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AMERICAN ROYAL RECAP - A Royal Freeze · BBQ Therapy

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Welcome to the BBQ Therapy podcast.
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My name is Tavis Bryant and today I'm doing a quick solo
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episode. I haven't did one in a while,
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just summing up my experience at the American Royal.
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It was great. I can't ask for anything more
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that could have happened. At first I was worried about
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getting out there based on everything you heard from the
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airport reports and seeing video of the airport being packed out,
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but then you also seeing video of the airport being empty.
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So I didn't know what to believe.
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So I was worried about just being able to get out and fly up
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there. But, and I had a Plan B, which
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was if I wasn't able to catch a flight, I was going to drive up
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there, which would have been 13 hours.
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So that would have put me getting there Friday night,
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which would have been bad for business.
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But I was able to catch my flight.
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Everything was fine at the airport.
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I was able to get through the line in about 10 minutes and be
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at the gate. You know, even though I went
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early, I mean, I had to wait three hours for my flight.
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I still don't take no chances. I like getting places early but
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I was able to get there and get to Kansas City at a decent time.
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I arrived at Kansas City about 12/30 12:45 went through the
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airport, did a quick video of Meet Rushmore's restaurant.
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It was packed out. I didn't get a chance to grab
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anything because I had to get my rent a car as well as get to the
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hotel and change so I can get to American Royal by 3:00 for when
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the gates open. So after that I went to the rent
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a car place and up there they rent a car situation is
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different from ours down here and down here when you rent a
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car, they give you a specific car that you're going to get or
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a specific size car and they usually just bring the car out
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to you and tell you What Car you getting.
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But up there, I didn't know that you just go hop in the car on
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whatever Rd. that you paid for and just drive off and first
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come, first serve. So I was just standing there for
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a minute and then I just noticed people jumping in the car.
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And then I finally asked someone and he said any cars on these
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roads here, just hop in it and just go.
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So I felt that I was interested. I mean, it was good in a way and
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not good in some ways, but I ain't even.
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That's how they do it. That's how they do it.
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But after that, I raced to my room, got ready, left out to go
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to the Kansas Speedway, which that was where the American role
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was getting there. The GPS did not take me to the
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right gate, but I drove around until I found the entrance and
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then I parked. And we're advice if you're going
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to go there, I would suggest getting the VIP lot which is
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closer, which is what I got. But I also was like I put on
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social media able to get a media pass.
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I didn't know they had media parking but I didn't get all the
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information. But when I got there, I got
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through, got my map to start off going around, I was excited.
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I mean, this was different. And you get out there and you
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can see from the top of the stands, you can see all the
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teams out there and all the setup that they have down there.
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It's a great sight to view just by looking at the top of the
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bleachers. So once I got down there, I
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started to just start walking around and see what section I
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can start off meeting people that were on the show because
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that's one of the reasons I wanted to meet a lot of people
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that I had on the show in person and so they can see my face.
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Some of them I've already met, but some of them I haven't.
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So I made it my business. I wanted to meet as many as I
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can. There were a few that I didn't
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get a chance to run into, like Smoking Magic and meet Rushmore
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and OG Bandits and just a couple other that were out there that I
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had recorded with that I wanted to meet and show my appreciation
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for doing a recording with me. So when I got out there, I met
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the guys from high on the Hog BBQ.
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They helped me navigate to the Media Center where I got my
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badge. And after that I started
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venturing around to see who was out there and who I can shake
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hands with and have a conversation with.
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Of course, I first one I went to was Kell and Janet Phelps.
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They're from Georgia also and very cordial.
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I went and spoke to them and of course, as everybody say, if you
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need anything, come find me. And I said OK, so I left there
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and then I just started venturing around the different
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people's trailers that I knew and and some that I didn't know.
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And the atmosphere is amazing. It's more Friday's more laid
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out, laid back, and more people are out of their trailers and
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you get to meet a lot more people.
