The Pitmaster's Podcast

Booking Overview

This interview-focused barbecue show centers on BBQ technique, competition cooking, restaurant concepts, and the people building brands and communities around live-fire food, typically featuring pitmasters, restaurateurs, competition cooks, and food creators. Agencies could credibly pitch accomplished pitmasters, barbecue restaurant founders, seasoning or smoker entrepreneurs, and culinary creators with distinctive expertise or recognized results; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally need meaningful industry credentials or notable BBQ-community recognition.

Metrics

Episodes: 327

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Instagram: 3.5k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

801bbq@gmail.com

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Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Experienced pitmasters, competition BBQ cooks, barbecue restaurant owners, seasoning or smoker brand founders, and culinary or food creators with demonstrated expertise, notable competition results, a distinctive regional or cultural perspective, or meaningful community and brand-building experience.

Required Achievements:

Championships, awards, or strong results in BBQ or steak competitions, Ownership or leadership of a recognized barbecue restaurant or food brand, National or regional food-media coverage, Development of successful seasoning, smoker, creator, or community programs, Substantial experience teaching or influencing backyard and competition BBQ audiences

Recent Guest Discussions

CJ Frazier - Food-centered Community Building, Creator Programs, Digital Content, Live Events, Brand Experiences, And The Creator Economy.

Ruben Santana - Central Texas-style Barbecue, Dominican-american Flavors, Live-fire Cooking, Growing A Barbecue Business From Backyard Pop-ups To A Flagship Restaurant, And The Evolution Of American Bbq.

Rusty Monson - Competition Cooking, Operating A Barbecue Business, Backyard BBQ Education, Industry Trends, Favorite Cooks, And Lessons From The Competition Circuit.

Recent Topics

Food, Barbecue, Competition Cooking, Live Fire Cooking, Barbecue Restaurants

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The Pitmaster's Podcast

Live tasting with Meat Rushmore

September 24, 2026

The origin story of Meat Rushmore could be that of many competition barbecue teams — a group of friends bonding over a beloved hobby. In this case, spouses Joel and Katie Fleetwood, along with longtime friends Eric Alfrey and Josh Wunner make up Meat Rushmore, the rare team that has stuck together as the number of competitions, and the stakes, have ramped up. This has led to opportunities such as being featured on the series premier of BBQ USA with Michael Symon, cooking in Tampa at a Super B...

Beyond the Screen: CJ Frazier on Food, Community & the Creator Economy

September 17, 2026

CJ Frazier is a producer, creator, and community leader with a passion for bringing people together through food and storytelling. He has played a key role in building and leading Blackstone's Griddle Crew, growing it into a nationwide community of creators who have helped shape the culture and personality behind the brand. From producing digital content and television to developing creator programs, live events, and brand experiences, CJ has built his career around the idea that the best con...

Smoke, Soul & Sazón: How Ruben Santana Is Changing American BBQ

September 10, 2026

A born and raised New Yorker, Ruben Santana is the founder and pitmaster behind Bark Barbecue, one of New York City's most talked-about emerging barbecue concepts. Entirely self-taught, Santana developed his craft through years of experimentation, research, and conversations with respected pitmasters across the country, teaching himself the fundamentals of live fire cooking and Central Texas-style barbecue from the ground up. What began in 2020 as a backyard passion project in Ozone Park – sm...

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