Butcher BBQ podcast will help you get ahead of the curve on learning for any grill lover. Host David Bouska has 34 years in the meat business, inductee in the Oklahoma BBQ Hall of Fame, along with being a 2 time World BBQ Champion. He teaches you his unique way of understanding the world of competition and back yard grilling. He shares his knowledge on his products along with many quests that are friends in the business, retail store owners, fellow cooks, and restaurant owners. All sharing t ...
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The Smoking Hot Confessions BBQ Podcast is dedicated to teaching, learning and sharing all about BBQ. Learn more at www.smokinghotconfessions.com
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Hello, hello. It's been a minute, hasn't it! Some of you may have thought the show was over, but it is not. But don't read this, press play and get the down low there. This episode of the Smoking Hot Confessions BBQ Podcast was recorded LIVE at the Emerald BBQ and Beer Festival, in beautiful outback Queensland. Enjoy! Wanna continue the conversatio…
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I talk with Larry & Karen Orton owners of Orton"s House Seasoning-Season 2 episode 8
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I went into this with some scripted questions. The passion and love these two have for their product changed all that. They don't come from a competition back ground, rather from necessity. They built their own play book on launching the brand and still doing it the Orton way today. I know you will love hearing this story because I loved asking abo…
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Interview with Glenn Drake-Season 2 episode 7
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Back doing an interview. We talk with Glenn Drake, a brand ambassador for Butcher BBQ. I wanted to show everyone that our ambassadors are not all comp cooking teams. Glenn is a family man with a career while having a passion for grilling. His favorite thing to cook is dinosaur beef ribs. When he got to talking about them I was made of questions. I …
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My guest that was to be on, had an emergency so you get me chatting about the American Royal, ways I am hearing to use our chicken brine, stupid news, and recap of the contest we did following our prep on the last podcast.By David Bouska - Butcher BBQ
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Follow Me Prepping during a competition week Season 2 - episode 5
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This was fun documenting my week leading up to a comp. I get asked this so I thought I would just talk as if I was writing in my diary. We cover trimming meat, making injections, my comp trailer, and even where I messed up the end of the week.By David Bouska - Butcher BBQ
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Interview with Curt Wallace - Season 2 episode 4
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I sit down with one of the hottest bbq cook teams on the circuit today, Curt Wallace with team Smoked and Furious. He has won 5 Grand Championships this year. He started cooking 2 seasons ago. Everyone can learn from how he approached the game of comp BBQ to help themself.By David Bouska - Butcher BBQ
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Interview with Nick Long - Season 2 episode 3
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Nick Long is a friend of Butcher BBQ and one of our Brand Ambassadors. He has been cooking for a long time and approached cooking in a different way. He now host a YouTube channel so we dip our toe in what he does with that. Its not a long podcast weather was not making this easy for taping. So sit back and enjoy.…
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Listener Questions and Where I am going this week - Season 2 episode 2
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I open the show talking about a store I will be at his weekend. Then I dove into 3 great questions I get asked. I start off with our Brand Ambassador program, what it cost me and how would you get on it. 2nd question is what are the flavors and differences of the Bird Booster Injections. The final thing I talk about is when is the proper time to sl…
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BBQ Phosphates-What it does for BBQ Cooking /Season 2 episode1
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It has been way to long since we did a podcast, now its time we get started again. This show we will talk about phosphates and what they do for BBQ cooking.By David Bouska - Butcher BBQ
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This episode of the Smoking Hot Confessions BBQ Podcast is Part 2 of a 2 part ‘After Dark’ series recorded at the always amazing Kangaroo Valley Craft Beer and BBQ Festival. In Pt 2, I’m joined by Chad Griffin from Smoke Masters BBQ in a stint as co-host, as well as Matt Brien from Smokin’ Forties, Drinkin’ Shorties, and Cheyne Whitemore from Long …
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Kangaroo Valley After Dark Part One
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This episode of the Smoking Hot Confessions BBQ Podcast is Part 1 of a 2 part ‘After Dark’ series recorded at the always amazing Kangaroo Valley Craft Beer and BBQ Festival. In Pt 1, we’re chatting with Matt Harris from Shire Smokers BBQ and James Wilson from Smokeface Grillahs, two of the most seasoned BBQ competitors in Australia. Get your pens a…
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Turning Competition wins into Cash | David Bouska | Butcher BBQ
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If you’re serious about BBQ, and let’s be honest, you wouldn’t be here if you weren’t, then you’ll know about Butcher BBQ. Their BBQ rubs and injections are staples of competition BBQ kitchens around the world and have been credited with more trophy wins than any other product out there. The founder is David Bouska - world championship winning Pitm…
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Ugly Drum Smokers Australia | Adam Yorke | UDS Builder