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And so everybody I saw that I could introduce myself to, I did
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that. And people that know me know I'm
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more reserved and not that type of person to run up on people
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and, and just start talking to them.
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It's my wife's more that type of person.
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I've learned to be better and I've gotten better at doing
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that. Just walk up, introduce myself.
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And I guess it's maybe a fear of rejection, but I've gotten over
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that because most of the people I've learned in the BBQ
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community is very nice and very welcoming.
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So through dealing with a lot of the good people in BBQ, I've
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learned that so it it, it doesn't bother me no more to
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walk up on people and introduce myself or tell them I have a
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podcast what it's about or asking for an e-mail address.
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But also, like I said, I do my homework so I know a lot of
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information on the different pit masters out there.
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So I know their names. I don't have to be asking who,
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what their name is. A lot of people are their team
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name or I've heard a lot of the team names and, and some of the
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people that were on the popular side as well as non popular side
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that I'm able to know their names and, and, and, and
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recognize who they are. I strolled around and and as I
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went around, a lot of people that I knew were nice enough to
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introduce me to other people that they knew.
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And that's the thing I like about BBQ.
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Once you know someone, they're going to introduce you to
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another person, then they're going to introduce you to
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another person or two people or three people, or they were,
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they'll bring you over to a group of people and then you can
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meet a whole group at one time. And by doing that, it makes your
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circle even bigger. So I, as I started just
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freestyling, walking around, I met a lot of the people at the
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beginning that was on the podcast, Brian Payton Vincent
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and and Joyce Regino. I stood there, talked to them
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for a while, and then I went around the corner.
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I saw Brad Lightinger, and I went to introduce myself to him.
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I was a little nervous, yeah, But I went over to introduce
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myself to him and explained that I was trying to reach out to him
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to get him on the podcast. And he said, cool, just reach
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out to me. And I know that BBQ season is
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coming to an end, so a lot of people have more time than they
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used to. So I definitely will be reaching
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out to a lot more people in the coming months while they have
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downtime. But continuing on, I just spent
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Friday mainly just walking around, not staying in one spot
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for too long because if I'm standing around, I'm not meeting
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new people and and socializing. So I kept going on and, and
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throughout the day. And then I tried to go over to a
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lot of the trailers where people invited me to, told me to stop
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by. I wanted to make sure I went by
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and met those people because they took their time to reach
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out and told me to drop by so they can meet me.
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So like, who am I? I'm not nobody big that I can't
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go over and and meet somebody because it, it makes my
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connection bigger. And then I love meeting people
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and connecting with the BBQ community and making new
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friends. So I was told about a Snake
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River Farms party. So I had caught up with Ray
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Sheehan over at the BBQ News NBBQA trailer and me him and
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when his friends went over to the Snake River Farms party and
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it was like a All Star game. People that were there, some of
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the biggest names and BBQ were there and me I was like I
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definitely felt out of place but I know I belong.
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I mean just like the rest of them.
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Even though I'm not cooking right now, I I'm still part of
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the BBQ community because I have a BBQ podcast and I will get
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into competing. But right now I want to see
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where this goes and see how far this take me.
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Because I found out that I'm pretty good at what I'm doing
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here. So I put in the time and work
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and the results are paying off. But also, I got to meet a lot of
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people there and got introduced to a lot of people that were
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around. And Tim Shearer introduced me to
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a few folks and a couple of other guys that Ray Sheehan
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knew. I got introduced to them also.
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And then that's when I saw Mark Bayless, which is one of my BBQ
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role models because he's very instrumental in keeping me
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enthusiastic when I was just getting into it.
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And he showed me BBQ love and my wife was there too and he showed
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her love and welcoming us at Memphis and May.
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So every time I see him, I'm always excited.
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And he introduced me to more people also.
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And by that time, it's like I had met so many people at that
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time and my mind was blown because this, this wasn't no
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regular people. It was people like Reagan from
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LA Pasadita, Bill Purvis, Tim Shearer introduced me to Robert
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Smith, first class BBQ. Mike Johnson was over there.
