(March 18, 2025 - Hour Two)

10:14pm - Leading off the 2nd hour tonight is a legend in competition BBQ, a BBQ Hall of Fame'er, a TV star, an author of 2 books and an owner of a BBQ retail store...and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Fan favorite, Melissa Cookston, joins the show once again. Tonight we will talk about the upcoming Smoke Slam event in May, the World Junior BBQ League, a new cookbook, dealing with the aforementioned retail space and much more. Melissa is always a great guest and tonight promises to be no different!



10:35pm - Coming out of the bullpen tonight is the BBQ editor for Texas Monthly, Daniel Vaughn. DV makes his first of 4 appearances in 2025 and we will talk about all the hot news for Texas BBQ as well as other live-fire news that is worth talking about.

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