September 17, 2025 • 22 mins
The salient point of our discussion centers on the profound impact of community engagement and philanthropy, particularly illustrated through the experiences shared by Jed Laurette from Jack Daniels. In this episode, we delve into Jed's involvement with Operation Ride Home, an initiative aimed at supporting junior enlisted service members in their times of need. We also explore lighthearted queries regarding culinary preferences, including historical dining companions and memorable meals from the past. Additionally, the conversation reveals personal reflections on life, responsibility, and the significance of cherished family moments. Ultimately, we aim to emphasize the importance of human connection and the power of giving back to the community.
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- Jack Daniels
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(00:11):
Welcome to Barbecue Nationwith JT and Leanne After Hours, the
conversation that continuedafter the show was done.
Hey, everybody, it's JT andthis is a special version of Barbecue
Nation.
It is brought to you in partby Painted Hills Natural Beef, Beef
you can be proud to serve yourfamily and friends.
That's Painted Hills Natural Beef.
Hey, everybody.
Welcome to after hours.
(00:32):
I'm J.T.
along with Leanne.
We've got Jed Laurette with ustoday from Jack Daniels, and we're
all going to be gettingtogether and having a picnic in about
two weeks or something like that.
So we start out, Jed, with this.
We always start out withsomething easy.
Okay, start.
If you could dine with andcook for a historical figure, who
(00:53):
would it be and what would beon the menu?
So who would be the historical figure?
It could be someone.
That's an easy one.
You said that's an easy one.
That's what Jeff said.
I think that's one of thehardest ones.
I don't know why he prefaces the.
All right, so let me.
Let me see who historicalfigure I.
(01:21):
God.
Can we skip.
Can I call.
Yes, yes.
No lifeline, but go ahead.
We'll skip it and you bethinking about it.
Okay, Are y' all going to bedubbing these together?
Are y' all going to make thisseem like I knew the answer right
off?
Absolutely not.
No, no, no, no, no.
(01:43):
This doesn't work that way, buddy.
Okay, you were in themilitary, so what is the worst thing
you've ever eaten?
Yeah, so I can.
I can answer that one really quickly.
Did multiple trips toAfghanistan, and one of the trips
that I was on, we got lockeddown in our base compound, and all
(02:06):
we had was MREs.
Yeah.
I'll be honest with you.
I like the Mac and cheese.
Like the beefy Mac and cheesewith the MREs.
I'm not a huge fan of anythingthat's just beef or just chicken.
It's not beef or chicken inthose MREs.
It's a composite, isn't it?
(02:29):
Although I like the beefy Macand cheese.
I like that.
Yeah, that one's Good, butyeah, MREs, Afghanistan, I never
heard.
I've never heard that about those.
I didn't think that they wouldmake them that horrible, but.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Look, it's all about calorie intake.
That's the only thing thatwe're worried about.
But the flavor is.
(02:50):
We could do better.
So when you were over there,did you get into eating, like, tabouli
or hummus or any of that?
Stuff.
I. I love Middle Eastern food.
Okay.
But I loved it beforehand.
My.
My wife and I and the wholefamily, it doesn't matter what it
is.
We're very adventurous with food.
(03:12):
So, yeah, I've had.
Oh, shoot.
All Middle Eastern foods.
So Afghani, obviously.
Saudi Arabian food, which is alittle more Mediterranean since they're
closer to the meta.
You know, the med.
I like Turkish food, Israeli food.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I like it all.
Matter of fact, my wife madehummus at the house probably two
(03:33):
days ago.
I like hummus.
I'm not a big fan of tabouli,but I like hummus.
But when we're.
When we're not on the air andwhen I see you in person, I will
tell you about the firstdinner I had in Saudi Arabia and
what it comprised of.
Very interesting.
(03:53):
They don't waste any parts ofthe animal.
I'll just put it that way.
Okay.
Who is somebody that in yourlife that has really gotten your
attention this last year?
Somebody doesn't have to besomebody in the family.
Can be somebody that didsomething special or really screwed
up or whatever.
(04:13):
Whatever your parameters are.
Does it have to be a person orcan it be a group of people?
It can be a group.
I don't care.
Okay.
So I was asked to go up toSturgis to do a.
We do what's called OperationRide Home.
And Operation Ride Home isJack Daniels in the ymca.
We sponsor Junior Enlisted toget home safely.
(04:38):
Because some of them, like Iwas Junior Enlisted, we just didn't
have any money to get back tothe house.
Right.
Whether it be Christmas,somebody's getting married, somebody's
having a baby.
Sadly, somebody passed away,and you just don't have the money.
So we went out to Sturgis likewe always do.
