Barbecue Base
It's BBQ, but not your usual snags on a gas hotplate! This is smokey, meaty goodness for your ears as well as your tastebuds. Come along for the ride as each episode we dive into everything BBQ and the people that make it great. Tips, advice, reviews and news, it's serious BBQ, but wrapped up with a few laughs along the way too!
Episodes
He's been on a variety of teams, including Team BBQ War and cooked all over the world, including The American Royal and multiple Meatstock's, even gaining a nickname from Texas's No1 Pitmaster, Ernest Servantes along the way!
Grab a cold beer or glass of Jack and settle in to hear everything Jeremy Thorp knows about Comp BBQ!
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If you've been to Queensland, maybe you've eaten at Phat Boyz in Ipswich, maybe you've seen their 5000 gallon offset at Meatstick Australia or just in photos! Come find out the story behind it all with founder and owner Luke Moonshine who was recently in NZ for Meatstock and on tour with Bill Dumas.
Plus we chat pizza's, picanha's and Noel gives you his top tips on everything backstrap!
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They've been around in various forms since 2020 but we grabbed one of the currents and one of the OG's of the Girlmour Girls, Rebecca Blackstock to chat about her journey, the hurdles, the fears and the solutions!
Really great chat and well worth a listen for anyone who's been a bit nervous about jumping into the competition world!
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He's here all the way from Texas and he's talking sausage! But this is a long way from your basic snags, oh yes! We caught up with the Sausage Sensei himself just before his Sausage Tell All class right here in NZ!
Plus get all of Noel's top tips on horseradish and we chat about pizza's, briskets and all sorts more!
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He's been around since 2018 and knows a bit about NBZA, SCA, building pits and pink shirts, everyone's favourite Jointie, Cameron Staples joins us this week for a frank chat about Competition BBQ and what he's up to!
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This week we're on location and enjoying some epic food at Moo Moo Smokehouse & Grill and catching up with owner Marc Paul! Food reviews and great chat await!
Plus Noel's top tips on Lamb Ribs as a whole rack and all the round up of the NZ BBQ scene!
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He's just crucshed the SCA at Smoke on the Coast and come 12 months into his comp BBQ career so we thought what better time to catch up with Meatloaf's Ciaran Murphy for a chat about all things comp BBQ!
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He's got 1.8M Tiktok followers and is closing in on a million Instagram fans and has just released his new BBQ Cook Book, and Noel is fanboying - Tony Ramirez pops in to say hi!
Plus Noel gives his top tips for Cowboy Butter and even a bit of boil in the bag action! All of this and we round up the latest happenings from the NZ BBQ scene - don't miss it!
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One of the OG Aussies and a regular vistor to our shores, it's Jye Healey from Smokeface Grillahs giving you all the competition tips he's amassed over the years! This is not one to miss!
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Join us for this special episode where we hand the keys to Barbecue Base over to some epic ladies of the NZ BBQ scene. Philippa Steibel (Joint Smokers) is your host with Alia Branson (Black Label Barbecue) and Heather Flanaghan (Smoking Oak BBQ) joining her to chat about all things NZ BBQ. It's a great listen!
But first, Noel and Alex recap the latest happenings and Noel gives you his top tips on Braai!
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One of the best hugs you'll get from the Far North, Barbecue BOI's Jamie Urwin stopped by to unload 8 years of competition knowledge on us! He's a veteran of The Twisted Pits and Barbecue BOI so he's seen it all!
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This week we welcome back friend of the show, Matt Melville from Rum & Que and we've challenged him to give all his backyard knowledge to you!
Matt gives you the cooks you should try as a beginner, one up, intermediate and expert backyarder and then answers some listener questions, so much good stuff in this one!
Plus, Noel's top tips on Lamb leg and we round up all the latest happenings too.
Fresh off a redemption cook at Meatstock, Blood Sweat and Beers' Adam Manukau joins us to chat about how one of the OG party teams hangs about and what they changed after a recent disaster!
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If you are keen on hosting your own BBQ festival or competition - this is the episode for you! Join us as Ken Van Mackelbergh and Steve More take us through what it's like to put on the Fired Up BBQ Festival (Kerikeri) and Smoke on the Coast (Whangateau) from start to finish!
Plus get Noel's top tips on Oyster blade and we catch up all the happs on the local and international scene!
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Join us as we welcome the self-professeed Pirate of BBQ, Norm Kete from Meat Maurauders onto the base to chat all things competition and we can't resist chatting a little bit about his latest pit - The Hurt Locker!
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Jody Harris & Dirk Mullins are the people behind the tearaway success of the Rib Cookoff Association. They join us to tell us about that and why they're bringing it to New Zealand.
Plus Noel gives you his top tips on smoked chicken breast and brining plus all the other news and round ups from the NZ BBQ world.
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One of Aussie's OG's and a Team of the Year Champ with many other GC's and a tip to the Jack to his name, Lukas Armstrong stops by the Base to chat all things competition BBQ with us!
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The man, the myth, the legend, Thomas Winkler himself joins us this episode. All the way from BBQ's and More, Auckland, everyone's favourite German!
We caht bringing the cheffyness to BBQ, whiskey matching, top buying tips and a dive into what wood works where!
Plus get Noel's Lamb Shoulder Chop recipe and the round up from Meatstock!
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He's one half of the brother team, The Chosen Q, and recent GC at Kumeu so strap in for all of Dave Woodley's tips and tricks on this episode of Competition Time!
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Rum & Que
Moo Moo Smokehouse & Grill
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She's one of the baddest badasses in BBQ and has been blazing a trail aound the world for many years and finally, we got her to stop by the base for a chat! Don't sleep on this one as we chat to Danielle Bennett, better known as Diva Q!
Plus we ound up the first SCA of the year, some developments down south, look forward to Meatstock and Noel gives you his top pork chop tips!
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