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I got introduced to Darren Worth, which I already had met
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like a about an hour or two before the end, which was funny
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because about 3 to 4 times I got introduced to Darren Worth and
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me and I was just looking at each other like OK, we already
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met before SO and I talked to him over at JDQ.
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Josh DeWitt and Brian Wheeze Calhoun's trailer.
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And I got to tell him that I I'm the guy that reached out to you
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and I look forward to having you on the show.
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And he said OK. And he said he'd been busy and I
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like. I know.
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And since barbecues and winding down, I'm reach out and connect
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with him. So that's how that went.
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And that party was good. They were giving out pig.
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They had I guess someone had did a pig and they was giving out
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hamburgers and hot dogs and sausage and stuff like that.
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By that time I after I left there, my legs were hurting so
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bad from walking. I went on and went home for that
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night so I can regroup for the second night.
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So that second night, well, the second day rather, I got up, got
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there about 11:00 and I started walking around.
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I had, while I was at the hotel, I made a list of everybody I
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didn't get a chance to meet that we're on the podcast or that I
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just wanted to run across and, and, and, and introduce myself.
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So I got out there and started making my rounds and ran into
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Shad Curtain from BBQ Pitmasters.
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I got his information. Then I went and spoke to Rob
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Arrocha of Smoking Gooder podcast, went to the Tailgater
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guy to exchange stickers with him, and that's when I just
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continued to float around to other sites like Split Nador.
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They invited me to come over and meet them.
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So I met them and rooters and tutors and went by the Sweeties
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Barbecue and introduced myself to them.
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But other than that, that's when I made it to Luke Darnell's
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trailer. They allowed me to come in there
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and sit around with them, which I meant a lot because I said he
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was. I reached out to him and told
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him that I wanted to come hang out with him because I like how
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he operates where he goes around and meets everybody around him
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and talk to him like he did at the Jack Daniels where he went
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to every team and spoke to every team.
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That means a lot to people where you go around and speak to him,
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whether you're a big team or a small team.
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Just feeling that, OK, he took time to come out and talk to me.
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It, it, it means a lot. So I like that where he just go
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socialize with the other teams. And I told him I wanted to
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shadow him because I, I admire that.
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I mean, he's a big people person and I want to be able to be like
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that as far as just going out and talk to people and greeting
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them and how you doing and make those connections and bring them
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on to the podcast. Because like I said, I'm not one
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of those ones is it only goes after the big names or people
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that win stuff or the top selling stuff.
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I want to speak to everybody because everybody has a story.
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There's numerous products that are out there that people
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haven't heard of that needs a chance like everybody else.
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So those stories can help other people succeed.
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The thing is, if you don't have a story to tell, I mean, there's
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nothing. I mean, it's nice to hear you
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brag, but it's not benefiting this podcast 'cause my podcast
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is specifically on motivating people and educating people.
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Then that's what I'm going to stick to as far as it's nice
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that you're successful in what you're doing, but how are you
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going to translate that into helping someone else?
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You can tell about what you did right, but also some of the
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things that didn't go right. We need you to help other
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people, not make those mistakes. You don't have to give your
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business. I never asked anybody for their
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personal business or anything like that and I don't ask.
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I've never asked anybody for a recipe or anything.
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My main is my main purpose is getting the story to help
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motivate others on how to get a food truck going successfully or
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a restaurant or seasoning or rub or BBQ product or a podcast or
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anything dealing with the BBQ world.
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My focus is on getting those stories out so somebody can
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listen to it and say, hey, if he did it, I can do it too.
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Let me go ahead and try because you never know how your story is
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going to affect someone and get them into motion to reaching
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their destiny. But that's the main reason that
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I do the podcast. But being back in his tent and
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back to the story. But I sat around there while
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they was doing their ancillaries and I was just asking him
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different questions and that I had in my head and we just
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shooting the breeze and different people coming in and
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out and I was being introduced to them which was great.
