The Smoking Hot Confessions BBQ Podcast
Episodes
113 Jason Linto from Barbecue Events Australia
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
BBQ Events Australia like to do things differently to everybody else. Right from the start they've looked beyond the traditional business models withi...
112 Nawaf Refai from 2 Smokin Arabs
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nawaf Refai, owner and head pitmaster of 2 Smokin Arabs would have to be one of the most gentlemanly fellows in the Australian BBQ scene. Known as Raf...
111 The Virtual Townsville Barbecue Battle
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wondered what a virtual BBQ festival would look like? In this episode of the Smoking Hot Confessions BBQ Podcast I'm giving you a look at how the...
110 Daniel Tate from Heavy Kettle Smokers
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Heavy Kettle Smokers hail from New Zealand, and considering how much they love BBQ over there, the nickname of 'The Land of the Long White Cloud' seem...
109 Tom Damin from Smoky Pastures BBQ
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Smoky Pastures BBQ are an award-winning competitive BBQ team based in South Australia. Tom Damin is the team captain and Pitmaster. He just also happe...
108 Dan Wilschefski from Townsville BBQ Battle
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Townsville BBQ Battle was a highlight of the 2019 BBQ Competition Circuit - and I'm not the only one to say so. It was the perfect combination of ...
107 Jay Beaumont from Meatstock
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meatstock founder, Jay Beaumont, is a fan-favourite amongst the BBQ scene in Australia and New Zealand. Not only is Jay the founder of Meatstock, the ...
106 Saffron Hodgson from Bush Cooking
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bush Cooking has won the National Barbecue and Grilling Association's award for Best Website for the last three years, which is an extraordinary achie...
105 Jim Fuller from FABLE
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Smoking Hot Confessions BBQ Podcast is something very different to anything we've done before. In this Episode, I interview Jim Fu...
104 Scott Evans from East Blaxland Butchery
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Smoking Hot Confessions BBQ Podcast, we dive into the deeply complex world of butchery. That's right, we're chatting with Scott...
103 Anju Khanal from Queens of Q
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anju Khanal is undoubtedly one of the pillars of the BBQ community in Townsville, Far North Queensland. Not only is she the team captain of FNQ's firs...
102 BBQ Beat SWAPCAST
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Another podcast that was also recently recognised by the National Barbecue and Grilling Association's Annual Excellence Awards was the BBQ Beat Podcas...
101 Matt Staunton from Smoking Coals Barbecue
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The thing about BBQ is that it brings people together. We all know that. Matt Staunton especially knows that. That's why he's brought Kids Que Nation ...
100 Behind the Scenes at Smoking Hot Confessions
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Smoking Hot Confessions BBQ Podcast is turning 100! In this episode, Mrs Smoking Hot Confessions, Bree, interviews your host Ben to take you behin...
099 Graeme Stockdale from Stockpot Kitchen
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Graeme Stockdale, the man with the magnificent beard is our special guest this week on the Smoking Hot Confessions BBQ Podcast. Graeme is the pitmaste...
098 Drew White from Cairns BBQ Company
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cairns. It's a long way away. In far north Queensland, it's a good three day drive from Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland. But you know that's ...
097 Dan Ryan from Gryphon Smokehouse
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
They say it's not what you know, but who you know. And that's certainly been the case for Dan Ryan of Gryphon Smokehouse. Dan is one of the originals ...
096 Steve Alan from Smokin' Steve's BBQ
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Allan of Smokin' Steve's BBQ joins me in the Confessional for this episode of the Smoking Hot Confessions BBQ Podcast. Steve had a ripper of a y...
095 Dan White from Country Boys BBQ
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our special guest in this episode is Dan White, captain of the legendary Country Boys BBQ. Dan and his team are known for two things - winning BBQ com...
094 Dan Barret - Big Smoke BBQ
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Barret is about as close to BBQ Royalty as it gets in Australia. As the one man team 'Big Smoke BBQ', Dan has risen through the ranks on the compe...
