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Come on over and join us.
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Eight of the boldest smokers
in America
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are here to throw down
the best barbecue of their lives.
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Oh, my God!
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- Get smokin'!
- Look at that, baby!
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Each pitmaster's talents
will be challenged like never before.
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Grilling, smoking, sides,
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sweets, familiar meats, and...
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ooh, not so familiar meats.
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-Oh, raccoon! Aieee!
-Ooh!
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- 90 seconds!
-Out of the way!
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This is the biggest competition
I've ever been a part of.
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They'll be judged
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-by two award-winning pitmasters.
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Let's talk about your asparagus.
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-I don't know. I got a mouthful of fat.
-I don't know that I like it.
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-For the next eight weeks...
-Giddy up!
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...these cookers' smokin' skills
will be put to the test...
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I'm making my own herbal brush.
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...grilled like never before.
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-You have a plan.
-A backup plan.
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-There you go. A backup to the backup.
-Do your thing, girl.
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Thank you.
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-She's screwed.
-Five!
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-At the end of each episode...
-Four!
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-So, are you confident?
-No.
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...one barbecue chef
will be named star pitmaster...
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That's tender
as a mother's love right there.
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Three!
Who's goin' home today?
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-...and another will get smoked out.
- Two!
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-No, no, no! No! Shh!
-What?
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For all the bragging rights
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-and crown of America's barbecue champion.
-Go on, girl!
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-Aaah!
- One! Show me the meat!
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You brought the flavor to the party.
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What's second place?
First place loser.
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This is the American Barbecue Showdown.
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Welcome, y'all!
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Come on over and join us.
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All right, now. How you doing?
How's it going?
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How you guys doing? Yeah!
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Are y'all ready for this?
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-Yeah!
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-Been waitin' my whole life.
-We made it!
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-We're gonna light some fires...
- Mm-hm!
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...cook up some sweet, sweet meats,
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and we're gonna find out which one of you
is the very best there is.
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-All right! All right!
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We can do that. We can do that.
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Now, my partner in crime
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to my left here
is not only a comedian
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and a barbecue lover,
she's the sweet to my tea.
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-Lyric Lewis.
-Aww!
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-Well, hey!
- Nice to meet you!
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As a New Orleans girl myself,
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if there's one thing I do love,
it is flavor.
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So I am so excited for this competition
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and all the meat sweats that's to come
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-from all of y'all's food.
-Yeah!
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-I got you, girl!
-Yeah!
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Now, please meet
our incredible barbecue judges.
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I'm talkin' about
a sixth-generation pitmaster, okay?
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Making world-class Texas-style barbecue,
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all the way from LA to Australia,
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straight outta Compton,
a crazy barbecuer named Bludso.
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Please say hello
to Kevin "Big Kev" Bludso!
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-How you been, Bludso?
-Whoo!
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I am so fired up to be here with y'all.
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I wanna go deep into your souls
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-and see where your cooking comin' from.
-All right! Come on now!
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I wanna taste the food. I wanna taste
the story at the same time.
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-Good luck to all y'all, baby.
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Next up, this lady right here
is a seven-time world champion
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and the fiercest judge
of all things barbecue.
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The Mississippi smoke queen,
Melissa Cookston.
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-All right!
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Hey, smoke queen!
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That is the woman that I... idolize.
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The smoke queen!
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Melissa cooks hog.
I mean, how many women do that?
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That is really a man's world.
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She has whooped their you-know-whats.
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And it drives 'em nuts.
That's what I'm gonna try to do.
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I've been standin' in your shoes
thousands of times.
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I need to have perfect execution.
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Because I know what I've seen
and I know what I'm talkin' about.
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-Whew!
-She's intimidatin'.
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-Yes!
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All right, all right!
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Now, listen, we know barbecue in America,
it's all about history and personal style,
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and the best way to really say
all that together
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is the barbecue combo plate.
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-All right.
-I'm ready.
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You'll need to smoke two barbecue meats,
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with two succulent sides.
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You'll have five and a half hours
to create your barbecue combo plate.
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Five and a half hours.
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- I'm used to overnight.
- Yeah.
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Not five and a half hours. Okay.
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-'Cause I'm a super, super low-slow cook.
-That's what make it a challenge.
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-All right! Get smokin'!
- All right.
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- Whoo!
-Let's go.
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-Let's do it!
-All right.
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-Let's get some wood.
-Got that grill, baby. Let's rock.
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Kevin and I
looked all over the country
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for all sets of skill levels
for this competition.
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It'll be interesting to see what we get,
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because sometimes,
these backyard barbecuers
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are just as proficient
as some competitors on the circuit.
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So, I'm expectin'
some really good 'cue today.
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Whoo! That's the way you do it.
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I am the number one lady pitmaster
in California.
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That's the perfume of the meat gods
goin' in there.
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I'm glad they got a medic on here.
Y'all gonna need it, because I tell you,
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your tongue will slap you so hard
back and forth after tasting the sausage,
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you know, "Help me, help me!"
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I've cooked anything from alligator tail,
goats, a whole pig.
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It's "Grubbecuing,"
'cause anyone can barbecue,
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but only I can Grubbecue.
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-What your grub feel like, brother?
-Ash.
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-Ready to smoke?
-A real honor. Yes, sir.
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Barbecue is like a religion
in North Carolina.
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You've got the Baptists,
you've got the Methodists,
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and you've got the Holy Smoke.
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-All right, man.
-Let's go, let's go. One hundred.
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-We girls gotta stick together.
-Gotta stick together.
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And get these guys outta here.
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I compete in about 18 contests a year.
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Don't underestimate me
because I'm a woman,
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because I have beat many a man
out there many times.
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I'm lit over here, baby,
I'm burnin' on all three cylinders.
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I consider myself to be, one out of ten,
a ten in the barbecue world.
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I'm comin' full force, baby,
110 miles an hour.
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Hulk smash!
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I wanna show them everything
I can do and more.
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I'm an IT technician.
This is my first time competing.
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So it's a little bit daunting
to really grasp and take on.
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Hickory is one of the things I go to
with everything I cook.
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Barbecuin' is a real competitive thing
amongst the family.
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Hell, my blood type might be, uh...
smoky sweet barbecue sauce or somethin'.
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A barbecue combo plate
is the perfect first challenge
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because every barbecuer in America
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has made a barbecue combo plate.
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That's what we feed our families.
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Now, these barbecuers have everything
you could possibly dream of.
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Inside the barn...
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you've got a stocked pantry,
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and all the barbecue tools
you could ask for.
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And of course,
top-of-the-line smokers outside.
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You'll also have a meat locker
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stocked with the meats
that the country's best butchers dream of.
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So these cookers are gonna show us
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where they're comin' from
with these combo plates,
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and I cannot wait to see
what they bring to the table.
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I'll grab this whole shoulder
right here,
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see if we can't cook barbecue
in five and a half hours.
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I am a car salesman,
so we don't get a lot of free time,
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but when we do, I love to barbecue.
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You know, buy a car,
you get a free, uh, pork butt.
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It works out good!
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I'm from North Carolina,
and we are a pork state.
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I'm not sayin' North Carolina's the best,
but we're the best.
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I'm a little nervous about this challenge.
I wanna cook pork butt.
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Pork butt is generally used
for making pulled pork
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and usually takes about eight to ten hours
to fully cook.
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Little known fact,
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it doesn't actually come
from where the name might suggest.
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It comes from the shoulder.
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In late 1700s New England,
it was known as the Boston butt,
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and the name stuck.
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I'm gonna be makin' pulled pork,
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baby back ribs
with a cherry barbecue sauce,
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crackerroni and cheese,
and a country sweet slaw.
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Five and a half hours is not a lot of time
to cook pork butt.
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I usually do mine in ten hours.
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Holy cannoli!
You're gonna do a pork butt in five?
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I'm gonna try.
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What I did is I took a pork butt,
and I cut it in half.
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No bone in there, so hopefully,
it's gonna cook a little faster.
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When I eat this meal today,
what am I gonna say about Ashley?
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I wanna bring this home to North Carolina.
That's my goal.
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I got a, uh... I got a friend of mine
that passed away.
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I'm usin' one of his recipes today.
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Me and Big Worm were, uh, teammates
on our barbecue team.
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Big Worm was my best friend.
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Early in 2017, we find out that...
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he's got a brain tumor.
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Six months later to the day, he passed.
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All this,
we're gonna do it for him.
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-Big Worm is behind you on this, right?
-He's lookin' down on us.
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He's lookin' down, for sure.
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-Can't let Big Worm down, man.
-No, sir.
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-I know how it is, losing a homeboy.
-No, sir. That's right.
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-Good luck, man, all right?
-Yes, sir. Thank you.
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Everybody's already gettin' their meat
and I haven't did anything.
