Welcome to the first episode of the BBQ Tips podcast. This week, pitmaster Christie Vanover explains the difference between BBQ, grilling, smoking and live fire cooking.

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CES 2024 had new innovations in food technology, especially for grilling. Pitmaster Christie Vanover shares her thoughts on what was shown.

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Check out the specialty foods that are either grilled, smoked or perfect for BBQ that were on display at the Fancy Food Show 2024.

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Never make bad wings again. This week's BBQ Tips podcast shares how to properly make smoked and grilled chicken wings from start to finish.

Links mentioned during the show:
Chicken Wings Guide: https://girlscangrill.com/category/recipe/wings/
Dry rub for chicken wings: https://girlscangrill.com...

This week’s BBQ Tips Podcast covers five methods for cooking filet mignon, including grilling, searing, the reverse sear, sous vide and one unique method restaurant chefs use.

Links mentioned during the show:
Grilled Filet Mignon with Peppercorn Sauce: https://girlscangrill.com/recipe/grilled-fi...

Christie has two big BBQ competitions coming up, so this week she’s sharing how she preps the week before a competition and what she includes on her competition BBQ checklist.

Links mentioned during the show:
Competition BBQ Checklist: https://girlscangrill.com/competition-bbq/checklist/
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Do you know the difference between corned beef and pastrami or how the pastrami-making process works? Tune into this week’s episode of the BBQ Tips Podcast to learn all about the brine, seasoning, and different meats that you can turn into pastrami.

Links mentioned during the show:
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On this week’s episode of the BBQ Tips Podcast, Christie goes to the Kitchen and Bath Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. She shows off some of the new electric grills that are coming out plus some great German innovation in the gas grill industry, a couple of safety features, and last but not least, the ...

On this week’s episode of the BBQ Tips Podcast, Pitmaster Christie Vanover participated in the Golden State Battle BBQ competition, not to cook, but to judge. Find out what she learned and what changes she may now make to her competition BBQ strategy.
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On this week’s episode of the BBQ Tips Podcast, Pitmaster Christie Vanover shares what a competition BBQ ancillary category is all about with tips from her experience as a world champion competitor and judge.

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If you’re smoking a ham this Easter, tune into this week’s episode of the BBQ Tips Podcast. Pitmaster Christie Vanover walks you through how she selects, seasons and smokes a ham on a charcoal, pellet or gas grill. Plus, she includes her recipe for a perfect versatile glaze.

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Pitmaster Christie Vanover explored the 2024 National Hardware Show in Las Vegas to find what’s new in the outdoor BBQ and grilling space. Check out her top finds and the new outdoor appliances that will be released soon.

Links mentioned in this episode:
Flammkraft Grill: https://bbqguys.sjv.io...

In this week's BBQ Tips Podcast, world champion Marcio Borguezan of Hog Addiction shares how to trim a whole hog for live fire cooking.

Links mentioned in this episode:
Hogs for the Cause: https://hogsforthecause.rallybound.org/2024/HogAddiction

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After judging a recent barbecue competition, Team Girls Can Grill is back at the pits. In this week's BBQ Tips Podcast, pitmaster Christie Vanover shares what she learned about judging chicken and how she preps and cooks her competition chicken thighs.

Links mentioned in this episode:
Chicken Tr...

Tenderness seems to be what gets everybody tripped up in the KCBS rib category. We always hear the phrase fall-off-the-bone ribs. That is not good in a competition. In a competition, that's considered overdone. The challenge is finding the balance. In this week's BBQ Tips Podcast, pitmaster Chris...

Pork butt is pitmaster Christie Vanover’s number one KCBS meat category. In this week's BBQ Tips Podcast, she goes over the judging rules and shares her winning secrets for competition pork.

Links mentioned in this episode:
Competition Pork Butt Recipe: https://girlscangrill.com/recipe/competit...

We are down to our final KCBS competition meat. Pitmaster Christie Vanover has shared her winning BBQ Tips for chicken, ribs and pork. Now it's time for brisket. Brisket is the one meat in a BBQ competition that if you can nail it, you have a really good chance at being grand champion.

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