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Welcome to Pitmaster, an Old Virginia Smoke Podcast. Each episode, OVS Pitmaster Luke Darnell will deconstruct world-class pitmasters to extract the tactics, tools, and routines you can use at home in your backyard and in the competition BBQ world. This includes morning routines, habits, tricks, and much more. Find out what’s challenged the world’s best pitmasters, how they handle adversity, and where they turn to for advice and counsel. You won’t want to miss this very entertaining, educational and totally different BBQ podcast.
Episodes
Jun 21, 2024
Jun 21, 2024
19 min
This week we preview the DC BBQ Battle with organizer Andrew Schaffer and OVS teammate Sir William Stilwell, aka The Goat!
Jun 7, 2024
Jun 7, 2024
35 min
This week on Pitmaster, an Old Virginia Smoke podcast, we welcome Brad Cox of Local Yokels BBQ out of Illinois, recent winner of the KCBS World Invitational Open Contest. If there's a better person in BBQ, I'd be interested in finding them! This is a fun, feel good episode that I think you will enjoy!
May 20, 2024
May 20, 2024
39 min
On this episode of Pitmaster, we talk to Dennis Bowman of Bowman's Butts & BBQ, a great young man who just won his first Masters GC in Kannapolis.
May 9, 2024
May 9, 2024
53 min
On this week's edition of Pitmaster, an Old Virginia Smoke Podcast, we go for a ride with Harry Soo from Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ, a legend in the BBQ world. Harry has great info on mindset, thought processes, and a lot of life lessons. This is one of the most fun and insightful podcasts I've ever done. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Apr 23, 2024
Apr 23, 2024
59 min
Chris Salsberry from Fred Vegas Smokers has been cooking all over the country this early season. He's chasing "Bourbon and Friends" and having a blast with competition BBQ. This is a great podcast with a lot of tips on cooking in different parts of the country, and for making sure BBQ is fun. You don't want to miss this one.
Mar 11, 2024
Mar 11, 2024
31 min
On this episode of Pitmaster, we have a conversation about GOAT Status with two of them, Brad Leighninger with Gettin' Basted and Darren Warth with Iowa Smokey D's.
Mar 1, 2024
Mar 1, 2024
34 min
The Pork Shanks - On this episode of Pitmaster, an Old Virginia Smoke podcast, Luke talks with Brian Corbett about their weekend together at the King of the Farm contest in Iron Station, NC, and how sometimes one meat can go completely haywire - and how to fix it.
Feb 2, 2024
Feb 2, 2024
29 min
In this episode of Pitmaster, an Old Virginia Smoke podcast, Luke is joined by Bill Gillespie from Smokin Hoggz and Jared Huizenga from Insane Swine to remember Dmitry Feld. Dmitry was the organizer of the Lake Placid I Love BBQ festival, member of the 1980 Soviet Union Olympic Team, integral part of USA Luge, huge participant with the Shipman Youth Center, and generally one of the best human beings we've ever met. The world recently lost Dmitry to leukemia.
Jan 8, 2024
Jan 8, 2024
34 min
Happy New Year from Old Virginia Smoke! This week we feature one of the greats, Dan Hixon from 3Eyz BBQ. A lot of great stuff in here about controlling your environment and mindset.
Dec 21, 2023
Dec 21, 2023
47 min
This week on Pitmaster, an Old Virginia Smoke podcast, we have Jon Wade with Optimus Swine from Toano, VA, one of the hottest cooks of 2023 and a really good friend of the show.