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Sam’s Club National BBQ Tour 2013 entries start in 5 minutes!!

Remember friends. Tonight at 8PM EST is when the floodgates open for this year’s Sam’s Club National Tour BBQ Contests. Make sure you visit the site below. Please share via FB or twitter!  

BBQ Pitmasters Season 5 Submissions Due 1/25/13!!

BBQ Pitmasters Season 5 Submissions Due 1/25/13!!

Were you all hoping to get on the next season of Destination America’s BBQ Pitmasters? Yeah us too.  See the press release below for your chance.

BBQ Pitmasters Season 4 Episode 1 Recap

BBQ Pitmasters Season 4 Episode 1 Recap

            BBQ Pitmasters Season 4 started off this season on December 16th in Bedford Texas.  Returning to the judges’ seat for this season were Myron Mixon, Tuffy Stone and Aaron Franklin.

In the Hut: Episode #34

In this episode, the crew talks about pitmasters season 3, competition chicken, past and future event and more!! Listen after the jump.

Shotgun Fred Pirkle- A True BBQ Visionary

Shotgun Fred Pirkle- A True BBQ Visionary

If you look back over the many improvements and or innovations in the realm of outdoor BBQing and grilling in the past 20 years or so, few could argue that one of the most innovative is the development temperature control devices for use on BBQcookers.

Think Smoke!!!

Think Smoke!!!

It seems like every time I look at the calendar it is the 15th of the month. The deadline for some of my monthly scribblings is the 15th and no matter when I have just sent in a submission, the next time I look at the calendar, it is the 14th or 15th. This month [...]

Evolution of Pit Temperature controls

The minds over at the BBQ Guru just put out a video on the evolution of pit temp controls.  Hit the jump to see the video.

Sights from the 2011 Big Apple BBQ Block Party

Sights from the 2011 Big Apple BBQ Block Party

Ok everyone, as promised, here are the pics from the 2011 block party. We basically just did a memory card dump of all the pics we took!!!  Enjoy!!!

First look at the Big Apple Block Party

First look at the Big Apple Block Party

Well the weather was really not cooperating with us today however we got a few pics of what’s going on.

Huck’s Hut Twitter Hunt at the Big Apple BBQ Block Party

Huck's Hut Twitter Hunt at the Big Apple BBQ Block Party

Huck’s Hut will be at the Big Apple BBQ Block Party this weekend.  On Saturday we’ll be doing our first Twitter Hunt.  That’s right, in Madison Square Park, this Saturday, we’ll be placing bbq products through out the park “easter egg hunt style”  Hit the jump for details

Que Cologne? Pork Barrel BBQ thinks it makes scents

Que Cologne? Pork Barrel BBQ thinks it makes scents

Don’t adjust your screens, what you are seeing is the new product just released by the folks at Pork Barrell BBQ.  This cologne is advertised as having “An intoxicating bouquet of spices, smoke, meat, and sweet summer sweat.”  Hit the jump for the commercials.

Preview for new Food Network show “Best in smoke”

Not sure how old this clip is but hit the jump for the preview of Food Network’s latest BBQ reality offereing!!!

Google unveils Recipe View

Google unveils Recipe View

Google unvieled the recipe view to its search engine today.  We did a quick search for bbq and found a few cool recipes right off the bat!!  Just head over to google and type in what you would like a recipe of and select recipes on the left.

Sam’s Club Competition Series opens to a frenzy

Sam's Club Competition Series opens to a frenzy

The Sam’s Club BBQ Series registration just opened today at noon.  This series has over $400,000 in prizes.  This playoff style contest consists of 20 local events, 5 regional events and 1 National Championship in Bentonville, Ark., Sam’s Club hometown.  As you can see below, a few of the local contests are already in waitlist [...]

Huck’s Hut TV: BBQ Bob gives us a walkthrough on the Onyx Oven

We’ve had several folks asking us about the Onyx Oven and how does it work.  Who better to explain than the source?  See the HD video after the jump!!

iGrill: iPhone meets Grill

iGrill: iPhone meets Grill

We found this product pretty interesting for the geek griller out there.  This seems to be another way to monitor temperatures remotely a la the maverick.  More after the jump.

BBQers / Outdoor cook’s guide to Black Friday

BBQers / Outdoor cook's guide to Black Friday

Now we just know all of you are impatiently waiting for the Black Friday deals in your wednesday or thursday paper.  Well we’d like to help our BBQ brethren with things they might be interested in on black friday.  Hit the jump to check out the items on sale!!

In the Hut: Episode #23

In this episode the crew talks about the American Royal. We also discuss secrets that make our meat stand apart from others and we give our wishlist for season 3 of BBQ pitmaster.  A contest was announced too!!! Hit the jump and enjoy

In the Hut: Episode #16

In this episode of in the Hut, we do a pork in the park review, We talk logos, pitmasters and more contests.  We’re joined by Chad Ward of the Whiskey Bent BBQ team and Danielle Dimovski of DivaQ.

First Look: Shotgun Fred unveils the new “Onyx Charcoaler”

First Look: Shotgun Fred unveils the new

We caught a glimpse of this last year on our visit with the guru guys on the competition circuit however we didn’t have enough info on it.  Here’s what it looked like in prototype fashion

Sights from the KCBS Awards Banquet

Sights from the KCBS Awards Banquet

We took a trip to the society hill neighborhood in philly where the Awards Banquet was being held.  We got a few photos and video.  We met a ton of great folks as well!!! Enjoy

In the Hut: Episode #8

Diva-Q from www.divaqbbq.blogspot.com joins the panel of “In the Hut” along with Curt Mcadams of www.livefireonline.com. The panelists discuss what’s for Christmas Dinner and share recipes. We also discuss What we plan to try/implement in the new year on our sites. We also share what’s on tap for the competition season in the new year. [...]

In the Hut: Episode #5

In this episode we touch on Tony Hunter’s esticalc iphone app.  It’s currently awaiting iphone app store approval.  We hope to get more on this when Tony joins our panel in a future episode.   Check his site for a description of this app(http://isbbq.com/wordpress/?p=390).  We also cover the BBQ Grail’s turkey picture contest and the grand [...]

In the Hut: Episode #2

We introduce 2 more of our panelists, Tony Hunter(www.isbbq.com) and Curt Mcadams(www.livefireonline.com).  We discuss what went on our grills on labor day.  We get into the BBQ Guru’s new products and our contest that’s currently running.  The panelists also touch on what to expect from their sites in the near future.

“In the Hut” BBQ Podcast Episode #1

We’re now venturing into the business of podcasting.  With all the conversation we have on our forums, other bbq forums, and social networking sites, we figured we’d get together a few of our blogger friends and occasionally some special guests.  In this episode, we introduced Hucksr and Steve Johnson of huckshut.com and bbqlikeapro respectively.  We [...]