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The Low & Slow Barbecue Show

142 episodes

Barbecue podcast “The Low and Slow Barbecue Show” serves up barbecue recipes, advice for smoking barbecue, and cooking barbecue stories of success - and failure! Home smokers and BBQ Pitmasters share advice - all steeped in Carolina barbecue flavor. Listen and learn how to smoke meat, the best meat to smoke, how to make Carolina barbecue sauce, and the best barbecue restaurants we love to visit - the best barbecue in North Carolina! (And maybe a few other “barbecue” places, too!) Every episode promises to share a few experiments for the next time you fire up the barbecue smoker.Barbecue meat smoking enthusiast, news journalist, and sports radio broadcaster Chigger Willard walks through the barbecue basics with guests who bring a wide variety of experiences to the barbecue world. Competitors. Restauranteurs. Fund-Raisers. Tailgaters. Moms and Dads. ALL the people who make the best barbecue share all their barbecue best.What wood do you use for meat smoking? How long should you smoke mea...

Episodes

  • · 15m

    Smithfield Cup Results & Carolina Pitmasters Help WNC

    In the world of Carolina Barbecue, which state reigns supreme – North Carolina or South Carolina? We find out with the results from the first-ever Smithfield Cup and salute some…

  • · 31m

    Bo’s Battle Que at Gardner-Webb

    Gardner-Webb University is fanning the flames of barbecue competition for homecoming Oct. 18-19, and the Low & Slow Barbecue Show is getting all the details on the second annual…

  • · 43m

    World Food Championships Founder Mike McCloud

    World Food Championships Founder Mike McCloud shares all the details about the annual food fight that puts the best chefs from across the culinary world into the ring of…

  • · 41m

    Barbecue Bros Reveal the Carolina Barbecue Reviews & Blog

    Barbecue Bros Founder “Monk” joins The Low & Slow Barbecue show to share memories from 12 years of barbecue blogging. He gives us the story of the Barbecue Bros, highlights some…

  • · 41m

    NYC BBQ Sean Ludwig Talks About The Smoke Sheet & BBQ Travels

    NYC BBQ aka Sean Ludwig, co-creator of The Smoke Sheet barbecue newsletter, talks about the publication’s open call for barbecue voices. Listen to our conversation to find out…

  • · 40m

    Ultimate Tailgaters BBQ and Bessemer City Brew and Que

    Ultimate Tailgaters BBQ Pitmaster Chris Fulmer discusses the Southern BBQ Network 2024 Cook Team of the Year championship – an award he’s won four of the past five years. Find out…

  • · 34m

    Carolina Barbecue News | The Lowdown Summer 2024

    The Low & Slow Barbecue Show compiles Carolina barbecue news from The Lowdown to deliver a late Summer 2024 audio digest. Find out about Texas Monthly’s “Best Texas Barbecue in…

  • · 21m

    50 BBQ Podcast Episodes

    The Low & Slow Barbecue Show has hit the half-century mark – 50 BBQ Podcast episodes! - and we’re looking back at some of our favorites. Listen to hear the dozen that left an…

  • · 40m

    Butts for Babies Pitmaster Kyle Sutton

    Butts for Babies founder and pitmaster Kyle Sutton discusses the start of his barbecue journey in Eastern North Carolinas. Find out how that path led to the Butts for Babies…

  • · 13m

    What is Barbecue? Where Did It Come From?

    What is barbecue? Where did it come from? Chigger Willard explores the dictionary and the history books to find out the origins of Carolina barbecue. Is barbecue a verb, a noun,…

  • · 35m

    Black BBQ Cook-Off Coordinator Bruce Yeomans

    Black BBQ Cook-off Coordinator Bruce Yeomans joins The Low & Slow Barbecue show to share the scoop on the events 2024 installment in Fayetteville on Aug. 17. Find out how the…

  • · 29m

    Cranford Brothers Barbecue Chef Ben Sullivan

    Meet Cranford Brothers Barbecue pitmaster and culinary director Chef Ben Sullivan. He joins The Low & Slow Barbecue Show to talk about the newest barbecue business in Hickory, NC,…