Winning with Pellet Grills | Wookie | Grillas in the Mist
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Grillas in the Mist most definitely need to be on your list of teams to watch. Originally a two man team and now a husband and wife team, Grillas in t...
092 Lance Rosen - Big Boy BBQ
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Big Boy BBQ are big in the Australian BBQ scene and it's obvious to see why. The brainchild of pitmaster Lance Rosen, Big Boy BBQ is just one piece of...
091 Jye Healey - Smokeface Grillahs
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Smoking Hot Confessions BBQ Podcast, I pick the brains of Jye Healey, the captain / not captain of the multi-championship winni...
090 Nathan Armstrong - Smoke N Daggers BBQ
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Smoking Hot Confessions BBQ Podcast, I chat with Nathan Armstrong, captain of the Smoke N Daggers BBQ team. Smoke N Daggers BBQ...
089 Lukas Armstrong - Rollin' Smoke BBQ
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rollin Smoke BBQ is one of the biggest names in the Australian competition BBQ scene. They are also one of the longest competing teams, and in that ti...
088 The King and his Q - 2019 KCBS Australia Team of the Year
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Smoking Hot Confessions BBQ Podcast, I get into it with Paul King, the Head Pitmaster of The King and his Q. Last year was thei...
087 Butchers Axe BBQ - 2019 ABA Team of the Year
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Butchers Axe BBQ have had an absolutely incredible 2019 on the Australasian Barbecue Alliance and Kansas City Barbecue Society (Australia) circuits. T...
086 Evo from Cairns BBQ Classic
01 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is a bonus episode for Season 5. There is one comp on everyone's lips right now - the Cairns BBQ Classic. And there's one reason why. The Grand C...
085 SHC After Dark at Kangaroo Valley
28 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Fifteen of Season Five. And this episode is very different from anything you've heard from Smoking Hot Confessions before. Typically, ...
084 LIVE at the Kangaroo Valley Craft Beer & BBQ Festival
24 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Fourteen of Season Five. The last ABA comp of the year is always the Kangaroo Valley Craft Beer & BBQ Festival, and fittingly, it's al...
083 Brett Gallaway - Steak Cookoff Associations
21 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Fifteen of Season Six, my U.S. Road Trip Part II. If you haven't heard of the Steak Cookoff Association, you might well be living unde...
082 LIVE at Smokin' in the Valley
17 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Thirteen of Season Five. 2019 is winding down, which means it's the perfect time of year for me to head across to WA for the Smokin i...
081 Kathy Pullin - Pullin Premium BBQ
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Fourteen of Season Six, my U.S. Road Trip Part II. Kathy Pullin is a dynamo in the world of BBQ. She's the owner and founder of renown...
080 Ray 'Dr BBQ' Lampe
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Thirteen of Season Six, my U.S. Road Trip Part II. Legends of the BBQ scene don't come much bigger that Ray 'Dr BBQ' Lampe. He got inv...
079 Andy Groneman - Kansas City Style BBQ
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Twelve of Season Six, my U.S. Road Trip Part II. There is one world champion BBQ'er who has done so much to grow the BBQ scene in Aus...
078 Live at Fat Drip 2019
27 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Twelve of Season Five. As you're aware, I've spent a lot of time this year in the southern states, working with BBQ Promoter Rob Moir...
077 Steve Lulofs - Veterans Q
24 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Eleven of Season Six, my U.S. Road Trip Part II. While I was at the NBBQA Conference, there was one name that seemed to get called ou...
076 NBBQA Conference - Day 3
17 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Ten of Season Six, my U.S. Road Trip Part II. This is the third and final episode recorded live that the NBBQA's annual conference in ...
075 NBBQA Conference - Day 2
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Nine of Season Six, my U.S. Road Trip Part II. In this episode I once again head to the Marriott in downtown Kansas City again for th...
