Great interview with the Smoking Bad BBQ Team from the Liguria Region of Italy. These guys are making waves in IBC and WBQA – KCBS sanctioned BBQ. Keep Reading »
BBQ Team Spotlight: Smoking Bad BBQ Team (Italy)

In this archive, you'll find posts about some of the cool competition BBQ Cook Teams out there. If you would like your team to be highlighted here, please contact me via one of the links on this site so we can set it up!
Great interview with the Smoking Bad BBQ Team from the Liguria Region of Italy. These guys are making waves in IBC and WBQA – KCBS sanctioned BBQ. Keep Reading »
West Texas Pit Masters head cook Lance Moore shares information on his background, the team’s history, and a great hot and fast brisket prep overview. Keep Reading »
Aaron and Lee’ayn Lesley of West Texas Oilees BBQ team are featured in this BBQ Team Spotlight. Great folks doing great in BBQ! Keep Reading »
Pork Butt Paradise BBQ Team hailing from Sterling, MA shares how they got started and how new teams can start to have success in competition BBQ. Keep Reading »
Pitbull BBQ team duo Anthony and Regina Minderman are firing it up out of Tacoma, WA. Read about some of their experiences and lessons learned. Keep Reading »
Competition BBQ spotlight featuring Ed and Ginny Roach of Fire Down Below BBQ Team based out of Mansfield Massachusetts. Keep Reading »
For those of you who don’t know, I have a standing invite out to any team who has either a Reserve Grand or Grand Champion award at a professional level competition to send in a request for being featured in a spotlight post on the BBQ Beat. The team must not have won more than […]
Some time ago I put a feeler out over at the BBQ Beat Facebook Page to see if teams just starting to gain traction in competition BBQ might be interested in sharing their story and some of their learning experiences with my readers. The offer, which still stands by the way, was simple: teams must […]
A few years ago, I was lucky to be introduced to Draper’s BBQ AP (All Purpose) rub. Heading up the Draper’s BBQ brand at that time, as is the case now, was Shane Draper – a man with whom I’ve since come to consider one of my good friends in the world of BBQ. In […]