The Pitmaster's Podcast

Shawna Roppolo is the female cooker of the year 2 years in a row, winner of the NBBQA's Rhinestone Steak Showdown in Fort Worth, Texas. She has placed top 10 in 51 of 96 comps she has entered. She has won too many to mention here and she talks to us about those wins, tips, trick, and much more.

Shawna teaches a very good class on SCA competition cooking at the BBQ Champs Academy and we HIGHLY recommend it.

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We talk with World Champion Chris Schafer who has won multiple grand championships as head cook of Heavy Smoke BBQ and is the co-host of All That for 6 pieces BBQ show.

He also has his own rub line.

We decided to switch it up this week and just chat about getting into BBQ competitions. We talked about this subject in our second episode with Jesse Johnson and Micheal Peay so check them both out.

This week we have the godfather of bbq podcasting and radio Greg Rempe of The BBQ Central Show

We talk with Greg about the state of BBQ, why competitions are seeing fewer and fewer competitors, are pellet grills the new gateway drug, and a lot more.

You can catch his live show every Tuesday at 9pm Eastern on his Facebook page as well

Terryl is the World Food Championship Judge Coordinator and Head Judge, an SCA Judge and Rep, a Dutch Oven Cook/Competitor, World Champion Dutch oven cook, and a KCBS Judge.

She talks about judging events from World Foods Championship, SCA, and KCBS. What is behind the scenes of and SCA judges table and give advice on turn-ins and more.

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Legendary Pitmaster Carey Bringle of Peg Leg Porker stops by to chat about Tennessee Ribs, how to compete in Memphis in May, bourbon, and Barbecue in general.

Carey has his hands full with a Tennessee style BBQ restaurant and another barbecue restaurant on the way

On top of that, he has a spirits company that boasts a damn fine bourbon that goes perfect with BBQ

Also, he and his friends get together when they find the time and record a podcast that talks about barbecue, life, news of the weird, restaurants, and everything and anything you can think of. It is a crazy good listen.... check it out!

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This week we have Jerry Aguilar of Burnin' and Lootin'.

Here are some of his many accomplishments:

19x grand champion 14x reserve grand champion 6th place 2019 KCBS team of the year 4th place chicken 2019 KCBS team of the year 2019 California BBQ Association team of the year 2019 California BBQ Association Hall of Fame inductee 2012 California BBQ Association rookie of the year

and so much more.

Jerry shares some great tips and stories of competition barbecue.

John Lindsey is the Pitmaster of All Q'ued Up Competition team. John was the 2018 Steak Cookoff Association Newcomer Of The Year. He finished 4th overall in the National Points Chase and placed in the top 10 at 22 of 38 competitions.

In 2019 he finished 2nd overall in the National Points Chase and place in the top 10 at 34 of 59 competitions (58%). He also had 11 competitions where he finished either 1st or 2nd place.

John has a very detailed SCA and backyard steak class on BBQ Champs Academy he also shows you how to cook a delicious pork steak if you get all access. We highly recommend this class!

John is also host of a live FaceBook show called Arkassippi Smoke Live which talks about SCA cooking and a whole lot more.

You can also buy his new rub that is responsible for all his success called All Q'ued Up Steak shake you can buy it here

Chef Matt is on the forefront of cannabis cooking. Former bbq restaurant owner and competitor turned Chef. He specializes in CBD And THC infused foods. We chat with him about the world of cannabis cooking.

Head over to his website for more.

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In this episode, we turn the mic on ourselves and get to know our teams.

First up, the guys that make up Salt City Barbecue Rusty, Chad, and Jarod have been competing together for a little over a year and are 3x reserve grand champions and have gotten a call in every comp of their short career.

Then we have Smoke Ain't No Joke BBQ headed up by Anthony Lujan with Trevor Jensen and Rick. They are 2x grand champions with multiple top 10 finishes.