Episode 294 is filled with members of their respective Hall of Fame's as we welcome Barbecue Hall of Fame member, Meathead and Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame member, Ryan Dempster. Plus we are joined by guest co-host Scott Crawford, Director of Operations for the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.

Meathead is the founder and publisher of the immensely popular BBQ and grilling website AmazingRibs.com. He is a member of the Barbecue Hall of Fame and the author of Meathead: The Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling, a New York Times Best Seller and named one of the “100 Best Cookbooks of All Time” by Southern Living. He is back with us to discuss his new cookbook, The Meathead Method: A BBQ Hall of Famer's Secrets and Science on Bbq, Grilling, and Outdoor Cooking with 114 Recipes. For more information on Meathead, his books, and many other outdoor cooking related items go to https://amazingribs.com/

Ryan Dempster is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, and Boston Red Sox. His great baseball career plus being from Canada made him a prime candidate for the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame which inducted him in 2019. Ryan is the only Chicago Cub and one of just three players ever to both start a game and collect 30 saves in the same season. He has many great stories, including one involving Alex Rodriguez. Ryan is a huge fan and admirer of the late great Chicago Cubs announcer, Harry Caray and he honors him with a well done and very humorous impersonation. We are joined by guest co-host, Scott Crawford, who is the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Director of Operations and adds some very special insight to the discussion.

We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/

We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky

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Hang up the disco ball, put on the bell-bottom pants, tube tops, halter tops, leisure suits, and platform shoes as we step back in time to 1978 with author, David Krell and then come back to 2025 as we chat with the cofounder of Big Dog Sauce Company, Dan Lloyd.

David Krell is an author, baseball historian, and a reoccurring guest. His latest work is, 1978: Baseball and America in the Disco Era. It is a fascinating look at a year which not only featured an exciting baseball season, but also included great music, wonderful movies, events that greatly impacted our country's history, and of course the sensation which swept the nation, disco. We wrote this blurb for one of David's other books, but the same words can be applied to his newest tome by merely changing the year. "David Krell weaves a magnificent tapestry of the year 1978; using baseball as the central thread, he magnificently combines the year's biggest events to make us all feel we are front and center and experiencing every moment." For more information on David go to https://davidkrell.com/

Dan Lloyd is a cofounder of the Big Dog Sauce Company, specializing in all-natural sauces and rubs. The idea was born in Colorado, but grew to maturation cross-country in New Hampshire. Taken from their website, "We're more than just sauces; we're about igniting your taste buds and elevating every dish you create." Dan is a true visionary as he is working on creating a freeze-dried sauce and has opened a physical store. For more information on Dan and the Big Dog Sauce Company go to https://www.bigdogsauce.com/about-1

We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/

We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

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Episode 292 features Chef Ray's highly anticipated annual Father's Day Gift Guide and Brett Moore dazzles us with his encyclopedic baseball knowledge as Gary Looney joins us as guest co-host.

Ray Sheehan also known as Chef Ray is an award winning maker of barbecue sauces and rubs as well as an award winning cookbook author. We continue with our annual tradition as he presents his Annual Holiday Gift Giving Guide. Links for the gift guide follow:

Big Green Egg https://biggreenegg.com/ Mammoth Cutting Boards https://mammothcuttingboards.com/ Flipgrill https://flipgrill.shop/ Turbo Trusser https://turbotrusser.com/ Roto Q 360 https://www.rotoq360.com/ Code 3 Spices https://code3spices.com/ Mr. BBQ Scrub Daddy https://amazon.com/ Smokin' Hoggz BBQ https://www.smokinhoggzbbq.com/ Crisbee https://crisbee.org/

Brett Moore is obsessed with baseball and has turned this life-long passion into a one many show you have to see to believe. Brett has memorized more about baseball than anyone with access to the internet could possibly need to know. In 2018, Brett's wife, Erin helped him create a new game utilizing his encyclopedic baseball knowledge, which Brett then turned into the show, Batter Up! This highly entertaining show has been nominated for numerous awards. Brett, also an active blogger, is working on a book about overlooked Baseball Hall of Fame cases. He also has been researching the Negro Leagues which we also discuss. For more information on Brett and his show go to https://batterup.show/

We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/

We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe.

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