Episodes

Thursday Oct 25, 2018
BBQ - 80 - Lawrence La Pianta - Cherry St. Bar-B-Que - Toronto, Canada
Thursday Oct 25, 2018
Thursday Oct 25, 2018
In this episode Kevin chat's with Lawrence La Pianta, owner and pitmaster of Cherry St. Bar-B-Que in Toronto, Canada. We chat about his background, his journey's to 17th Street BBQ in Murphysboro, IL for BBQ classes, the Big Apple BBQ Block Party, opening his restaurant, cooking at Brisket King, and all about his restaurant, cooking brisket, patience, passion, and love of BBQ.
Check out Cherry St. Bar-B-Que here: http://www.cherrystbbq.com
17th St. BBQ - Oncue Consulting :http://17bbq.com/blog/category/oncue-consulting
See this episode on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnbLmOrILI0
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Monday Oct 22, 2018
Monday Oct 22, 2018
In this episode Kevin talks in depth with food writer, culinary historian, and contributing BBQ Editor for Southern Living Robert Moss about the rest Top 50 BBQ List that he produced. They go into detail about the thought process behind it, the criteria, the new BBQ joints, ones that may have dropped off, and everything in between. If you are curious about Southern BBQ(or BBQ in general), you are going to love this one.
Check out all things Robert Moss here: https://www.robertfmoss.com/
Check out Robert on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/moss
Southern Living Magazine - The South's Top 50 BBQ Joints: https://bit.ly/2yRA7de
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Friday Oct 19, 2018
BBQ - EP - 78 - Ryan Cooper - BBQ Tourist
Friday Oct 19, 2018
Friday Oct 19, 2018
In this episode Kevin chats with Ryan Cooper @BBQTourist, a Cultural Geographer, about his travels to BBQ joints for his site to BBQ Tourist which celebrates the best BBQ in the U.S.
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Monday Oct 15, 2018
BBQ - EP - 77 - Joe Zavala Jr. - Zavala's Barbecue - Grand Prairie, Texas
Monday Oct 15, 2018
Monday Oct 15, 2018
In this episode Kevin chats with Joe Zavala Jr. from Zavala's Barbecue in Grand Prairie, Texas about his upbringing(that included a lot of BBQ), his drive to open on a pop up basis, how to order, the incredible and at times unique BBQ they are serving, 44 farms, his passion, and all of the details on the new brick and mortar location.
You can check out all Zavala's Barbecue here as well as how to order in advance
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Wednesday Oct 10, 2018
BBQ - EP - 76 - Pat Sharpe, Executive Editor and Food Writer for Texas Monthly Magazine
Wednesday Oct 10, 2018
Wednesday Oct 10, 2018
In this episode I chat with Pat Sharpe, Executive Editor and Food Writer for Texas Monthly Magazine about her background, what she did before working at Texas Monthly, how she got the job and her early assignments, but mostly we go deeply into the BBQ editons of Texas Monthly as well as the state of Texas BBQ currently.
You can check out all Texas Monthly articles by Pat Sharpe here
Check out a YouTube version of this here
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Monday Oct 08, 2018
Monday Oct 08, 2018
n this episode of BBQ City Guide, author Chris Chamberlain takes us on a tour of Nashville to the in town and just outside of town must visit locations.
Check out articles by Chris here
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Friday Oct 05, 2018
BBQ - EP - 74 - David Sandusky - Beast Craft BBQ Co. - Belleville, IL
Friday Oct 05, 2018
Friday Oct 05, 2018
In this episode Kevin chats with David Sandusky from Beast Craft BBQ Co. in St. Louis, Illinois about his background, St. Louis BBQ, how he created Beast Craft BBQ, his culinary vision, his new restaurant, and much, much more.
Check out all things Beast Craft BBQ Co. here
Check out all things David Sandusky here
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Wednesday Oct 03, 2018
BBQ - EP - 73 - Brett Boren - Brett's Backyard Bar-B-Que - Rockdale, Texas
Wednesday Oct 03, 2018
Wednesday Oct 03, 2018
In this episode Kevin chats with Brett Boren from Brett's Backyard Bar-B-Que in Rockdale, Texas. They talk about Brett's background which includes his life outside of the United States, his time in Round Rock, playing soccer, his love for Texas BBQ, his competition BBQ cooking, and his new restaurant which opens officially on October 28th, 2018.
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