067 James Cruse - Central City BBQ - a podcast by Smoking Hot Confessions BBQ Podcast

This is Episode Two of Season Six, my U.S. Road Trip Part II. In this episode I head downtown to the #1 voted BBQ joint in New Orleans - Central City BBQ. There I met James Cruse Jr, the head Pitmaster of Central City and also team captain of the all-conquering Aporkalypse Now Competition BBQ team. After a tour of the very impressive facilities, we grabbed a couple of local microbrews and a plate of pulled pork egg rolls and chatted at length about what goes into running the #1 BBQ joint in a city voted #1 for food in the world, and I even managed to get James to give me a step-by-step run through of how he does his competition-winning pork ribs. And for those of you wondering, those egg rolls were to die for!

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So without further ado, grab yourself a local microbrew and a pulled pork egg roll, and join me as I rap all things BBQ with James Cruse.

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