Four years ago today, I cooked BBQ for the very first time. Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined the adventure that was about...

“It looks like a pile of dog $#!+.” Not exactly what you want to hear from your teammate when you have just 3 minutes left to get your...

July 10, 2016, is a day I’ll never forget: My first pro chicken cook at the Gold Ribbin’ BBQ Festival in Green Bay. My memories of the...

It’s said that all good things must come to an end, and sadly, that’s the case with the 2017 Smoke Freaks team lineup. At 7:27 p.m. on...

So, this is it? Competition #25 and the end of the American Freakage Tour 2017? Where did the year go? It seems like just yesterday I was...

Special guest blogger appearance by Mr. Freak... We’ve always considered Brisket the Kilimanjaro of KCBS barbecue. It’s hard for a lot of...

We just wrapped up a much needed week off from the BBQ trail. The highlight of our week “off” was a 3-way pork test where we went back to...

One of my BBQ friends recently announced that he “wasn’t gonna change anything” after a disappointing showing at the Westmont Red, White...

I never dreamed of being the pork cook, but I am always up for a new challenge. So it seemed like the perfect time to take on another...

Smoke Freaks are all packed up and ready for our first competition of the year at CCS Fest this weekend in Indianapolis. CCS Fest is the...

We always get a little uncomfortable whenever we take time off of the competition BBQ trail.  Sure, the extra time is nice, but we start...

​Smoke Freaks survived the brutal heat of the Effingham BBQ Jam last weekend.  It was a weekend of blood, sweat and…. brisket!! There’s...

We arrived at the New Palestine Wine, Brew & BBQ Too competition with a simple mission:  cook our #@%&s off.  Smoke Freaks rose to the...

​We cooked our first double-header at the Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest at Lambeau Field this past weekend.  Not only did we survive, but we kept...