Gearing Up for Memphis in May 2023 feat. Swine Life BBQ

Today on the HowToBBQRight Podcast, we’re welcoming a special guest, Mark Williams from Swine Life BBQ (00:27). Y’all have GOT to go to the Metairie Crawfish Festival, where it’s all you can eat (03:23). Malcom wants to go day-drinking to celebrate Cinco de Mayo (09:18). He also celebrated the holiday with a delicious new Smoked Birria Taco recipe (13:00). Mark gives the raw details on how he’s smoking Whole Hog these days (19:50). What do you have to do to set up a pit for Whole Hog cooking (32:55)? How long can a Whole Hog rest (36:53)? Should you be running your pit “dirty” during competitions (42:13)? Cooking in poor weather conditions can be a challenge, but Mark shares exactly how to work with your surroundings (45:38). What kind of feedback is constructive to Competition BBQ teams, from judges (52:22)? What ancillaries are Killer Hogs entering in at Memphis in May (56:12)? This is how to make BBQ Nachos for almost a hundred people (1:04:46)!