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Also, I got to do turn insurance with Miss Kim, which was also
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fun because I got to spend time and talk to her, which was good.
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Also, I got the see everybody turn in their desserts, which
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was also a great spectacle to see.
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I was able to record a lot of that and it was just fun and a
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happy atmosphere to see the different creativity that people
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deal with the desserts and it it it I, I love the atmosphere and
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I wouldn't have changed it for anything in the world.
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But once I got back there, I ventured off with him a few
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times to stretch our legs and that's when I ran into Darren
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Worth again. I got introduced again and I met
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Mr. Trevino from Smoking Vaults and a couple other teams that
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were over there because it was freezing.
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So it was around a fire pit. But after that it was a war
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time. After we got finished, went to
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awards, it was freezing, freezing.
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So definitely if you're coming from out of town on a flight,
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definitely be prepared because even though they said it wasn't
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going to be as cold as it was, as well as the fact there's no
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trees around, the wind was blowing and it was freezing.
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But the award ceremony, that was my first big event award
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ceremony, which was cool to see and see the excitement of the
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teams as they called them out. Shout out to Reuters and tutors
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for the win and the GC. And I was excited about that
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because that's somebody I know and a lot of teams that I came
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in contact with with. And he got called for awards
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which made me happy 'cause I might be a good luck charm but
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never know. But may good be the case.
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But after that I immediately after the war ceremony was over,
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I left and went to the hotel 'cause I was freezing.
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And at Sunday I got up and well before I at the Wards, I was
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talking to Brian Wheeze Calhoun. He said if I wanted to come
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around 8:00, he'll be prepping. So I said sure.
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I definitely took him up on that so I can just get a, a feel of
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the atmosphere of them prepping the comp meets.
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So I got up early and and went and just to socialize I met him
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and the people that was cooking with him.
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Josh DeWitt. I met all his crew and over also
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was Tiny E Dirk, Jodi and a couple other people over there
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cooking with them and the hospitality and the niceness of
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each person there who didn't even know me really.
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This is my first time meeting all of them just the other day,
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and they were so welcoming. And it's like I had three
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breakfasts because everybody kept bringing food and allowing
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me to try different things that they cooked, like desserts and
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different things that they entered throughout the American
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Royal. And I felt it made me feel good
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because they're asking for my opinion to to try dishes that
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they prepared. And it's like everybody over
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there was a chef because it was everything was excellent.
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So I do want to give a shout out to each one of them over there
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that welcomed me in and was so nice to allow me to just be
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around them in the midst of them competing and just making me
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feel like I was part of the team.
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And hey, if anything comes up, I'm going to reach out to you.
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Or just everybody was just so nice and, and, and it, it, it
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made me feel special and just this guy from Georgia and just
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coming out there just to see who I can meet.
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And you'd be surprised how many people that already know you,
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even though they may act like they not know you, but when you
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get brought up like this is so and so.
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Oh yeah, I seen them online. All right.
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And that's when you know, like, OK, they have seen me.
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And I'm making an impact on the community of BBQ, which I'm
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trying to do so because I try to give out a quality product.
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I, I take this serious what I do, I don't just throw anything
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together because like I, I was telling someone that I don't
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have the name like other people. If I was had 1000 trophies
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behind me, I can get away with saying anything or doing
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anything on the podcast, but I don't.
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But I, I, I take this serious enough that I put full effort
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into these interviews at everybody think doing the
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podcast is it's easy. It's not easy.
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I mean, it takes a lot of preparation that goes into this
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if you're doing it right. And I do everything by myself.
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So there's a lot of time free time, sometime free time I don't
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have that goes into this because like I said, BBQ means a lot to
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me and I want to reach the community.
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All those folks is looking to get in a comp BBQ or get in a
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food trailer or restaurant. I want to make a difference in
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their life by bringing them voices of the people that I know
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or I make contact with through me making connections and using
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those connections to educate and motivate others out there that
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may be wanting to get into that field.