We helped raise money, but Igot to be a part of a few auctions,
(04:58):
and in three days, I saw halfa million dollars get raised for
Special Olympics, batteredwomen and children.
EMTs, first responders.
That group of people that Igot to see out there, raise money
for complete strangers wasabsolutely beautiful.
(05:20):
And that happened just about amonth and a half ago.
Cool.
Beautiful.
Would you recommend a careerlike yours, with everything you've
done, you know, to somebodythat's just kind of starting out?
No.
Absolutely not.
I don't think anybody shouldcome from my job.
Okay, you can just go dosomething else.
(05:43):
No, it's fun.
Like, seriously, you have tobe willing to.
You've got to be real with people.
Because I think ultimately, Ithink we can.
We can tell when somebody'sfake or it's a put on, but be genuine.
If you're going to go tocollege for something like this,
you've got to love people.
(06:03):
You've really got to care for people.
Okay.
Yeah, absolutely.
Let's do it.
What was the absolute best dayin your life so far?
In my life.
Yeah.
Well, obviously if my wifehears this, it definitely needs to
be when I got married.
Good man, Good man.
Good man.
(06:24):
Here recently.
It's very proud of my oldestdaughter who just got married.
But yeah, probably.
Probably when we had our kidsand when I got married.
Sure, absolutely.
Best.
Okay.
So if you, Jed, could erase amistake from history.
Doesn't have to be your own.
(06:44):
Can be history of the world.
But if you could erase amistake from history, what would
it be and why?
How about this?
I would.
I would erase no mistakes.
All right?
And I know, you know, when youthink about all the terrible things
that have happened in theworld, even within those terrible
(07:07):
things, I think humanity,hopefully we've learned from those
mistakes.
Without that mistake, we'rebound to.
To do it anyways.
At least that's how I see it.
So, yeah, I would say thateven within the torture angu sad
moments in life, I think we'velearned from it and hopefully we've
grown from it because Godknows I.
(07:31):
It's hard.
It's hard, but it is.
We've learned lessons from it.
So I don't.
I don't know if I would.
I know that sounds like anawful answer.
No, it actually makes a lot ofsense to me.
It does make sense.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You're good.
You're good.
What's your absolute favoritenon barbecue food or dish?
(07:52):
My wife made it last night.
Shepherd's pie.
Oh, yeah.
All right, so we.
We use lamb.
All right.
And we get Irish cheddar.
It's the whole thing.
It's.
It's one of my favorites.
Cool.
Sweet.
It's probably.
All right, you know what?
Let me take that back.
(08:13):
It's definitely that.
But growing up, I was one of three.
Well, it was.
I'm the middle child.
Not that y' all can tell thatI'm a kid.
Start for attention.
Nobody loves me.
All right, got it.
You're my sister.
Yeah.
We grew up really, really poor.
(08:33):
And my favorite thing that mymom made was wiener spaghetti.
All right.
It is the cheapest hot dogsyou can find.
And she made her own tomato sauce.
And I know it sounds disgustingly.
Don't make.
You gonna make this the WorldFood Championships Leanne or what?
That's right.
(08:54):
Leanne, I promise you, if.
If you had it, you would.
You would think twice.
I'm not saying it's gourmet,but there's something intrinsically
special about the dish becauseit was something that my mom made.
Yeah.
And, yeah, I would say that ismy favorite fragrance.
Y' all are learning way toomuch about me.
(09:16):
No, this is.
So you said it's called what now?
It's just Wiener Spaghetti.
It's a wiener spaghetti.
So did she cut the hot dogsinto little spaghetti or a little
round?
No, no.
So it's regular, likespaghetti sauce with noodles.
And she always.
Look, we're.
I'm Cajun by descent, so we'reall from Louisiana, South Louisiana.
(09:37):
And so it was always the trinity.
We always had peppers and onions.
And it.
That was her base for everything.
It didn't matter what it was.
I went to school smelling like onions.
Because mom was cooking supperat six o' clock in the morning.
But.
Yeah, so she would cut thelittle hot dog, like the hot dog
into little rounds and thenshe cook it in a sauce.
(09:59):
And I know it sounds disgusting.
I'm not trying to sell you,but it was.
It was good.
You know, it's.
It's.
It's not all that bad.
I guess it's kind of likespaghetti and meatballs.
But you're swapping out themeatballs for that.
I was thinking that she cutthose hot dogs into little skinny
spaghetti, and that was likethe spaghetti itself.
(10:19):
That's why I was having trouble.
It's like.
I mean, people smoke baloneyall the time, right?
Okay, all right, all right,all right.
Moving on.
What was the first thing youever got in trouble for as a kid?
Do you remember?
I don't.
(10:40):
I can tell you the one thing Iknow that I got in trouble for unprovoked.
