Tailgate Guys BBQ Show, Episode 56: Heath Riles, Curt Harbers
Release Date: 03/10/2020
Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast, Episode 275: Finger Leikam Good BBQ
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On Episode 275 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast, we shine the light on a recent first-time KCBS Grand Championship winner. Chris Leikam and Devin Schwartz from the Kansas competition team Finger Leikam Good were college friends at Kansas State and enjoyed cooking before Wildcats football games at Snyder Family Stadium. They eventually took their love for open-fire cooking to the KCBS backyard and eventually Master’s competition and now are enjoying the best season of their career. Chris and Devin talk about the journey and why comp Q appeals to them so much. We also head into the big Labor...
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Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast, Episode 274: Moe Cason, Richard Fergola
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He’s lived the American Dream, a United States Navy veteran who worked the overnight shift at the Des Moines, Iowa, water treatment plant. During his spare time, Moe Cason fired up the smoker and dabbled in competition BBQ. On a suggestion from the legendary Johnny Trigg, “Big Moe” sent in an audition video for the groundbreaking BBQ television program BBQ Pitmasters. Now, Moe is a full-blown BBQ celebrity who travels the world spreading his love for open-fire cooking. On Episode 274 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast, he joins us to talk about his first cookbook, “Big Moe’s Big...
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Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast, Episode 273: Harry Soo; Buds, Blues & BBQ
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On Episode 273 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast, we learn about a new competition and festival in mid-Missouri that will include three sanctioning bodies. It’s the Buds, Blues & BBQ in Columbia, Sept. 13-14, with opportunities to enter the KCBS Master’s Series regular comp plus one-meat chicken cook, a Steak Cookoff Association comp and the new Ribs Cookoff Association event. Event organizer John Borland tells us about what’s happening and other activities that include a music festival on the grounds. We take our weekly trip for the latest from the Grill Guys of Missouri and...
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Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast, Episode 272: Christie Vanover
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Whether it’s cooking in the backyard or the highest level of competition, Christie Vanover is someone who has been instrumental in helping open-fire cooks worldwide up their games since she launched her website in 2015. With recipes, tips, product reviews and much more, it’s a one of the top resources available. Christie joins us on Episode 272 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast and we touch on a variety of topics, including her experience on Food Network’s BBQ Brawl Season 4 and a KCBS competition she’s organizing in her home city of Las Vegas in December. Christie’s segment begins...
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Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast, Episode 271: David Page, Jonathon Indermuehle
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Episode 271 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast has arrived and it has a variety of guests as we welcome the month of August. At the 7:58 mark, Emmy-award-winning television news producer turned author and now podcast host David Page returns to discuss his latest project. Page’s new podcast “Culinary Characters Unlocked” debuts Aug. 27 as he goes in-depth some of the world’s top chefs and up-and-coming cooks - including some from the open-fire world. One of the fast-rising pitmasters in competition cooking joins us at the 40:30 mark. Jonathon Indermuehle of Colorado’s Heifers, Butts...
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Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast, Epsiode 270: O.G. Bandits; Boo-B-Que news
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It’s become one of the jewels on the late-season KCBS calendar, a doubleheader to cap the points season. But only a few days ago, the 4th annual Boo-B-Que was on the verge of cancellation. No worries. The Oct. 25-27 event in Oak Grove, Mo., will go on after Greg Hastie, who began the event three years ago but had too much on his plate to run it again, turned to contest organizer extraordinaire Corey Linton. We’ll hear from both Greg and Corey about plans for Boo-B-Que on Episode 270. We also catch up with the O.G. Bandits, Josh Farley and Ashton Smith. They won naming rights for the BBQ...
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Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast, Episode 269: Jordan Kirkpatrick, Matt Fisher
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After running hard in 2023, cooking 44 contests as he successfully chased KCBS Team of the Year honors, Jordan Kirkpatrick and Janky Leg BBQ has slowed the pace a bit this season. But after an addition to the family and a home remodel project, Janky Leg is back and ready for a big second half, evidenced by the team’s first GC of the year last weekend in Cameron, Mo. On Episode 269 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast, Jordan Kirkpatrick tells us about his mind-set looking ahead as he also reflects on last season. Our “Under the Radar” segment, where we visit with up-and-coming competition...
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Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast, Episode 268: Meat Candy Q, Richard Fergola
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On Episode 268 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast, we visit with one of the top teams on the West Coast - and one of the best in the USA. Dave and Shirin Mara from Meat Candy Q out of El Cajon, Calif., is enjoying a terrific 2024 season with one KCBS Grand Championship and and three RGCs in just 10 competitions. Meat Candy is sixth in the Team of the Year race and we catch up with Dave and Shirin to inquire about what’s working and why they’ve decided to make an upcoming three-week, five-competition swing through the hot and humid central part of the country. Then it’s time to check...
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Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast, Episode 267: Darren Warth, Norris Sydnor
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Happy 4th of July to all! To celebrate, Episode 267 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast features two great guests. Leading off is one of the best to ever light a pit, BBQ Hall of Famer Darren Warth from Iowa Smokey D’s. While he’s won more than 100 grand championships during his career, including multiple majors, Darren accomplished a first last weekend in Idaho as he won a KCBS competition by cooking all four meats on one Gateway Drum Smoker. We visit with “The GOAT” about how he did it, what still drives him to compete and about his latest BBQ adventure in his hometown of Des Moines,...
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Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast, Episode 266: Mike and Nichole Mulkey
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Mike and Nichole Mulkey of Mulkey’s BBQ from St. Louis are one of the many successful husband-wife competition BBQ teams in the country. On Episode 266 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast, we learn how they work together after Mulkey’s won the Grand Championship at the 172-team Great Lenexa BBQ Battle. The back-to-back St. Louis BBQ Society Team of the Year has a shared passion for BBQ and the competition it provides since they began just a few years ago. We also hear from Skyler Spartan from The Grill Guys of Missouri with the latest from the Republic, Missouri, BBQ store. Look for The...
info_outlineOn Episode 56 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast, we welcome Oliver Branch, Mississippi’s Heath Riles. Not only is Heath a 4-time Memphis BBQ Network Team of the Year, he has an award-winning line of rubs, sauces and injections. Two new rubs - Garlic Butter and Simply Citrus - are the latest additions to the Heath Riles BBQ lineup of rubs.
It’s been two years since Heath left the Victory Lane brand to start his own operation. Was there any trepidation about making that key decision? He tells us during a fun conversation.
Leading off the show is first-time guest Curt Harbers, lead pitmaster of the Fayette County Go Texan team that recently earned Grand Champion honors at the 252-team Houston Livestock Rodeo & BBQ. Curt tells us about how hectic life has been since winning one of BBQ’s majors.
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Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm