Tailgate Guys BBQ

11/01/2025

We’ve cooked Boo B Que a couple of times and it’s a great competition in Oak Grove, MO This year we got a chance to experience it from another angle, as judges, and Day 1 was a fun time with great turn-ins. Congratulations to OM BBQ on the Grand Championship and Machete Boys BBQ on the RGC.

10/28/2025

Episode 329 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast is our 45th American Royal World Series of Barbecue preview. First up is a conversation, beginning at the 6:30 mark, with American Royal Association BBQ Manager Kayci Vincent and director of communications Allyssa King about what teams and spectators can expect from the world’s largest BBQ competition. The fun is set for Nov. 6-9 at Kansas Speedway. Then we bring back our roundtable of first-time American Royal competitors with a trio of pit masters - Kurt Brauner from Rack City BBQ out of Las Vegas; Dan Wright of Take It Easy BBQ from St. Louis and Bradley Vollmer of Meat’s My Mistress BBQ Sauce and Competition Team from Pilot Grove, Missouri. The segment starts at the 20:43 mark as we learn a bit about each team and why this was the year to make their debut at The Royal.

We also check in with Charlie Wallace from the The Grill Guys of Missouri at 42:48 with the latest from the Republic, Missouri, store plus a review of a big cooking weekend for them and a preview of another one ahead. Meanwhile, co-hosts Lyndal and Steve review their cooking weeks and take a tour of the sports world while looking ahead to what’s going on the smoker next.

A big thanks to our show sponsors and marketing partners. Please support them:

Blues Hog
Royal Oak Charcoal
The Butcher Shoppe
The Grill Guys of Missouri
Clark Crew BBQ
Mister Brisket, Inc.

Have a great week!

Episode 329: https://tailgateguysbbq.libsyn.com/tailgate-guys-bbq-podcast-episode-329-american-royal-preview

10/25/2025

Good to see our boys Skyler, Fergie and Charlie at Eggfest in Nixa, serving up some tasty grilled treats repping The Grill Guys of Missouri

10/24/2025

It's going down tomorrow!
If you're a foodie and you want to try some of the best bites around, make sure you're there.

10/22/2025

Any teams headed to the American Royal World Series of Barbecue for the first time this year? Any of those want to talk about the expectations and their team background? It’s the annual Tailgate Guys BBQ Roundtable of first-time Royal teams. Let me know if interested via comment, messenger or email [email protected]

10/21/2025

When you talk about consistent excellence in competition BBQ, few teams stand out over the last decade more than Rooters-n-Tooters BBQ from Tennessee. On Episode 328 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast, we talk it over with Paul Keltner about Rooters-N-Tooters sustained success, which includes three The Kansas City Barbeque Society Grand Championships in 2025 - including last weekend’s Royal Oak Charcoal Invitational - plus overall top-10s in 23 of 25 competitions this season. Paul touches on what he thinks has contributed to the consistency and previews a busy home stretch of the season ahead.

We also check in with Skyler Spartan from The Grill Guys of Missouri with the latest from the Republic, Missouri, store and a big couple of competition weekends ahead for the team, including this Saturday’s “Grill Guys vs. Grill Wives” showdown at Eggfest in Nixa, Mo. Meanwhile, co-hosts Lyndal and Steve review their cooking weeks and take a tour of the sports world while looking ahead to what’s going on the smoker this weekend.

Check out the show in the link below or on your favorite platform, or go to our Tailgate Guys page (link in IG bio). A big thanks to our show sponsors and marketing partners. Please support them:

Blues Hog
Royal Oak Charcoal
The Butcher Shoppe
The Grill Guys of Missouri
Clark Crew BBQ
Mister Brisket, Inc.

Have a great week!

Episode 328: https://tailgateguysbbq.libsyn.com/tailgate-guys-bbq-podcast-episode-328-paul-keltner-skyler-spartnan

10/19/2025

I recently had the honor of being on the other side of the microphone as Freddie Bell - what a golden voice - asked me to join him on the BBQ Radio Network The BBQ Radio Show

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10/19/2025

It’s been a productive day. Smokers cleaned and loaded for the American Royal World Series of Barbecue with two weeks to spare.

10/19/2025

This is a timely and excellent subject.

What is the most important issue in the decline? While it is complex and there are many factors, please name just one. The most important, in your opinion.

10/17/2025

A pretty good test run of Turkey and Chicken for The Royal … excusing the ugly shaped chicken.

10/17/2025

Latest sticker addition to the Tailgate Guys BBQ trailer is Chicken Fried BBQ thanks Bill Purvis! Anyone who wants this sticker swap, see us at The Royal, space 160.