Team Blues Hog shocked the BBQ world in 2022 by winning what many consider the biggest prize in competition BBQ - Memphis in Mays Grand Championship - by cooking Whole Hog hot and fast on an oversize

Theres a new No. 1 team in the KCBS Team of the Year standings this week and we learn more about Colorado Bulldawg BBQ from pitmaster Levi Stoakes on Episode 209 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast. Lev

Buckle up because Episode 208 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast is one of the longest weve done, checking in at 72 minutes but its packed full of big names with good and fun info. First up is Mark

The open-fire cooking season officially is launching into high gear as we hit mid-April. For those backyard cooks wondering what type of charcoal - hardwood lump, briquette or pellets - are best for t

What goes into organizing a great barbecue competition? If theres a template for a KCBS event, Smoke in the Spring in Osage, Kansas, could be it. The 20th annual edition was held last weekend with 10

Everyone loves a great slider. Mitche Graf wants to find out who can cook the worlds best compact burger. Graf is putting together the first Worlds Best Slider Championship, coming to Las Vegas in M

One of the iconic figures in BBQ joins us on Episode 204 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast. Ed Maurin was a member of the KCBS Board of Directors in the organizations early days, when he battled the l

Cooking in brutally cold weather can test the best pitmasters, physically and mentally. That was the case last weekend at the Qlathe BBQ Championship in Olathe, Kansas, where Justin Bowman of Bull Cre

Chris Webb of Colorados Bushmaster BBQ had a weekend to remember at the Kansas City Barbeque Society's BBQ & Brew Fest - Best in the Southwest, in Yuma, Arizona. Chris scored not one, not two but THR

They were a breakout competition BBQ team in 2022, winning their first KCBS Grand Championship and the Made for KC Grand Championship. The latter included putting their own menu creation and recipes i