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The fun thing
about bein' a Southern belle,
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sometimes you can get by with stuff.
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Like when I cook in contests,
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I wear pearls, I look like a little girl,
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they don't think
anything about me, but...
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I sneak up on you,
and you don't even know it.
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I think I picked...
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probably the wrong choice.
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Damn it.
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I was thinkin' about cooking
a money muscle,
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which is the prime piece
when you turn in a pork butt.
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This is actually the pork butt,
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which is what I normally cook
in competition,
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and on this end,
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there's always a particular muscle
called the money muscle,
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and I've never quite seen one this small.
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They're usually
about the size of my forearm.
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The money muscle is
kind of like the premium part
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that you turn in in a contest.
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When you trim it off, it's almost like
a filet mignon of a pork butt.
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As you can see, this is kind of small.
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So I'm gonna regroup,
take this to the meat locker,
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and figure somethin' else out,
and see what's left.
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I can tell you what dish I'm not gonna do,
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is there is a pig head in there.
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And if it looks at me,
I just can't cook it, I just cannot...
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cook somethin' with the eyes
actually in it, lookin' at me.
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Back to the meat locker.
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Okay.
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I have to make a quick decision,
cook somethin' else.
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So I look around
and I decide to go with pork belly,
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because that's still Southern.
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Unlike pork butt, pork belly
comes from the actual belly of a pig.
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Think of it
as a giant slab of bacon wrapped in fat.
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My barbecue plate's gonna show
Georgia, and my roots,
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so I wanna do a pork belly,
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and then I wanna cook pork tenderloins
wrapped with bacon,
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red-eye gravy
and a big bowl of cheese grits.
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We cook with pork belly, salted pork.
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That's pork in the South,
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so I stuck with somethin'
that I thought that I could finish
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in that timeline.
238
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Hey, look here, look here!
He's tryin' to fly away!
239
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But he ain't going nowhere.
I got him by the wings!
240
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It's your boy Shotgun,
Fayetteville barbecuer. What's happening?
241
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Yeah!
242
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I got that brine goin' on, that daddy.
243
00:11:41,742 --> 00:11:44,120
Ooh-whee! Let's rock and roll, baby.
244
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Barbecue, for me, is a party.
245
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I cook with alcohol.
I cook better when I'm drinkin'.
246
00:11:47,707 --> 00:11:50,418
I love it. My go-to drink
when I'm on the grill
247
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is Billy Dee, baby,
Colt 45, double malt.
248
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That's what I like. That's what I do.
I tell ya, I keep it old-school.
249
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I got, uh,
Shotgun's famous beer can chicken today.
250
00:12:00,219 --> 00:12:01,929
I love chicken like I love my life.
251
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I eat chicken seven days a week.
Call me the chicken man.
252
00:12:04,598 --> 00:12:06,892
The first thing I ever cooked on a grill
was chicken thighs.
253
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If I don't serve the judges chicken,
that ain't Shotgun.
254
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Anytime, anywhere, chicken,
chicken, chicken, chicken, chicken.
255
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It's a dish that's been in my family
for a while.
256
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My father's always known how to do it.
257
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It's gonna, like, make you go,
"Whoo! Wow! Where'd that come from?"
258
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I'm doin' some beer can chicken,
259
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West-style grilled rib
with some grilled asparagus,
260
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and I am making
some smoked potato salad.
261
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Shotgun, what's up, baby?
262
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Tryin' a little somethin'-somethin'.
263
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My dish is beer can chicken. Stuff the can
right down that chute. Oh, yeah.
264
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- The brine smells good.
-Yes, ma'am.
265
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So you-- You don't feel like
it had to be submerged all the way?
266
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Uh... Not really, because I'm actually
puttin' the brine on the-the inside.
267
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-I hear you. Okay.
-On the inside of the bird,
268
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where you can actually taste
the flavor of the meat.
269
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I haven't put any rub on it yet,
but I'm gonna wow you with a nice rub.
270
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With the ribs, it's West-style rib.
271
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I put a South Carolina style on it
with the base of the mustard.
272
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Tell me temperature,
smoker temperature.
273
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Smoker temperature, 225,
and this, I'mma pull 'em around 170.
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-170 internal temperature.
-Internal temp.
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Okay.
276
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Think that's gonna be
tender enough for you?
277
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-That's gonna be tender enough for you.
- All right.
278
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It'll be going out in about
another-another ten minutes, probably.
279
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-I'm really concerned about that.
- Chop that for my bird...
280
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Yeah, that' a...
281
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This is gonna be really difficult
in the time limit.
282
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I'm gonna trim off a little more
than what I would usually trim,
283
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'cause I don't know if this will render.
284
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I'm not feelin' any better.
285
00:13:29,683 --> 00:13:33,145
- How you doin', Miss Tina?
-Well... sweatin' it.
286
00:13:33,229 --> 00:13:36,440
I went in the meat locker
and there was no pork butts,
287
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'cause I was gonna present to y'all
only money muscles.
288
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So I regrouped.
289
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-I love pork belly.
- Right.
290
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I don't know if I'm gonna be able to do it
'cause I-I'm not a hot-and-fast cook.
291
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If you was at home,
292
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-how long would you cook this?
-Probably eight hours.
293
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You only have five and a half hours.
You thinking you can get it that rendered?
294
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Just give me a shot, y'all.
Give me a shot.
295
00:13:58,087 --> 00:14:01,215
Is that your mascot behind you?
Is that Miss Piggy? Who's that?
296
00:14:01,715 --> 00:14:03,133
That's Priscilla.
297
00:14:03,217 --> 00:14:05,094
-Is she, like, a good-luck charm for you?
-Yeah.
298
00:14:05,177 --> 00:14:07,137
-She goes with me to every contest.
-Every contest?
299
00:14:07,221 --> 00:14:11,225
She's seen plenty of pork butts
being cooked, but not today.
300
00:14:19,066 --> 00:14:21,527
Party people, we got five hours left
in your cook.
301
00:14:23,028 --> 00:14:25,823
Makin' the perfect combo plate
is about everything.
302
00:14:25,906 --> 00:14:28,576
So you need everything to fall in line
just right.
303
00:14:28,659 --> 00:14:31,495
You need everything to be timed
like you timed it.
304
00:14:31,579 --> 00:14:34,123
This pork butt, as you can tell,
is super small.
305
00:14:34,206 --> 00:14:36,709
I've trimmed it down,
cut the money muscle off of it,
306
00:14:36,792 --> 00:14:39,712
and the money muscle
is the best part of the pork butt.
307
00:14:39,795 --> 00:14:41,630
If you're not familiar
with the money muscle,
308
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the money muscle is what we call
the part of the pork butt in competition
309
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that gets your butt paid.
310
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Got a little spritz made up
with some apple cider vinegar,
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apple juice and some cherry cola.
312
00:14:53,183 --> 00:14:55,644
My buddy Big Worm was always our rib guy.
313
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So I'm usin' one of his recipes today.
314
00:14:57,521 --> 00:15:00,357
I'm making Big Worm's
baby back ribs today.
315
00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:02,985
And that's pretty intimidating...
316
00:15:04,069 --> 00:15:06,655
because he used to be my rib guy.
317
00:15:06,739 --> 00:15:11,035
When we went to a competition,
he was our rib cook. I did the pork butt.
318
00:15:11,118 --> 00:15:13,579
This is a pretty emotional cook for me.
319
00:15:13,662 --> 00:15:16,707
I haven't been back
in barbecue competitions very much
320
00:15:16,790 --> 00:15:18,375
since I've lost Big Worm in my life.
321
00:15:18,459 --> 00:15:22,963
This is, by far, the biggest deal
that I've done since... since he passed.
322
00:15:23,422 --> 00:15:25,591
My ribs are in here chillin' right now.
323
00:15:25,674 --> 00:15:28,677
Hopefully, Big Worm's ribs
are gonna turn out fantastic.
324
00:15:28,761 --> 00:15:31,764
I truly think that I'm gonna have him
lookin' down on me today.
325
00:15:31,847 --> 00:15:33,724
Big Worm, this is for you, buddy.
326
00:15:34,183 --> 00:15:35,142
Be good, baby.
327
00:15:36,143 --> 00:15:38,687
Put 'em side by side
like Bonnie and Clyde.
328
00:15:38,771 --> 00:15:40,606
I'm about to skip, and I'mma dip...
329
00:15:40,689 --> 00:15:41,941
When I get to my Lang,
330
00:15:42,441 --> 00:15:44,485
and with my fire right,
we doin' the damn thing.
331
00:15:48,530 --> 00:15:50,866
So right now I'm makin' a simple mojo.
332
00:15:50,950 --> 00:15:52,785
I like to make it myself,
fresh as possible.
