Interview: Hot Grill on Grill Action

Team: Hot Grill on Grill Action
Location: Omaha, NE
Web Page: http://www.bbqrevolution.com/
FaceBook: Hot Grill on Grill Action on Facebook

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BBQRevolution

My fellow Q-blogger Big Wayner put me in contact with Matt of Hot Grill on Grill action. They were one of the contestants on BBQ Pitmasters back in season 2. Going back and forth with Matt in emails has been fun. He and the Hot Grill on Grill team are a group I would love to hang out with at a BBQ competition.  They were happy to oblige me with an interview and I'm in the process of reviewing their BBQ book The Book on Competition BarbequeVolume 1- Priceless for Beginners, Perfect for the Pros. So far it's great and it has a lot of information for those who want to start a team. Read on and find out more about this team.

Review: Virgil's Barbecue Road Trip Cookbook

I was contacted by St. Martin's Press and asked if I would be interested in reviewing Virgil's Barbecue Road Trip Cookbook: The Best Barbecue From Around the Country Without Ever Leaving Your Backyard which came out April 8th. I was more than happy to agree to reading and reviewing it. A couple days later a shiny new book showed up in the mail.

Virgil's is a popular restaurant in Times Square where they cook on a smoker and grill. From the sounds of it, it is a restaurant I would like to visit someday. Before opening, the chefs and owner took a road trip to find out what BBQ was so they could open an authentic BBQ restaurant in NY City. Their travels across the US influenced the food in the restaurant and the recipes in the book.

The book is a combination of grilling and barbecuing from across the country with recipes ranging from appetizers to desserts. It shares a short history of BBQ, thoughts when purchasing a grill, helpful tips and a menu planner. It is a great cookbook.

Interview: Fergolicious BBQ

Team: Fergolicious BBQ
Location: Gardner, KS
Web Page: http://www.fergoliciousbbq.com
FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/FergoliciousBbq
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FergoliciousBBQ

Since they will be featured on the April 26 BBQ Pitmasters show, I'm releasing the May interview a little early so you can find out more about one of the teams.

I'm always looking for teams to interview for my blog. Jeremy, of Fergolicious BBQ, contacted me about their team and asked if I would be interested in featuring them. After exchanging emails I was more than happy, and honored, to feature them on my blog. They've been judging and competing since 2012 and are one of the contestants on this season (season 5) of BBQ Pitmasters. Find out a little more about how they got into BBQ and how they prepared for the show.

Barbecue America

UPDATE

Sadly this magazine has gone under with only two issues under it's belt. It was a great magazine and I would love to see another of it's kind appear. I will leave the information here in memory of it. 

Barbecue America is a new magazine for BBQ enthusiast that hit shelves this month. I've met Rick Browne, the editor, at a couple BBQ competitions and he talked about the magazine. I'm glad to see it coming out and it looks to be a good one for us BBQers.  

Interview: Give it to God BBQ Team

Team: Give It To God BBQ

Location: Ponchatoula, LA

Web Page: www.yokeup.net/BBQ.html

FaceBook: www.facebook.com/GiveItToGodBBQ

I started to follow Give it to God BBQ on Facebook and read their posts about BBQ competitions so I figured I would find out a little more about the team. Jeff was gracious enough to say yes. Not only do they compete at competitions they also hold a Church service for other competitors and build some useful BBQ charcoal baskets.