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Chris Marks is a nationally recognized elite competition barbeque chef and barbeque business leader from Kansas City. He fills his calendar each year to teach backyard BBQ techniques across America. Catch one if you can!

Chris has won more than 50 national barbeque championships, and over 600 individual awards including the Jack Daniel’s World Championship BBQ Sauce Championship, and 8 Grand Championships at the Grand Daddy of them all, the American Royal in Kansas City.

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Our guest, Mike Erickson, a trained chef and high school culinary arts teacher in Texas, has embarked on a national quest to get high school kids involved in competitive barbecue. This is all about the National High School BBQ Association and how you (and your teen) can get involved. Scholarships and more are available to the kids that can really show their stuff.

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In the last 30 years Ray Lampe, a.k.a. "DR. BBQ", has become a legend in the BBQ community, dominating the BBQ competition circuit by winning dozens of competitions all across the country. He is one of the country's leading authorities on BBQ, grilling and tailgating with 10 books on the subject. Notes Andy and Todd consider him the O.G. of turning BBQ into profit without having a restaurant.
Ray has appeared on The Food Network, most recently on BBQ Brawl with Bobby Flay, as a judge and expert on "Tailgate Warriors w/ Guy Fieri", HGTV, CNN, Discovery, OLN, and is a regular guest on Sirius/XM radio. He has been featured in several publications including, Life Magazine, Maxim, Food & Wine, Men's Journal, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal. Todd takes a bite out of potato salad and reveals some secrets to knocking it out of the park.

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Mark Lambert is a 5-time Memphis in May World Champion, the 2017 American Royal World Champion in Ribs, and won the 2019 World Championship at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. He also was the first runner up at the 2018 World Food Championship BBQ competition. Residing just outside of Memphis, Tennessee, Mark will tell you that his aim is to cook meat to blow your mind, not to taste like something you’ve had before. He is considered to be one of the best pork pitmasters in the world! In this show Mark is going to talk about the real issue with pellet cookers (avoidable) and getting that great caramelization on your meat. Todd Johns will discuss with Andy how to glean from TV pitmasters and competition champions (like himself).

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LEVERAGING YOUR BBQ BY-PRODUCTS
When they talk about the best BBQ place in America, one name is ALWAYS in the conversation - 100 year old Big Bob Gibson's in Decatur, Alabama. Our guest, Chris Lilly, is a 4th generation partner of Big Bob's and is the head pitmaster of the their Competition Cooking Team, the winner of 17 World BBQ Championships in meat categories, holding a record 5 "Memphis In May" World Grand Championships. Lilly is a 2016 inductee into the Barbecue Hall of Fame and in 2019 he was presented with the 2019 Pioneer Award for his work in barbecue. Also, in 2020, Lilly was awarded the Legends of Barbecue Pitmaster Award by the National Barbecue Association. That's kind of what happens when you win 17 World Championships!
This episode Chris is going to dive into the plethora of BBQ by-products that you can leverage for a plethora of different delicious options.

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Our recent show (next one down in the queue) with 17x World BBQ Champion Chris Lilly alluded to a couple of recipes from his first book in 2009, "BIG BOB GIBSON'S BBQ BOOK". Here they are, from the man himself.

Want more recipes? Be sure to let us know!

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TEXAS vs KANSAS CITY BRISKET
Briskets - we love 'em, but is there a real difference between Texas and Kansas City style (besides the sauce)? Chef Tom Jackson helps Andy and Todd dig down into the differences nobody really talks about.

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MAKING A WORLD CHAMPION HAMBURGER

Dave Elliott is originally from Minneapolis, he later moved to Kansas City where he found his love of bbq and outdoor cooking. He is the 2022 World Burger Champion and will again be competing in the Burger category.

Although he specializes in outdoor cooking, he has competed in the Dessert, Pasta, Burger and Steak categories at the prestigious World Food Championships. In 2013, his team finished 2nd in dessert and then went on to become the 2013 World Food Champion! He has won several bbq contests and has received over 150 awards. At the American Royal World Series of Barbecue, he has received two perfect scores of 180 in the Dessert category! Who else would we turn to to get a handle on creating burgers your family, friends and neighbors will never forget?

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