333
00:15:52,868 --> 00:15:55,204
Fresh marinades, fresh rubs,
334
00:15:55,287 --> 00:15:58,582
always taste better than anything
you can get at the store.
335
00:15:58,666 --> 00:16:00,084
I grew up in Jamaica.
336
00:16:00,167 --> 00:16:02,044
I was eight years old
when we came to the States,
337
00:16:02,127 --> 00:16:03,629
and it was definitely a culture shock,
338
00:16:03,712 --> 00:16:06,715
because it's louder, brighter
and busier than what I'm used to.
339
00:16:07,299 --> 00:16:10,052
I'm currently finishin' up my jerk rub.
340
00:16:10,135 --> 00:16:11,887
But in order to keep me adjusted,
341
00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:14,264
my mom would still make
jerk chicken for me.
342
00:16:14,348 --> 00:16:17,810
Some of my favorite meals and memories
are always tied to food.
343
00:16:17,893 --> 00:16:21,438
My grandmother making
ackee and saltfish for breakfast.
344
00:16:21,522 --> 00:16:24,692
Then for dinner, you know,
having real jerk chicken.
345
00:16:24,775 --> 00:16:28,153
The best jerk I've ever had
is a jerk that I've made. Really good.
346
00:16:28,237 --> 00:16:29,822
Lot of heat, lot of flavor.
347
00:16:29,905 --> 00:16:33,784
One of the first books I ever bought
was actually Julia Child's cooking book,
348
00:16:33,867 --> 00:16:36,787
and I read that thing
like it was the best-selling novel.
349
00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:44,586
And I picked up so many tips and tricks
that had nothing to do with barbecue,
350
00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:48,132
just cooking in general,
that I apply to barbecue.
351
00:16:48,215 --> 00:16:51,552
I'm not a chef. I'm not a pitmaster.
352
00:16:51,635 --> 00:16:53,554
Those are titles you have to earn.
353
00:16:53,637 --> 00:16:56,765
I am a guy who just manages
not to burn the food.
354
00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:59,643
-How are you doing today?
-I'm good! Okay, so, what are you making?
355
00:16:59,727 --> 00:17:04,481
Today, I'm going to be making
some classic St. Louis cut smoked ribs,
356
00:17:04,565 --> 00:17:07,484
pork belly, mojo chicken, jerk chicken,
357
00:17:07,568 --> 00:17:10,487
fried sweet plantains and tostones.
358
00:17:10,571 --> 00:17:12,364
-That's three... That's four...
-That--
359
00:17:12,448 --> 00:17:14,742
I like to feed people how I like to eat.
I'm a big guy.
360
00:17:14,825 --> 00:17:17,411
You don't get this size by skippin'
on just two meats and two sides.
361
00:17:17,494 --> 00:17:19,455
-That's mini meats. Mini meats!
362
00:17:19,538 --> 00:17:21,999
-Nobody else is going more than two.
-No one else is doing...
363
00:17:22,082 --> 00:17:24,293
-more than two.
-I don't go by the rules very much.
364
00:17:24,376 --> 00:17:26,920
I'm sticking to the guidelines here,
but I want to wow you guys.
365
00:17:27,004 --> 00:17:28,005
I'm not just Jamaican.
366
00:17:28,088 --> 00:17:31,425
I'm recently finding out a bit more
about my family's history and culture.
367
00:17:31,508 --> 00:17:35,054
My great-grandmother and grandfather
worked the Panama Canal,
368
00:17:35,137 --> 00:17:39,016
and resided and lived
the majority of their lives in Colombia.
369
00:17:39,099 --> 00:17:41,560
- Wow.
-So that explains my...
370
00:17:42,227 --> 00:17:44,021
love for Latin flavors.
371
00:17:44,104 --> 00:17:45,731
I think my background
372
00:17:46,231 --> 00:17:47,941
is going to be what sets me apart.
373
00:17:48,025 --> 00:17:51,779
Everyone is used to eating
American barbecue made the American way.
374
00:17:51,862 --> 00:17:53,739
- Right.
-I'm hoping to change that today.
375
00:17:57,951 --> 00:17:59,078
I got me some whole chickens.
376
00:17:59,161 --> 00:18:01,371
I'mma whip up a little thing
we call "Grandma's recipe".
377
00:18:01,455 --> 00:18:03,957
Now, my-my challenge here
in five and a half hours
378
00:18:04,041 --> 00:18:06,210
is to get that flavor
down in that chicken.
379
00:18:06,293 --> 00:18:08,003
That's the thing, gettin' that chicken--
380
00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:10,672
That flavor from that brine
in that chicken in two and a half hours.
381
00:18:10,756 --> 00:18:13,342
But I got a little plan to do that.
I'll see if I can't pull it off.
382
00:18:13,425 --> 00:18:15,803
'Cause you gotta have that deep flavor
for it to work right.
383
00:18:15,886 --> 00:18:17,262
I'm a North Georgia grillbilly.
384
00:18:17,346 --> 00:18:19,848
I live so far deep in the woods,
the ticks don't hang out there.
385
00:18:19,932 --> 00:18:21,391
That's how far I live in the woods!
386
00:18:21,475 --> 00:18:24,103
Ain't nothing but the real deal going on
with Grubbecuing.
387
00:18:24,186 --> 00:18:26,980
I've seen things in the mountains.
You ever see a groundhog climb a tree?
388
00:18:27,064 --> 00:18:28,941
You didn't know a groundhog
could climb, did you?
389
00:18:29,024 --> 00:18:30,484
My dogs tree'd one before.
390
00:18:30,567 --> 00:18:32,444
Fifteen foot-- A groundhog in a tree.
391
00:18:32,528 --> 00:18:35,864
I'm making a Cajun sausage that I learned
many years ago, back in the day,
392
00:18:35,948 --> 00:18:37,741
and, uh, we got Grandma's chicken,
393
00:18:37,825 --> 00:18:40,244
I'mma do a roasted corn sauce on the side
with mine,
394
00:18:40,327 --> 00:18:43,038
and what I like to call
my garlic parsley potatoes,
395
00:18:43,122 --> 00:18:44,289
all together on one plate.
396
00:18:44,373 --> 00:18:46,542
You know what? People like salt.
I'mma have to...
397
00:18:47,584 --> 00:18:48,961
twist that up a little bit.
398
00:18:49,044 --> 00:18:52,548
Up until June 10th of last year,
I was a meatatarian,
399
00:18:52,631 --> 00:18:54,883
eatin' porksicles
and drinkin' beer all the time.
400
00:18:54,967 --> 00:18:57,136
But then I had a heart attack,
and it's like,
401
00:18:57,219 --> 00:18:58,637
"I gotta change the way I'm eatin'."
402
00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:02,099
Just 'cause you barbecue don't mean
you can't eat good and be healthy.
403
00:19:02,182 --> 00:19:05,435
My cookin' has changed 180 degrees.
I cut back on my sodium
404
00:19:05,519 --> 00:19:07,855
and I'm standing here today
50 pounds lighter.
405
00:19:07,938 --> 00:19:10,232
I'm fixin' to stuff some good,
delicious Grubbecue sausage
406
00:19:10,315 --> 00:19:12,317
in them hog intestines right there.
407
00:19:12,401 --> 00:19:14,361
There we go. We got action now!
408
00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:21,493
I've got my salmon
on cedar planks, because as they cook,
409
00:19:21,577 --> 00:19:24,121
it's gonna put a cedar wood flavor
into it.
410
00:19:26,665 --> 00:19:29,293
Grubbecue's homemade sausages
on a cedar plank
411
00:19:29,376 --> 00:19:31,128
for a little bit more depth to the flavor.
412
00:19:31,211 --> 00:19:32,546
There's no way they won't like it.
413
00:19:32,629 --> 00:19:35,090
They're barbecue professionals.
This is top-notch sausage.
414
00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:36,800
It don't get no fresher than this.
415
00:19:37,384 --> 00:19:40,888
So many people love to smoke salmon
on a cedar plank.
416
00:19:40,971 --> 00:19:45,517
I have not ever seen anyone
smoke a sausage on a cedar plank.
417
00:19:45,601 --> 00:19:47,936
Weird to me,
because you're smokin' on a cedar plank
418
00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:49,271
for smoke on a smoker.
419
00:19:49,354 --> 00:19:51,231
So, it's like overkill.
420
00:19:51,315 --> 00:19:54,902
You have to really be careful
when you're makin' sausage.
421
00:19:55,611 --> 00:19:58,572
So Grubbs is puttin' it on a cedar plank.
Why is he doin' that?
422
00:19:59,156 --> 00:20:00,324
Man, it's gonna be good.
423
00:20:00,407 --> 00:20:03,285
You're puttin' sausage on top of wood
to go inside a wood smoker.
