Smoke(less)
by Smoke(less) Podcast
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BBQ Is Easy | You Just Need Patience
BBQ Is Easy | You Just Need Patience
About this podcast
Three award-winning Texas Top 50 BBQ veterans sit down to share honest, no-bull conversations about life, purpose, burnout, creativity, and the grind of building something meaningful, in and far beyond the pit. This isn't a show about brisket recipes (though that might come up). It's about the fire underneath: the stuff that fuels us, burns us, and reshapes us. BBQ is just the backdrop for something much deeper — mentorship through experience, brotherhood through storytelling, and the clarity that only comes when the smoke clears.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 39 episodes
- BBQ Is Easy | You Just Need Patience · 44 min · Season 2 Episode 36Making great BBQ is easy. You just need a little patience… right? This week on Smoke(less), Nick Pencis of Stanley’s Famous Pit Bar-B-Q, Wayne Mueller of Louie Mueller Barbecue…
- The Backyard BBQ That Raised $4 Million | Alice Laussade · 55 min · Season 2 Episode 35What started as a backyard BBQ in Dallas has grown into something nobody could have predicted. This week on Smoke(less), Nick Pencis of Stanley’s Famous Pit Bar-B-Q, Justin…
- He Saw Texas BBQ Before the World Did | Wyatt McSpadden · 1 h 13 min · Season 2 Episode 34Before Texas BBQ became a global phenomenon, Wyatt McSpadden was already there — camera in hand, documenting the people, places and traditions that helped define it. For…
- Is The Texas BBQ Boom Over? · 1 h 9 min · Season 2 Episode 33Why are so many Texas BBQ joints closing? Is the Texas BBQ Boom Over? Texas BBQ has experienced an incredible boom over the last decade, but lately some well-known restaurants…
- Jess Pryles | What Happens When You Finally Find Your Thing · 1 h 11 min · Season 2 Episode 32Before Jess Pryles became one of the biggest names in live-fire cooking, she was living in Australia, bouncing between careers and travelling to Texas whenever she could…
- The BBQ Advice Nobody Tells You · 53 min · Season 2 Episode 31What BBQ advice actually matters and what’s just hype? This week on the Smokeless Podcast, Nick Pencis of Stanley’s Famous Pit BBQ, Wayne Mueller of Louie Mueller Barbecue and…
- The Truth About Starting a BBQ Business · 58 min · Season 2 Episode 30Thinking about opening a BBQ restaurant? Watch this first. One listener from Oklahoma wrote to the Smokeless Podcast with a dream: to build a BBQ brand and eventually open his…
- How Sam Jones Ended Up Cooking for Willie Nelson · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 28Sam Jones returns for Part Two with Nick Pencis of Stanley’s Famous Pit Bar-B-Q, Wayne Mueller of Louie Mueller Barbecue and Justin Fourton of Pecan Lodge. This time, the…
- Everything Comes at a Cost - Sam Jones · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 28Sam Jones joins Nick Pencis of Stanley’s Famous Pit Bar-B-Q, Wayne Mueller of Louie Mueller Barbecue and Justin Fourton of Pecan Lodge for a conversation about life, barbecue…
- The Biggest Brisket Scam on the Internet · 1 h 13 min · Season 2 Episode 27Is pouring beef tallow over brisket actually making it better—or just making dry meat look juicy for the camera? In this episode of the Smokeless Podcast, the guys call out one…
- Selling Beef Ribs Cheaper Than Everyone Else - Tyler's Barbecue · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 27Tyler Frazer of Tyler’s Barbeque joins the Smokeless boys for part two of a wide-ranging conversation covering Texas beef ribs, rising barbecue prices, the new generation of…
- From The Toy Business To BBQ | Tyler Frazer · 39 min · Season 2 Episode 26Tyler Frazer of Tyler’s Barbeque joins the Smokeless boys to tell the story of how he built one of Amarillo’s best-known barbecue joints from almost nothing. When Tyler opened…
- Texas BBQ, Buc ee’s, and Pure Chaos · 38 min · Season 2 Episode 25Fourth of July, fireworks, tornado stories, World Cup crowds, Buc-ee’s, Bass Pro, and the growing international obsession with Texas BBQ. The guys dig into why visitors from…
- Can Texas BBQ Handle the World Cup? · 39 min · Season 2 Episode 24The World Cup is bringing a massive wave of soccer fans to Dallas… but what does that mean for Texas BBQ? In this episode of Smoke(less), Justin, Wayne and Nick dig into what it…
- The Dark Side of BBQ Success | Quetorials + Primitive Pits · 1 h 15 min · Season 2 Episode 23The Dark Side of BBQ Success | Quetorials + Primitive Pits Success in barbecue looks like sold-out trays, packed restaurants, and magazine lists — but behind it can be pressure…
- The BBQ Shortcut Everyone Needs to Stop Believing | Quetorials · 1 h 19 min · Season 2 Episode 22In this episode, JJ and JD from Primitive Pits and Quetorials join the Smokeless Podcast for a brutally honest conversation about what really makes great barbecue. From the…
- Why BBQ Costs So Damn Much Now · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 21BBQ costs more than ever, brisket prices keep climbing, and restaurants are being forced to make some brutal decisions. In this episode of Smokeless, we revisit two of our…
- How Pitmasters Handle Stress · 43 min · Season 2 Episode 20This episode we dive into how pitmasters handle stress and pressure. Evan LeRoy (LeRoy & Lewis) and Arnis Robbins (Evie Mae's) give us some incredible insights
- BBQ Stories You Need to Hear · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 19This episode of the Smoke(less) podcast features three highlights from the show's archives, focusing on the people and stories behind the barbecue industry. • Aaron Franklin…
- One Year of Smoke(less): The Untold Stories Behind The Podcast · 57 min · Season 2 Episode 18One year ago, three Texas pitmasters started a podcast with no real plan, no studio, and almost no equipment. Now, after conversations with Aaron Franklin, Daniel Vaughn…
