Quietly making a mark in NZBA and certainly not as quietly hitting the SCA ancillaries and steak is 2 Girls, 1 Grill's Cherie Leckner from the South Island! Pull up a pew and hear about their hjourney and some of the things they're working on to keep impr

The backwoods of Georgia USA are calling us this week as we catch up with one of the stars of Netflix's Great American BBQ Showdown, James 'Grubbaque' Grubbs. If you've ever wondered how you cook Possum or Beaver tail - this one is for you!  Plus we round

Here's one that we've been waiting to bring you! Jeremy Morgan and Sam Vanvilay are not only GC winners from this year with Low-I-Que, not only one of the original Cooks on Fire teams, not only some of Wellington's finest but also a pair of sexy NZ'ers wi

Join us this week as we chat to one of the OG's of NZ BBQ - Michael Jeffries from the Big Smoke BBQ Company and his offsider and partner in crime for S1 of Cooks on Fire, Shane Southby!Plus Noel's top tips on drum fire management and all the usual round

Who's feeling a little tropical? We are! We're off to chat with Tom McDonald and Paul Napa a couple of Kiwi's who are flying the BBQ flag high and proud in Rarotonga! Check out all of the things hitting their scene and how you can get over there to do a b

This week on the base we welcome chef, forager, hunter and all round good sort, Joel Hodgson from Nature's Kai. Ever wondered what you should pair with a wild mushroom? Need a foolproof method for doing fish on the smoker? Joel's your guy... We also chat

We're off to sunny QUeensland for this one to meet the suitably fluorescent (shirted) Brad and Renee Rose of Awesome Ugly BBQ! Come chat how they helped some fellow flightless birds out during a time of need and the reaction to that that nobody expected!

A special show, recorded live at Smokin' Cole, Grey Lynn! We catch up with our mate Croyden Cole about joining the show as a sponsor and then the main act, Brett and Ced from BBQVANA who have been tearing up the NZBA this year.  Noel gives you the tip for

This week we catch up with Stefan Apiata, better known to many of you as Stef the Maori! Come here about how he got going, built a huge social following and how he then launched his line of rubs and how native flavours play a huge role in his BBQ and cook

Charlotte Hughes was recently awarded the 12th best ancillary cook in THE WORLD at the SCA Worlds in Fort Worth. Everything you ever wanted to know about SCA and creating awesome dishes, is right here. Plus we recap all the news and Noel gives you his foo