424
00:20:03,368 --> 00:20:05,495
Man, to me, I would just put 'em
right on the grill,
425
00:20:05,579 --> 00:20:06,997
get some nice grill marks on it.
426
00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,291
To me, it works great for fish.
427
00:20:09,374 --> 00:20:13,003
You know, you moisten that plank
and it smokes directly into that salmon,
428
00:20:13,086 --> 00:20:15,923
and the smoke just travels right--
All the way through it.
429
00:20:16,006 --> 00:20:19,760
Never seen it done with sausage before.
I don't know what my boy Grubb is doing.
430
00:20:19,843 --> 00:20:21,595
All righty, let me get goin'.
431
00:20:22,471 --> 00:20:24,139
Come check out my beer can chicken.
432
00:20:24,223 --> 00:20:26,099
It's taking on
a beautiful, magnificent color.
433
00:20:26,183 --> 00:20:30,354
Let's go ahead and probe her
right down near her thigh there.
434
00:20:30,437 --> 00:20:33,357
That's goin' down okay, so...
We-We're takin' on a good color.
435
00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:36,902
So we at 98 degrees internal Fahrenheit,
right now, so we ain't nowhere near ready.
436
00:20:36,985 --> 00:20:39,071
Whoo! Look at that, baby!
437
00:20:39,154 --> 00:20:41,365
God the Almighty know all that, daddy!
438
00:20:41,448 --> 00:20:42,282
-Oh...
439
00:20:42,366 --> 00:20:44,785
Man, I-- This is like meat schizophrenia.
440
00:20:44,868 --> 00:20:48,288
I don't know which way he is going
right now.
441
00:20:48,747 --> 00:20:52,292
Love, love his enthusiasm.
I am concerned about him.
442
00:20:52,376 --> 00:20:53,710
That's too damn hot.
443
00:20:54,294 --> 00:20:56,213
He is all over the place.
444
00:20:56,797 --> 00:21:00,050
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
We sittin' strong at about 108, 110.
445
00:21:00,133 --> 00:21:02,135
I asked him
about times and temperatures.
446
00:21:02,219 --> 00:21:04,137
I was getting numbers thrown at me
447
00:21:04,221 --> 00:21:07,432
from some sort of playbook
at a football game.
448
00:21:07,516 --> 00:21:09,017
I have no idea what's goin' on.
449
00:21:09,101 --> 00:21:10,936
That thing flying like a bird, baby.
450
00:21:11,019 --> 00:21:13,480
Fly! Fly! Fly away, he says!
451
00:21:13,563 --> 00:21:16,233
I shot him! Bam! Come on back down there,
you ain't goin' nowhere.
452
00:21:19,152 --> 00:21:21,113
- Oh--
-Bless his heart.
453
00:21:21,196 --> 00:21:23,573
What I gotta do over here?
Not a **** thing.
454
00:21:28,328 --> 00:21:30,747
I've cooked pork belly because I love it.
455
00:21:30,831 --> 00:21:33,750
But usually, it's, like, eight hours.
456
00:21:34,293 --> 00:21:36,628
We have five and a half,
so I'm crankin' it up,
457
00:21:37,254 --> 00:21:38,422
and I'm gonna...
458
00:21:39,047 --> 00:21:40,841
hopefully, if I can get up to...
459
00:21:40,924 --> 00:21:42,759
No, no, no, don't do this.
460
00:21:42,843 --> 00:21:45,971
Oh, my God, my fire is crashin'!
461
00:21:46,430 --> 00:21:49,558
-What's happened-- No, no, no--
-I need to be, like, at 300.
462
00:21:49,641 --> 00:21:51,310
I'm at, like, 225.
463
00:21:51,393 --> 00:21:53,854
Y'all, I think somethin's going on
with Tina's fire.
464
00:21:53,937 --> 00:21:56,606
It looks like there's no smoke
comin' out of that chimney.
465
00:21:56,690 --> 00:21:59,568
I had a barbecue emergency, in my opinion.
466
00:22:00,027 --> 00:22:02,529
We are cooking
with charcoal and wood.
467
00:22:02,612 --> 00:22:06,283
So it's not like you have a knob
that you can turn down,
468
00:22:06,366 --> 00:22:07,534
like you do on an oven.
469
00:22:07,617 --> 00:22:09,953
Now, that should not be happenin'.
470
00:22:10,037 --> 00:22:12,164
Workin' the smoker
is kinda like a dance.
471
00:22:12,247 --> 00:22:16,418
You have to maintain that temperature
at a constant level,
472
00:22:16,501 --> 00:22:18,712
because if you have heat fluctuations,
473
00:22:19,296 --> 00:22:21,882
the pores in the meat tend to seize up,
474
00:22:21,965 --> 00:22:24,885
and not allow fats to render out properly.
475
00:22:24,968 --> 00:22:26,219
Come on.
476
00:22:27,220 --> 00:22:29,097
It's really easy
to get spun out...
477
00:22:29,181 --> 00:22:30,640
-It is.
-...if that fire goes out.
478
00:22:30,724 --> 00:22:34,186
If we go back to Tina from the start,
when we first were introduced to her,
479
00:22:34,269 --> 00:22:36,605
her first statement was an excuse,
if you think about it.
480
00:22:36,688 --> 00:22:39,733
Well, she started by sayin'
everything she does is low and slow.
481
00:22:39,816 --> 00:22:42,027
-Shortest is 16 hours, right?
-Yeah, that was it.
482
00:22:42,110 --> 00:22:43,528
She didn't have the butt she wanted,
483
00:22:43,612 --> 00:22:45,364
-so she chose a pork belly.
- Yes.
484
00:22:45,447 --> 00:22:47,616
I don't know that she's ever cooked
a pork belly before.
485
00:22:48,533 --> 00:22:51,203
So, now, her fire's gone out.
486
00:22:51,870 --> 00:22:54,206
The thing about competing is adversity.
487
00:22:54,289 --> 00:22:56,166
How you react to it,
how you recover from it.
488
00:22:56,625 --> 00:22:58,877
I mean, I know I had the door open to...
489
00:23:00,253 --> 00:23:02,672
You know what?
I'm gonna check everything inside
490
00:23:02,756 --> 00:23:05,675
and I'm just gonna say a little prayer,
me and, uh, Priscilla.
491
00:23:06,802 --> 00:23:08,929
And see if that goes back up
to where I want it.
492
00:23:15,143 --> 00:23:16,895
Feels like I'm back in the islands.
493
00:23:16,978 --> 00:23:20,607
Everyone's, uh... smoker sort of smells
a little bit of the same right now,
494
00:23:20,690 --> 00:23:22,234
but I can guarantee you,
495
00:23:22,943 --> 00:23:24,528
this jerk is gonna stick out.
496
00:23:24,611 --> 00:23:27,572
People are gonna realize,
"Oh, he's-he's serious."
497
00:23:27,656 --> 00:23:31,910
And I can't think of a dish
that has more heat and flavor
498
00:23:31,993 --> 00:23:33,453
than jerk chicken.
499
00:23:33,537 --> 00:23:36,665
Did y'all see what Rasheed had goin'?
Phew!
500
00:23:36,748 --> 00:23:40,335
He's doin' jerk chicken,
mojo chicken, pork belly,
501
00:23:40,419 --> 00:23:42,170
St. Louis cut spare rib.
502
00:23:42,254 --> 00:23:44,965
-This is his first competition, I believe?
- Yeah.
503
00:23:45,048 --> 00:23:47,384
Rasheed might not have
any competition experience,
504
00:23:47,467 --> 00:23:49,970
but he is swinging for the fences.
505
00:23:50,053 --> 00:23:52,806
He is attempting four proteins.
506
00:23:52,889 --> 00:23:54,057
Go big or go home.
507
00:23:54,141 --> 00:23:55,475
If he can't pull it off,
508
00:23:55,559 --> 00:23:57,352
I guess he bit off
more than he could chew.
509
00:24:02,816 --> 00:24:05,068
All right, guys, we've got two hours left.
510
00:24:05,152 --> 00:24:07,154
I'm gonna go and check on my sides.
511
00:24:07,237 --> 00:24:09,197
With their meats on the grill,
512
00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:11,491
these smokers
need to get their sides goin'.
513
00:24:11,575 --> 00:24:13,702
This is a barbecue combo plate.
514
00:24:13,785 --> 00:24:16,329
Give me sides
that complement the proteins,
515
00:24:16,413 --> 00:24:18,707
but don't give me somethin'
that has so much heat,
516
00:24:18,790 --> 00:24:22,252
that blows my palate out,
so I can't taste your proteins.
517
00:24:22,335 --> 00:24:25,380
Somethin' that makes
a well-rounded barbecue plate.
518
00:24:26,089 --> 00:24:28,925
Tryin' to get
my baked beans started. Uh...
