Episode 227

From 5/26/2015 – being featured this week is one of the pitmasters of The Pork Brothers Competition Team – Mike Fritz!  He and his 2 other team members were running the rib burner circuit back then…the rib circuit is much different than a KCBS, FBA, SLBBQ, the Texas sanctioning bodies or most any competition BBQ sanctioning body really…if you ever have the “rib burn-off” events in your hometown…there were MANY back in the day here in Cleveland and there are still a few big ones each summer…THAT is the rib circuit.  They go from festival to festival, pay pretty large entry fees…and then VEND…at the end of the weekend, there is usually a people’s choice winner and sometimes there is a “local celebrity” judge panel judging to proclaim a winner of the weekend as well…really, when you strip it back, while I am sure everyone wants to win the weekend…they all just really want to make as much money as they can vending their ribs.  

I remember a guy by the name of Billy Bones…he was BIG on the rib burner circuit back in the early 2000’s…he told me one time that it was hard to even get in the circuit…spots were willed down to family members…kind of like HLSR spots…So, you’ll get a background on Mike Fritz (a private jet pilot) and he talks about a few recent events…pretty interesting stuff!

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Original Air Date: 5/26/2015

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