BBQ Tips

About BBQ Tips

Champion pitmaster Christie Vanover, the girl behind one of America's top BBQ websites GirlsCanGrill.com and a contestant on Food Network's BBQ Brawl, shares quick BBQ tips you can squeeze into your day to help you up your BBQ game.

Publisher

Christie Vanover

Category

arts · leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Jan 2024

Latest episode

26 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

92 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Feb 2026

   How to save (or even make) money with competition BBQ

   Want to save a little money on competition BBQ? If you're staring at a pan of BBQ trimmings after a cook (especially competition practice), don't toss them. That "leftover" brisket and pork is high-quality meat, and with a quick grind you can turn it into weeks of meals. Watch: https://youtu.be/fcczQN2sV-E Recipes In This Episode Meatballs: https://girlscangrill.com/recipe/grilled-bbq-meatballs/ (https://girlscangrill.com/recipe/grilled-bbq-meatballs/) Breakfast Sausage: https://girlscangrill.com/recipe/homemade-breakfast-sausage/ Italian Sausage: https://girlscangrill.com/recipe/homemade-italian-sausage/ My Meat Grinder: https://amzn.to/4r1cyH4 Maple Sugar: https://amzn.to/4sbjMsT White Vinegar Powder: https://amzn.to/4sc8lky Shop Snake River Farms and use code GIRLSCANGRILL to save 10% https://snakeriverfarms.pxf.io/n1DM6V Competition Tell-All Courses https://competitionbbqtips.com BBQ World Cup https://bbqworldcup.com/ Girls Can Grill Rubs Store Locator: https://shop.girlscangrill.com/pages/store-locator https://shop.girlscangrill.com/ https://amzn.to/40btkry Buy Girls Can Grill books on Amazon now! Ninja FlexFlame Cookbooks: https://amzn.to/4jReHBA Holiday Grilling: https://amzn.to/4eKkVko Steak Cookoff Score Sheet Log Book: https://amzn.to/46q7xPl Competition BBQ Scores Log Book: https://amzn.to/3xPJMUe ------------------------- Visit her website for even more BBQ Tips and Recipes: https://girlscangrill.com/ Sign up for her weekly newsletter: https://girlscangrill.com/subscribe/ GCG Merch: https://girls-can-grill.myshopify.com/ ------------------------- Follow Girls Can Grill: YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/girlscangrill Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/girlscangrill TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@girlscangrill Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/girlscangrill X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/girlscangrill Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/girlscangrill Threads: https://www.threads.net/@girlscangrill About Girls Can Grill: Champion pitmaster Christie Vanover is the girl behind one of America's top BBQ websites GirlsCanGrill.com. The site, which was launched in 2015, includes hundreds of recipes for your charcoal, pellet, gas or electric grill or smoker along with thousands of BBQ tips that will make you crush it behind the grill. Christie has won multiple BBQ championships and competed on Food Network's BBQ Brawl.

2. 

   12 Feb 2026

   American Idol for BBQ: Inside the BBQ World Cup

   The founders of Barbecue World Cup say they're building "American Idol for barbecue," with a $1 million prize and a plan to pull backyard cooks and seasoned teams into the same global spotlight. In this week's episode of the BBQ Tips podcast, Champion Pitmaster Christie Vanover sits down with founders Shannon Pruitt and Scott Erdmann to walk through the basics of the new competition, including how teams can qualify and why the top prize is set at $1 million. BBQ World Cup https://youtu.be/3U9nvuubJaw Shop Snake River Farms and use code GIRLSCANGRILL to save 10% https://snakeriverfarms.pxf.io/n1DM6V Competition Tell-All Courses https://competitionbbqtips.com BBQ World Cup https://bbqworldcup.com/ Girls Can Grill Rubs Store Locator: https://shop.girlscangrill.com/pages/store-locator https://shop.girlscangrill.com/ https://amzn.to/40btkry Buy Girls Can Grill books on Amazon now! Ninja FlexFlame Cookbooks: https://amzn.to/4jReHBA Holiday Grilling: https://amzn.to/4eKkVko Steak Cookoff Score Sheet Log Book: https://amzn.to/46q7xPl Competition BBQ Scores Log Book: https://amzn.to/3xPJMUe ------------------------- Visit her website for even more BBQ Tips and Recipes: https://girlscangrill.com/ Sign up for her weekly newsletter: https://girlscangrill.com/subscribe/ GCG Merch: https://girls-can-grill.myshopify.com/ ------------------------- Follow Girls Can Grill: YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/girlscangrill Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/girlscangrill TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@girlscangrill Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/girlscangrill X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/girlscangrill Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/girlscangrill Threads: https://www.threads.net/@girlscangrill About Girls Can Grill: Champion pitmaster Christie Vanover is the girl behind one of America's top BBQ websites GirlsCanGrill.com. The site, which was launched in 2015, includes hundreds of recipes for your charcoal, pellet, gas or electric grill or smoker along with thousands of BBQ tips that will make you crush it behind the grill. Christie has won multiple BBQ championships and competed on Food Network's BBQ Brawl.

3. 

   5 Feb 2026

   Goldee's Brisket: Will it work for competition BBQ?

   Goldee's BBQ is known for its brisket. They don't wrap it during the cook. They only wrap it when they hold it. In this week's BBQ Tips Podcast, Champion Pitmaster Christie Vanover shares what happened when she tested the slow and low method to see if it could work for competition BBQ. See the Results on YouTube https://youtu.be/3U9nvuubJaw Competition Tell-All Courses https://competitionbbqtips.com BBQ World Cup https://bbqworldcup.com/ Girls Can Grill Rubs Store Locator: https://shop.girlscangrill.com/pages/store-locator https://shop.girlscangrill.com/ https://amzn.to/40btkry Buy Girls Can Grill books on Amazon now! Ninja FlexFlame Cookbooks: https://amzn.to/4jReHBA Holiday Grilling: https://amzn.to/4eKkVko Steak Cookoff Score Sheet Log Book: https://amzn.to/46q7xPl Competition BBQ Scores Log Book: https://amzn.to/3xPJMUe ------------------------- Visit her website for even more BBQ Tips and Recipes: https://girlscangrill.com/ Sign up for her weekly newsletter: https://girlscangrill.com/subscribe/ GCG Merch: https://girls-can-grill.myshopify.com/ ------------------------- Follow Girls Can Grill: YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/girlscangrill Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/girlscangrill TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@girlscangrill Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/girlscangrill X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/girlscangrill Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/girlscangrill Threads: https://www.threads.net/@girlscangrill About Girls Can Grill: Champion pitmaster Christie Vanover is the girl behind one of America's top BBQ websites GirlsCanGrill.com. The site, which was launched in 2015, includes hundreds of recipes for your charcoal, pellet, gas or electric grill or smoker along with thousands of BBQ tips that will make you crush it behind the grill. Christie has won multiple BBQ championships and competed on Food Network's BBQ Brawl.

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

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

Quality

72

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

Contact BBQ Tips

Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

Questions about BBQ Tips