519
00:24:29,009 --> 00:24:34,055
I'm tryin' to figure out
how to operate this, uh... stove.
520
00:24:34,639 --> 00:24:37,767
My wife is great when it comes to sides.
521
00:24:37,851 --> 00:24:40,228
If my wife was here, man,
it'd be all right.
522
00:24:40,312 --> 00:24:41,730
How do I turn this thing on?
523
00:24:41,813 --> 00:24:43,982
-Oh, yeah, I'll help you, no problem.
524
00:24:44,065 --> 00:24:46,401
Most guys, you know,
they do the barbecuin',
525
00:24:46,485 --> 00:24:47,694
the wife does the inside...
526
00:24:47,777 --> 00:24:49,237
She does the sides, you know?
527
00:24:49,321 --> 00:24:50,572
You got a cooker,
528
00:24:50,655 --> 00:24:52,949
you know what I mean,
who just does the meat,
529
00:24:53,033 --> 00:24:54,409
and his wife does the sides.
530
00:24:54,493 --> 00:24:55,952
He could drop the ball on the sides.
531
00:24:56,036 --> 00:24:58,830
-Couldn't see that at first.
-Push down and turn it around.
532
00:24:58,914 --> 00:25:02,584
Your sides have to be just as good
as the meat in a combo plate,
533
00:25:02,667 --> 00:25:04,461
because, especially
in a competition like this,
534
00:25:04,544 --> 00:25:06,213
with all these good cookers that we have,
535
00:25:06,296 --> 00:25:09,090
somebody can lose on potato salad
or baked beans or somethin'.
536
00:25:09,841 --> 00:25:11,718
I'm makin' tostones,
537
00:25:11,801 --> 00:25:14,596
which is a twice-fried plantain.
538
00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:16,181
Smash once, fry twice.
539
00:25:16,932 --> 00:25:20,018
I'm hoping that sort of, uh...
impresses the judges.
540
00:25:21,436 --> 00:25:25,065
I'm makin' some slaw, man.
Some country Carolina slaw.
541
00:25:25,148 --> 00:25:27,108
It's gonna be super creamy,
super sweet.
542
00:25:27,192 --> 00:25:29,361
Really, really good compliment
to barbecue.
543
00:25:29,444 --> 00:25:31,613
You're gonna find it anywhere you go
in North Carolina,
544
00:25:31,696 --> 00:25:33,698
if you go to a barbecue restaurant.
545
00:25:34,658 --> 00:25:36,952
This is what brings it all together, man.
546
00:25:37,035 --> 00:25:40,205
If I'm puttin' me on a plate,
it's definitely gotta be on there.
547
00:25:41,706 --> 00:25:43,833
My red-eye gravy is over here,
548
00:25:43,917 --> 00:25:46,378
in my paw-paw's skillet
that I brought with me.
549
00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:48,129
That's what I would have eaten
550
00:25:48,213 --> 00:25:51,132
with my paw-paw and my mom
and all of us at the table.
551
00:25:51,216 --> 00:25:53,635
Now, red-eye gravy is a Southern thing.
552
00:25:54,219 --> 00:25:57,389
Melissa, she's a Southern girl, too,
so that's what we do.
553
00:25:57,931 --> 00:25:59,099
I want her approval.
554
00:25:59,182 --> 00:26:01,268
You usually use country ham.
555
00:26:01,351 --> 00:26:04,521
You use coffee from, like, yesterday
or early this mornin'.
556
00:26:04,604 --> 00:26:05,897
And my paw-paw drank coffee,
557
00:26:05,981 --> 00:26:08,483
so he would drink it
and the rest of it went in the gravy.
558
00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:10,569
My paw-paw, mom, my whole family.
559
00:26:11,194 --> 00:26:14,155
We'd have peach jam or preserves
560
00:26:14,948 --> 00:26:16,575
put it inside a biscuit,
561
00:26:17,033 --> 00:26:20,412
and we'd dip it in this red-eye gravy
you can see right here I'm makin'.
562
00:26:20,495 --> 00:26:22,664
Gettin' ready to check
my smoked grilled asparagus here.
563
00:26:22,747 --> 00:26:25,458
And it's like that,
and that's the way it is.
564
00:26:25,959 --> 00:26:29,796
Nice little salt and pepper rub on that,
kinda keep a nice stiffness to 'em.
565
00:26:29,879 --> 00:26:33,258
What I'm noticin' about Shotgun,
you have three smokers over there
566
00:26:33,341 --> 00:26:35,176
and look like
he has everything on the one.
567
00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:38,179
That low and slow reverse flow
is his comfort zone.
568
00:26:38,263 --> 00:26:42,017
For me, cooking asparagus
is best done hot and fast on a grill.
569
00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:45,061
It's very hard to cook asparagus
low and slow.
570
00:26:45,770 --> 00:26:46,855
And Shotgun,
571
00:26:46,938 --> 00:26:49,024
I'm afraid that his asparagus,
572
00:26:49,107 --> 00:26:52,944
puttin' it in that reverse flow smoker,
is not gonna hold up well.
573
00:26:53,028 --> 00:26:54,154
We'll see.
574
00:26:54,904 --> 00:26:55,864
Shotgun barbecue.
575
00:26:55,947 --> 00:26:57,616
Can y'all come on over for a minute?
576
00:26:57,699 --> 00:27:00,035
- Oh, my God.
- What do these guys want?
577
00:27:00,910 --> 00:27:02,787
-We-We still got time.
578
00:27:02,871 --> 00:27:04,414
Our time is not up.
579
00:27:05,123 --> 00:27:05,957
Ah!
580
00:27:06,041 --> 00:27:09,919
Y'all seem to be off to a good start.
How about a little mid-smoke challenge?
581
00:27:10,503 --> 00:27:12,380
- Uh...
-A what?
582
00:27:12,464 --> 00:27:13,882
-What you got?
-There's one thing
583
00:27:13,965 --> 00:27:15,925
that we haven't seen
on your combo plates yet.
584
00:27:16,009 --> 00:27:18,803
It's one thing that could turn
a barbecue combo plate
585
00:27:18,887 --> 00:27:20,096
from good to great.
586
00:27:20,722 --> 00:27:23,058
-Speak on it.
-That's bread and it ain't easy.
587
00:27:23,141 --> 00:27:24,476
-Right now?
- Yeah, baby!
588
00:27:24,559 --> 00:27:26,811
You guys have the rest of your time
589
00:27:26,895 --> 00:27:30,398
to make your very own bread from scratch.
590
00:27:30,482 --> 00:27:32,442
-Oooh!
-Oh, my God.
591
00:27:32,525 --> 00:27:35,820
There's all kinds of bread
that a competitor could make
592
00:27:35,904 --> 00:27:37,447
to go with his barbecue combo,
593
00:27:37,530 --> 00:27:39,658
but picking the right bread...
594
00:27:39,741 --> 00:27:41,159
that's the important choice.
595
00:27:41,242 --> 00:27:43,995
All right, y'all. There's not that much
time left. Y'all get to cookin'.
596
00:27:44,079 --> 00:27:45,622
-All right!
- Let's do it!
597
00:27:45,705 --> 00:27:47,207
- Oh, Lord.
598
00:27:47,290 --> 00:27:49,542
- I was kind of dreadin' that.
599
00:27:49,626 --> 00:27:52,337
Oh, God, what am I gonna do?
600
00:27:53,421 --> 00:27:56,132
And I had stuff on the smoker
and stuff on the stove.
601
00:27:56,216 --> 00:27:58,176
I didn't know what to do,
so I went right back
602
00:27:58,259 --> 00:28:00,095
to where I began when I was a kid.
603
00:28:01,221 --> 00:28:02,138
Biscuits.
604
00:28:03,181 --> 00:28:04,432
Ooh-kay.
605
00:28:05,058 --> 00:28:08,353
I usually use lard,
and the lard was room temperature.
606
00:28:09,104 --> 00:28:11,856
Anybody worth their weight
in a biscuit knows...
607
00:28:12,482 --> 00:28:15,944
you don't cook biscuits
without cold lard.
608
00:28:16,486 --> 00:28:18,154
So I winged it and I used butter.
609
00:28:19,114 --> 00:28:21,408
Well... we'll see.
610
00:28:21,908 --> 00:28:25,453
Find out I've got 90 minutes
to make a quick bread. Uh...
611
00:28:25,537 --> 00:28:27,914
I only know maybe one or two things
that I can bake,
612
00:28:27,997 --> 00:28:29,332
and I don't do it often.
613
00:28:29,416 --> 00:28:31,918
So I'm going with a simple butter biscuit.
614
00:28:32,001 --> 00:28:35,046
It's three ingredients.
Self-rising flour, uh...
615
00:28:35,130 --> 00:28:36,756
cold butter, milk.