I knocked my little brotherout with a pull queue.
Wow.
Yeah.
Don't judge me, Leanne.
He asked a question.
Yeah, I don't.
If I had known about the poolcue thing as far as my sister's related.
(11:04):
See, so.
But I didn't know about it.
I got my sister.
Dad.
But anyway.
Okay, yeah, Leanne's probablyold enough.
I'm not sure if you are, Jed,but Mattel used to make this fake
little Winchester rifles andthey had little spring loaded bullets.
Okay.
So you can hopefully find themand put them back in the cartridge
(11:27):
that was spring loaded and youcould shoot them again.
Right.
This is all an indoor activity.
So my bedroom was above.
Directly above my sister's.
And it was an Open stairwell.
So I used to lay on the top ofthe stairwell one while she worked
nights when she got out ofhigh school.
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And I would lay up there andwhile she was trying to get to sleep,
I would shoot her with my Mattel.
But then I only had threebullets, so I'd have to sneak, try
to sneak down the stairs andfind the damn bullets.
And I could never find themand I'd get caught and I'd get in
trouble anyway.
So how long would you lay in wait?
Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
(12:10):
Did you have a gilly suit?
I mean.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It was an orange and brown carpet.
So with my hair, when I hadred hair, it didn't blended right
in, trust me.
But crawling down those stairson your hand on your belly to try
to be real quiet.
And of course if I had friendsstaying over for the weekend, they'd
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start laughing and stuff andthen I just got in trouble.
Anyway, if.
Here, let's do something fun here.
If you were declared supremeruler of barbecue for a week, what
would you decree?
That I get to judge a competition.
(12:52):
There you go.
There you go.
I've never judged.
I've been begging Debbiearound here to let me judge.
It's fine.
Debbie, if you're listening, Ijust called you out.
Wow.
I'll put a call.
You know What?
For your 10 year anniversary.
I think she should do that for you.
That would be sweet of her.
That would be a very nice gift.
Yeah.
(13:13):
If, if you were an animal,Jed, what animal would you be and
why?
What kind of animal would I be?
I'd be a turtle.
I'd be a turtle.
Turtles, yeah.
Because that's what mygrandfather nicknamed me when I was
little because I would stickmy head out of the play pen.
Histine was coming.
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That's the first thing thatpopped into my head.
So that's probably the most true.
Okay.
Yeah.
What is something that youknow your spouse was right about
was correct but you stillthink she's wrong?
Nothing.
Absolutely nothing.
Yeah.
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Nothing at all.
Ah, okay.
Just in case, just in caseshe's listening.
You're going to live a longand prosperous life there, Jed.
I pray.
I pray.
Yeah, yeah.
What, what do you think is thehard, absolute hardest thing you
ever did?
Was the hardest thing ever did?
Was it boot camp or was it.
(14:18):
No, boot camp was hard.
I was already married, Ialready had a child.
I was a little older when Iwent into the military.
I was 21, about to turn 22.
Not that that's old, but itnormally it's like 18 when you get
out of high school, but it was.
It was leaving for mydeployments to Afghanistan after
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I was out of the military.
I had three years where Imissed everybody's birthday, all
the Christmases, all theanniversaries, and that.
That was the hardest part.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You can't make up for it.
It's gone.
Yeah, yeah.
Would you describe yourself ascorn fed or grass fed?
(15:05):
I'm a hybrid.
Because.
Okay, maybe.
Maybe I will start.
I would start it, like, ongrass, but I'm finished on grain.
Yeah, there you go.
That's.
That's actually the right answer.
So that's a good answer.
(15:25):
What's the first thing you dowhen you get up in the morning?
You want the real answer?
Yep.
Yep.
So I go in the living room andI put my glasses on because I'm 45
years old and apparently myeyes stop working, and I read my
(15:46):
Bible for about 15 minutes,and I go and take a shower.
There you go.
Awesome.
There you go.
I think Tina Cannon is the onethat gave us the most.
The most correct.
The most.
Yeah, yeah.
People forget.
I mean, most people get up andthey go to the bathroom.
Yeah.
(16:07):
And she said, what do youmean, after I go pee?
Yeah.
Oh, there you go.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I've already gotten up fourtimes in the middle of the night
to do that.
Yeah, I get that deal, too.
What's your favorite movie?
And I always use this as an example.
Mine is Casablanca.
Oh, okay.
So it's kind of similar to that.
(16:29):
Mine really is.
It's the original Willy Wonkain the Chocolate Factory with Gene
Wilder.
Yeah.
So funny you should say that.
I think they have a.
At least according to my sister.
She's a food stylist, and sheis doing IHOP purple pancakes and,
like, a print shot.
And they're.
