Comments on: The Current State of Barbecue (Elitism, Franklin’s Secret, & Why BBQ Is Changing)

By: @CL-qr7eb

@CL-qr7eb — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:50:53 +0000

Great video man. I will say, I do watch a lot of Meat Church. Yeah maybe his Montana Knife Co. Knife is $350 or he's got his Yeti bucket. But some things I can speak to are, he never makes you feel like you need those things to be successful. In fact he says things like " you can recreate these recipes on whatever cooker you have, I just happened to be using my 94 gallon offset" or "use whatever seasoning you like" and I can go to his website and get his recipes for free. I've made 3 or 4 of them.

Also I'm pretty sure he called out some people on the whole "Salt & Pepper" only thing. Basically saying "most Texas bbq is claiming salt & pepper only, but I can tell you as Texas bbqer they're using a little something extra". And I for one appreciated that honesty because I thought "Salt & Pepper" only was Texas bbq gospel. It helped me not be so hardcore on my briskets. Anyway great video again, keep it up. Us backyarders need a voice in this bbq game.

By: @rodneypalmer8743

@rodneypalmer8743 — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:50:53 +0000

@MEATNGREET I agree on the Franklin brisket I have had better it’s very pepper forward and the flat seemed dry. Also on the rib method I think it’s what you like on tenderness or the people you are cooking for as most like it to be more fall off the bone compared to a bite through. You as the cook should be able to adjust your cook to how who you’re cooking for like it. That’s how you get them to come back especially if you’re trying to sell it.

By: @williammyers5218

@williammyers5218 — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:50:53 +0000

I’m 65 years old. I’ve been bbq’n and grilling for almost 50 yrs. My dad was an old school bbq’r. Most if not all of my techniques I’ve learned from him (grant it I’ve adjusted some to my liking). I was never taught any “rules”…just preferences. That’s has always driven me. This is why I like backyard bbq’n. It’s fun and relaxing to me. I turned to YouTub to get some info to repair a clothes dryer and to get an engine check light code and ran across some of these bbq vids. Boy oh boy, I was amazed on how much condescending attitudes there are towards those folks who don’t “follow the rules”. I don’t know of any rules…only preferences. You definitely hit the nail on the head with this cast. What you said needed to be said. The whole bbq scene has become almost unbearable. Thanks for the post and continue to keep it real.

By: @bousemaster3989

@bousemaster3989 — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:50:53 +0000

Commenting so you get that algorithm

By: @SmokyBuns

@SmokyBuns — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:50:53 +0000

So I finished this video that seemed to take a tone change.. and all I have to say is “Is life not more than food?” ✝️

By: @chriskelly6827

@chriskelly6827 — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:50:53 +0000

Great video. Really agree with stopping with the pellet grills are not real smokers or any other cooker that is not what someone perceives to be what you should be cooking with. Would never discourage someone from getting into BBQ with comments like that. Have had a bunch of different cookers over the years and they all turned out a solid product after getting use to how they cooked.

By: @jameshill5304

@jameshill5304 — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:50:53 +0000

Not sure how you came up in my feed but I took a listen on my way to work an got to the part about telling people to quite being a bitch about people using pellet grills. I’m that guy I use a pellet grill a lil ole Traeger pro 22 , 2 22” Weber kettles which one I got off marketplace for 15 bucks and a blackstone griddle and yeap I make great effin bbq. I don’t have time to be able to use an offset. Can’t sit there and watch and man the fire the entire time. But the social media people I follow they are now more of pushing a product instead of the food. Pushing yeti, Yoder, Traeger, a fucking 700 pecos table really? lol nah bro a 40 dollar white resin table from Walmart is better . They push a small charcoal grill that’s 700 bucks, really? You all know who thy are. They’re all the social media people that are just social media and not bbq champions but some of those guys are the same as well and to also push MKC knifes to bbq 450 dollar knife? Hell nah. If you’re a hunter then I can see that but my buck knife I’ve had for 30 years can’t be beat for skinning. They have to push all this materialistic crap because they’re given the product and paid by them sponsors and it just gets old quickly cause it’s more of an advertisement for a product than cooking food. I don’t compete I don’t buy all those high end products because you just don’t need them to do the job and can’t afford a 700 dollar table that has a 2×4 area of space that can hold 3500 pounds. WTF u putting on that table? A brisket is about it lol . 40 dollar Walmart table that folds in half that’s what I’m using lol

By: @paulp6386

@paulp6386 — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:50:53 +0000

A con man for money will do what ever it takes.
RIP Franklin.

By: @portcitypizzle

@portcitypizzle — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:50:53 +0000

I enjoyed this video. Seldom do I listen to any podcast for the entire time, but I felt this was a great topic to discuss and I needed one. Thank you.

By: @deringr

@deringr — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:50:53 +0000

Great video man. Well said on all points. Especially the "pellet grill hate" at 39:00 mark from elitism. I'll 100% stand on that for two reasons. #1. When I got into BBQ more than the everyday person (jumped down the rabbit hole) it was purely by accident. At the time I had a 22'" Weber kettle and a basic propane grill that were getting old and crusty. After seeing my coworker eyeballing a Traeger 6-7 years ago I asked some questions about it and next thing you know I got one. I watched hundreds of videos on how to do brisket. Never blindly trusting anyone, I took notes from all sides and made a master list of what to do that all videos seemed to agree on. Then, ON MY FIRST TRY, I made the best BBQ I ever had. So I'll 100% say a pellet grill can turn out a great product. Further, I've cooked ALOT of briskets, and pork butt on that grill for my workplace and always get rave reviews (my favorite one being ………coworker takes a bite, takes a dramatic pause, and says "Damn! that is slap yo mama good!"). #2. You never know people's circumstances as you also said. My case? I bought my Traeger sometime around January of 2021. Four months later I noticed a slight jerk in my right wrist and thought "eh must be a pulled muscle"……………..3 doctor visits later I found out I got Parkinson's disease. I didn't let it phase me as it wasn't that bad at the time. Over the next few years I kept cooking for my family and friends and coworkers. I bought a Weber Smokey Mountain to try it-great grill and vital as a backup cooker lol. I took in a donated vintage Kamado that I restored and use for small stuff, I even built (block by block) a 9 foot long by 4 foot wide cinderblock offset smoker that I used to cook 150lbs. of pork butt for my work one Labor Day. Fast forward from January of 2021 to 2025 Parkinson's is really kicking my ass now. My left arm is no longer trustworthy to lift the cover on my big cinderblock smoker, or to even hold a brisket!! So now that I basically have only one arm and other issues as well, I keep things simple and a pellet grill serves me fine. Also of note: Parkinson's causes a great deal more suffering with lack of good sleep. So, staying up and tending the fire on my big smoker is no longer an option. The Traeger lets me sleep more. All that being said, on the question of is pellet grill BBQ real BBQ? ………….to that EXACT WORDING I stand on my results with my friends and family and how many times they came back for 2nd's 3rd's and even 4th's. Yes it is "BBQ" in my humble opinion. Now is it "TRADITIONAL BBQ" ???……….My 9' concrete smoker and my Weber Smokey Mountain running logs or splits say "no." There is definitely a difference in flavor. BUT!!!!! I say this……..at the end of the day it's all about making YOU, YOUR FRIENDS, & FAMILY HAPPY with some good food and enjoying life. Period. People have to work within their limitations. Those may be time available, maybe financial, or in my case now severe physical limitations.