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If there’s one man who knows how to build an ugly drum smoker, it’s Adam Yorke, founder of Ugly Drum Smokers Australia. A fellow Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner and BBQ lover, it didn’t take long for Adam to go all in on the BBQ game, starting his own BBQ business. And he has several different options available for potential barrel smoker fans. Fo…
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Making BBQ Rubs and Winning Trophies | Steven West | Moist BBQ
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There’s not much that Steven West of Moist BBQ enjoys more than going to a BBQ Competition. Except of course winning a trophy at that BBQ competition. Using his own BBQ rubs of course! Steven is the pitmaster and team captain of Moist BBQ, a competition BBQ team that enjoys a good reputation on the circuit. Be it a low and slow Australasian Barbecu…
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Broke to $50M USD | Darian 'Kosmo' Khosravi | Kosmo's Q
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You have a dream. You’re onto something. You can feel it in your bones. You just have to get there. But there’s a problem. Money makes the world go round, and you don’t have much of it. In fact, you only $500 left on your last good credit card. Do you back yourself and go all in, or do you play it safe and bow out while you still can? One man who c…
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Game Meat, Sustainability and Barbecue | Rob Gallina
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Game meat isn’t for everybody. Atleast, it hasn’t been historically. However one man, Rob Gallina, is set to change that. He’s a builder, contract shooter and BBQ freak who loves nothing more than getting out in the bush for a few weeks at a time and living off the land. Yes, you read that right - he hunts, catches, cleans and cooks what he eats. H…
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Remembering the Missing History of Barbecue | Dr Howard Conyers
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When asked for their best piece of advice, many BBQ pitmasters will pause, reflect, and say ‘Relax, it’s not rocket science.’ Except, sometimes it is. Such is the case for Dr Howard Conyers, a pitmaster from South Carolina, currently living in Louisiana. Why Louisiana? Because by day, Dr Conyers is a rocket scientist for NASA. Yep, during the week …
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KCBS Competitions in the West | Julie-ann Tindall-Davies
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Julie-ann Tindall-Davies returns in this very special episode of our BBQ Podcast. If you’ve been listening to the show for a while, you’ll know that she’s one half of the dynamic duo behind JAGRD Woodfired, one of the most successful smoker manufacturers in the country. Their competition team was also awarded the KCBS International Brisket Team of …
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World Steak Champion | Sunny Moody | Mood Swing BBQ
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There are few people that you will meet in your life that deserve the moniker, ‘a force of nature’. However Sunny Moody is exactly that. Sunny was awarded, and is the current reigning World Steak Champion, taking out the annual Steak Cookoff Association Championships in 2021. Now winning that prestigious BBQ competition is no mean feat, but there’s…
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Creativity in Barbecue | Cassie Strohmeyer | Smoke on the Water
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Barbecue can be as conformative or as creative as you want to make it. One BBQ pitmaster who refuses to relegate her food to the banality of conformity is Cassie Strohmeyer, head cook and team captain of Smoke on the Water competition BBQ team. Hailing from Gladstone, Queensland, Cassie spends her time traveling the east coast of Australia, competi…
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Native Spices in Low and Slow | Amanda Trapnell | Native Harvest
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What do kangaroos, emu and crocodile have in common? They are all delicious on the grill. Jokes aside, despite a reputation of being a barren land, Australia actually has an incredibly large and diverse range of foods - enough to support countless generations of Indigenous Australians for approximately 50,000 years. Sadly, much of this knowledge ha…
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We continue our podcast series featuring the most influential women in BBQ with Ceri Ford, one of the most prolific BBQ judges on the circuit and founder of the Women of Low ‘n Slow Australia Facebook group. She’s a registered judge with the Australasian Barbecue Alliance, Kansas City Barbeque Society and the Steak Cookoff Association. I would chal…
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Award Winning BBQ | Bronnie Durston | Bundaberg Lunchbox
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Bronnie Durston has led a successful career in hospitality, having made a name for herself as a wedding planner. However, after discovering the delicious food of Texas BBQ, Bronnie has dedicated herself to low and slow BBQ. Together with husband Paul, they are active on the competition BBQ circuit, competing as the award winning BBQ team, Bulldogs …
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Cocktails, 'Q and KCBS | Karina Rumens | Women of BBQ
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Karina Rumens is a woman on a mission - to ensure that competition BBQ in Australia is held to the highest standards and maintains a reputation equal to anywhere else in the world. Karina is one of the highest Kansas City Barbeque Society Representatives in the country and when you meet her, it’s easy to see why. A consummate professional, Karina i…
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Meatstock is not just a BBQ festival - it’s an experience. It’s a BBQ competition, an expo, a rock concert, a car show and much much more. And so it was that I was very excited when it was announced that Meatstock was coming to Queensland. And boy, was it a show. In partnership with Toowoomba Regional Council, Meatstock Toowoomba set the standard f…
