BBQ Interview Series - Kevin’s BBQ Joints
A BBQ Interview Series by Kevin’s BBQ Joints focusing on personalities in the BBQ, meat and food world. We dive deep into their history, current projects, and more importantly their passion for BBQ and meat.
A BBQ Interview Series by Kevin’s BBQ Joints focusing on personalities in the BBQ, meat and food world. We dive deep into their history, current projects, and more importantly their passion for BBQ and meat.
Episodes

Monday Nov 05, 2018
BBQ - EP - 83 - Jeffrey Hobbs - The Slow Bone - Dallas, Texas
Monday Nov 05, 2018
Monday Nov 05, 2018
In this episode Kevin chat's with Jeffrey Hobbs from The Slow Bone in Dallas, Texas about his background, coming on board with The Slow Bone and moving from chef to pit boss, his learning curve to cooking BBQ the way he wanted to, their incredible, must try every singe one, sides(both hot and cold), desserts, and their award wining fried chicken. The one word that continues to come up in the interview is 'delicious'. Jeffrey strives to put out the most delicious food possible.Check out all things The Slow Bone here: http://slowbone.com
Check out The Slow Bone on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/theslowbone
Hours:7 Days A Week - 11AM - 3PM
See this episode on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB4KGGEB3UA
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Friday Nov 02, 2018
BBQ - EP - 82 - Dusty Miller - Miller's Smokehouse - Belton, Texas
Friday Nov 02, 2018
Friday Nov 02, 2018
In this episode I chat with Dusty Miller from Miller's Smokehouse in Belton, Texas about his background, his family's deer processing business which transitioned to a small BBQ business, which in turn became what Miller's Smokehouse is today. Not only do they make incredible BBQ, but they have great desserts, cured items, and top notch coffee.Check out all things Miller's Smokehouse here: https://millerssmokehouse.comMiller's Smokehouse on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MillerBBQFamilyMiller's Smokehouse on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/millerssmokehouseMiller's Smokehouse on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/millerssmokehouseMiller's Smokehouse Hours: Sunday thru Thursday: 11 AM - 3 PMFriday/Saturday: 11 AM - 9 PM
See this episode on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2N3wjBZtqc
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Monday Oct 29, 2018
BBQ - EP - 81 - Jill Grobowsky Bergus - Lockhart Smokehouse - Dallas, Texas
Monday Oct 29, 2018
Monday Oct 29, 2018
In this episode Kevin chats with Jill Grobowsky Bergus from Lockhart Smokehouse in Dallas, Texas about her and her husband's transition from the corporate world to owning a restaurant, her family's history in Texas BBQ, the unique menu items they carry, their now three locations, and everything in between.
See all things Lockhart, Smokehouse here: https://www.lockhartsmokehouse.com Follow Lockhart Smokehouse on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/DallasLockhart Follow Lockhart Smokehouse on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/lockhartsmokehouse
See this episode on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqPeKz2yIy4
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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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See all things BBQ Tourist here: https://bbqtourist.com
BBQ Tourist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbqtourist
BBQ Tourist on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbqtourist
BBQ Tourist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bbqtourist
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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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