(16:49):
They're doing a remake ofWilly Wonka and something.
I don't know what kind ofmovie it is, but I don't know if
it's a reboot.
I got it.
IHOP is making, like, crazyfood to celebrate this.
So you got.
I don't know what it's about.
At least that movie.
They just need to let it beGene Wilder.
Yeah.
He killed it ever.
(17:10):
But it's very similar to Casablanca.
I mean, when.
When you said it, I thoughtWilly Wonka.
Yes.
Yeah, I get that.
What's one.
We only got a couple morehere, Jed, and we won't keep you.
What's one thing you missabout your time in, you know, school
or college?
Meaning when you're young?
(17:34):
I Guess the lack of responsibility.
I.
Enjoy obviously, being my ageand having kids that were my age.
When I'm thinking about this.
Yeah, it was.
It was just fun.
There was nobody you'reresponsible for.
(17:56):
I don't know.
Just.
Okay.
It's less stress.
Less.
Yeah.
Less stress is absolutely the word.
Yeah, absolutely.
Okay, back to the question youpassed on.
Oh, God.
The historical figure.
Who would it be and what wouldbe on the menu?
Let's go with this is so hard.
(18:22):
Why in the world.
It can be a musician, it canbe a politician, it can be any good.
Because when you saidhistorical figure, I'm thinking like
Abe Lincoln.
Yeah, yeah.
No, you can.
It can be anyone in history.
So when you said musician,that was the one thing that.
(18:47):
I don't have an answer for it.
I just.
Okay.
God.
When we.
When we come to see you at theJack, we expect an answer.
Okay.
I'm literally writing it downright now.
Okay.
Or you can listen to this andthen I'll remind you.
All right, last question.
If you're on.
If you were on death row, whatwould your last meal be?
(19:11):
And now it can't be shepherd'spie because you already used it.
All right?
It won't be shepherd's pie.
It would be pho.
Have you had pho?
Oh, yeah.
Okay.
What?
Hold on.
Leanne, you've never.
What did you just say?
How do you spell it?
It's P, H, O. Yeah.
Or is it.
(19:31):
Oh, no, it's P, H. Okay.
Oh, is it noodles?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I think it's, like, in broth.
It's Vietnamese.
Is it like noodles and.
And like, brothy kind of stuff?
Look, it's so much more thanthat, Leanne.
Yeah, it's so much more than that.
Do y' all have pho, jt?
(19:53):
Oh, yeah.
All right, then you're gonna.
Look, you need to culture her and.
Okay.
All right, let me.
Let me tell you something, Jed.
I had my knee replaced lastDecember, and I did it at kind of
a semi private clinic.
And when we got done, theysaid, I. I came to, and they're talking
to me and all that, and, youknow, how's it feeling?
(20:15):
Your legs all wrapped up and stuff?
They said, well, before you gohome, we got to make sure you eat
something and, you know, youstand up and all that.
Okay.
They said we got a couplechoices for lunch.
And I thought it was going tobe like, okay, lemon jello or cherry
(20:36):
jello or something like that.
No, but it was faux.
They catered it.
No, they cater the lunches there.
So you come in and they gaveme the bowl of this, and they said,
what do you want to drink?
And again, I'm thinking like,oh, God, they've got apple juice
or diet water or something.
I said, I'd like a Pepsi.
Okay.
And they brought it in there,and my wife is looking at me, and
(20:56):
they.
They fed her, too.
And.
And it's just like.
It's like, cool.
I'll get the other one donebecause I'm hungry, you know?
Yeah.
So, Leanne, we're gonna haveto make sure you get some.
Yeah, I don't think I'm gonna.
Do they have it in Lynchburg?
(21:17):
I don't think so.
Hold on.
Did she.
Was she about to say, I'm notgonna it?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Forever.
Forever.
We.
We have some.
We have some.
Some Vietnamese and Thairestaurants around here that we can.
We'll set her up before shecomes down to Tennessee.
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Jed, thank you.
You've been a great sport.
We look forward to seeing you.
And I'll send you the linkslater this week when the show's ready
to go and you can share themand do all that.
Okay, buddy?
Hey, and send me.
Send me that book, the Black Barbecue.
Oh, yeah, I'll get you thetitle to that.
Yes.
(21:58):
Are you talking about BlackSmoke from Adrian Miller?
No, the other one, Joe.
It was in Joe's book.
Oh, I don't know the title ofthat one offhand.
Yeah, it was like barbecuespelled out right.
Confused because.
Yeah, okay.
The way the title was off tolook at it.
But we'll get it for you.
Yeah, we'll make sure youfigure out which one it is.
(22:20):
All right.
Well, I'm glad I was a repeat offender.
You are welcome anytime onthis show, buddy.