616
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:38,633
I may sprinkle cheese
and some salt in there,
617
00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:40,051
but I'm not trying to ruin it.
618
00:28:40,135 --> 00:28:42,887
It's somethin' simple and direct,
but I just gotta get it on the plate.
619
00:28:42,971 --> 00:28:44,848
Oh, this bread
I'm preparing today
620
00:28:44,931 --> 00:28:47,308
is going to be smoked
in this cast iron skillet.
621
00:28:47,392 --> 00:28:49,894
It's a flapjack. My grandmother
used to make it all the time.
622
00:28:51,146 --> 00:28:52,689
This bread involves one egg,
623
00:28:53,314 --> 00:28:54,357
baking soda,
624
00:28:54,941 --> 00:28:57,777
lemon juice, buttermilk, flour,
625
00:28:58,319 --> 00:28:59,696
and butter.
626
00:28:59,779 --> 00:29:01,614
And baking soda.
Flapjack cornbread, baby.
627
00:29:10,206 --> 00:29:11,916
Simple butter biscuit.
628
00:29:13,376 --> 00:29:16,963
We've got a little over a hour left
by this time.
629
00:29:17,046 --> 00:29:18,673
I gotta make sure that I'm, uh...
630
00:29:18,757 --> 00:29:21,760
I'm prepared in case it doesn't work out
the way I want it to.
631
00:29:21,843 --> 00:29:24,679
So, while these are going,
I'mma start the mix
632
00:29:24,763 --> 00:29:27,599
for my dumplings,
get 'em boiled and fried
633
00:29:27,682 --> 00:29:29,267
in some of that pork belly fat.
634
00:29:29,350 --> 00:29:33,855
To be safe, I'm making sure
I have two types of bread.
635
00:29:33,938 --> 00:29:37,066
The biscuits, and on top of that,
some fried dumplings.
636
00:29:37,150 --> 00:29:39,486
I'm doin' backups, you know?
637
00:29:39,569 --> 00:29:41,863
This type-- This type of competition,
638
00:29:41,946 --> 00:29:44,032
I'm not really willing to risk anything.
639
00:29:44,532 --> 00:29:47,660
All right, so,
we gonna make some cornbread.
640
00:29:47,744 --> 00:29:50,371
Holy cow!
I've got a lot on my plate right now.
641
00:29:50,455 --> 00:29:54,667
I got three different meats goin',
two sides, uh... now cornbread.
642
00:29:54,751 --> 00:29:57,587
I'm... I'm a little stressed,
I got 90 minutes to pull this off.
643
00:29:57,670 --> 00:29:59,422
I have all of my sides done.
644
00:29:59,506 --> 00:30:02,467
I got about ten more minutes on my bread.
Needs to sit.
645
00:30:02,550 --> 00:30:03,802
Whew.
646
00:30:07,263 --> 00:30:08,890
Oh, no! Son of a...
647
00:30:12,852 --> 00:30:14,771
The dumplings
are getting overcooked.
648
00:30:14,854 --> 00:30:16,898
I'd be lying if I said
I wasn't a little upset.
649
00:30:16,981 --> 00:30:19,818
I already have to make sure
that my ribs are not overcooking,
650
00:30:19,901 --> 00:30:22,153
I gotta make sure
my pork belly is gettin' nice and tight.
651
00:30:22,237 --> 00:30:23,446
Tending to all of this,
652
00:30:23,530 --> 00:30:25,573
then havin' to worry
about prepping and baking
653
00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:28,117
and making sure
everything rises and doesn't burn,
654
00:30:28,201 --> 00:30:32,121
and trying to avoid as many of that--
Those things going wrong as possible.
655
00:30:33,414 --> 00:30:35,083
Slightly longer than I wanted.
656
00:30:39,254 --> 00:30:42,173
- There we go.
-Whoo! Look at that, baby!
657
00:30:42,257 --> 00:30:45,468
Fifty-eight minutes!
658
00:30:45,552 --> 00:30:46,803
We're runnin' out of time.
659
00:30:46,886 --> 00:30:50,265
Oh, it's gonna be tight.
I'm gonna need every last second.
660
00:30:50,849 --> 00:30:53,184
-Whew!
-What you got goin' on there, pearl girl?
661
00:30:53,643 --> 00:30:55,770
I'm smokin' myself out, actually.
662
00:30:55,854 --> 00:30:59,107
I'm trying to, uh...
get this meat where it need to be.
663
00:30:59,190 --> 00:31:00,859
Chicken's done, sauce is done.
664
00:31:00,942 --> 00:31:03,987
A matter of puttin' it all together
and please them eyeballs of them judges.
665
00:31:04,070 --> 00:31:07,282
That's what I got to do right now.
Ain't got no time to play around.
666
00:31:07,365 --> 00:31:08,575
Whoo!
667
00:31:11,786 --> 00:31:12,954
Oh, my God!
668
00:31:13,371 --> 00:31:14,831
Oh!
669
00:31:18,418 --> 00:31:19,335
Son of a...
670
00:31:20,420 --> 00:31:21,629
Not what I wanted to do.
671
00:31:21,713 --> 00:31:23,131
A lot of smoke comin' over there.
672
00:31:23,214 --> 00:31:24,591
Hey, man.
673
00:31:24,674 --> 00:31:26,426
Damn foil was burnt and everything.
674
00:31:27,010 --> 00:31:30,013
Shotgun has smoke billowing everywhere,
675
00:31:30,096 --> 00:31:34,601
which means his food
is going to taste oily,
676
00:31:34,684 --> 00:31:37,937
oversmoked, and it'll ruin the protein
that's in there.
677
00:31:38,021 --> 00:31:38,855
Huh.
678
00:31:38,938 --> 00:31:42,525
He's gotta get that fire under control
or I don't know if he can salvage it.
679
00:31:43,109 --> 00:31:44,068
Damn it.
680
00:31:46,070 --> 00:31:47,947
How much time we got?
How much time we got?
681
00:31:48,031 --> 00:31:49,449
You guys got ten minutes left.
682
00:31:49,532 --> 00:31:50,742
Out of the way!
683
00:31:51,284 --> 00:31:53,286
I'm feelin' the pressure. Whoo!
684
00:31:54,621 --> 00:31:55,663
Oh, my God!
685
00:31:56,748 --> 00:31:59,167
We're gonna have pulled pork.
It's not much.
686
00:32:00,043 --> 00:32:01,544
I grabbed a pork belly,
687
00:32:01,628 --> 00:32:03,546
which I was not sure it would be done.
688
00:32:04,047 --> 00:32:05,924
So, we'll see.
689
00:32:14,849 --> 00:32:17,352
God, I'm on time, I'm on time...
690
00:32:24,150 --> 00:32:27,737
Ten, nine, eight...
691
00:32:27,820 --> 00:32:31,240
seven, six, five...
692
00:32:31,324 --> 00:32:35,620
four, three, two, one.
693
00:32:35,703 --> 00:32:37,288
-Show me the meat!
- Whoo!
694
00:32:37,372 --> 00:32:39,082
-Here we go, baby!
-Whew!
695
00:32:39,165 --> 00:32:41,584
- Congratulations, y'all.
-All right! Thank you.
696
00:32:41,668 --> 00:32:44,003
-What a challenge that was.
- Oh, yeah. Indeed.
697
00:32:44,087 --> 00:32:45,213
-Phew!
-Ooh-whee.
698
00:32:52,553 --> 00:32:53,930
-Yes. sir!
-Here we are!
699
00:32:54,013 --> 00:32:55,974
-Hope you guys are hungry.
- Yes.
700
00:32:56,057 --> 00:32:57,809
- Perfect.
- Yeah!
701
00:32:57,892 --> 00:32:58,851
Wow, guys.
702
00:32:58,935 --> 00:33:00,395
Where's y'all's?
703
00:33:02,605 --> 00:33:05,233
I expect flavor that I can taste
704
00:33:05,316 --> 00:33:08,027
from the tip of my tongue
to the back of my throat.
705
00:33:08,111 --> 00:33:10,154
Little sweet, little heat,
a little acidic,
706
00:33:10,238 --> 00:33:12,365
and give me just a little kick
in the back,
707
00:33:12,448 --> 00:33:14,575
because I am a full-flavor judge.
708
00:33:16,494 --> 00:33:19,580
All right.
Rasheed, tell us about your combo plate.
709
00:33:21,332 --> 00:33:24,043
It's just a dish
that explains my heritage.
710
00:33:24,127 --> 00:33:25,628
I was born and raised in Jamaica.
711
00:33:25,712 --> 00:33:28,715
My Latin side of my family
712
00:33:28,798 --> 00:33:33,469
is represented there
within the mojo and the tostones.