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Because if they don't get their help, they may give up and just
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walk away from whatever they're trying to do and and ruin their
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destiny. So I'm going to do my part to
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bring them these stories and do all the research I can on each
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individual that comes on here that I can ask quality questions
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and give a quality interview that will touch someone's life.
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And also they can fully know about some of the pit masters
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that they know and some that they don't know.
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Like I said before, if everybody I bring on this podcast, if you
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know every last one of them, I'm not doing my job I need, I'm
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bringing people that you may have heard of, you may haven't
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heard of. And that's the point of what I'm
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trying to do is bring the spotlight to other people that
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deserves to be heard instead of having the same people that you
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hear on every podcast and hear the same story from them.
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And even if I do have something, somebody that been on another
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podcast, I'm going to try to ask different questions that haven't
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been asked before because there's a lot of follow up
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questions that don't get asked. There's a lot of questions that
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don't get asked. And I'm a curious person.
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I'm not a journalist. I don't have any background in
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any type of journalism or being a reporter or on the news or
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anything like that. Just a curious person, just a
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regular guy that decided to do a podcast because a lot of
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podcasts I was hearing is just, there was stuff that I wouldn't,
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I mean, I wasn't a big fan of. So I was trying to cut those
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things out and do it a different way.
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No disrespect for any other podcasts.
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They, that's, that's their format and the way I format
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mine, I do it my way. And no, I, I, I support other
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podcasts. There's more than one way to do
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this and wish everybody the best of luck, but I'm here to do my
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thing and and be successful in what I'm doing because I know
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it's going to reach people and I'm going to right now.
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I'm going to see where it goes. I'm going to jump into competing
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eventually and ease my way into competing.
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But right now I'm also going to continue on with this podcast
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because I even though sometimes it get frustrating, there's
29:07
people out there that shoot me Adm and it it it means the world
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because it's like, OK, some people out here are listening
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and it's making a difference. And when you hear, OK, that was
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a good interview, it's like, OK, thank you for that.
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Because sometimes it it after you get off, you'll be thinking
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like, OK, did I did, how did I do?
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Did I do good enough? Or should I ask this question
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different? Or should I ask, should I ask
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this or that? So I definitely enjoy the
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feedback I've been getting from the podcast and as I venture
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into the second season, which is already recorded, every episode
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is already recorded because I've record as much as I can and just
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releasing one at a time. So the second season is already
30:04
done. So all I have to do is just
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finish editing a lot of them and just load them in so they can be
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released. And that's the best way for me
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to do it and not take up people's time.
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It's pre recording so I don't have to jam up people's schedule
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where they can do it on their free time.
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And then I can just take my time, edit and release the
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episode when it's time. But you get back on the third
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day I was there and just socializing and hanging out with
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them. The atmosphere was nice,
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friendly. Turn out turn insurance went
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well and I went to walk. When they did the turn in for
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sausage, I got to meet Rod Gray and shook his hand, introduced
30:59
myself and came back and help them break down their areas and
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asked if anything else I can do. And since this was the last day,
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I wasn't going to go to turn insurance again because it was
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too freezing out there. When I tell you it was cold, it
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was cold. But I decided to skip awards and
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leave right out there. Everybody got situated and
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packed up for them to go to awards.
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But that was my American Royal experience.
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I enjoyed it thoroughly. Luke Darnell said I was a genius
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at marketing, which I felt that I got to tell him nobody knows
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me that well yet. A lot of people do, but as far
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as my name, they don't know my name.
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A lot of them do, but that's why I try to market myself and show
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my brand and because if you haven't, you might not recognize
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me, but you may have seen the logo.
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So or if I may be turned around or something and my back to you,
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you may see the logo or turn to the front.
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You may see the logo and say, hey, hey, it's the podcast guy
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like Tillman's BBQ. I was walking around, they
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called me over. I'd spoke with them, had a good
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conversation with them, and I got to meet the people from
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Cordy meets over at Janky Legs trailer and had a good
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conversation with them and look forward to speaking with them.
