Blane Hunter of Porky Butts BBQ is one of the most accomplished competition cooks on the circuit and is also the owner of Porky Butts BBQ restaurant in Omaha Nebraska. Here are just a few highlights of his comp career Over 130 competitions and counting 85 top 10 finishes 22 Grand Championships in 9 different states 7 Reserve Grand Championships 2016 KCBS National Grand Champion – Team of the Year 2016 KCBS National Ribs Champion 2017 American Royal Open World Champion 2017 American Royal Open Brisket Champion 2017 King of the Smoker Grand Champion 2017 King of the Smoker Brisket Champion Multiple KCBS “700”s” Multiple KCBS “180’s”

We have Mr. Hotty Totty himself, Ronald Burns. He is a multiple Grand Champion BBQ cook who has successfully transitioned into an SCA champion and creator of Hotty Totty rub. Ronald and John Lindsey have teamed up to do Arkassippi Smoke Live. A Facebook show dedicated to SCA, check it out every Monday night on their Facebook channel.

Tina is not only a world foods champion and a grand champion BBQ competition cook, but she is also a TV personality. She is fresh on a win on Netflix's American BBQ Showdown and also appears on Bama-Q She has a bunch of how-to videos and cook along on her website Tina Cannon Cooks that is will elevate your home cooing game, so check it out!

Today on the show we have nonother than Joe Pierce of Slap's BBQ. Joe is not only the owner of a highly successful BBQ joint but is one of the top BBQ competitors in the world

Dewayne is the owner of the wildly successful Rib Lickers Smoke Shack located in Glasgow KY. He also runs the BBQ Brokers shop where you can get all the tools of the trade that Dewayne uses himself. Dewayne is a student and teammate of the late Mike Mills and is hell-bent on bringing a Memphis in May championship that has eluded Mike. Nothing would make us happier than to see this happen.

We take to Aaron Stoffer of Man Meat BBQ competition team who is one of the best competition cooks on the circuit. Check out some cool videos he does on YouTube You can get his rubs and sauces here

orey Linton is the organizer of one of the biggest competitions in the world. He was also the Co-Organizer of the KCBS Invitational. He has also been nominated for the KCBS board. You can go to the KBCS website and vote for him there. If your looking to cook in one of the best contests out there there is still room at Smoke in the Spring. Look the event up on Facebook.

Russ Allen of Red Bones BBQ has been on quite a hot streak in the backyard world. First popping up of Bama-Q and then winning the first annual KCBS backyard chicken points chase. Keep your eye open for Red Bones rippin it up next year.