Sep 24, 2025
Sam Dodson of Bull in the Ring BBQ had been knocking on the door of his first KCBS Grand Championship, with a series of top-10 finishes and a recent runner-up finish. Last weekend in Ponca City, Oklahoma, Bull in the Ring scored the big prize and on Episode 324 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast we visit with Sam about...
Sep 17, 2025
A few days after B’Mackin BBQ set a KCBS record with a near-perfect cook at the Burnt Offering BBQ Contest in Riverside, California, we talk it over on Episode 323 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast with San Diego’s Brett McKinney about how he and teammate Benny Watsman pulled it off. B’Mackin scored an amazing...
Sep 10, 2025
Hugh Munro of Ambition Que might be the oldest man in competition BBQ. But the 73-year-old former drag racer doesn’t mind the title one bit - particularly after likely becoming the oldest KCBS Grand Champion at last weekend’s Bud’s, Brews & BBQ in Columbia, Missouri. On Episode 322 of the Tailgate Guys...
Sep 4, 2025
On Episode 321 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast, we talk it over with one of the nation’s hottest competition pit masters. Gabe Trevino and Smokin’ Volts BBQ of Fontana, California is coming off a Grand Championship over Labor Day Weekend at the star-studded Meat & Tater BBQ Fest in Boise, Idaho. Gabe scored a 707.9...