713
00:33:33,553 --> 00:33:35,930
You've got yourself some St. Louis ribs,
714
00:33:36,014 --> 00:33:39,308
pork belly, jerk chicken
along with some mojo chicken,
715
00:33:39,392 --> 00:33:42,937
some fried sweet plantains
and butter biscuits.
716
00:33:48,317 --> 00:33:50,403
Now, what kind of rub
did you use on the ribs?
717
00:33:50,486 --> 00:33:53,031
Some smoked salt,
some coarse black pepper,
718
00:33:53,114 --> 00:33:54,949
a little bit of paprika, garlic.
719
00:33:55,575 --> 00:33:56,868
Let me tell you, Rasheed.
720
00:33:56,951 --> 00:34:00,455
-You did all that and then some.
-Oh, bro. Thank you. Thank you.
721
00:34:00,997 --> 00:34:03,499
-This biscuit...
- Mm-hm.
722
00:34:04,667 --> 00:34:05,793
- Come on.
-So good.
723
00:34:06,335 --> 00:34:07,628
Come on!
724
00:34:08,588 --> 00:34:11,632
Your pork belly
was real good to me, your ribs.
725
00:34:11,716 --> 00:34:15,428
And your sides
compliment your proteins so well.
726
00:34:15,511 --> 00:34:16,804
Good job, honey.
727
00:34:16,888 --> 00:34:17,764
Thank you, guys.
728
00:34:18,473 --> 00:34:19,390
Georgia.
729
00:34:20,433 --> 00:34:23,269
Cooking for me,
it's the lifeblood of my family,
730
00:34:23,352 --> 00:34:25,313
starting with my baby backs.
731
00:34:25,772 --> 00:34:27,982
I will tell you, your sides are fantastic.
732
00:34:28,066 --> 00:34:31,110
Black-eyed peas, Hoppin' John.
That reminds me of New Year's Eve.
733
00:34:31,194 --> 00:34:33,279
-That's what we do in our house.
-Yes! It's what we do.
734
00:34:33,362 --> 00:34:34,363
- I love it.
-Yes!
735
00:34:34,447 --> 00:34:35,406
Boatright.
736
00:34:35,990 --> 00:34:38,409
We have rib tips, chicken wings,
737
00:34:38,493 --> 00:34:41,662
macaroni and cheese,
and bourbon baked beans.
738
00:34:42,955 --> 00:34:44,832
At the house, are you a sides dude?
739
00:34:44,916 --> 00:34:47,043
-Is somebody else cooking sides?
-I am not a sides dude.
740
00:34:47,126 --> 00:34:50,171
-I tell anybody in a heartbeat. My wife--
-Who cooks your sides? The wife?
741
00:34:50,254 --> 00:34:52,215
She's-- She is the one.
742
00:34:52,298 --> 00:34:55,760
Your baked beans could have just been
a bit longer. It was a little undercooked.
743
00:34:57,136 --> 00:34:58,179
Sylvie.
744
00:34:58,262 --> 00:35:03,851
I did an Asian inspired salmon,
and I have the greens with ham hocks,
745
00:35:03,935 --> 00:35:05,520
and the macaroni and cheese.
746
00:35:07,313 --> 00:35:08,981
Your salmon is spot on.
747
00:35:09,065 --> 00:35:11,609
I mean, when it can pull away like this
from the skin,
748
00:35:11,692 --> 00:35:13,945
that mean you cooked the perfect salmon,
you know?
749
00:35:14,028 --> 00:35:15,947
Your greens taste like my greens.
750
00:35:16,030 --> 00:35:18,407
I feel like we even cooked
in the same kitchen before.
751
00:35:18,491 --> 00:35:19,617
Thank you.
752
00:35:19,700 --> 00:35:20,785
Ashley.
753
00:35:21,577 --> 00:35:24,038
I call it
"Carolina 'cue on a platter".
754
00:35:24,122 --> 00:35:27,375
It is everything about Carolina, my home.
755
00:35:27,458 --> 00:35:29,627
The ribs, the pulled pork,
756
00:35:29,710 --> 00:35:32,547
the mac and cheese,
the coleslaw you're gonna find
757
00:35:32,630 --> 00:35:35,007
at any barbecue restaurant
in North Carolina.
758
00:35:37,385 --> 00:35:39,804
You did that pulled pork in five hours?
759
00:35:39,887 --> 00:35:43,266
Five and a half hours. I've never done
pulled pork in five and a half hours.
760
00:35:43,349 --> 00:35:44,684
I was stressin' it.
761
00:35:47,562 --> 00:35:50,106
Come and get into these ribs.
Pardon me.
762
00:35:50,189 --> 00:35:51,774
Right off the bat, he messing 'em up,
763
00:35:51,858 --> 00:35:53,693
-but he cuttin' 'em with a butter knife--
-Yeah!
764
00:35:53,776 --> 00:35:55,695
-so that's big props, baby.
- Yeah. Hey!
765
00:35:55,778 --> 00:35:57,155
-That's big props.
- Yeah.
766
00:35:59,323 --> 00:36:00,533
Oh, my gosh.
767
00:36:02,118 --> 00:36:03,244
These ribs...
768
00:36:04,370 --> 00:36:05,204
are fantastic.
769
00:36:05,288 --> 00:36:07,665
Thank you.
That's Big Worm's ribs right there.
770
00:36:07,748 --> 00:36:09,709
Well, we gotta give Big Worm
a clap, baby,
771
00:36:09,792 --> 00:36:11,794
-'cause them ribs is off the chain.
-Thank you.
772
00:36:11,878 --> 00:36:14,213
-I'm lovin' everything on your plate.
-Thank you.
773
00:36:15,631 --> 00:36:16,632
Tina.
774
00:36:17,633 --> 00:36:19,760
I have made some pork belly,
775
00:36:19,844 --> 00:36:23,014
pork tenderloin,
cheese grits with red-eye gravy,
776
00:36:23,097 --> 00:36:24,515
and then biscuits.
777
00:36:24,599 --> 00:36:26,392
I call it "pig and pearls",
778
00:36:26,475 --> 00:36:30,730
because there's a little bit of pearls
of wisdom from all of my family in it.
779
00:36:30,813 --> 00:36:33,357
And of course, it's my thing.
I like to wear mine.
780
00:36:38,863 --> 00:36:40,740
Somethin' happened here.
781
00:36:42,325 --> 00:36:46,287
At one point, it looked like
your smoker had gone completely out.
782
00:36:46,370 --> 00:36:50,082
I didn't know what else to do, so I just
threw wood and charcoal and just...
783
00:36:50,166 --> 00:36:53,502
And then, all of a sudden,
it was really smokin' up a storm.
784
00:36:54,503 --> 00:36:56,797
Whatever smoke
that you put to this,
785
00:36:57,381 --> 00:36:58,674
for me...
786
00:36:58,758 --> 00:36:59,926
is a little harsh.
787
00:37:01,093 --> 00:37:03,304
All right, Mr. Shotgun.
788
00:37:03,387 --> 00:37:04,305
Check it out.
789
00:37:04,388 --> 00:37:07,099
That's Shotgun's
famous backyard barbecue platter.
790
00:37:07,183 --> 00:37:09,560
I got ribs, beer can chicken,
791
00:37:09,644 --> 00:37:11,812
smoked potato salad and grilled asparagus.
792
00:37:13,564 --> 00:37:15,900
So,
let's talk about your asparagus.
793
00:37:17,151 --> 00:37:19,487
-How did you cook it?
-Salt, pepper, a little olive oil,
794
00:37:19,570 --> 00:37:21,739
and I-- And I smoked them on the grill.
795
00:37:22,490 --> 00:37:23,699
Interesting.
796
00:37:26,077 --> 00:37:27,870
Did you have some smoker issues?
797
00:37:27,954 --> 00:37:29,080
Well, yeah.
798
00:37:29,163 --> 00:37:32,541
The ribs, luckily, did not char
like I thought they would.
799
00:37:33,042 --> 00:37:34,252
Come up here for a sec.
800
00:37:34,335 --> 00:37:37,296
Take a bite and tell me, is that where
you was trying to go with it?
801
00:37:39,423 --> 00:37:40,967
-That where I was trying to go.
-Okay.
802
00:37:41,050 --> 00:37:42,426
To me, that's a bite-through.
803
00:37:42,510 --> 00:37:45,054
It's tender, don't get me wrong,
but if then it gets oversmoked,
804
00:37:45,137 --> 00:37:47,556
it can almost even have,
like, a lighter fluid taste
805
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:49,141
-from the dirty smoke hittin' it.
-Yeah.
806
00:37:49,225 --> 00:37:51,185
-Yeah, I got you.
-You're not tastin' that?
807
00:37:51,269 --> 00:37:53,771
A little bit. I-I do--
I do now you put it like that.