074 NBBQA Conference - Day 1
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Eight of Season Six, my U.S. Road Trip Part II. This episode sees us hit up Kansas City for the NBBQA Conference. The full event was f...
073 Saffron Hodgson on BBQ Conferences
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Seven of Season Six, my U.S. Road Trip Part II. In this episode, Saffron Hodgson, the woman behind Bush Cooking steps into The Confes...
072 Craig 'The BBQ Ninja' Verhage - Smoking Alligators!
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Six of Season Six, my U.S. Road Trip Part II. In this episode I get to have a good yarn with my old mate the BBQ Ninja. You know the ...
071 Live at Hogs For The Cause 2019
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Five of Season Six, my U.S. Road Trip Part II. It is party time in this episode, as you might tell by the time we get to the last inte...
070 Dave Johnson - Grill Beast
05 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Four of Season Six, my U.S. Road Trip Part II. In this episode I jump back in my Chevy and head across the Lake Pontchartrain Causewa...
069 Live at Meat Meet 2019
01 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Eleven of Season Five. In February this year I went to Adelaide for the incredible Up in Smoke BBQ Festival and you can catch up on a...
068 Dan Robert - A History of Meat
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Three of Season Six, my U.S. Road Trip Part II. In this episode I head down to the National Southern Food and Beverage Museum in New ...
067 James Cruse - Central City BBQ
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Two of Season Six, my U.S. Road Trip Part II. In this episode I head downtown to the #1 voted BBQ joint in New Orleans - Central City...
066 Live at the Hammond BBQ Challenge, Louisiana
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode One of Season Six, my U.S. Road Trip Part II. In this season I kick things off with two weeks in New Orleans where I head to a coup...
065 Live @ Brisbane BBQ Festival 2019
03 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Ten of Season Five. Once again, it's a local competition for me: the Brisbane BBQ Festival. This year marked the fifth year that this ...
064 Live @ BBQ & Beer Roadshow 2019
11 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Nine of Season Five. For this episode, it's a local comp - just a quick drive up the motorway to Brisbane for the BBQ & Beer Roadshow...
063 Live @ Townsville BBQ Battle
26 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Eight of Season Five. In this episode I'm on the road again and this time heading to far north Queensland for the inaugural Townsville...
062 Winners from Smoke in Broke 2019
14 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode Seven of Season Five. In this episode I get in the ears of the Reserve Grand Champion and Grand Champion winners from Smoke in Broke ...
061 Angus Reserve, Que Club & Gloucester
02 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In a huge week for competition BBQ in Australia, we've had 4 competitions in just 7 days. We've had a sneaky mid-week ABA Lite competition hosted by A...
060 Winners from the Iron Jack BBQ Challenge
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I pick up the phone and catch up with my old mates Booma from Full Metal Ketal and Jye from Smokeface Grillahs. These lads picked up R...
059 Winners from Sydney Meatstock 2019
21 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is a bonus episode for Season Five. It's the first of a new format that will be trialed here at Smoking Hot Confessions whereby after each BBQ co...
058 Live @ Hobart Blues, Brews and Barbecues 2019
28 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is episode three of Season Five. This season covers the 2019 Australian Competitive BBQ Circuit and includes recordings from some of the biggest ...
057 Live @ Up in Smoke 2019
21 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second episode of Season Five. This season covers the 2019 Australian Competitive BBQ Circuit and includes recordings from some of the big...
056 Live @ Kondari BBQ Festival 2019
14 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is the very first episode of Season Five. This season covers the 2019 Australian Competitive BBQ Circuit and includes recordings from some of the...
055 Live @ KV Craft Beer & BBQ Festival 2018
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is episode ten, the final episode of season four of the Smoking Hot Confessions Podcast. In this season, I've been flying, driving, walking, eati...
054 Live @ Smokin' on the Water 2018
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is episode nine of season four of the Smoking Hot Confessions Podcast. In this season, I've been flying, driving, walking, eating and talking my ...
