BBQ with Brian and Jason

What about BBQ do you want to know? The best spots? How you can do it at home? How two guys could...

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:53:38 -0500

What about BBQ do you want to know? The best spots? How you can do it at home? How two guys could eat so much in one week?

Wow. Lots of Followers

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:38:24 -0500

So our crazy bbq road trip made Tumblr Tuesday, which is awesome (Thanks Tumblr!)

We’ll be getting another video up tonight or maybe tomorrow, but in the meantime, what do our new followers want to know? We just finished our epic 15-stop 7-day driving through 11-states trip, and we learned a LOT about bbq. All of our stuff is made completely live, so if there’s something you want to know about - ask us!

“Good Tips for Good BBQ” We compiled some simple...

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:44:00 -0500

“Good Tips for Good BBQ”

We compiled some simple tips for starting to do your own bbq at home. No talk of sauce or rubs just yet…right now it’s just meat and heat.

BBQ Q&A

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:34:00 -0500

Tonight we will be posting the next video in our series: the BBQBJ “Guide to Good BBQ”. For now, however, we were tweeted a question from @Mackwrestler007.

@bbqbj How much weight did you gain on the BBQ road trip?

A fine question! Well…I, Jason, started at a svelte 248.5 and finished at 251. That means I gained 2.5 lbs.

Brian, on the other hand, is a lucky bastard. He started at 169 (heh…69) and now weighs 164.5. That’s right, he lost 4.5 lbs.

Episode 5: End of the BBQ The full list of places we’ve...

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:53:00 -0500

Episode 5: End of the BBQ

The full list of places we’ve been:
Dinosaur BBQ - Harlem, NY
Pierce’s Pitt - Williamsburg, VA
Skylight Inn - Ayden, NC
The Pit - Raleigh, NC
Clyde Cooper’s - Raleigh, NC
Char-Grill - Raleigh, NC
Snoopy’s - Raleigh, NC
Barbecue Lodge - Raleigh, NC
Lexington Barbecue - Lexington, NC
Shealy’s - Batesburg-Leeville, SC
Leo’s Pulled Pig - Lenoir City, TN
Big Bob Gibsons - Decatur, AL
Rendezvous - Memphis, TN
BBQ Shop - Memphis, TN
Interstate BBQ - Memphis TN

Posting

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:52:00 -0500

Episode 5 is having some difficulty posting. The Best Western in Cookesville, TN has wifi that is lacking…could take up to 9 hours. I’m gonna go to sleep and hope its uploaded by the time I wake up.

Episode update will come tomorrow

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:42:00 -0500

In the meantime, here are the five songs we hear, over and over, on teh radios, in order of overplaying.

1) Iyaz ft. Sean Kingston - Replay

2) Jason Derulo - Watcha Say

3) Jay Z ft. Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind

4) Lady Gaga is where it gets interesting. On the northeast of the coast, it’s clearly Bad Romance. But once you start going more south and head to the midwest, they’re not as into romantic things in a negative way. Instead they focus on Paparazzi. It’s really quite interesting.

5) And it took us a while to figure out who sings this song other than “some girl who sounds kinda slutty.” It’s Ke$ha - TiK ToK

And a special shoutout goes to our favorite song about voyeurism: Halestorm - I Get Off.

Dear Internet, As we’re driving from Decatur Alabama to Memphis, I just wanted to update you...

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:42:00 -0500

Dear Internet,

As we’re driving from Decatur Alabama to Memphis, I just wanted to update you all and let you know you WILL get a new episode soon, once the video is imported, I’ll edit something together.

We just left Big Bob Gibson BBQ. It was incredible. We got a really good, long interview with Chris Lilly, that will be going up with other interview footage next week, so definitely stay tuned.

I kind of wish I had thought to pick up a copy of Chris’ book. It looks like he put together a really cool guide about how to start BBQing on your own, and I’m not just saying that because he was nice enough to give us an interview. If you’re looking to give me a chanukah present, that book would be sweet.

We’ll get back to you soon, promise.
-Jason

Road Update #2 - enjoy! And Episode 4 finally uploaded properly...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:32:00 -0500

Road Update #2 - enjoy! And Episode 4 finally uploaded properly on YouTube, scroll down to check it out!

Episode 4 - “An explosion of bbq” Yesterday,...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:31:00 -0500

Episode 4 - “An explosion of bbq”

Yesterday, 12/8/09, we ate bbq at seven different restaurants. SEVEN. This is the devotion we have to our craft.

We’d also like to assure everyone that we really are getting very good footage, and this site will live on beyond the road trip - right now it’s a travelogue of a couple guys stuffing their face with bbq, but soon this site will be full of interview clips with pitmasters, reviews, and other delicious content.

YouTube apparently didn’t feel like playing along nicely with episode 4. We will upload when...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:59:00 -0500

YouTube apparently didn’t feel like playing along nicely with episode 4. We will upload when we get to our hotel tonight. As of right now we’re headed to Leo’s Pulled Pork in Lenoir City, TN.

SIX bbq joints today. All in North Carolina. Now we’re in a rush to make it to Shealy’s...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:57:00 -0500

SIX bbq joints today. All in North Carolina. Now we’re in a rush to make it to Shealy’s BBQ in Leesville, SC before they close at 9. The GPS says we’ll make it there at 8:55. This rain is definitely not helping our trek.

Episode 3 - Pierce’s Pitt BBQ in Williamsburg, VA One of...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:39:00 -0500

Episode 3 - Pierce’s Pitt BBQ in Williamsburg, VA

One of only two “open air” pit bbq joints left in the country, Pierce’s has smoked wood flavor and some pretty interesting sauce action. Also, we were asked for more food porn, so we delivered.

Episode 2: “Disappointment”

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:14:00 -0500

Episode 2: “Disappointment”

"Episode 2 is coming soon. Promise. Just need to get somewhere with fast internet for the HD..."

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:17:48 -0500

“Episode 2 is coming soon. Promise. Just need to get somewhere with fast internet for the HD upload…”

- Jason’s mom.

(Really? A your mom joke?)

Episode 1! Dinosaur BBQ in Harlem is fun. It would have been...

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:30:00 -0500

Episode 1! Dinosaur BBQ in Harlem is fun. It would have been more fun if the mic hadnt screwed up when we were interviewing the OWNER OF DINOSAUR BBQ.

BTW - it seems that Tumblr isn’t really showing the HD version. I suggest clickin’ over to YouTube if you want 1080p goodness.

PS - check out the related videos! BBQ is related to 45 minute long Sikh prayers apparently!

"Closed Sundays"

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:38:00 -0500

As we continue down the road, we pause to reflect on the phrase “closed sundays.” No bbq for us today. Instead Brian will continue driving to my parents’ house in Maryland for a pit stop, while I edit our first glorious episode.

Episode 1 is coming, we promise. In the meantime, we’re on...

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:37:00 -0500

Episode 1 is coming, we promise. In the meantime, we’re on the road with our computer and we’ll stay in touch. Not “stay in touch” like my old girlfriend and I said we would do. The real kind. -Jason

We just posted the map of EVERYWHERE we’d like to go. It’s on the left. There’s no...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:03:00 -0500

We just posted the map of EVERYWHERE we’d like to go. It’s on the left. There’s no way we can make it everywhere, but are we missing any important spots? What do you think? Any of these we should DEFINITELY hit?

BBQ with Brian and Jason is coming soon!

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:36:40 -0500

BBQ with Brian and Jason is coming soon!