Anytime.
Thank you so much.
Okay.
For Jed and Leanne and myself,thank you for listening and sharing
your time with us.
We will be back next week withanother edition of After Hours.
(22:42):
Until then, remember our motto.
As we always say, turn it,don't burn it.
Take care, everybody.
Welcome to Barbecue Nationwith JT and Leanne After Hours, the
conversation that continuedafter the show was done.
Hey, everybody, it's JT andthis is a special version of Barbecue
Nation.
It is brought to you in partby Painted Hills Natural Beef, Beef
you can be proud to serve yourfamily and friends.
That's Painted Hills Natural Beef.
Hey, everybody.
Welcome to after hours.
(00:32):
I'm J.T.
along with Leanne.
We've got Jed Laurette with ustoday from Jack Daniels, and we're
all going to be gettingtogether and having a picnic in about
two weeks or something like that.
So we start out, Jed, with this.
We always start out withsomething easy.
Okay, start.
If you could dine with andcook for a historical figure, who
(00:53):
would it be and what would beon the menu?
So who would be the historical figure?
It could be someone.
That's an easy one.
You said that's an easy one.
That's what Jeff said.
I think that's one of thehardest ones.
I don't know why he prefaces the.
All right, so let me.
Let me see who historicalfigure I.
(01:21):
God.
Can we skip.
Can I call.
Yes, yes.
No lifeline, but go ahead.
We'll skip it and you bethinking about it.
Okay, Are y' all going to bedubbing these together?
Are y' all going to make thisseem like I knew the answer right
off?
Absolutely not.
No, no, no, no, no.
(01:43):
This doesn't work that way, buddy.
Okay, you were in themilitary, so what is the worst thing
you've ever eaten?
Yeah, so I can.
I can answer that one really quickly.
Did multiple trips toAfghanistan, and one of the trips
that I was on, we got lockeddown in our base compound, and all
(02:06):
we had was MREs.
Yeah.
I'll be honest with you.
I like the Mac and cheese.
Like the beefy Mac and cheesewith the MREs.
I'm not a huge fan of anythingthat's just beef or just chicken.
It's not beef or chicken inthose MREs.
It's a composite, isn't it?
(02:29):
Although I like the beefy Macand cheese.
I like that.
Yeah, that one's Good, butyeah, MREs, Afghanistan, I never
heard.
I've never heard that about those.
I didn't think that they wouldmake them that horrible, but.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Look, it's all about calorie intake.
That's the only thing thatwe're worried about.
But the flavor is.
(02:50):
We could do better.
So when you were over there,did you get into eating, like, tabouli
or hummus or any of that?
Stuff.
I. I love Middle Eastern food.
Okay.
But I loved it beforehand.
My.
My wife and I and the wholefamily, it doesn't matter what it
is.
We're very adventurous with food.
(03:12):
So, yeah, I've had.
Oh, shoot.
All Middle Eastern foods.
So Afghani, obviously.
Saudi Arabian food, which is alittle more Mediterranean since they're
closer to the meta.
You know, the med.
I like Turkish food, Israeli food.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I like it all.
Matter of fact, my wife madehummus at the house probably two
(03:33):
days ago.
I like hummus.
I'm not a big fan of tabouli,but I like hummus.
But when we're.
When we're not on the air andwhen I see you in person, I will
tell you about the firstdinner I had in Saudi Arabia and
what it comprised of.
Very interesting.
(03:53):
They don't waste any parts ofthe animal.
I'll just put it that way.
Okay.
Who is somebody that in yourlife that has really gotten your
attention this last year?
Somebody doesn't have to besomebody in the family.
Can be somebody that didsomething special or really screwed
up or whatever.
(04:13):
Whatever your parameters are.
Does it have to be a person orcan it be a group of people?
It can be a group.
I don't care.
Okay.
So I was asked to go up toSturgis to do a.
We do what's called OperationRide Home.
And Operation Ride Home isJack Daniels in the ymca.
We sponsor Junior Enlisted toget home safely.
(04:38):
Because some of them, like Iwas Junior Enlisted, we just didn't
have any money to get back tothe house.
Right.
Whether it be Christmas,somebody's getting married, somebody's
having a baby.
Sadly, somebody passed away,and you just don't have the money.
So we went out to Sturgis likewe always do.
We helped raise money, but Igot to be a part of a few auctions,
(04:58):
and in three days, I saw halfa million dollars get raised for
Special Olympics, batteredwomen and children.
EMTs, first responders.
That group of people that Igot to see out there, raise money
for complete strangers wasabsolutely beautiful.
(05:20):
And that happened just about amonth and a half ago.
Cool.
Beautiful.
