(February 10, 2026 - Hour One)

9:14pm - Mr. J makes his debut in 2026. Tonight we talk about what's smoking good in the cigar lunge these days, the 2025 cigar of the year, the story of Perdomo cigars and my own personal humidor issue!

9:35pm - Robert Moss joins me for his monthly segment and we talk about the spelling of barbecue, the BBQ World Cup, the burger index and more.

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Episode 419

Taking you back to 2/8/2011 - This week featuring a BBQ legend…and cancer philanthropist, Scottie Johnson of Cancer Sucks Chicago. Within the minutes of this show we talk about the cooking class he was doing…to not only help BBQ’ers become better cooks…but to help raise $$ for cancer research at the time. And just for some background on Scottie…I use the term legend not in a “how many competitions he won” sense…although he did win the Jack back in the day. I say it within the scope of helping shape the way BBQ became more popular…especially across the internet.

Scottie was very involved with The BBQ Forum…was on my BBQ message board back then as well…was quite an advocate for competition BBQ back then…all while trying to ensure that he could maximize the “Cancer Sucks Chicago” foundation that he started in memory of his wife. A very proud Chicago-in to say the least…I always thought that when I heard him talk…I always heard some Ray Lampe as well. So, if you don’t know Scottie…this is a good segment of introduction…and be sure to go back and listen to the whole thing…

By the way…side mentions of Mike and Beth Wozniak…from one of the best teams in BBQ competition history…originally it was “Bar-B-Quau…ultimately just being called Quau…but Mike and Beth were a dominant force on the KCBS circuit for years and years…a former KCBS Team of the Year….and good people…you can search him in the show archives…Mike appeared a few times back in the day…I think he even took part in a round table show, if I’m not mistaken.

Shout out to QUAU!!

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(February 3, 2026 - Hour Two)

10:14pm - Sam the Cooking Guy makes his monthly appearance. We will talk about his trip to Vegas this past weekend, tamale pizza and what we should be making for dinner tomorrow night.

10:35pm - David Gafford from The Barbecue Lab joins me for his first quarterly apperance in 2026. We will get an update on modular kitchen set ups, best kettle grills and much more!

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