Podcast
Quetorials
Howdy,
I love cooking the primitive way, with just wood and a fire. I've been fascinated and inspired by it since I was a boy.
After 35 years of meddling with fires trying to conjure up the next best cook, I stumbled upon a larger purpose. I realized my "why" was less about the end product and MORE about the spiritual pilgrimage of primitive style cooking.
The enjoyment of prepping wood, getting a fire going, establishing a coal bed... I love being entangled by the many challenges within a cook and that process became the gift I didn't know I needed. The theater of primitive style cooking is simply magical, carrying with it a therapeutic value that can only be measured by my genuine joy of cooking.
Along the way my inspiration led me to launch Primitive Pits (2015), Workhorse Pits (2019), El Bandido Grills(2022) and The Wood Fire Mercantile, all now on one campus in beautiful Cleveland, Georgia.
The Quetorials Podcast is a hodgepodge of my inspiration, fascination, tips of wood fire cookery. I hope you enjoy!
- Episodes
- 105
- Releases
- Twice a week
- Typical length
- 32 min
- On air since
- 2025
- Latest episode
- 4 days ago
Episodes
105 episodes, newest first
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28 min
Build The Perfect BBQ Backyard Patio
Season 1, Episode 105
Show notes
What is your list?
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25 min
Going From The Backyard To The Big Stage
Season 1, Episode 104
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If it sounds simple, sometime's it isn't. The deciding factors that take your BBQ from the backyard to the commercial sector.
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25 min
The Battle For Optimal Airflow In An Offset Smoker
Season 1, Episode 103
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When it comes to the offset, elite BBQ can be cooked with simple variables. It's the over complication that makes delivering consistent BBQ difficult. In and out airflow for this episode.
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28 min
Cooking Grates For BBQ Make A Bigger Impact Than You Think
Season 1
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The grates serve a purpose. Today we squash.
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20 min
Smoking BBQ With Charcoal Isn't Recommended, Here's Why
Season 1, Episode 101
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I see a lot of content where people are actually smoking barbecue with charcoal. Let's dive in.
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20 min
Episode 100! What Is Probe Tender
Season 1, Episode 100
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We've made it a year and 100 episodes. We're about probe tender and today we discuss just what that is.
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32 min
"Babysitting" The Offset Smoker
Season 1, Episode 99
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Cooking with a stick burner is all about staying with your fire. TO exit elite BBQ or to have an opportunity to exit great BBQ, you have to keep all the senses dialed in. So why have we coined the term "babysitting" and today we define just what all this entails for cooking with an offset stick burner.
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47 min
What A Bad Fire In The Offset Smoker Teaches Us
Season 1, Episode 98
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A bad fire may teach us more than any singular thing in cooking with an offset. Today, we talk through just the amount of information we can learn with a bad fire.
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30 min
Our Appeal Of The Stick Burner
Season 1, Episode 97
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Today we dive into one of the most important conversations which should create a divide amongst the BBQ community. That is the appeal of a stick burning cooker. Some want to cook the old ways and some want automation and ease of use. Which are you?
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39 min
The Inspiration Behind The Tools For Live Fire Cooking
Season 1, Episode 96
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A discussion about the true inspiration of today's live fire cooking tools.
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36 min
Cooking BBQ With All Five Senses Is Better Than Any Toolset
Season 1, Episode 95
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Cooking BBQ with a stick burner is all about using your senses and understanding tools are more of a detriment.
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31 min
Cooking A Whole Hog On An Offset Smoker?
Season 1, Episode 94
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One thing we've seen around the Internet is the whole hog being cooked on an offset smoker. It sounds like a plausible idea, but is it?
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36 min
Ash Is Your Friend In An Offset Smoker?
Season 1, Episode 93
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Jordan and I got to swapping cooking notes in October 2024 and the topic got on to ash and how it helps the rate of fire. Probably the biggest trick in stick burner cooking.
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33 min
Does Winter Interrupt Cooking BBQ On An Offset Smoker?
Season 1, Episode 92
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We have heard a lot over the years about a "BBQ Season" and it just doesn't make sense with an offset smoker, so lets dive in.
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33 min
Is The Texas Style BBQ Boom Over Outside Of Texas?
Season 1, Episode 91
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My counterpart left me solo today and I just decided to dive into what is fresh in my brain. A little commentary about the slow down of Texas style BBQ joints opening outside of the state along with a framework that is getting dialed in to help that slow down.
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34 min
The Pellet Smoker's ONLY Innovation
Season 1, Episode 90
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We won't tread much in the waters of pellet smokers, but we did today to clear up some noise in the pipeline.
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35 min
Are We Overthinking The Flavor Of Smoke For The Offset Smoker?
Season 1, Episode 89
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It was the ole Internet comment pool that inspired today's podcast. We are always being shown posts from the guys and gals in the shop, so we're running with a discussion of smoke needed to make great BBQ.
Are We Overthinking The Flavor Of Smoke For The Offset Smoker?
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35 min
We Dove Deeper Into Fire Management
Season 1, Episode 88
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It can go on and on with fire management in an offset smoker and in this episode a conversation about some technique.
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31 min
A Scam Happening With BBQ Restaurants That Affects Quality
Season 1, Episode 87
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The BBQ Restaurant Scam no one talks about is the growing!
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33 min
Exactly How The BBQ Platter Got So Expensive
Season 1, Episode 86
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There are a lot of assumptions about the price of BBQ at craft BBQ joints, but if you follow the money trail, you'll quick see the platter cost a lot to plate.
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