(12/30/2025 - Hour One)

It's the most wonderful time of the year...and it's also the last show of the year. Tonight we take it back...all the way back to the beginning of the year!

It's been a while since I did an official "Year In Review" style show and tonight we bring it back. Over the 2 hour show tonight, we will take a look back at the past 12 months worth of shows, highlight guests, topics, disasters, victories and everything in between. Could there be a better way to end the year...Probably...but this is what you get!

Happy New Year to you!

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Episode 413

Taking you back to - 3/30/2010 - The competition BBQ Round Table Srries rolls on after the The 12 Days of BBQ Christmas break last week…brisket is the topic and sitting in on the panel was…by the way…let me stop here and get on the “look at me train” for a second…I can tell you how great the show was…I can tell you a lot of things about this show over the years…but nothing confirm how big competition BBQ was at one point than seeing who was on the panel:

#1 KCBS brisket 2009 and 2009 TOTY - Rod Gray

#5 KCBS brisket and 2nd place TOTY - Darren Warth

#7 KCBS brisket and 3rd place TOTY - Steve Farren

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Original Air Date: 3/20/2010

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(December 23, 2025 - Hour Two)

9:14 - The 12 Days of BBQ Christmas, a follow up on AI music and who has the rights to what, a cat piss update and more!

9:35pm and on - After the open, we go right into the final Embedded Correspondents segment of 2025. during the time, we will talk about best trends of 2025, worst trends of 2025, predictions for 2026 and, of course, a litany of 100% Assurity Statements.

Merry Christmas to you!

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Micallef Cigars – Premium Hand Rolled Cigars