Would you recommend a careerlike yours, with everything you've
done, you know, to somebodythat's just kind of starting out?
No.
Absolutely not.
I don't think anybody shouldcome from my job.
Okay, you can just go dosomething else.
(05:43):
No, it's fun.
Like, seriously, you have tobe willing to.
You've got to be real with people.
Because I think ultimately, Ithink we can.
We can tell when somebody'sfake or it's a put on, but be genuine.
If you're going to go tocollege for something like this,
you've got to love people.
(06:03):
You've really got to care for people.
Okay.
Yeah, absolutely.
Let's do it.
What was the absolute best dayin your life so far?
In my life.
Yeah.
Well, obviously if my wifehears this, it definitely needs to
be when I got married.
Good man, Good man.
Good man.
(06:24):
Here recently.
It's very proud of my oldestdaughter who just got married.
But yeah, probably.
Probably when we had our kidsand when I got married.
Sure, absolutely.
Best.
Okay.
So if you, Jed, could erase amistake from history.
Doesn't have to be your own.
(06:44):
Can be history of the world.
But if you could erase amistake from history, what would
it be and why?
How about this?
I would.
I would erase no mistakes.
All right?
And I know, you know, when youthink about all the terrible things
that have happened in theworld, even within those terrible
(07:07):
things, I think humanity,hopefully we've learned from those
mistakes.
Without that mistake, we'rebound to.
To do it anyways.
At least that's how I see it.
So, yeah, I would say thateven within the torture angu sad
moments in life, I think we'velearned from it and hopefully we've
grown from it because Godknows I.
(07:31):
It's hard.
It's hard, but it is.
We've learned lessons from it.
So I don't.
I don't know if I would.
I know that sounds like anawful answer.
No, it actually makes a lot ofsense to me.
It does make sense.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You're good.
You're good.
What's your absolute favoritenon barbecue food or dish?
(07:52):
My wife made it last night.
Shepherd's pie.
Oh, yeah.
All right, so we.
We use lamb.
All right.
And we get Irish cheddar.
It's the whole thing.
It's.
It's one of my favorites.
Cool.
Sweet.
It's probably.
All right, you know what?
Let me take that back.
(08:13):
It's definitely that.
But growing up, I was one of three.
Well, it was.
I'm the middle child.
Not that y' all can tell thatI'm a kid.
Start for attention.
Nobody loves me.
All right, got it.
You're my sister.
Yeah.
We grew up really, really poor.
(08:33):
And my favorite thing that mymom made was wiener spaghetti.
All right.
It is the cheapest hot dogsyou can find.
And she made her own tomato sauce.
And I know it sounds disgustingly.
Don't make.
You gonna make this the WorldFood Championships Leanne or what?
That's right.
(08:54):
Leanne, I promise you, if.
If you had it, you would.
You would think twice.
I'm not saying it's gourmet,but there's something intrinsically
special about the dish becauseit was something that my mom made.
Yeah.
And, yeah, I would say that ismy favorite fragrance.
Y' all are learning way toomuch about me.
(09:16):
No, this is.
So you said it's called what now?
It's just Wiener Spaghetti.
It's a wiener spaghetti.
So did she cut the hot dogsinto little spaghetti or a little
round?
No, no.
So it's regular, likespaghetti sauce with noodles.
And she always.
Look, we're.
I'm Cajun by descent, so we'reall from Louisiana, South Louisiana.
(09:37):
And so it was always the trinity.
We always had peppers and onions.
And it.
That was her base for everything.
It didn't matter what it was.
I went to school smelling like onions.
Because mom was cooking supperat six o' clock in the morning.
But.
Yeah, so she would cut thelittle hot dog, like the hot dog
into little rounds and thenshe cook it in a sauce.
(09:59):
And I know it sounds disgusting.
I'm not trying to sell you,but it was.
It was good.
You know, it's.
It's.
It's not all that bad.
I guess it's kind of likespaghetti and meatballs.
But you're swapping out themeatballs for that.
I was thinking that she cutthose hot dogs into little skinny
spaghetti, and that was likethe spaghetti itself.
(10:19):
That's why I was having trouble.
It's like.
I mean, people smoke baloneyall the time, right?
Okay, all right, all right,all right.
Moving on.
What was the first thing youever got in trouble for as a kid?
Do you remember?
I don't.
(10:40):
I can tell you the one thing Iknow that I got in trouble for unprovoked.
I knocked my little brotherout with a pull queue.
Wow.
Yeah.
Don't judge me, Leanne.
He asked a question.
Yeah, I don't.
If I had known about the poolcue thing as far as my sister's related.
(11:04):
See, so.
But I didn't know about it.
I got my sister.
Dad.
But anyway.
Okay, yeah, Leanne's probablyold enough.
