Red Beards BBQ

Red Beards BBQ Just two red-bearded brothers in Boise smoking meats for friends, family, veterans, and good causes.

05/26/2026

Memorial Day ❤️🇺🇸

Today we remember and honor the brave who paid the ultimate price so everyone can live free, gather with family and friends well enjoying days like this around the smoker.

Pork ribs, chicken halves, and even tried lamb ribs for the first time today. Forever grateful for the freedom to do what we love because of those who gave everything.

Rest easy, heroes.
Thank you. ❤️

When life (and Mother Nature) decides to test your gear… ☔️🔥Early April I had a total BBQ disaster. My tote full of gear...
05/25/2026

When life (and Mother Nature) decides to test your gear… ☔️🔥
Early April I had a total BBQ disaster. My tote full of gear got accidentally left in the perfect spot to catch every drop of runoff from the shed during a massive rain. Completely flooded.
Inside were two ThermoWorks Dots, two Smoke X4, and a bunch of other BBQ tools — all completely toast. No saving any of it. That was hundreds of dollars straight down the drain. With a big spring fair comp just days away, I had to make a plan. I still had my RFX, one working Dot, and my trusty pen, so I reached out to ThermoWorks knowing what they’d probably say… but I just needed to hear it.
I made a plan, rolled out, and everything worked out.

Then a few days later, a brand new Smoke X4 shows up at my door. Completely unexpected. I never asked for it — just pure, awesome customer service from the team.
I’ve broken just about every other temp device out there (especially those pens I always leave sitting out 😅). ThermoWorks is the only brand that survives my chaos, and they actually stand behind their customers when something goes wrong.
I should tag more but I always forget — this is exactly why I run their gear. Durable + accurate products + people who take care of you when it matters most.
Huge thanks to the team — y’all are the real deal. 🙏

Epic beyond words from Heath Riles BBQBack 2 back champions and did you catch that this is now 4 1st place ribs in the l...
05/19/2026

Epic beyond words from Heath Riles BBQ

Back 2 back champions and did you catch that this is now 4 1st place ribs in the last 5 years!!! That dominance in a contest that big is absolutely mind blowing.

repeated ex*****on of basically perfection. You can’t win at that level performing anyless.

05/17/2026

2nd Place Chicken at the Famous Dave’s All-Star BBQ Series in Yakima… and some tough lessons in the other categories.

We’re definitely bummed we didn’t get the results we were hoping for, but that’s barbecue — it keeps you humble. Huge congrats to friend on another Grand Championship! That’s three consecutive years now. Absolute beasts team Edger and Chelsea are! We’re rooting hard for you at World Foods!

Shoutout to our fellow team B&B — for pulling together a reserve grand championship despite Mother Nature doing everything possible to eliminate you. Incredible story of adapt, staying calm, and just making it happen. Now good go crush it at World Foods too and show the world how the PNW cooks.

Here’s a little highlight reel from the day:

🍒 Cherry Raspberry Smoked Chicken Legs → 2nd Place 🏆

🫐 Huckleberry BBQ Stl Ribs - top saucy 🥺

🥩 Gold Label Manhattan Filet Oscar Style with Dungeness crab, smoked Tillamook butter & smoked garlic chimichurri over smashed potatoes - perfect medium rare but forgot the finishing salt and we should of left the potato’s off the plate I guess. Did get told the chimichurri crab was the best thing had today by one of the judges (kudos to Jason).

People Choice: Teriyaki pinapple sweet chili sauce wing- it was popular but couldn’t beat Bush Kitchen bbq sauce fondue tower!

Massive thank you to **Jason ** for making the trip and grinding it out with me despite being in a super busy time in your life. Couldn’t have done it without you brother.

Appreciate sponsors and for the support and belief 🙏

Thank you to .uniongap for another great event. The staff is absolutely outstanding and we will be back next year.

Grateful for another day of burning meat in a parking lot. Sadly a return trip to World foods odds are slim now but absolutely not over. We will continue to learn and get better and root for some things to go our way so we can get a spot. 🔥

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05/17/2026

Congratulations to Heath Riles BBQ on a history making back 2 back grand champion of Memphis in May!

It’s an absolute honor to be an ambassadors for his brand and we rock his products for good reason!

05/12/2026

2nd Place at the Pacific Northwest Food Championship Series: Hometown Showdown in Yakima, Washington! 🔥

I was excited to cook this competition because it was an opportunity to push myself way outside my comfort zone. Sides, desserts, and fancy plating aren’t my strong suit — I’m usually the guy who stays out of the way when it’s “boxing time” at comps. Ive ruined more then helped asked Tyson lol.

