
BBQ Nation
Hosted by JT and LeeAnn · Jeff Tracy
4.1from 31 ratings
- 498
- Episodes
- 20
- Transcribed
- 31
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About BBQ Nation
BBQ Nation is more than just smoking a brisket. BBQ Nation is a fun and interesting hour with guests ranging from World Champion BBQ Pitmasters to renowned Chefs from all walks of the culinary world. Hosted by Jeff Tracy, TV and Radio celebrity, (The cowboy Cook) along with BBQ Hall of Famer and TV personality Lee Ann Whippen. Jeff and Lee Ann bring their vast knowledge of the food and BBQ world to the forefront. Both Jeff and Lee Ann have years of experience in catering, restaurants and competition, as well as hundreds of appearances on TV between them. Lee Ann beat Bobby Flay on The Food Network’s “Throw Down” along with appearing on a number of shows on the network. Add a large helping of personality and you have the recipe for a fun, interesting and informative show. BBQ Nation is a permanent selection on the radio and podcast list for thousands of listeners. Guests range from TV icons like Graham Kerr “The Galloping Gourmet” and Emmy winning writer and producer John Markus to BBQ business icons like Carey Bringle from Peg Leg Porker and Megan Day from Burnt Finger BBQ. Meathead Goldwyn, creator of AmazingRibs.com is a frequent guest on BBQ Nation. Meathead brings science along with superb techniques and flavor of thoughts to the show. BBQ Nation is produced to cover everything from time, temperature to personality, ideas, and award-winning styles. Step up your BBQ, Grilling and overall cooking game with BBQ Nation. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
- Publisher
- Jeff Tracy
- Category
- arts · education · leisure
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 17 May 2021
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
20 of 498 episodes have a transcript.

6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Tuffy Stone, The Professor of Barbecue - Afterhours Encore

3 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Tuffy Stone, The Professor of Barbeque - Encore

26 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
David B. Knight, President and Founder of Ole Hickory Pits - Encore
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Tuffy Stone, The Professor of Barbecue - Afterhours Encore
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] uh well I mean there are some uh there are some apparatuses out there that that I kind of shied away from a little bit I used to stay away from those uh temperature measuring devices um because the kind where you would put the probe in while you're cooking right um and I didn't like the cables and all that now but As I've gotten older, technology, I've embraced it a little bit better. And so these devices now that we can monitor the temperature on our pork butter, our brisket, and multitask has – has made it a lot easier for me to nail the dunness. So where I used to shine, and they're so much better than when Leanne and I started. […]
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- Tuffy Stone
- David Knight
- Daniel Vaughn
- Lee Ann Whippen
- John Hallner
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.0 / 5
- 25 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.3 / 5
- 6 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100
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- Quality
- 96
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 93
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Who hosts BBQ Nation?
JT and LeeAnn host the show. Published by Jeff Tracy.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does BBQ Nation take guests?
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