I'm not sure if you are, Jed,but Mattel used to make this fake
little Winchester rifles andthey had little spring loaded bullets.
Okay.
So you can hopefully find themand put them back in the cartridge
(11:27):
that was spring loaded and youcould shoot them again.
Right.
This is all an indoor activity.
So my bedroom was above.
Directly above my sister's.
And it was an Open stairwell.
So I used to lay on the top ofthe stairwell one while she worked
nights when she got out ofhigh school.
(11:50):
And I would lay up there andwhile she was trying to get to sleep,
I would shoot her with my Mattel.
But then I only had threebullets, so I'd have to sneak, try
to sneak down the stairs andfind the damn bullets.
And I could never find themand I'd get caught and I'd get in
trouble anyway.
So how long would you lay in wait?
Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
(12:10):
Did you have a gilly suit?
I mean.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It was an orange and brown carpet.
So with my hair, when I hadred hair, it didn't blended right
in, trust me.
But crawling down those stairson your hand on your belly to try
to be real quiet.
And of course if I had friendsstaying over for the weekend, they'd
(12:32):
start laughing and stuff andthen I just got in trouble.
Anyway, if.
Here, let's do something fun here.
If you were declared supremeruler of barbecue for a week, what
would you decree?
That I get to judge a competition.
(12:52):
There you go.
There you go.
I've never judged.
I've been begging Debbiearound here to let me judge.
It's fine.
Debbie, if you're listening, Ijust called you out.
Wow.
I'll put a call.
You know What?
For your 10 year anniversary.
I think she should do that for you.
That would be sweet of her.
That would be a very nice gift.
Yeah.
(13:13):
If, if you were an animal,Jed, what animal would you be and
why?
What kind of animal would I be?
I'd be a turtle.
I'd be a turtle.
Turtles, yeah.
Because that's what mygrandfather nicknamed me when I was
little because I would stickmy head out of the play pen.
Histine was coming.
(13:35):
That's the first thing thatpopped into my head.
So that's probably the most true.
Okay.
Yeah.
What is something that youknow your spouse was right about
was correct but you stillthink she's wrong?
Nothing.
Absolutely nothing.
Yeah.
(13:57):
Nothing at all.
Ah, okay.
Just in case, just in caseshe's listening.
You're going to live a longand prosperous life there, Jed.
I pray.
I pray.
Yeah, yeah.
What, what do you think is thehard, absolute hardest thing you
ever did?
Was the hardest thing ever did?
Was it boot camp or was it.
(14:18):
No, boot camp was hard.
I was already married, Ialready had a child.
I was a little older when Iwent into the military.
I was 21, about to turn 22.
Not that that's old, but itnormally it's like 18 when you get
out of high school, but it was.
It was leaving for mydeployments to Afghanistan after
(14:39):
I was out of the military.
I had three years where Imissed everybody's birthday, all
the Christmases, all theanniversaries, and that.
That was the hardest part.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You can't make up for it.
It's gone.
Yeah, yeah.
Would you describe yourself ascorn fed or grass fed?
(15:05):
I'm a hybrid.
Because.
Okay, maybe.
Maybe I will start.
I would start it, like, ongrass, but I'm finished on grain.
Yeah, there you go.
That's.
That's actually the right answer.
So that's a good answer.
(15:25):
What's the first thing you dowhen you get up in the morning?
You want the real answer?
Yep.
Yep.
So I go in the living room andI put my glasses on because I'm 45
years old and apparently myeyes stop working, and I read my
(15:46):
Bible for about 15 minutes,and I go and take a shower.
There you go.
Awesome.
There you go.
I think Tina Cannon is the onethat gave us the most.
The most correct.
The most.
Yeah, yeah.
People forget.
I mean, most people get up andthey go to the bathroom.
Yeah.
(16:07):
And she said, what do youmean, after I go pee?
Yeah.
Oh, there you go.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I've already gotten up fourtimes in the middle of the night
to do that.
Yeah, I get that deal, too.
What's your favorite movie?
And I always use this as an example.
Mine is Casablanca.
Oh, okay.
So it's kind of similar to that.
(16:29):
Mine really is.
It's the original Willy Wonkain the Chocolate Factory with Gene
Wilder.
Yeah.
So funny you should say that.
I think they have a.
At least according to my sister.
She's a food stylist, and sheis doing IHOP purple pancakes and,
like, a print shot.
And they're.
(16:49):
They're doing a remake ofWilly Wonka and something.
I don't know what kind ofmovie it is, but I don't know if
it's a reboot.
I got it.
IHOP is making, like, crazyfood to celebrate this.
So you got.
I don't know what it's about.
At least that movie.
They just need to let it beGene Wilder.
Yeah.
