THE APPS

BBQ SCORECARD

Rate every BBQ joint you visit across 10 competition-style categories. Appearance, smoke, tenderness, sauce, sides, and how the place treats families all get scored. If the food's bad, the score says so.

Free on Android and the web, and $3.99 on iPhone after your first 5 reviews.

Launch Scorecard Get it on Google Play Download on the App Store

BBQ BOARD

Where’s the cheapest brisket in town? BBQ Board tracks meat prices from local butchers, grocery counters, and warehouse clubs. Community-updated. If the price shifts, submit the new one. Covering 100+ cities across 24 states.

Launch Board Get it on Google Play Coming soon to the App Store

BBQ NOTEBOOK

Free cook log for pitmasters. Log the rub, the wood, the temps, the weather, and what you'd change next time. Import cooks from 11 thermometer apps. Earn tiers as you cook, from Brisket Boss to Hall of the Yardbird. Private by default.

Launch Notebook Get it on Google Play

BBQ CALCULATOR

How much brisket for fifty people? Plug in the guests and pick your pit. Raw weight to buy, cook time, batches on your smoker, when to light the fire, and what to grab at the store. If you’re feeding twenty, you don’t need an app for that.

Launch Calculator

YOUR PIT

Start with one kettle in the backyard and build the pit up through a season. Light the fire, cook, serve the line, hire a crew, and decide what to buy with the day’s take. Free, and it runs in your browser.

Play Your Pit

The free BBQ meat calculator tells you how much brisket, pork or ribs to buy for your guest count, and how long the cook takes.

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FROM THE PIT

45 photos from my cooks: the firebox, the grate, the board and the slice.

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EPISODES

The cooks on YouTube, start to finish. Episode 4 is Sunday chicken breasts on the smoker.

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ABOUT

Pastor and pitmaster, Kansas City raised. The story in my own words.

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