BBQ Pitmasters is an American reality television

Reality television

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 series which follows barbecue

Barbecue

Barbecue or barbeque , used chiefly in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia is a method and apparatus for cooking meat, poultry and occasionally fish with the heat and hot smoke of a fire, smoking wood, or hot coals of...

 cooks as they compete for cash and prizes in barbecue cooking competitions. The series premiered on TLC

TLC (TV channel)

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 on December 3, 2009. The eight-episode first season was filmed in a docu-reality format as it followed several competing BBQ teams around the country to various BBQ contests sponsored by Kansas City Barbeque Society

Kansas City Barbeque Society

Kansas City Barbeque Society is a competitive cooking organization founded in 1985 by Carolyn and Gary Wells and Rick Welch. Their desire was to put together a local group for competitive barbecue. It has since grown exponentially and provides oversight to hundreds of competitions. It is the...

 and Memphis in May#Food Events.

Season two premiered on August 12, 2010 at 10 pm EDT featuring a completely new competition game show-based format. Each week, four teams competed against each other at venues around the country. Challenges included a common protein and a more exotic meat. Weekly winners faced off against each other in the second season finale as they vied for $100,000 and the Kingsford Cup. On July 2, TLC announced the judges for the second season would be Myron Mixon, Art Smith

Art Smith (chef)

Charles Arthur "Art" Smith is an American chef who has worked for former Florida governor Bob Graham and Jeb Bush and until 2007 was personal chef to Oprah Winfrey...

, and Warren Sapp

Warren Sapp

Warren Carlos Sapp is a retired American football player who played defensive tackle in the National Football League. He played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Oakland Raiders during his 13 year professional career, and college football for the University of Miami Hurricanes. He was then...

. Kevin Roberts served as host.

Teams

• Jack's Old South, led by Myron Mixon
• Smokin' Triggers BBQ, led by Johnny Trigg
• Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ, led by Harry Soo
• Cool Smoke, led by Tuffy Stone
• Wood Chick's BBQ, owned by Lee Ann Whippen, who is currently a chef/partner of Chicago q.
• Pablo Diablo's, led by Paul Petersen
  Paul Petersen
  William Paul Petersen is an American movie actor, singer, novelist, and activist. Primarily known for his character-type roles in the 1960s and 1970s, as an adult Petersen established the organization A Minor Consideration to support child stars and other child laborers through legislation,...
  
  , a recognized Texas chef but BBQ rookie.

Judges

• Myron Mixon—season one competitor and owner of Jack's Old South
• Art Smith
  Art Smith (chef)
  Charles Arthur "Art" Smith is an American chef who has worked for former Florida governor Bob Graham and Jeb Bush and until 2007 was personal chef to Oprah Winfrey...
  
  —celebrity chef and author of Back to the Table and Kitchen Life
• Warren Sapp
  Warren Sapp
  Warren Carlos Sapp is a retired American football player who played defensive tackle in the National Football League. He played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Oakland Raiders during his 13 year professional career, and college football for the University of Miami Hurricanes. He was then...
  
  —Super Bowl champion and barbecue enthusiast

Prelim Results (Ep. 1-5)

