Barbecue Base

About Barbecue Base

It's BBQ, but not your usual snags on a gas hotplate! This is smokey, meaty goodness for your ears as well as your tastebuds. Come along for the ride as each episode we dive into everything BBQ and the people that make it great. Tips, advice, reviews and news, it's serious BBQ, but wrapped up with a few laughs along the way too!

Publisher

Alex Lawson

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

29 Aug 2020

Latest episode

23 Oct 2025

Latest episodes

146 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Oct 2025

   BBQ Progression - levelling up!

   This week we welcome back Noel to his usual chair after eating his way round Tonga. We catch up on all the news and events and have a chat about how to progress your BBQ skills from pits to meats to jumping into competition - get this one in your ears! Thanks to our show partners Moo Moo Smokehouse & Grill Jack Daniels NZ Iheart Radio See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

2. 

   9 Oct 2025

   The Black Dog - Clint Lindsey!

   He's Wellington's Taco Master, ex BBQ competitor, Rub officanado and all round good bugger! Clint Lindsey fom Black Dog BBQ joins us whilst Noel is away sunning himself for a dive into Taco's, Wellington's food scene and all sorts of other things! Get it in your ears now! See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

3. 

   25 Sept 2025

   The Quiet force of the South: BBQ Direct's Alan Wenmoth

   You may or may not know the name, but he's been one of the most influential people in BBQ in the South Island for years, BBQ Direct's Alan Wenmoth stops by the base to chat all things BBQ in the Deep South! Plus, we dissect the recent Top 150 Most Influential People in BBQ list released by our friends at Underseasoned BBQ Show, hear who we thinnk they got right, who maybe was a bit high and who we thought were too low! See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

Who has been a guest on Barbecue Base

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Wayne Dil
• Stef Apiata
• Jeremy Thorp
• Luke Moonshine
• Rebecca Blackstock

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

5.0 / 5

32 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 41 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

47

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

90