He killed it ever.
(17:10):
But it's very similar to Casablanca.
I mean, when.
When you said it, I thoughtWilly Wonka.
Yes.
Yeah, I get that.
What's one.
We only got a couple morehere, Jed, and we won't keep you.
What's one thing you missabout your time in, you know, school
or college?
Meaning when you're young?
(17:34):
I Guess the lack of responsibility.
I.
Enjoy obviously, being my ageand having kids that were my age.
When I'm thinking about this.
Yeah, it was.
It was just fun.
There was nobody you'reresponsible for.
(17:56):
I don't know.
Just.
Okay.
It's less stress.
Less.
Yeah.
Less stress is absolutely the word.
Yeah, absolutely.
Okay, back to the question youpassed on.
Oh, God.
The historical figure.
Who would it be and what wouldbe on the menu?
Let's go with this is so hard.
(18:22):
Why in the world.
It can be a musician, it canbe a politician, it can be any good.
Because when you saidhistorical figure, I'm thinking like
Abe Lincoln.
Yeah, yeah.
No, you can.
It can be anyone in history.
So when you said musician,that was the one thing that.
(18:47):
I don't have an answer for it.
I just.
Okay.
God.
When we.
When we come to see you at theJack, we expect an answer.
Okay.
I'm literally writing it downright now.
Okay.
Or you can listen to this andthen I'll remind you.
All right, last question.
If you're on.
If you were on death row, whatwould your last meal be?
(19:11):
And now it can't be shepherd'spie because you already used it.
All right?
It won't be shepherd's pie.
It would be pho.
Have you had pho?
Oh, yeah.
Okay.
What?
Hold on.
Leanne, you've never.
What did you just say?
How do you spell it?
It's P, H, O. Yeah.
Or is it.
(19:31):
Oh, no, it's P, H. Okay.
Oh, is it noodles?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I think it's, like, in broth.
It's Vietnamese.
Is it like noodles and.
And like, brothy kind of stuff?
Look, it's so much more thanthat, Leanne.
Yeah, it's so much more than that.
Do y' all have pho, jt?
(19:53):
Oh, yeah.
All right, then you're gonna.
Look, you need to culture her and.
Okay.
All right, let me.
Let me tell you something, Jed.
I had my knee replaced lastDecember, and I did it at kind of
a semi private clinic.
And when we got done, theysaid, I. I came to, and they're talking
to me and all that, and, youknow, how's it feeling?
(20:15):
Your legs all wrapped up and stuff?
They said, well, before you gohome, we got to make sure you eat
something and, you know, youstand up and all that.
Okay.
They said we got a couplechoices for lunch.
And I thought it was going tobe like, okay, lemon jello or cherry
(20:36):
jello or something like that.
No, but it was faux.
They catered it.
No, they cater the lunches there.
So you come in and they gaveme the bowl of this, and they said,
what do you want to drink?
And again, I'm thinking like,oh, God, they've got apple juice
or diet water or something.
I said, I'd like a Pepsi.
Okay.
And they brought it in there,and my wife is looking at me, and
(20:56):
they.
They fed her, too.
And.
And it's just like.
It's like, cool.
I'll get the other one donebecause I'm hungry, you know?
Yeah.
So, Leanne, we're gonna haveto make sure you get some.
Yeah, I don't think I'm gonna.
Do they have it in Lynchburg?
(21:17):
I don't think so.
Hold on.
Did she.
Was she about to say, I'm notgonna it?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Forever.
Forever.
We.
We have some.
We have some.
Some Vietnamese and Thairestaurants around here that we can.
We'll set her up before shecomes down to Tennessee.
(21:38):
Jed, thank you.
You've been a great sport.
We look forward to seeing you.
And I'll send you the linkslater this week when the show's ready
to go and you can share themand do all that.
Okay, buddy?
Hey, and send me.
Send me that book, the Black Barbecue.
Oh, yeah, I'll get you thetitle to that.
Yes.
(21:58):
Are you talking about BlackSmoke from Adrian Miller?
No, the other one, Joe.
It was in Joe's book.
Oh, I don't know the title ofthat one offhand.
Yeah, it was like barbecuespelled out right.
Confused because.
Yeah, okay.
The way the title was off tolook at it.
But we'll get it for you.
Yeah, we'll make sure youfigure out which one it is.
(22:20):
All right.
Well, I'm glad I was a repeat offender.
You are welcome anytime onthis show, buddy.
Anytime.
Thank you so much.
Okay.
For Jed and Leanne and myself,thank you for listening and sharing
your time with us.
We will be back next week withanother edition of After Hours.
(22:42):
Until then, remember our motto.
As we always say, turn it,don't burn it.
Take care, everybody.
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