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Barbecue Base

Alex Lawson
106 episodes   Last Updated: Dec 26, 24

It's BBQ, but not your usual snags on a gas hotplate! This is smokey, meaty goodness for your ears as well as your tastebuds.

Come along for the ride as each episode we dive into everything BBQ and the people that make it great. Tips, advice, reviews and news, it's serious BBQ, but wrapped up with a few laughs along the way too!

Episodes

Join three of our top SCA steak cooks, including twice NZ Steak Champion Troy Bilbrough and World Championship Qualifier Luke McGoldrick and Meatstsock Steak Champion Scott Matthews for a deep dive into everything SCA Steak - your mind will be blown!  Don't miss this. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
One half of the NZBA team Out the Grate and a kick ass SCA steak and ancillary cook, Mandy Brunswick joins us for this episode of competition time! All the competition BBQ tips and tricks you could shake a stick at... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
He's the head cook from the Mone Mone BBQ team, all the way from The Cook Islands and coming to Meatstock in Feb, it's Taua Elise!  Plus we roud up the final comps and news of the year along with Noel's Christmas Ham for Just The Tip!  Don't miss it!   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ever since they came onto the circuit in 2019 The Cook Cartel have been a force to be reckoned with and this year was their best yet. This is one you NEED to listen to if you're at all serious about comptition BBQ! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Michael 'Maka' Kirkham is leaving Australia for the very first time and coming tio Meatstock Hamilton, and he's excited! And we'e excited to see his leathergoods including some of the finest knife rolls going coming this way too.  Join us as we catch up on all things leather and BBQ.  Plus Noel's top tips for charred lettuce (it's a thing!) and our round up of the NZ scene.  Get it in your ears!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Quietly making a mark in NZBA and certainly not as quietly hitting the SCA ancillaries and steak is 2 Girls, 1 Grill's Cherie Leckner from the South Island! Pull up a pew and hear about their hjourney and some of the things they're working on to keep improiving their NZBA and SCA game!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Scott Carnochan, better known as Smokey Fish Bar Bee Que is here to give you all his secrets about SCA, NZBA, Catering, Cooking with Ironbark and also how make amazing BBQ pies!  Plus Noel gives you his top tips on Pulled Pork Roti's and we round up all the latest news and events! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
He's one of the OG's of comp BBQ in NZ - grab a chair, pull up a Rumbo and chack out Matt's insights as a former Overall Champion. Meatstock Champion, National Rib and Pork Champion...the list goes on! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Pellet grills have had a bad wrap in the BBQ world. but that's all a bit outdated now and Traeger are at the forefront of the technology and technical advancements in grills, pellets and getting smoke flavour into your food. Come learn about pellet grills with us and Graeme Allardice, the Traeger NZ man who know's just about everything you need to on these beasts!  Plus, Noel's top tips on the humble gremolata and his hybrid version, which goes amazingly on beef, steak and lamb!  Get it in your ears!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mild mannered truck mechanic by day, champion pitmaster by night! Rolling Coal's Pete Hughes drops by to chat all things competition including cooking Ribs at the Cowtown Classic in Texas and spills the beans on his current protein nemesis! Everything you need, in a bite size chunk!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.