808
00:37:53,854 --> 00:37:57,149
I'm totally cool with the chicken.
It has flavor in it.
809
00:37:57,233 --> 00:38:00,278
Well, I will tell you
that your chicken ended up very moist.
810
00:38:00,361 --> 00:38:01,195
Thank you.
811
00:38:02,113 --> 00:38:03,406
All right, Grubbs.
812
00:38:03,489 --> 00:38:06,242
I like to call that plate
"the grillbilly special."
813
00:38:06,325 --> 00:38:08,953
We got Grandma's chicken,
we got homemade sausage,
814
00:38:09,036 --> 00:38:10,746
we got a roasted corn salsa,
815
00:38:11,872 --> 00:38:13,541
garlic parsley potatoes,
816
00:38:13,624 --> 00:38:16,252
a quick bread made with bacon
and cheddar and chives.
817
00:38:17,586 --> 00:38:19,297
I wanted so much to like them links,
818
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:21,799
that sausage, you know what I mean?
819
00:38:21,882 --> 00:38:24,635
But it tastes a little bland to me, baby,
just a little bland.
820
00:38:25,803 --> 00:38:28,347
I had a health issue
a year and a half ago, a heart attack.
821
00:38:28,931 --> 00:38:31,017
I've really changed the way I cook,
822
00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:34,353
and one of the main things
is a reduction of sodium in my diet.
823
00:38:34,437 --> 00:38:36,605
That may be a little more reflected
in my cooking
824
00:38:36,689 --> 00:38:38,274
than it was two or three years ago.
825
00:38:38,357 --> 00:38:41,819
Did you have any issues at all
with the cooking of the sausage?
826
00:38:41,902 --> 00:38:45,114
-I'm pickin' up an odd flavor.
-I cooked it on a cedar plank.
827
00:38:45,197 --> 00:38:48,617
That's the flavor that I'm pickin' up
that I don't care for.
828
00:38:50,369 --> 00:38:52,330
I see where you was goin'
with the chicken,
829
00:38:52,413 --> 00:38:54,665
and it probably needed
a little bit more time in the brine.
830
00:38:54,749 --> 00:38:57,209
'Cause that's usually
a 12- to 24-hour soak.
831
00:38:57,293 --> 00:38:59,170
I only had about two,
two and a half hours
832
00:38:59,253 --> 00:39:01,213
to get that--
Try to get that flavor into the meat.
833
00:39:01,297 --> 00:39:03,174
And I think it showed up well
on the outside,
834
00:39:03,257 --> 00:39:04,592
but not as well on the inside.
835
00:39:04,675 --> 00:39:07,136
Maybe could've used
a little bit more spice to it.
836
00:39:07,219 --> 00:39:08,596
Maybe a little bit more heat to it.
837
00:39:09,555 --> 00:39:13,434
For me, the chicken
was just a little bit dry.
838
00:39:15,353 --> 00:39:17,521
-Grubbs, thank you very much.
-All right. Thank you.
839
00:39:18,147 --> 00:39:21,400
Thank y'all so much
for your delicious food.
840
00:39:21,484 --> 00:39:24,445
We're gonna have a little chitty-chat
real quick, and we'll be back.
841
00:39:24,528 --> 00:39:25,905
All righty!
842
00:39:25,988 --> 00:39:28,115
After they tasted my dish,
843
00:39:28,199 --> 00:39:31,494
Melissa did pick up
that my fire got away from me.
844
00:39:31,577 --> 00:39:34,080
I can tell you, a lot of people
wouldn't be able to tell that.
845
00:39:34,163 --> 00:39:35,623
She picked that right away.
846
00:39:36,165 --> 00:39:39,043
It was humbling. I don't wanna
go home from this first challenge
847
00:39:39,126 --> 00:39:42,046
because of how I season my food
just to please my palate.
848
00:39:42,380 --> 00:39:45,424
If I make another challenge,
I'm cookin' for the judges.
849
00:39:57,603 --> 00:40:00,147
For us, one dish really stood out.
850
00:40:00,564 --> 00:40:02,608
Spoke of who you were,
851
00:40:02,691 --> 00:40:04,485
the taste was on point,
852
00:40:05,152 --> 00:40:08,155
and told us an amazin' story.
853
00:40:09,281 --> 00:40:12,576
Today's best barbecue plate
was smoked by...
854
00:40:19,625 --> 00:40:20,709
Rasheed.
855
00:40:21,502 --> 00:40:23,379
- All right!
856
00:40:28,092 --> 00:40:28,968
Good job, buddy.
857
00:40:29,885 --> 00:40:31,679
Good job, man. Good job.
858
00:40:32,179 --> 00:40:34,890
You brought the flavor to the party.
859
00:40:34,974 --> 00:40:36,392
Thank you so much.
860
00:40:36,475 --> 00:40:38,686
Rasheed, I thought your dish
was just incredible.
861
00:40:38,769 --> 00:40:42,606
For this to be your first time
involved in somethin' like this,
862
00:40:42,690 --> 00:40:45,276
and you take a shot and do four proteins,
863
00:40:45,359 --> 00:40:47,570
and knock 'em all out the park, pardner?
864
00:40:47,653 --> 00:40:49,447
You trying to become OG overnight, man.
865
00:40:49,530 --> 00:40:51,490
-You know?
866
00:40:51,574 --> 00:40:53,701
It means the world.
It truly means the world.
867
00:40:53,784 --> 00:40:55,661
-Congratulations.
- Thank you.
868
00:40:56,245 --> 00:40:59,457
As much as we loved
all of your barbecue dishes today,
869
00:40:59,540 --> 00:41:02,251
unfortunately, somebody's gotta go home.
870
00:41:06,046 --> 00:41:08,883
Judges, who do you feel like
missed the mark?
871
00:41:15,473 --> 00:41:16,557
Shotgun...
872
00:41:19,185 --> 00:41:20,186
and...
873
00:41:21,645 --> 00:41:23,564
Grubbs, we're sorry to say...
874
00:41:24,023 --> 00:41:26,650
we think you had a hard time
with the challenge today.
875
00:41:28,819 --> 00:41:31,822
Grubb, Louisiana guy.
I love your spirit, man.
876
00:41:32,406 --> 00:41:34,617
I respect that you had a heart attack,
but you seemed like
877
00:41:34,700 --> 00:41:37,536
you was more one to cook for yourself
than to try to please us.
878
00:41:37,620 --> 00:41:39,121
All right.
879
00:41:39,205 --> 00:41:40,080
Shotgun,
880
00:41:41,081 --> 00:41:43,792
for me, the flavor of those ribs,
881
00:41:43,876 --> 00:41:45,252
that suet...
882
00:41:45,711 --> 00:41:47,922
I can't handle that
in competition barbecue.
883
00:41:48,422 --> 00:41:49,590
I understand.
884
00:41:50,758 --> 00:41:52,718
So, judges,
885
00:41:53,552 --> 00:41:55,513
who is goin' home today?
886
00:42:04,438 --> 00:42:05,356
Shotgun.
887
00:42:06,982 --> 00:42:09,610
Your barbecue combo plate
was our least favorite dish.
888
00:42:11,487 --> 00:42:12,530
It was a pleasure.
889
00:42:13,489 --> 00:42:15,741
-Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate it.
890
00:42:15,824 --> 00:42:16,909
I appreciate it.
891
00:42:16,992 --> 00:42:20,412
I'm feeling pretty good about myself.
You know, this was a great experience.
892
00:42:20,496 --> 00:42:21,914
I learned a lot.
893
00:42:21,997 --> 00:42:24,083
-Give me some...
-It was a pleasure, big dog.
894
00:42:24,166 --> 00:42:26,001
I came here
wantin' to show the judges
895
00:42:26,085 --> 00:42:27,545
a Shotgun barbecue style.
896
00:42:27,628 --> 00:42:29,213
I just missed my mark.
897
00:42:29,296 --> 00:42:31,549
Even though I'm leavin'
this barbecue competition tonight,
898
00:42:31,632 --> 00:42:33,634
I'm still gonna go home
and get on the grill
899
00:42:33,717 --> 00:42:35,177
and do what I gotta do
in my backyard.
900
00:42:35,261 --> 00:42:37,596
Shotgun out, baby! Hulk smash!
901
00:42:38,138 --> 00:42:40,516
-Shotgun!
- Shotgun!
902
00:42:40,599 --> 00:42:43,102
Honor to meet you.
Honor to meet you and cook with you.
903
00:42:43,185 --> 00:42:44,562
Honor to meet everybody.
904
00:42:44,645 --> 00:42:46,105
On the next challenge,
905
00:42:46,188 --> 00:42:49,108
it's a celebration
of the biggest barbecue day of the year,
906
00:42:49,191 --> 00:42:50,067
4th of July.
73749
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