(December 9, 2025 - Hour One)

14min in- Meathead - Amazing Ribs(.com)

35min in - Robert Moss

1:14:00 min in - Ted Conrad - Fireboard

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Episode 409

Taking you back to 3/16/2010 - Continuing the many weeks of “BBQ Round Tables” as requested by fan of the show “Tyler”...this time around we do a competition round table  - Chicken Style - with Kelly Wertz - 4 Legs Up BBQ  (4th in 2009), Joe Amore - Smokin MT. Smokers (5th in 2009) and Troy Black - Learn 2 Q (7th in 2009). The Round table shows were some of the most downloaded shows ever in show history…

But if I might be honest as it relates to this particular one…the success of these shows was the free exchange of information by the experts that were on the panel…in THIS show…none of those pitmasters decided to freely share their processes…leading me to be very pissed off…and mandating that, going forward on BBQRT Shows…you had to agree to be 100% open with your complete process of how you did the protein we were discussing…this ended up being the only one that was like this…but I was pissed…and you could hear these guys trying to gauge how much info everyone else was sharing and what they were going to share…

Not the way the round tables were supposed to work…and we fixed it!

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Original Air Date: 3/16/2010

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(December 2, 2025 - Hour Two)

10:14pm - The first Tuesday in the 2nd hour brings a monthly (and last) visit from Sam The Cooking Guy. He will bum in a little later than normal as he will be finishing another job earlier in the day. That being said, we should have plenty of time to talk about his Thanksgiving and what gifts he's recommending this holiday season.

10:35pm - The close of the show will have me recapping the Thanksgiving holiday at my house, what we did, what we had to fight through to get food on the table and how it all ended up.

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(December 2, 2025 - Hour One)

9:14 - Last week it was Rasheed Philips and this week it's Al Frugoni! The king of open-live fire cooking joins me to talk about the Meat Up in Hondo, TX but, more importantly, we will discuss how the Open Fire Memphis In May deal came together for the 2026 version of this event. You might be surprised how this all came together...and who dumped on the idea to begin with!

9:35pm - After Al, Mike Lang from Another Pint Please, joins me for the last time in 2025. We will talk about cold weather cooking, how to set up your fires properly, how to account for time in cooking when the weather sucks and what gifts he's recommending for the holiday season.

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Episode 409

Taking you back to...3/9/2010 - This week we feature what is going to be a multi-week series of “BBQ Round Table” shows. First up is a technical nightmare…one that I don't recall actually ever doing…but I must have because Jon has it queued up and ready to go…Fan of the show Tyler has requested these and Jon has accommodated him fully and for many weeks to come…and you get to enjoy these upcoming shows too!!

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Original Air Date: 3/9/2010

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(November 25, 2025 - Hour Two)

10:14pm & 10:35pm - The 4th Tuesday of the month in the 2nd hour brings a visit from the Embedded Correspondents. We are only a few days away from Thanksgiving at this point, so why not have a special edition of the "100% Assurity Statements". There will be a number of Thanksgiving related statements and there will also be a number of unrelated statements as well. It's always fun, it's always unpredictable and there is no better way to finish November than with these guys!

There might be some special sit-in guests as well...so stay tuned!

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(November 25, 2025 - Hour One)

9:14 - Rasheed Philips from Philips Barbeque Co. stops by to open things up tonight. Aside from being one of the most sought after live-fire cooks out there today, he also hosts a weekly BBQ podcast. Within that podcast, Rasheed is good for a a "Hot Take" or two. So tonight, Rasheed and I will trade "Hot Takes" to see who can come up with the most "Hottest" take of them all.

9:35pm - After Rasheed, our pal Steve Ray from Owl's Nest BBQ stops by for a whole other competition. A few months ago, a listener sent in his AI generated "Theme Song" for the show, which has gone over incredibly well. Well, not to be outdone, Steve did his own theme song for "Owl's Nest BBQ" and tonight we put it to the test. For your listening and evaluating pleasure, we will play both for you tonight and you will decide which one is the best theme song!

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Episode 408

9/24/2019 - This week we feature one of my favorite guests…and a BBQCS GHOF’er and the man who…the globe…considers to be THEE foremost burger authority…our friend George Motz. This was George’s first time on the show…so if you missed it…this will be one you want to check out this coming Friday…and he opens with a hot take on “Global Warming”...

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Original Air Date: 9/24/2019

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(November 18, 2025 - Hour Two)

10:14pm & 10:35pm - This is usually where you would see Susie Bulloch (and Todd) from Hey Grill Hey. While Susie has other plans, Triple T has committed to doing their last segment of 2025 with me. So we will start with what new things are coming out of the HGH platform, and then, we will get the HGH story from Todd's side. We did this with Susie a number of years ago...but I don't know if anyone has actually gotten it from Todd's perspective. I think it is an interesting story to hear from his side...won't you join me?

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(November 18, 2025 - Hour One)

9:14 - The man who needs no introduction to anyone interested in cooking over live-fire, Steven Raichlen, joins me for his last visit of 2025. Tonight we make sure you are "Thanksgiving Ready", that you are "Holiday Season Gift-Giving Ready" and we will also talk about a few of his upcoming book projects, that to me, seem to signal something in his prolific career...am I right?? Tune in and see.

9:35pm - After Steven, I will be joined by monthly guest, and official BBQ business correspondent, Wes Wright. Tonight we talk about the latest going on with Seergrills, Traeger stock prices, indoor pizza ovens and much more.

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