053 Live @ Brews & Barbie Bash 2018
24 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is episode seven of season four of the Smoking Hot Confessions Podcast. In this season, I've been flying, driving, walking, eating and talking my...
052 Live @ BBQ Wars 2018
17 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode my buddy Anthony from Black Bark Barbecue and I jump in the faithful Smoking Hot Confessions Mobile and make the annual pilgrimage to ...
051 Live @ Bangalow 2018
10 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is episode six of season four of the Smoking Hot Confessions Podcast. In this episode I get to stay pretty close to home, heading down to the Ban...
050 Live @ Burleigh BBQ Championships 2018
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is a very, very important episode for three, very very important reasons. Firstly, it's Episode 5 of Season 4, which means we're halfway throu...
049 Live @ Cue For A Cause 2018
29 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is the fourth episode of Season 4, the 2018 Festival Season. Throughout the year I've been travelling around the country to various BBQ festivals...
048 Live @ Brisbane BBQ Festival 2018
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This was the 4th year for the Brisbane BBQ Festival, and the 4th time I've been involved and I gotta tell you, if this comp isn't the jewel in the QLD...
047 Live @ the BBQ & Beer Roadshow 2018
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In it's second year, the BBQ & Beer Roadshow has capitalised on everything that made it great last year, and ramped it up to 11. A great weekend out i...
046 Live @ Meatstock Melbourne 2018
06 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode One of Season Four: the 2018 Festival Series. In this episode I hit the streets at Meatstock Melbourne, one of the jewels in the crown...
045 Ralph fr Ralph's Pink Flamingo
01 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Alrighty, this episode is the last in our US Road Trip series and sees me finish up with an interview recorded live in a BBQ joint in Fort Smith, Arka...
044 Daniel fr Fort Smith BBQ Society
01 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Okay, so the final stop on our tour of the US was Fort Smith, Arkansas, the home of WalMart. My wife's family is from that town so were there to visit...
043 Bonnie fr NOLA
01 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Folks, this one is special. I was walking through the French quarter of New Orleans, drinking a giant can of mango margarita to calm my nerves, having...
042 Eric fr Hammond BBQ Challenge
01 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Folks, there are only a handful of times in your life when you get to meet an innovator, an OG. This was one of them. I was very lucky to be introduce...
041 Craig 'The BBQ Ninja' Verhage
01 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
One of the things I love about BBQ comps is the networking that happens when you're not even aware of it. One of the fantastic connections I made at t...
040 Ben LIVE at Rodeo Houston
01 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Let's get into it folks. For our final episode recorded live at the Worlds BBQ Championships, I hit the pavement to catch some interesting conversatio...
039 Saffron LIVE w Operation BBQ Relief
01 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is episode is part two of a pair of episodes where I turned the mic over to guest host Saffron from Bush Cooking while we were at the Houston Liv...
038 Saffron LIVE at Rodeo Houston
01 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Okay dokey folks. I have something a little different for you in this episode. This is the first episode of a two-parter where I turn the mic over to ...
037 Miriam fr The Salt Lick
01 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There are few BBQ joints that have a lineage like Salt Lick. In this case, the BBQ joint in question has been passed through three generations and the...
036 Jill fr Lockhart Smokehouse
01 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I'm chatting with owner and operator of Lockhart Smokehouse, Jill Bergus. If you've heard the name Lockhart before, that's because it'...
035 Season Three Trailer
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier in the year I was lucky enough to be able to take my family on a road trip through the United States, competing at the World's BBQ Championshi...
034 Jess Pryles fr Hardcore Carnivore
22 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
To close out Season Two 'Living the Dream' I sit and talk 'Q with the one and only Jess Pryles. Jess is an Aussie who's now taking it to the Americans...
033 Julie-ann fr JAGRD Woodfired
15 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Julie-ann swings by the Confessional for Ep 14 of Season 2 'Living the Dream' to take us behind the scenes of successful Western Australian smoker man...
