The Pitmaster's Podcast

This week we chat with Mark Avalos of SLAB bbq. A BBQ man in the middle of the "craft" bbq scene making BBQ his way. Mark takes his craft BBQ and turns it into his favorite food which happens to be sandwiches. He walks us through his journey from grilling in the backyard to opening a successful restaurant.

This week we talk with BBQ food truck owner, competition cook, and owner of Trauma Hogs rubs Jason Cottingham. He shares his experience with starting a food trailer and a little comp talk as well. Check out Trauma hogs traumahogsbbq.com

Erica Blaire is a pitmaster and soon-to-be restaurant owner and so happens to be the reigning champ of BBQ Brawl. Taylor Shulman is an accomplished pitmaster. Also, is a restaurant chef and consultant who had a strong showing on the show. We chat with them about their experience and things they are doing with their talents after the show.

Morgan Strunk fresh off his SCA double which he took down not only a Golden Ticket but a 2nd place call as well. We chat with him about his short rise to glory and he shares all the info he learned that landed him on his path to Forth Worth.

This week Steve Brewer aka Cast Iron Steve reached out to us and wanted to ask us some questions on the podcast about backyard completion, so we got Matt Hanson to join us and let Steve fire away. If you have a backyard comp coming up download the pod and we hope you learn all the things you need to get those calls.

Nate Benson has been crushing the SCA circuit this year and we sit down with him and talk about his success in steak and ancillaries. We hope you can get a good tip or two to help up your game.

After a long week of food truck madness, we decided to record an episode about farts, promote certain contests, and food truck talk. We call it the BS episode. We hope you enjoy our ramblings. But an episode is better than no episode right?.......right?

There is a lot going on in the world of Hey Grill, Hey. New website, new TV shows, new branding but most importantly a new sauce and rubs also.......New headbands. There is a lot to talk about so download where you get your podcasts and catch up with Susie and Todd.

We chat with Jared Hooker of Hooks Rubs and Spices. A Utah company with Texas roots. If you want some great rubs to make your food 4000% better you need to try these. These rubs are in our rotation when we cook so if you need any recipes just reach out. If you enter promo code: pitpod10 when you order you can get a sweet discount.

Bill Purvis may be fairly new to the competition BBQ world but he came in like a wrecking ball. He is currently 4th in the KCBS points chase. We talk to him about his quick success, tips, and stories about his journey up till now.