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Three award-winning Texas Top 50 BBQ veterans sit down to share honest, no-bull conversations about life, purpose, burnout, creativity, and the grind of building something meaningful, in and far beyond the pit. This isn't a show about brisket recipes (though that might come up).
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The Backyard BBQ That Raised $4 Million | Alice Laussade (opens the original)
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What started as a backyard BBQ in Dallas has grown into something nobody could have predicted. This week on Smoke(less), Nick Pencis of Stanley’s Famous Pit Bar-B-Q, Justin Fourton of Pecan Lodge, and Wayne Mueller of Louie Mueller Barbecue sit down with Alice Laussade, founder of Meat Fight, the brilliantly weird BBQ fundraiser that has now raised more than $4 million for the National MS Society. Alice tells the story of how Meat Fight grew from a small backyard cookout into a full-blown annual
He Saw Texas BBQ Before the World Did | Wyatt McSpadden (opens the original)
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Before Texas BBQ became a global phenomenon, Wyatt McSpadden was already there — camera in hand, documenting the people, places and traditions that helped define it. For decades, Wyatt has captured some of the most iconic images in Texas barbecue, from the old-school joints of Lockhart and Taylor to the rise of a new generation that would completely transform the scene. In this episode of Smoke(less), Wyatt joins Nick Pencis, Justin Fourton and Wayne Mueller to look back at an extraordinary care
Is The Texas BBQ Boom Over? (opens the original)
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Why are so many Texas BBQ joints closing? Is the Texas BBQ Boom Over? Texas BBQ has experienced an incredible boom over the last decade, but lately some well-known restaurants have been shutting their doors — and this week, Nick Pencis, Justin Fourton and Wayne Mueller ask whether something bigger is happening. Is Texas BBQ simply too expensive? Have we reached peak BBQ? Is the market oversaturated? Or are great pitmasters discovering that making incredible barbecue and running a successful rest
Jess Pryles | What Happens When You Finally Find Your Thing (opens the original)
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Before Jess Pryles became one of the biggest names in live-fire cooking, she was living in Australia, bouncing between careers and travelling to Texas whenever she could. Eventually, she realised her life back home was essentially “on pause” while she waited for the next trip. So she made the move. In this episode of Smokeless, Jess joins Nick Pencis of Stanley’s Famous Pit Bar-B-Q, Wayne Mueller of Louie Mueller Barbecue and Justin Fourton of Pecan Lodge to talk about finding the thing she was
The BBQ Advice Nobody Tells You (opens the original)
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What BBQ advice actually matters and what’s just hype? This week on the Smokeless Podcast, Nick Pencis of Stanley’s Famous Pit BBQ, Wayne Mueller of Louie Mueller Barbecue and Vic Barry get into the questions backyard cooks actually want answered. What should you buy if you want to start smoking brisket and ribs? Are expensive pits really worth the money? What’s the one meat that’s almost impossible to screw up? Which BBQ trick is completely overrated? And what happens when even experienced cook
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