The MESH

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

  • · 22m

    BBQ Road Trip Review: Fork Grove, Carlile’s, Rusty’s Bar-B-Q

    The Low & Slow Barbecue Show embarked on another BBQ Road Trip into the Deep South, and we’re sharing everything thing you need to know. Our BBQ Road Trip Review includes stops at…

  • · 35m

    Reed St. BBQ Owner Gil Barnes

    Meet Gil Barnes, founder and operator of Reed St. BBQ, a Hickory-based catering operation that serves Southern cuisine that relies on wood-fired cooking. Reed St. prides itself on…

  • · 34m

    Ben’s Backdraft BBQ Food Truck in Western N.C.

    Find out why Ben Hooper left a full-time job in the fire service to pursue his dreams as a barbecue pitmaster for his Western North Carolina food truck, Ben’s Backdraft BBQ. Learn…

  • · 13m

    Our Favorite July 4th BBQ Recipes

    As we celebrate Independence Day and the 248th birthday of the United States, The Low & Slow Barbecue Show shares our favorite July 4th BBQ Recipes. Listen to this episode to get…

  • · 17m

    BBQ Road Trip! Reviews for Palmira and City Limits

    Summer is here, and it is time for a BBQ road trip! In this episode, The Low & Slow Barbecue travels to South Carolina to review a pair of places that are getting increasingly…

  • · 36m

    Meet Farm BBQ: Carolina Style Born in Maryland

    Believe it or not, the Carolinas don’t hold a monopoly on “Carolina barbecue.” In fact, you can even find it in the land of crab cakes. That’s where you’ll meet Farm BBQ, a…

  • · 28m

    Bryan Furman BBQ | Pitmaster Spotlight

    Bryan Furman became the first pitmaster named one of Food & Wine Magazine’s Best New Chefs. He’s caught the James Beard Foundation’s attention, too, landing on the list of…

  • · 27m

    BBQ Competition Behind the Scenes with SBN & Backdraft BBQ

    BBQ Competition is serious business in the Carolinas, so we’re taking a behind-the-scenes look with pros in the know. From training competition BBQ judges and their work at the…

  • · 32m

    BBQ Tourist Ryan Cooper, Founder of The Smoke Sheet

    In a barbecue world that’s full of options, from the best places to eat, to the right equipment to you and the latest methods you want to try, it helps to have a tour guide. BBQ…

  • · 39m

    Blue Suede BBQ: Rubs, Sauces & Service

    Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer but it is also a time to salute the soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the service of our country. In this episode of The Low…

  • · 30m

    Jon G’s Owners Garren & Kelly Kirkman

    Jon G’s Barbecue serves Texas barbecue tradition in the small North Carolina town of Peachland, where he’s attracting plenty of big-city attention. Whether it’s Texas Monthly,…

  • · 29m

    Vicious Pig Barbecue & Lori’s Ace BBQ Battle

    The Low & Slow Barbecue Show steps into the competition BBQ circuit with the Vicious Pig BBQ team and Lori’s Ace Hardware, the site of a big BBQ Battle. We find out what goes into…