Episode	Pitmaster	Team	Hometown	Episode Result
1	Moe Cason	Ponderosa BBQ	Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857...	1st Place $5000 & invite to finale
	Ryan Amys	Hot Grill on Grill Action	Omaha, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...	2rd Place
	Nicole Davenport	Taint the Sauce	Sheffield, Texas Sheffield, Texas Sheffield is an unincorporated community in Pecos County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 600 in 2000.-Geography:...	3rd Place
	Harrison Sapp	Southern Soul BBQ	Saint Simons Island, Georgia	Eliminated
2	Melissa Cookston	Yazoo's Delta Q	Nesbit, Mississippi Nesbit, Mississippi Nesbit is an unincorporated community in DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States. Nesbit is approximately south of Horn Lake, approximately south of Southaven and approximately north of Hernando near U.S...	1st Place $5000 & invite to finale
	John Fernandez-Melone	Bare Bones BBQ	Pleasanton, California Pleasanton, California Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California, incorporated in 1894. It is a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area located about east of Oakland, and west of Livermore. The population was 70,285 at the 2010 census. In 2005 and 2007, Pleasanton was ranked the wealthiest middle-sized city in...	2rd Place
	Rhoda Brown	Smokin' Fatties	West Monroe, Louisiana West Monroe, Louisiana West Monroe is a city in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 13,250 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Monroe Metropolitan Statistical Area....	3rd Place
	Brent Walton	QN4U	Clovis, California Clovis, California Clovis is a city in Fresno County, California, United States, northeast of Fresno. The population is estimated to be 97,218 as of September, 2011. Clovis is located northeast of downtown Fresno, at an elevation of 361 feet .-History:...	Eliminated
3	Craig Kimmel	Firehouse BBQ	Deland, Florida DeLand, Florida DeLand is the county seat of Volusia County, Florida. In 2006, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population to be 24,375. It is part of the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 436,575 in 2006...	1st Place $5000 & invite to finale
	Bubba Latimer	Bub-Ba-Q	Jasper, Georgia Jasper, Georgia Jasper is a city in Pickens County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,684 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Pickens County...	2rd Place
	Joe Davidson	Joe BBQ	Bixby, Oklahoma Bixby, Oklahoma Bixby is a city in Tulsa and Wagoner counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and is a suburb of Tulsa. The population was 13,336 at the 2000 census and 20,884 in the 2010 census. It is nicknamed "The Garden Spot of Oklahoma" for its rich agrarian heritage...	3rd Place
	Kyle Laval/Stephanie Wilson	The Slabs	Kansas City, Kansas Kansas City, Kansas Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...	Eliminated
4	Johnny Trigg	Smokin' Triggers	Alvarado, Texas Alvarado, Texas Alvarado is the oldest city in Johnson County, Texas. The population was 4,289 in 2009.-Geography:Alvarado is located at and is located at the intersection of US Hwy 67 and I-35W. The city is south of Fort Worth and southwest of Dallas.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has...	1st Place $5000 & invite to finale
	Danielle Dimovski	Diva Q	Barrie, Ontario Barrie, Ontario Barrie is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada, located on the western shore of Lake Simcoe, approximately 90 km north of Toronto. Although located in Simcoe County, the city is politically independent...	2rd Place
	Jody Clark	Big Poppa Smokers	Coachella, California Coachella, California Coachella is a city in Riverside County, California; it is the easternmost city in the region collectively known as the Coachella Valley...	3rd Place
	Neil Strawder	Bigmistas	Long Beach, California Long Beach, California Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...	4th place (no elimination in this episode)
5	Shad Kirton	A Boy & His BBQ	Grimes, Iowa Grimes, Iowa As of the census of 2000, there were 5,098 people, 1,887 households, and 1,437 families residing in the city. The population density was 569.4 people per square mile . There were 1,958 housing units at an average density of 218.7 per square mile...	1st Place $5000 & invite to finale
	Dan Hixon	3 Eyz BBQ	Owings Mills, Maryland Owings Mills, Maryland Owings Mills is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is a suburb of Baltimore. The population was 20,193 at the 2000 census. Owings Mills is home to the northern terminus for the Baltimore Metro Subway and to Owings Mills Mall....	2rd Place
	Lee Ann Whippen	Wood Chicks BBQ	Chesapeake, Virginia Chesapeake, Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 199,184 people, 69,900 households, and 54,172 families residing in the city. The population density was 584.6 people per square mile . There were 72,672 housing units at an average density of 213.3 per square mile...	3rd Place
	Tyler Sayler	Big Mouth Smokers	Memphis, Tennessee Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....	Eliminated

Final Results (Ep. 6)

Episode	Pitmaster	Team	Hometown	Episode Result
6	Shad Kirton	A Boy & His BBQ	Grimes, Iowa Grimes, Iowa As of the census of 2000, there were 5,098 people, 1,887 households, and 1,437 families residing in the city. The population density was 569.4 people per square mile . There were 1,958 housing units at an average density of 218.7 per square mile...	1st Place
	Melissa Cookston	Yazoo's Delta Q	Nesbit, Mississippi Nesbit, Mississippi Nesbit is an unincorporated community in DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States. Nesbit is approximately south of Horn Lake, approximately south of Southaven and approximately north of Hernando near U.S...	2nd Place
	Johnny Trigg	Smokin' Triggers	Alvarado, Texas Alvarado, Texas Alvarado is the oldest city in Johnson County, Texas. The population was 4,289 in 2009.-Geography:Alvarado is located at and is located at the intersection of US Hwy 67 and I-35W. The city is south of Fort Worth and southwest of Dallas.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has...	3rd Place
	Moe Cason	Ponderosa BBQ	Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857...	Eliminated
	Craig Kimmel	Firehouse BBQ	Deland, Florida DeLand, Florida DeLand is the county seat of Volusia County, Florida. In 2006, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population to be 24,375. It is part of the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 436,575 in 2006...

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Season Premiere	Season Finale
	1	8
	2	6

Season 1

Ep #	Total	Title	Airdate

Season 2

Ep #	Total	Title	Airdate

External links

• Official website