032 Cameron fr BBQ Spit Rotisseries
08 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Cameron from BBQ Spit Rotisseries takes a knee in Ep 13 of Season 2 'Living the Dream'. Cameron runs the Sydney branch of one of Australia's most succ...
031 Ricki fr Bully BBQ
01 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ricki from Bully BBQ is my special guest in Ep 12 of Season 2 'Living the Dream'. Ricki embodies the very concept of living the dream. Unhappy in his ...
030 Brad fr Pure Meats Robina
25 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A quality butcher is vital to success in BBQ and one of the best butchers around is Brad from Pure Meats Robina. He's a classically trained butcher wh...
029 Gus fr Gusface Grillah
18 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
One of the friendliest guys in the BBQ scene, Gus from Gusface Grillah joins me in The Confessional for Ep 10 of Season 2 'Living the Dream'. You've s...
028 Adam fr Primal Iron BBQ
11 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Adam from Primal Iron BBQ is my special guest in Ep 9 of Season 2 'Living the Dream.' In this digital age, if there aren't pics on Instagram and Faceb...
027 Joy fr Homestead Lovers
04 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Joy from Homestead Lovers drops in to the Confessional for Ep 8 of Season 2 'Living the Dream'. She helps us explore the world of food dehydration and...
026 Mark fr Smartfire
28 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mark from Smartfire takes a knee in the Confessional for Ep 7 of Season Two, 'Living the Dream'. In this incredible Ep Marks takes us through the pain...
025 Aidan fr Cut Throat Knives
21 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In Ep 6 of Season Two, 'Living the Dream', Aidan from Cut Throat Knives swings by the Confessional to reveal what goes on at an artisan blade smith. W...
024 Bronnie fr 4670BBQ
14 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For Ep 5 of 'Living the Dream' Bronnie from 4670BBQ takes a seat in the Confessional to reveal all the behind-the-scenes goings-on at BBQ competitions...
023 Abel fr Clean Heat Charcoal
07 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ep 4 of 'Living the Dream' sees me having a good chat with Abel from Clean Heat Charcoal about all things fuel. Clean Heat is renowned for their envir...
022 Hillbilly Wes fr Bovine & Swine
02 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 3 of 'Living the Dream', Hillbilly Wes from Bovine & Swine takes me through all the steps involved in opening a bricks'n'mortar BBQ joint. ...
021 Rob fr Smokin' Hot'n'Saucy
02 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode 2 of the 'Living the Dream' series and in it, I talk vending and catering with Rob from Smokin' Hot'n'Saucy. Smokin' Hot'n'Saucy is ba...
020 Mikey fr Man Meat BBQ
02 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode One of the 'Living the Dream' series, I was very privileged to have the opportunity to interview Mikey from Man Meat BBQ, based out of Chic...
019 Season Two Trailer
26 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Season Two of the Smoking Hot Confessions Podcast is called 'Living the Dream' and in it I'll be interviewing 15 successful BBQ entrepreneurs to find ...
018 Live @ BBQ Wars 2017
24 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 18 of the Smoking Hot Confessions Podcast sees me head to Port Macquarie for the Blues & BBQ Festival, or as it's known in the circuit, BBQ Wa...
017 Live @ Burleigh BBQ Championships 2017
26 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
I hit the pavement at the fabulous Burleigh BBQ Championships 2017 to chat to as many people as possible. I got to meet up with a range of new and exp...
016 Live @ BBQ & Beats 2017
28 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded live at the BBQ & Beats Competition at the NightQuarter on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia. It's a very interesting ...
015 Live @ Brisbane BBQ Festival 2017
14 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is coming to you hot off the mic. Just this weekend past I jumped in the car and headed up to Brisbane for the annual Brisbane BBQ Festiv...
014 Live @ Clean Heat Rib-Off 2017
06 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Not too long ago I was very privileged to have the opportunity to MC the Clean Heat Charcoal BBQ Rib-Off for Underground BBQ. It was the first compe...