Hey kids, It’s Jeremy here blogging about this weeks exciting interview. (Is that a thing anymore? Blogging?) Well at any rate, we kick off the show with a Covid update from Chris and Bre. Chris is clean now and Bre will be taking her follow up Covid test in a day or two. With luck we will be back in the studio next week!
For anyone following our ‘Farm Talk’ we discuss potatoes and root vegetables, it’s time harvest them or cover them with straw, grass clippings, or leaves.
After those riveting conversations we get to the hart of the matter, or the ‘Meet’ of the matter if you will. This week we interview Anthony Lujan from Smoke Ain’t no Joke BBQ Team @smoke_aint_no_joke_bbq
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Born and raised in Utha, Anthony began his long journey into the world of BBQ when his uncle showed him at the tender age of 8 how to properly BBQ a burger. From that point on he loved helping with the grilling and all things BBQ. Anthony took a class on BBQing and when asked what he wanted to get out of the class he told the instructor ‘To beat YOU at a BBQ competition’. His instructor laughed, but little did he know just a few short years later Anthony would be taking home multiple trophy’s and he did indeed beat his instructor. Truly the student had become the master.
We discussed the differences between the major BBQ groups including, but not limited to: Texas BBQ, with its salt, pepper, and garlic. Carolina BBQ, vinegar based. Kansas City BBQ, all spice and heat. The newly formed California BBQ, which introduced tri-tip into the world of BBQ competition. And Anthony’s Utah style BBQ which is a combination of Heat and Sweet. Anthony says ‘Utahans love their sugary drinks. By combining the heat with a sugary based soda, sprite, coke etc. he has been able to dial into what the Utah judges are looking for.
Anthony began touring the BBQ circuit and, in the process, he was introduced to a local pit master by the name of Rusty Monson. Rusty is the owner of Salt City Barbeque, and according to Anthony (and many others) Rusty is a master of his craft
Anthony and Rusty hit it off, and after one conversation about Podcasting they were both in and created the Pitmaster’s Podcast.
The podcast has given them both opportunities to meet some of the worlds best BBQ pitmasters and talk ‘Turkey, and Beef, and Pork’ with them. Some of their favorite interviews have been with Tuffy Stone ( legendary in the bbq world for his precision and obsession with the science of smoke) and Malcom Reed who’s fame went from his little kitchen table to over a million followers almost over night.
This was a fun interview and a good discussion about all things BBQ. Give it a listen and tell us what you think.
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