Episodes

In this bonus episode we do our third live podcast of the day at the Texas Cook'em High Steaks in Edinburg. Brett Gallaway from the Steak Cookoff Association joins us to talk about the event and possible future events in the Rio Grande Valley. He gives a little history about the Steak Cookoff Associations' beginnings from 9 cookoffs 6 years ago to over 600 world wide in 2021. He tells us about an upcoming event in Alaska and John wants to know if Bear will be one of the categories. We talk about...

In this bonus episode we do our second live podcast of the day at the Texas Cook'em High Steaks in Edinburg. Mario and Eddie from Chillin N Grilling join us to talk about the cookoff prior to the results. We talk about the overall event and how we feel our different meat turns in came out. The gang all feel pretty confident about our turn in on this day. We ask for more opportunities to compete in Steak Cookoff Association events. We give you some insight into the Texas heat in the summer. We en...

In this bonus episode we do our first live podcast at the Texas Cook'em High Steaks in Edinburg. Johnny, Jaime and myself are joined by my other brother Eric for the first time. We talk about the new set up for the cook off and thank Ronnie for our awesome spot behind the 9th hole at Ebony Golf Course. Jaime breaks down the new Champions Barbecue Alliance (CBA) scoring system as he went to judge chicken. He reveals that he wasn't much help to us as our chicken did not land on his table. We remin...

Episode 25 Part 1!! We've got a full house again as I'm joined by Johnny, Rudy, Jaime, and my brother Hiram virtually from LA . Hector is also back from his beach vacation. Let's see if we can make it through this extra long podcast recording.

We start up with some Joe tips that some of the cooking teams shared for the average backyard cooker. We got some tips from the Buzzards BBQ team and from Chillin N Grillin. They talk about letting your meat come up to temp and knowing your bbq pit.

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Episode 25 Part 1!! We've got a full house again as I'm joined by Johnny, Rudy, Jaime, and my brother Hiram virtually from LA . Hector is also back from his beach vacation. Let's see if we can make it through this extra long podcast recording.

We talk about our weekends where most of us competing in the Texas Cook'em High Steaks in Edinburg. Hiram plans to go see some horse racing and dress to the nines. We continue with our headlines starting with my review of Wingstop's Thighstop menu. It all...

Episode 24!! We've got a full house again as I'm joined by Johnny, Rudy, Jaime, and my brother Hiram virtually from LA, who is also with our friend Erica . Hiram shares some stories about Erica and Jaime in High School. We question whether Jaime was a bully back then and would have been cancelled today. We talk about the disappointing loss by the Texas Longhorns baseball team and how Longhorn sports keeps letting us down. Meat prices are through the roof and we throw around some example like ste...

Episode 23!! We've got a full house and I'm joined by Isaac, Johnny, Rudy, Jaime, and my brother Hiram virtually from LA. We start by talking about what we got for Father's day and how it's not as glamorous as Mother's Day. John takes a Ferris Bueller's day off and treats himself. We made some steaks prior to recording the podcast getting ready for the Texas Cook'em High Steaks in Edinburg., We talk about a local Whataburger and how someone found maggots in their meat. We debate whether this rea...

In this special episode we interview Brie Blackford from Elda's Kitchen. I am joined by Hector, Marisol, and Alma "The Queen of BBQ". We talk about her weekly Facebook live videos. Brie tells us how Elda's Kitchen got started and a little history behind it. She reminisces about cooking with her Grandma and how it inspired her to continue the tradition of cooking for the family. She talks about the different flavor profiles from sauces such as Black Pepper, Spikey, Steakhouse, Peach Habanero, Jam...

In this episode Jaime, Hector, Johnny and I are joined by Hiram in LA. We welcome special guest Ronnie Larralde, President of the Edinburg Chamber of Commerce and organizer of the Texas Cook'em High Steaks in Edinburg. We start with a little celebrity boxing and how it's changing the boxing world. Deshawn Watson makes his way back into the podcast as Ronnie is a die hard Houston Texas fan. Hector takes a shot at the Texans and says they were never a Super Bowl contender. I treat the guys to a ga...

In this episode Jaime, Hector and I are joined once again by Hiram in LA. We talk a little NBA updates and the upcoming Mayweather vs. Paul "Fight". Is it a fight or a money grab. Maybe a little bit of both. We talk about my recent cookoff where I ride shotgun for the Queen of BBQ and battling the erratic Texas weather. We also talk about the upcoming High Steaks cookoff on 4th of July in Edinburg, Texas. Hiram gets some new into music for his segment, Behind the Red Curtain. He tells us about t...

In this episode Hector, Jaime, Hiram (Live) and myself are joined by non other than our favorite bbq team Chillin N Grillin (Mario and Eddie). Warning...this episode contains lots of barbecue talk and tips to up your game. We talk about cooking in IBCA for most of our professional barbecue careers and our experiences competing in the new Champions Barbecue Alliance (CBA) cookoff sanctioning body. The guys compare their experience with Hector as they competed head to head in their first CBA cooko...

In this episode Hector, Jaime, Hiram (Live) and myself are joined by Connie, owner of Snowbite restaurant in South Texas. Hiram is down from LA on this one and joins live. We talk about the feast we had at Snowbite before we started recording. Hector orders a 3 meat rice bowl as he has many times in the past. Hector also finishes his meal with a Dalgona (Nalgona) boba tea with black balls. What exactly is a boba tea? Hector almost quits golf. Connie shares her experiences cooking with us on occa...

