Interview with Bill Gillespie of Smoking Hoggz BBQ-episode033
We set down with a BBQ friend Bill Gillespie from the great state of Massachusetts. We go over his time behind the pit, his products, and some fun trivia.

We set down with a BBQ friend Bill Gillespie from the great state of Massachusetts. We go over his time behind the pit, his products, and some fun trivia.
I get asked all the time what is your process to get ready for a contest. How do you prep? So I decided to go over my steps. Also right after a contest when you’r looking over your score sheets, how to read them. Talking of this made me want to talk about what I look for and how I test cook also.
You can have the best spice, restaurant, or yarn spinning company. With out great guidance in marketing. It’s a long hard battle to get your product selling. Scott helped us with ours. He also tells a great story from him listening to his Dad, to present time where he is marketing the town where he lives now.
Everyone in the food world has been seeing the online photo contest that are popping up. I was asked by the BBQ Experience Group off FaceBook to be a judge for theirs. I start the show off talking with the moderator of the page about the page and why he ran the contest. Then in a second interview I talk to the winner of the contest.
I team up with a host from another podcast. Steve Ray from The Owls Nest BBQ Show. We question each other about our histories and what makes us do what we do for the BBQ world.
The experience that Donny and his wife Cindy bring to the BBQ more than exceeds his thousands of wins. It’s also how to be a pillar in the BBQ community. He has paid his dues being a road worrier, a restaurant owner, a class instructor, a board member, and even in the Oklahoma BBQ Hall of Fame.
Danielle and I talk about the contest from the past along with what she has done to make her name an icon in the business. Her personal work ethics have taken her on a grand journey and I don’t see it quitting.
This is a fun and entertaining talk. We dive off into what the differences are in KCBS and MBN. His passion in turning out championship cooking shows up in voice thru out this episode. Then we step up the game and ask him truth serum questions anyone would have a hard time answering.
With all of us staying at home and not being able to cook. Something we love doing at comps is most Friday nights. Cooks seem to always gather around a single site. We love to eat and talk, so I decided to try the talking part during a live Facebook and turn it into a podcast.
Candy is a long long time friend of mine and many cooks in the bbq world. We go over the different woods and the method of making pellets. Then I poke my nose in her personal life and ask about her giving back to bbq.
If you are thinking about opening up any retail store this is absolutely the best ever conversation we have ever done. Todd gives you real life lay it on the line talk about what it takes from you, to be an owner.
Fast Eddy and I talk about the evolution with his pellet cooking then comes the chatting about his food commissary he owns, that part you don't want to miss.
I felt the BBQ community wanted information about what KCBS is doing for the coronaviris pandemic. Also where to get new updated information as it becomes available from them.
Matt and I cover the namesake of Boomerang BBQ. We also dive into the mind of Matt on when it's time to change flavors. Also whats up this year and down the road for Him and Sarah.
Dan is know as the guy from the Kansas City BBQ Store. He will take us on his introduction to BBQ, new things coming to the KC BBQ Store, and some fun filled memories.
Cory is the Pit Master of Smoke Sergeant BBQ out of Texas. We traded food at a comp and thats is the basis of this podcast. Then Cory flips on me and injects me with the Podcast Truth Serum.
Eric and myself talk about what makes their spice blending company the one that I chose to have as my partner for trusting with our brand and a lot about what they need to help you get your product made.
I get phone calls all the time, and help customers out with some cooking problems they are having. I posted on social media asking if anyone would like to be on the podcast while we had our phone call. Crazy enough a couple said yes. The first caller is Michael Winkelman and for the second it is Samuel Paden.
I was sent this tool to try out and I think it is way cool. This is something I wanted to talk about and pass along thinking this may help grow your business.
While listening to this you can learn the different grades of meats, and how he has grown to be my go person for our competition meats. They have grown to the point where shipping these meats are a large part of what they do.
Few months back I did a live Q&A thru a Facebook page about cooking and smoking. Lots of great questions and we answered all of them. The audio is not podcast quality, but it is still great information. If you like this type of content let me know, and we will do some just for the podcast.
Lynnae is a trained chef that has reached goals in the BBQ most of us only dream about. Not only did she kick our tail on Pit Master. She did this to a lot of people on the hit TV show Chopped and on BBQ Brawl. Listen in while this Lady is helping to set the records straight that BBQ isn't for just the good ole boys.
Kyle is a restaurant owner out of Colorado. He has learned to cook in the harshest of climates. He cut his teeth in business owning a cell phone retail chain moved over to BBQ and the rest will be going down in the history books of his home town.
Richards passion for what ever he does comes thru in the way he attacks business. He started just like the rest of us with a little cooker and now he owns Fergolicious BBQ, a rub company, and huge BBQ retail store. He gets candid with us on business and he did it to make it grow.
Talking with Rub he tells about what had to be done to help pay for his comp team when they were starting. Now his business has grown to become is world wide sold product. This has given him time to expand into vending, teaching bbq, and even more comp cooking. So listen up for a real good talk.
Frank's BBQ company has been featured in USA News, INC magazine, Money, and even on MSN.com. Listen in to his great story about how he came up with the company name to what his goals are he wants to still achieve.
Stuart is the President/CEO of Cookshack, Inc. They are the makers of electric smokers, pellet smokers, pellet grills, and now diving off into pizza. We have a great talk about getting started and what they have done to keep the fires lit.
What an informative interview with Kelly Wertz. He is a past restaurant owner, a World Champion BBQ cook, and presently a salesman for a large grill company. We dig into what the salesman looks for in a store before they become a dealer. The fun keeps going and what you can learn is great.
This episode was with Oklahoma BBQ Hall of Fame inductee, pit master, Jack Daniels winner, business owner, and a friend of the bbq world. If you have questions about your process in smoking, Paul can help. Paul discusses his new business venture in staring a bbq consulting firm. He has help restaurant chains, caterers, small and big operations with problems. We also discuss tons of information from the past and possibly what may be going on with them in the future.
We set down for candid talk with Travis Clark from Clark Crew BBQ. We go thru his evolution in BBQ and touch on his past. You will learn that his attention to detail is why the BBQ doors have opened. Along with how he changes recipes for the judges.