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Building a Successful BBQ Joint | Brad Shorten | Fire and Brimstone Barbeque
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There’s BBQ joints, and then there’s Fire and Brimstone Barbeque - one of the best BBQ joints in Sydney. BBQ Pitmaster Brad Shorten is the man behind the smoked meat phenomenon and he’s our guest in this full episode of the Smoking Hot Confessions BBQ Podcast. Fire and Brimstone is well known by Sydney foodies as the place to go for delicious smoke…
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BBQ Catering, Pit Building and Competition BBQ | Blair Tomkinson | Bears BBQ
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Slinging brisket for cash is no easy feat, but Mackay pitmaster Blair Tomkinson sure makes it look that way. His BBQ catering business, Bears BBQ Low and Slow Catering, has been recently nominated for ‘Catering Operation of the Year’ in the annual Australasian Barbecue Alliance Awards. His brisket and beef ribs are the stuff of legend, and his prow…
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Preseason cooking and test cooking with myself - episode 056
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I go over my off season cooking for testing and a special summary of a test cook I did on a comp brisket. I will tell you my thoughts on the outcome and how I did the test so you can be a judge for yourself.By David Bouska - Butcher BBQ
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How to Grow on TikTok | John Austin | AussieQ Backyard BBQ
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John Austin is many things. A husband. A Father. A serviceman. A backyard BBQ lover. And now a TikTok superstar!It is impossible to argue that TikTok is a fad - it’s clearly here to stay, and BBQ business owners would do well to get on board. The TikTok algorithm is still very generous, offering a lot of organic reach that has become very hard to c…
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Rubs, Butcher Shops & BBQ Accessories| Kyle Leffers | Rub and Grub
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Kyle Leffers is a man who loves his BBQ. So much so that he has started not one, but two BBQ businesses, as well as a competition BBQ team. Based in Adelaide, South Australia, Kyle and his team compete as Rub and Grub and are carving it up, particularly in Steak Cookoff Association competitions where, at the time of publishing, team mate Adriano An…
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Competition BBQ and YouTube Success | Malcom Reed | How to BBQ Right
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If there is one name that is synonymous with competition BBQ, it’s Malcom Reed. Malcom Reed and his competition BBQ team Killer Hogs are legends of the competition BBQ scene, winning trophy after trophy over a period of nearly two decades. He’s particularly well known for his long history of success at the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contes…
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I talk with pitmaster Dan Jacobellis from Top Gun BBQ. Dan gets into why he chooses to do what he does for cooking. He is a 2nd generation Chef and instructor at a culinary institute. So Dan dives into BBQ while making sure texture, tenderness, and flavor are elements to remember his food.By David Bouska - Butcher BBQ
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Meatstock is coming to Queensland | Jay Beaumont
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There are big changes afoot for both the Meatstock food festival and BBQ competition, and the Australasian Barbecue Alliance itself. Jay Beaumont is a co-founder of the Australasian Barbecue Alliance, the founder of Meatstock and man oh man does he know how to put on an event! Meatstock is foodie heaven! It is without a doubt the biggest and best B…
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The Queen of Spice | Amy Jungk | Old World Spices
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Amy Jungk is undoubtedly the Queen of Spice. Her official title is Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Old World Spices & Seasonings. However, her actual role is much more and deeper than that. She's actually the third generation to be owning and running one of, if not the biggest co-packer in the United States. In turn, Old World Spi…
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BBQ in the Arctic Circle | Olav Skogaas | Traeger Grills Norway
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The Arctic Circle is a low way from Australia. Almost the exact opposite end of the Earth. But there is one thing that unites us - BBQ! Olav Skogaas is one Norwegian who is seriously into his barbecue. Not only does he run the biggest BBQ blog in the Arctic Circle, he's also on the Traeger Pro Team, using his Traeger Pro 34 to compete and create in…
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Brazilian BBQ Fusion | Adriano Andrade | BRZ Foods
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If you've been with our channel for a while, you'll know that here at Smoking Hot Confessions, we're all about low'n'slow BBQ. You'll also know that we love to mix things up. And so when I met Adriano Andrade for the first time, I knew I had to have him on the show. You see, Adriano Andrade is from Brazil and now calls Australia home. His passion i…
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World Champion Squirrel Cook-Off & Steaks for Sheepdogs | Joe Wilson
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Joe Wilson is a man who can see the future. And what does he see from his front porch in Bentonville, Arkansas? Squirrels, that's what. And so the World Champion Squirrel Cook-Off was born. Now, many of us outside of the USA have grown up with Disney squirrels and can't imagine a cooking competition where squirrel is the main dish. However, for a l…