In this episode we get the band back together as the original cooking team of Johnny, Hector and I are joined by Jaime. We give you an extra dose of barbecue talk as Hector comes out of retirement to cook in his first ever Champions Barbecue Alliance (CBA) cook off. He battle torrential rains and winds but when the dust and mud settle he pulled off a 2nd place chicken and Top 10 overall. We give made props to Pitmaker pits and how they fair in the stormy weather. He also shares his thoughts abou...

In this episode Jaime and I are joined by Hiram (virtually). Hector takes a hiatus and goes MIA. Jaime leads us off in a discussion about the weekends fight with Canelo vs. Saunders. No empathy for Saunders from these guys as he fails to fall on his sword and doesn't answer the bell. Not like the RSB Army's favorite movie Rocky. Cowboys stadium proudly breaks an indoor record for boxing attendance during a pandemic. We talk about one of our team members first Championship Barbecue Alliance cook ...

In this episode Jaime, Hector and I are once again joined by Hiram (in LA). Fresh off the first round of the NFL drafts we talk about our winners and losers and how well our teams did. Hector wants us to go to Chicago to see the Bears. We surveys our Joe Army fans to ask them to name their top 3 favorite sports movies. We discuss the top 5 voted by our fans and which movies were too high and which were not high enough. The Jerry Maquire kids gets an Oscar nod from us. Hector feels Not Another Te...

In this episode Jaime, Hector, Hiram and I are joined by Captain Mike Barrera and Jonny aka Manitas de Gato. Jaime gives his expertly UFC breakdown and shocking knockouts. We all talk about what 4 toppings we prefer to make the perfect burger. (Well most of us stick to the rules.) We tell you what goes into a Mexican Hamburger is. Hiram gives us his Oscar recap live from Los Angeles. We take a left turn and class it up by discussing the Razzies and some of the worst movie winners over the last 2...

In this episode Jaime, Hector and I are joined by Hiram (Virtually from LA). We give a quick recap on the Triller Fight night with Jake Paul as, Ben Askren. Spoiler: the best part of the night was Snoop Dogg. I talk about my 2 weekend tour trying local food trucks and their barbecue offerings. Aliens invade Edinburg at last weeks UFO Festival and I recall an encounter myself. Hiram talks about the LA food truck scene and wet burritos make their way back into the conversation. We play a Family Fe...

Lucky 13!! In this episode Hector, Jaime, and myself are joined by Hiram (Virtually from LA). We talk about WrestleMania and our Mount Rushmores of wrestlers of all time. We also talk about some characters that would be cancelled if they were around today. "Word on the Street", Hector talks about his love affair with New York and shares his experience in his week long trip in Chicago. He talks about some of the restaurants he visited and tells us what Steak (Beef) Tartare is. He also makes a fri...

In this episode Jaime, Hiram and I are joined by special guest Alma, The Queen of BBQ. Hiram joins us from his weekend trip to Newport, California. We talk about the beginning of our competition barbecue career and plans for a cook off in the coming weekend. Hiram gets an interesting question from a customer at the bar. He also talks about restaurants and other services moving to a la cart services. Alma talks about her Worldly travels and plans to visit Ireland and Amsterdam. Do other countries...

In this episode Hector, Jaime and I are joined by Nick who was visiting from Austin. We start out by choosing our Chicken Sandwich Champion from the March Madness Chicken Wars. We decide who is crowned the champ between Popeyes and KFC. Hector and I preview plans to make our own ultimate chicken sandwich with influence from Jess Pryles. We also talk about the new giga factory "Giga Texas" that Elon Musk is building in Austin. We ask the question of how a Cyber Truck would fair at a barbecue cook...

Episode 10!! In this episode Jaime, Hector and I are joined by Hiram virtually from LA. We talk about our golfing weekend and an unexpected heckler helps me sink a birdie putt. Isaac celebrates his 40th birthday. Hector criticizes girls at South Padre Island. Hiram continues his apology tour of all the people he offends on the podcast. We taste and judge the final four chicken sandwiches of our March Madness Chicken Wars. Hector is still looking for that crunchy juicy sandwich and is pleasantly ...

In this episode Jaime, Hector and I are joined virtually by my brother Hiram in Los Angeles. We talk about Hector's barbecue and a Frankenstein taco that he made stuffed with fajitas, a jalapeno popper, pork belly, and guacamole. We decide to let our fans have a shot at naming this thing. We review the first round of the Chicken Wars bracket with Chick-fil-a and KFC moving on to the semi-finals. We then cover this week's first round of the Chicken Wars with Popeyes vs. McDonalds and Churches vs....

In this episode Jaime, Hector and I are joined virtually by my brother Hiram in Los Angeles. Hector has a run in with an Arby's employee trying to order a crunchy juicy chicken sandwich. We taste and judge half of the first round of the Chicken wars with battles between KFC and Wendy's as well as Chick-fil-a versus Arby's. Where are all the pickles and what's the white stuff in these things. Don't judge a book or chicken by it's cover. We decide who will be moving on to the semi-finals. We also ...

In this episode Jaime, Hector, and I are joined by my brother Hiram (virtually) from Los Angeles. We talk about how we weathered the Texas Freeze and how we are not prepared for the cold in Texas. We talk about another theft of large quantities of meat but this time its Bologna better known as the bologna bandit. For the month of March we introduce our plan to have a March Madness Chicken wars with the popular fast food fried chicken sandwiches. We tackle the old question on whether it's ok for ...