Why go to Johnston County for BBQ? Redneck BBQ is scientific, it's for "people who were picked last at dodgeball." It doesn't matter how it's supposed to taste, what matters is how does it taste?

Jerry Stephenson isn't scared of anything, except for maybe his Momma's opinion of his food, listen into find out if she likes his BBQ.

Also in this episode;

Banana Pudding Cannoli

Ugly Drum Smokers

Redneck Science

Be sure to Visit Johnston County to find Redneck BBQ Lab along with so many other amazing North Carolina establishments. For details, go to https://www.johnstoncountync.org.

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Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage culture. Hear from local chefs, sommelier's, distillers, farmers, brewers and the whole lot of them in the NC F&B podcast.

Max is a front-of-house vet/sommelier that moved from Los Angeles to North Carolina in 2013. Since moving to North Carolina, he's run restaurants, designed wine programs and builds craft cocktail menus and now produces multiple podcasts.

Matthew is a certified sommelier from New York. His experience ranges from restaurant/bar to importing some of the finest wines in the world. He moved his family to North Carolina three years ago and works as a wine distributor.

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