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Episode 297 – Salt City Barbecue

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Jeremy is still recovering from covid. It seems to have completely put him down, with 5 days in bed, and still trying to recover, we have him join us remotely for this show and Julia is off on another fun trip. Bre tells us about the death of her biological father, and recounts the funeral and amazing new found family she has.

The bulk of the show is devoted to our guest though, Rusty Monson, the owner of Salt City Barbecue. He is also cohost on The Pitmasters Podcast. We get to talk a ton about his business, but before that we hear more about his life. Being our age, we all wax poetic about the awesome 80s and 90s in the Salt Lake area. I’m real happy because we get to nerd out on Magic The Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons with Rusty.

In talking with Rusty we find out how much he really does love his cooking and his state. He wants Utah to become a place people can find truly amazing barbeque even if that isn’t really the case right now. What he won’t say about the other locals, the hosts of the show don’t back off from. While Utah has an amazing food scene, barbeque is one area we don’t have a large selection of, and are certainly not known for. Rusty wants to change all of that.

Rusty started doing competition barbeque, before deciding to open his own catering business and food truck. Now the truck can be found wandering the Salt Lake Valley and delivering amazing nachos to everyone. Long term the dream is to open up a great brick and mortar restaurant and teach everyone who wants to know how to make good barbeque.

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Episode 295 – Floppy Fries

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Hello all you fabulous listeners!!!

We are recording on Skype this week because Julia is negative for COVID but then positive twice but then negative again.  She’s feeling better but home recovering and avoiding giving it to us since we’ll never be sure if she has/had COVID!

The Utah State Legislature began on the 18th.  We talk about how important it is to know what is happening up on the hill and to contact your legislator if you something is important to you.  Please go to www.le.utah.gov  for bill tracking, to find out who your representatives are and to listen to committee discussions.

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We know you’ve been waiting for it, so here it is, the first part of our City Weekly Best Of review!  In this weeks episode, we go over the Food & Drink and the Restaurants categories.  We are shocked that The Pie didn’t win for Best Pizza or even Best Pizza in Ogden but excited that Fresh Donuts & Deli is on the board for Best Donuts.  Our wonderful friends at Ruby Snap beat Crumbl for Best Cookies and of course, Pretty Bird, FTW under Best Chicken Sandwich.  Chef Adalberto pulls out a couple secondary positions under Best Bakery and Best Dessert for Fillings and Emulsions but we know he should be #1!  Guras Spice House is overlooked for Best Indian Restaurant again but now that Jeremy has been to La Caille, we know it’s a real place to go and eat.  Surprisingly, between the podcast crew, we’ve been to all the winners in Best French Restaurant.  Chris is thrilled with Sunday’s Best, Best Restaurant Brunch win but we’re not going to Takashi until their dining room opens, no matter how many categories they win.

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Don’t worry, we didn’t miss pulling a Tarot Card this week and it tells us to listen to our little voices . . .

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Episode 269 – Wild Potatoes

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Hey kids this is Jeremy and in this week’s episode we talk with my longtime friend and work associate Stephen Marginson.

I met Stephen through my longtime partner firm York Engineering. Although Stephen is and has been involved with engineering for some time now that is not actually the story we were seeking.

Moving around quite a bit as an impressionable youth Stephen has had the travel bug most (if not all) of his life. So, after finishing school at the University of Utah, and putting in a few years in the professional sector Stephen was ready for a change. In mid-2019 he sold everything he had (and I do mean everything) and jumped on a plane for Indonesia. Stephen had no idea what he was gong to do, or where he would end up, but he needed to travel.  

Stephen spent a few weeks in Indonesia, and then his work visa finally came through and he headed to New Zealand. There were months of hiking, traveling, sightseeing, and the occasional odd job for money. Stephen bought a travel van and spent nearly 9 months living on the road and exploring the amazing worlds on New Zealand.

photo by Lonely Planet

(photo by Loney Planet)

In early March of 2020 Stephen was scheduled to fly into Wuhan China, but for unknown reasons (to him) his flight was cancelled…. Not to be discouraged by a little hiccup in the road Marginson heads over to the beautiful country of Vietnam. “The people were so cool, and welcoming when I first arrived.” Said Marginson. “But then something strange started happening when we got news of this virus starting spread. The covid 19 outbreak had hit mainland China and was starting to spread worldwide.

After having a long conversation with his parents (and seeing the Hostel next door have a Covid breakout) Marginson decided to cut his world tour short and head back home. Marginson was very lucky to make it out of Vietnam and back home before the world was shut down. Only one week after his return boarders were shut down, flights were shut down and the world went into the 2020 lockdown.

Please take the time to listen to this amazing story, I promise you won’t be disappointed.

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