Episode 395

Taking you back to - August 12, 2008 - The one and only Gary Vaynerchuck joined me for the very first time back in 2008. At the time, Gary was building his massively successful "Wine Library TV" show on YouTube. As you can imagine, we talked about wine, bbq and some sports. At the time, this was one of the biggest "gets" in the show's short life (at that time).

ENJOY hearing Gary before he became the ICON that he is today.

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Original Air Date: 8/12/2008

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(August 12, 2025 - Hour One)

Mr. Jonathan from the Cigar Authority Podcast joins me and talks A LOT about cigar stuff.

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Episode 394

Taking you back to - September 1, 2009 - Jason Day from Burnt Finger BBQ and the creator of the incredibly popular "Bacon Explosion".

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Original Air Date: 9/1/2009

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(August 5, 2025 - Hour Two)

Doug Scheiding and Rusty Monson show up and give their take on the most recent list of 100% Assurity questions...did your answers change?

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(August 5, 2025 - Hour One)

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Episode 393

Taking you back to - August 4, 2009 - And a 2nd time visit from a legend in the industry and the owner of the famed (and now closed) East Coast Grill, Chris Schlesinger (Slay-singer).

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Original Air Date: 8/4/2009

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Episode 392

Taking you back to - July 26 2013 - Pitmaster Pat Martin…Martin’s BBQ - Whole Hog master…

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Original Air Date: 7/26/2013

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(July 22, 2025 - Show Notes)

10:14pm & 10:35 - Making their usual monthly appearance, The Embedded Correspondents, join me for another round of fresh "100% Assurity Questions". However, we will be missing our pals Doug Scheiding and Rusty Monson...as they are otherwise obligated to work engagements. That's the bad news...the good news is I have (2) fill-in guests to take their place and they are as big as it gets! Be prepared for hot takes, hot opinions and witty repartee in the 2nd hour.

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(July 22, 2025 - Hour One)

9:14pm & 9:35pm - The 3rd Tuesday of the month brings a first hour visit from the VP of Marketing at one of my favorite cigar brands, Amanda Micallef, at Micallef Cigars. Tonight we dive into her background (before cigars), how she got into the cigar business and what she plans to do with the brand as the years wear on. We will also talk about the highly successful "Color Series" cigars that have changed the game when it come to the cigar industry...both in quality and price point.

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Episode 390

Taking you back to - June 18 2013 - This week we feature the pitmaster and creator of Sweet Smoke Q, Jim Elser. This was Jim’s debut appearance on the show and we talk about how he got into competition BBQ…and specifically Florida competition BBQ. We also talked about his experience doing different events sanctioned by different governing bodies…one thing is for certain…as Jim’s competition career wore on, he became a winner in many different sanctioning bodies and many different events in general. Perhaps one of the most underrated competition cooks of our time…is Jim Elser of Sweet Smoke Q. 

So, if you don't know Jim and you would like the first real intro to him and with the show…THIS is the one to get. Don’t forget, you can click on the complete show link in the notes section and listen to the entire show…which is promised to have been a great one!!

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Original Air Date: 6/18/2013

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