The Low & Slow Barbecue Show

11/17/2025

11/14/2025

This weekend we are in Steadman, NC at the Vicious Pig BBQ Throwdown. One of our judges favorite competitions of the season.

11/13/2025

🦃 Feeding 500 families!!! I’m excited to share how the Hickory community, Hickory Soup Kitchen and Operation BBQ Relief are partnering to smoke turkeys and warm homes ❤️ this Thanksgiving.

🔊 Listen to the new episode on The MESH for the process behind the 3-day cook of 150+ turkeys, including some (not all) secrets for using brine & rub to create a perfect, golden turkey (link in comments).

🎙️ Event founders Scott Jarrett & Austin Pearce explain the event’s history, Operation BBQ Relief involvement, and how Hickory area donors support the buy-1-donate-2 🦃 project.

🙏 Don’t miss their stories revealing the impact these meals have on their recipients.

👏 SOLD OUT! Sorry the turkeys are sold out for 2025, but you can still donate and volunteer to support hunger relief efforts this holiday season at HickorySoupKitchen . org and OperationBBQRelief . org

11/11/2025

🇺🇸🇺🇸 Veterans, thank you for your service. Our Veteran’s Day edition of The Lowdown offers a salute to the folks who defended our freedom.

💪 Our nation is erected on the souls who sacrificed themselves toward the loftiest of ideals: our individual freedoms to worship, speak, work and live as one sees fit.

🙏 For the men and women who served the United States as a member of the military, a word of thanks is never enough to repay the debt.

👉But I believe that when we commit to relentless, daily pursuit of those “lofty ideals” and individual freedoms, it helps raise the balance a bit closer to what it is due.

🔗More in The Lowdown blog linked in the comments.

📷 Photo from Memorial Plaza at Alabama Veterans Memorial Park in Birmingham.

11/10/2025

💥 Vicious Pig is ready to throwdown – and he’s sharing sauce secrets!

🎙️ Vicious Pig BBQ Pitmaster Bobby Brinson gives us the lowdown on his 5th annual Vicious Pig BBQ Throwdown in Steadman, NC, Nov. 14-15.

🤫 He reveals his recipe for Eastern NC sauce (you might be surprised what it includes).

🔈 Find out how “the second largest Southern BBQ Network event” welcomes 30 teams of point-chasers and first-time entries.

🙏 Bobby also explains why he dedicates event proceeds toward Veterans Golfers Association.

📱 Listen today on The MESH and get the BBQ competitor’s take on food cost pressures and learn what keeps his fire burning. 🔥

This episode is sponsored by the Southern BBQ Network. To find out more about the SBN, visit sbbqn . com

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11/06/2025

We are so excited about the 29th Annual Berkeley Barbeque Cookoff on November 7-8 sponsored by the Moncks Corner Lions Club and the Southern BBQ Network! It will be held at the Moncks Corner Regional Recreation Complex at 418 East Main Street in Moncks Corner. BBQ is $10 a pound, $40 for a whole pork butt. Chopped BBQ can be picked up midmorning on Saturday the 8th. Whole pork butts can be picked up starting at 5PM. To place orders, reach out to Samantha Gaskins Law on Facebook Messenger or via phone/text at (843) 412-0895. You can make Venmo payments at she can also receive cash payments in person. See you November 7th and 8th!

11/06/2025

You know we love a good bbq festival 😜

That’s why we will be headed to support our friends this weekend!!!

Doing the good work to support and

Get all the details and tickets

📍 Riverfront Park - Charleston, SC
Saturday November 8th.

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11/04/2025

10/31/2025

🤫Ultimate Tailgaters BBQ pitmaster Chris Fulmer pulls back the curtain on barbecue sauce with tips from the competition circuit!

💥 Get the details and find out about the Ultimate Tailgaters competition barbecue team that is a regular contender for the Southern BBQ Network Invitational – and a 5-time SBN Cook Team of the Year.

🔈Listen to the latest Low & Slow Barbecue Show for an inside look at the annual invitational barbecue showdown Nov. 7-8 that benefits Moncks Corner Lions Club. Event coordinator and founder Don Saturday shares the history and the 2-day competition schedule, including the People’s Choice Awards on Friday night.

This episode is sponsored by the Southern BBQ Network. To find out more about the SBN click the link in comments.

Since 2010, the Southern Barbecue Network has sanctioned barbecue tournaments to further their goal of preserving a Southern tradition by providing well-trained judges to contests that are raising money for charitable causes in the Carolinas.

10/28/2025

💥 Big thanks to The Smoke Sheet for allowing me to highlight Golden Rule BBQ & Grill and the cool things Brian Kemp and Daniel Harp are doing in Irondale.

📰 Read the feature story linked in the comments for the latest news from Golden Rule BBQ and its new Guinness World Record.

10/24/2025

🏈 Friday night lights in the Hickory Metro… radio road show is rolling into Maiden, “the biggest little football town on earth” in a game with big playoff implications. Follow the action as it progresses live …

We're down to the last two weeks of the regular season, and Week #10 features another heavyweight battle in the Western Foothills 4A/5A Conference.

The East Lincoln Mustangs will visit Thomas E. Brown Stadium this Friday night to take on the Maiden Blue Devils in the penultimate week of the 2025 season. It's also Senior Night for the Blue Devils.

We'll also keep you updated on other games on the schedule:

West Iredell @ Bandys
Newton-Conover @ Fred T. Foard
North Lincoln @ Bunker Hill
St. Stephens @ South Caldwell
Alexander Central @ Freedom
Chase @ Draughn
East Rutherford @ East Burke
Hibriten @ Patton
West Caldwell @ R-S Central

Join us for all the live and exclusive coverage of Week 10 this Friday night starting with the Dwayne Wilson Insurance Agency Pre-Game Show at 6:30 PM!

Listen live on Oldies 101.3 FM, Stereo 1230 AM or worldwide at wnncradio.com thanks to Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet.

10/24/2025

🔎 Some things you can’t fake with AI - like BBQ competition in the Southern BBQ Network. (Can you spot the real image?)

🫡 Sons of American Legion Squadron 147 is bringing changes for the 19th Annual Pro-Am BBQ Festival this weekend in Charleston.

🔈 Get the details on the People’s Choice Award Friday night and Saturday’s pulled pork tastings from Southern BBQ Network competition barbecue.

🎙️ Listen to our new episode on The MESH to learn how other event additions aim to create a more family-friendly environment. Festival organizers Chris Nisoff and Al Simmons talk about the event, how Southern BBQ Network is involved, and this year’s non-profit beneficiary, the Lowcountry Veterans Home.

💥 Find out about the SAL BBQ Cook-off and then join the fun in Charleston on Oct. 24 and 25.

🙏 This episode is sponsored by the Southern BBQ Network. Since 2010, the Southern BBQ Network has sanctioned barbecue tournaments to further their goal of preserving a southern tradition by providing well-trained judges to contests that are raising money for charitable causes in the Carolinas.

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