The Pitmaster's Podcast

Scott Harris of Surefire Foods has won Golden Tickets in SCA Steak and Ancillaries and is an accomplished BBQ competitor as well. We chat with him about his culinary background and how that helps and hurts him in comps. How he pays for comps and so much more.

Scott Harris of Surefire Foods has won Golden Tickets in SCA Steak and Ancillaries and is an accomplished BBQ competitor as well. We chat with him about his culinary background and how that helps and hurts him in comps. How he pays for comps and so much more.

In this episode, we recap the SCA world championship with Morgan Strunk, Nate Benson, and Bobby Oliver. We chat about their experience, what is needed to prepare for such an event and what it takes to walk.

Pitmaster of Fire and Smoke BBQ and host of Man Meat BBQ podcast Mikey Kay stops by to talk about what he has been up to and talk bbq business.

Aaron Gonerway is a former Texan who now cooks in the challenging cold and altitude of Aurora CO. Starting out as a small operation for friends or anyone lucky enough to catch his food for sale on socials to now securing a permanent location. We get to know his story and some pointers on selling and cooking bbq

With the SCA World Championships coming up soon we talk to the winner of last year's event Marissa Ouverson. With her new tell-all class on BBQ Champs and a slew of wins under her belt, we talk to her about what got her there and some tips and tricks she has picked up along the way.

We head north to have a live chat with Angie Cammack Butcher over at BBQ Pitstop of Logan. We talk about meat cuts and get a butcher's take on good and bad meats. Rusty even gets schooled on porterhouse. If you like meat and wanna learn a thing or 2 about where it comes from, check out this episode.

This week we have the legend of pits David Knight founder of Ole Hickory Pits. We get into how he started in the pit-making business and about the journey that lead him to the BBQ Hall of Fame and how Ole Hickory became one of the best cookers out there. Download where ever you get your podcasts.

We check in with John Linsdey of All Q'ued Up and Arkassippi Smoke Live. Co-creator of the now-famous Arkassippi combo. John recently won the prestigious Hog Drop put on by none other than Myron Mixon. A lot has changed since john was on the podcast last, so come catch up and learn what is new with the master of steak

This week we chat with the legendary rub maker and bbq competitor Stephan Franklin of Simply Marvelous. His rubs are used by the best cooks on the circuit and we get to know the man behind one of the best rub lines in history. He drops a lot of info about how to be a successful competition cook so don't miss this one.