, Jerry Stephenson with Redneck Scientific, Stephen Hypes with Still Workin' On It, Thomas Gearhart with Mudville, and a bunch of others as they cruise by!

Aaron Lesley with Texas Oil Dust has been cooking non stop for pretty much three years. Lots of good tricks and tips in this episode, and also details about his upcoming class on BBQChamps.com!