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But overall it it was successful.
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My, my goal at the beginning was to go out there and be like
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James Cameron and get all this video footage of the American
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role. But after I got going, I felt it
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was more important to make as many connections that I could
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and meet as many folks that I could.
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Because I feel that as a BBQ community is all about making
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yourself personable and being friendly with people.
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Not just I'm not using folks just for interviews, but I want
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to get to know these folks and be friends with these folks and
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interact with them and see them all as much as I can.
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And it's, it's a welcoming family atmosphere.
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Every competition that I've been to is it's been the same.
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I've never had a bad experience at a a competition because at
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the end of the day, you choose who you want to hang around.
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So if you choose to hang around people that are not friendly or
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mean or racist or anything like that, that's this is our free
34:06
time and we choose to do with our free time what we want.
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So we get to choose who we hang around.
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So that's a choice that we make. And I feel that the BBQ
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community has been welcomed to me and my wife and even my
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daughter when I brought my daughters out.
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So right now, I continue to look forward to meeting more people
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and continuing to interact with the people I've met already.
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And as far as me, they know now how my personality is and how
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friendly and respectful I am because I'm a big person when it
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comes to being respectful. Everybody going to tell you that
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I'm going to yes Sir, yes ma'am. How you doing?
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Thank you and I try to teach my daughter that respect takes you
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a long way. Being smart is good and all, but
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being respectful people going to remember that how you treat
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other people people going to remember that.
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So I always making my business to be respectful as well as do
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my homework, do all I can to research on people I have an
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interest in BBQ. So I'm going to do my research
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on learning about BBQ. Have questions I want to ask
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people and being able to even hold a conversation with someone
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in the field that you're trying to because because once you get
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the opportunity and you're around them and you don't know
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anything about what you have an interest in, they're not going
35:55
to be able they're not going to want to conversate with you
35:59
anymore because this person don't know what they're talking
36:02
about or do you this person don't even know me or know
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anything about me but they're asking me questions.
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So that's why I'm making my business to know information on
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as many people as I can get familiar with them.
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But overall, it's been 2 thumbs up and I can't wait to go back
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again next year. I'd definitely be more prepared
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as far as if they're going to have cold weather.
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You got to tell me twice. But I mean, I, I, I met a lot of
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people and made a lot of connections.
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I was part, I was sad about that.
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I didn't get to meet everybody that I want set out to meet.
36:51
I wanted to meet Sterling Smith, the Luton booty.
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Every time I went by, he was talking to somebody, but I
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didn't definitely was going to interrupt nobody but smoking
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magic. I really wanted to meet them.
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And like I said earlier, meet Rushmore and I didn't get to
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meet Joe Pierce and I didn't get to hang out with Chris Shaffer
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like I wanted to. And as well as Tim Shear, I
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didn't get to see him again because I wanted to see the new
37:28
bus he got. But most of the time Saturday
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and Sunday People were working on their meats.
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So I definitely try to be respectful and not interrupt
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people while they're doing their turn insurance as well as
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prepping their meats because there's money on the line as
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well as trophies. So I will see all them down the
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road and am satisfied with the people I didn't meet and the
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numbers, as well as e-mail addresses and well as handshakes
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and hugs from everybody that I did get a chance to see.
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But on that note, I thank everybody for listening to
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another episode of the BBQ Therapy Session show.
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And I'm going to release this as a bonus episode also, probably
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after the second, well, the first episode of Season 2, which
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is featuring Rod Gray. All those have been listening to
38:41
my podcasts. I thank you.
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Can't thank you enough 'cause you didn't have to, but you did
38:48
all those, whether it's one episode or every episode, I
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thank you because you're sacrificing your time to support
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my vision. And I will definitely continue
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to give you great episodes and look forward to recording Season
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3. As you can tell, interviews are
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getting better. I'm getting stronger in this
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craft and I'm hanging with the big dogs.
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So on that note, I thank y'all and be blessed and be safe.
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Have a great day.