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First podcast in quite some time and no better person to talk with than Robby Royal. We talk about up coming classes, any winter season practice cooks that have went on, and just catch up on events.By David Bouska - Butcher BBQ
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Life as a BBQ Guru | Steven Raichlen | Barbecue University
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Steven Raichlen is a legend in the world of meat and all things BBQ. I’ll wager there isn’t anyone reading this right now who hasn’t heard of him. Furthermore, I’ll wager that many of you have one of his many BBQ books on your shelf right now. He’s a best selling author of incredible cook books such as ‘Project Smoke’, ‘The Barbecue Bible’, and mos…
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BBQ Brawl's Master of 'Cue | Erica B Roby | Blue Smoke Blaire
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Erica B Roby is a woman on a mission. Her mission: to become the best pitmaster in the world. And here’s a hint: she’s already up there with the best! Her work has been recognised around the world via her incredibly popular Instagram profile (@bluesmokeblaire), however it was when she was invited to appear in Season Two of BBQ Brawl from The Food N…
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Bringing Texas BBQ to Melbourne | Chris Terlikar | Blue Bonnet Barbecue
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There are those of us that love BBQ, and then there’s Chris Terlikar. What makes Chris different? Not many of us have, or would, go and live in Austin, Texas for three months and work for free in an internship under Tom Micklethwait from legendary Texas BBQ joint Micklethwait Craft Meats, known for having some of the best barbecue in Texas. Chris b…
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Building BBQ Joints By Hand | Junior Urias | Up In Smoke BBQ
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Junior Urias is a man of action, who isn’t afraid of a little hard work. Or a lot of hard work for that matter. Odds are, you’ve seen Junior before - he was a competitor on the popular TV show ‘BBQ Pitmasters’. But there’s so much more to Junior than a season of reality television. He started in the BBQ industry at a very young age and has explored…
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How to Grow a Huge BBQ Business | Rob Thraves | Smokin Hot N Saucy
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Texas BBQ, often regarded as the best BBQ in the world, has inspired many, many pitmasters around the world. One of those pitmasters is Rob Thraves, from Smokin Hot N Saucy. Together with his wife Randi, herself a native of Texas, Rob took a tour of Austin, Houston, and all the best BBQ joints in between. They came home inspired with a vision cemen…
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From Comedy to Barbecue | Vic Clevenger | The Chimney Cartel
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Stand-up comedy is not an easy game. You have to be very, very brave to get up on stage and try to make a room full of people laugh. And yet this is the career that southern gentleman Vic Clevenger pursued, working for over two decades as ‘The Cooking Comedian.’ The big world changes in 2020 saw Vic’s business model brought to its knees, and so he …
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What is the New Zealand Barbecue Alliance? | Luke Seeney
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Low and slow BBQ is a growing food movement all around the world. It now has a solid competition scene not just in Australia, but also in New Zealand. In fact, the scene is growing so quickly in NZ that there are now several BBQ rub and BBQ sauce companies as well as BBQ joints and restaurants that rival the best in the world. One man leading the c…
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Bringing Gyros to Australia | Rhiannon Peterson | BBQ Spit Rotisseries
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BBQ Spit Rotisseries is a success story in the world of BBQ businesses, and co-founder Rhiannon Peterson is a driving force behind it. Rhiannon is a highly motivated, hard working entrepreneur and foodie who, starting with just a rotisserie, an idea and a never give up mindset, has built the country’s largest independent BBQ store with shops in Mel…
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The Best BBQ joint in QLD | Bluebird Kitchen and Smokehouse
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There are BBQ restaurants, there are BBQ joints, and then there’s Bluebird Kitchen and Smokehouse. Inspired by American barbecue, Jim and Katie Osborn have brought authentic Texas BBQ to Warwick, Queensland. Armed with a love of food, a do it yourself attitude and plenty of brisket, pork ribs, sausage and chicken, this husband and wife barbeque foo…
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Designing and Building Smokers | Glenn Tindall-Davies | JAGRD Wood Fired
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Designing and Building Smokers is Glenn Tindall-Davies passion. Half of the husband and wife duo that is JAGRD Wood Fired, Glenn designs and builds the smokers that he and Julie-ann then use in BBQ competitions to great success. All of their smokers are competition proven, with JAGRD Wood Fired currently sitting at #1 for Brisket and #2 for Pork Ri…
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BBQ and PTSD in Veterans | Matt Logie | Smokin' Sappers
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BBQ has a power to connect people and heal relationships. It's no secret to anyone who's a part of the barbecue community. This unique ability of BBQ, among all of the different styles of food out there, has been recognised by Matt Logie from Smokin' Sappers BBQ Team. He uses barbeque, and his team to help rehabilitate current and veteran service m…
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In this podcast I get to chat with the Senior Brand Ambassador from the Jack Daniels Distillery. We talk about the the World Championship BBQ contest coming up and so much more the the distillery offers and has for you to visit all year.By David Bouska - Butcher BBQ
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