{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Tailgate Guys BBQ Show, Episode 126: Lee Hickel, Matt Bohannon","description":"We hope everyone is having a great BBQ week and is ready for terrific BBQ conversation on Episode 126 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show Podcast. Lee Hickel could be the poster subject for that old Willie Nelson song \u201cOn the Road Again.\u201d From his home base near Corpus Christi, Texas, the pitmaster of Red Mule\u2019s Bad Ass BBQ is piling up the miles as he travels the KCBS circuit for the first time. A former IBCA Team of the Year, Hickel tells us his journey from a gas-griller just a few years ago to one of America\u2019s best competition cooks. Winning a Grand Championship is a goal for all who fire it up on the competition circuit. Matt Bohannon of Parts \u2018R\u2019 Smokin\u2019 BBQ out of Harrisonville, Missouri, realized that dream last weekend and we learn his cooking story and what the GC at the Laurie Hillbilly BBQ meant. Cooking with his dad, Matt was dominant with a KCBS winning score of over 706. Co-hosts Lyndal and Steve discuss their cooking weeks and Lyndal gives his impressions of judging a KCBS contest for the first time. Thanks to our sponsor\/marketing partners who make our show possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Affordable Income Tax &amp;amp; Payroll, DDR Fabrication, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and The BBQ League. Special thanks to Marty \u201cSign Man\u201d Prather and Domino\u2019s Pizza, an \u201cOfficial American Royal World Series of BBQ\u201d sponsor of our team. Have a great BBQ Week! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm ","author_name":"Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/tailgateguysbbq.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/20100806\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/20100806"}