This time I had no choice or anyone to pawn it off too. I practiced like crazy, hit up some friends for advice, practiced more, and showed up ready to fight.

It was a battle. Time flew by. Problems happened but more on later just know with only 6 minutes until turn-in I questioning if I would even have a dessert to turn in. Pure chaos… but I survived and was proud of what I put on the table and will learn from the mistakes.

Helped tremendously that the lamb from Boise River Lamb carried the day. Incredibly fresh and I nailed the cook — reverse seared and seasoned with Heath Riles BBQ Simple Citrus. That was the hero of the plate.

Huge thank you to Shane Davis making my custom black walnut turn-in boards — they looked incredible. So awesome to be cooking against him again. Also proud of Shane for being 5 months sober and back out here competing and having fun.

Thank you to my sponsors B&B Charcoal, Dillon Plumbing for the support — it means a lot to let me be competing.

Massive congratulations to Andy for taking 1st with a truly next-level dish. Respect! And shoutout to every competitor who brought it today.
Thank you to all the sponsors — &bcharcoal, Spaceman Knives, and everyone who helped put on an amazing first-year event.
From late-night practices to surviving the chaos… 2nd place feels good.

Next weekend we’re back at it, chasing that golden ticket. Another post coming soon with more details but Yakima is where we are headed!

When I grow up I just wanna be a Crooked Pigs BBQ! To hit 700 is always incredible but to nail a 713 is outrageous. Cong...
05/04/2026

When I grow up I just wanna be a Crooked Pigs BBQ!

To hit 700 is always incredible but to nail a 713 is outrageous. Congratulations to my friends!

🔥 NEW COMP. DIFFERENT GAME. 🔥Heading to Yakima, WA on May 9th—and this one’s a completely outside our normal run…⏱️ 90 m...
04/23/2026

🔥 NEW COMP. DIFFERENT GAME. 🔥

Heading to Yakima, WA on May 9th—and this one’s a completely outside our normal run…

⏱️ 90 minutes to cook:
🍽️ 1 main entree
🥗 1 side
🍰 1 dessert

No electricity, no kitchen gadgets, just fire fueled by B&B Charcoal

Red Beards BBQ is rolling into Hometown Ace Hardware solo unless BBQ Aloha sneaks in last minute (🙏😂) Let’s see what can be turned out under the clock and with a crowd 👀🔥

Should be a fun one—and even better, they’ve got a full kids division with some world champion kids winners coming to judge the kids getting after it too. Future pitmasters stepping up 💪 I love to see it and stillroom if you have a kid who wants too cook!

If you’re around Yakima, come hang out and cheer me on and watch it all go down!

Let’s cook.

Thank you to our sponsors for helping make this happen! Dillon Plumbing Heath Riles BBQ &bcharcoal

Good luck to my friend and world seafood champion Chef Michael Everd today at the world food final table. He’s competing...
04/18/2026

Good luck to my friend and world seafood champion Chef Michael Everd today at the world food final table. He’s competing against the other 9 winners from the world food championships with the winner taking home $100,000!!!!

04/18/2026

Pacific Northwest BBQ Association Washington State Spring Fair Recap 🔥

We made a plan and had a lot of fun. Had some wins, had some lessons. We tried some things and took a few risks that didn’t pan out, but that’s just how it rolls sometimes. We aren’t the new kids on the block anymore, but we’ve still got a lot to learn and will keep pushing.

5th Place Brisket (Snake River Farms) – Glad the judges agreed! This was an amazing brisket we all believed in
13th Ribs – Needed about 5 more minutes. Couldn’t turn in the pieces I really wanted as they just wouldn’t get tender. Thick, marbled ribs… and of course 5 minutes after turn-in they were spot on and delicious 🙄•
20th Pork – First time using chunks since they were so good, we rolled with it—but didn’t box it as well as we needed to. Not having 6 in a row from the same MM was tough to overcome, and the box got hit pretty hard on uneven sizing.
32nd Chicken – Tasted amazing, got nailed on em mushy and over-sauced. First run with legs, so we’ve got some learning to do on em.

Huge thanks to Heath Riles BBQ for laying down the flavor and B&B CharcoalCharcoal for keeping the fire rolling. Cooked on the drums, and a special shoutout to my buddy Landon for joining the SIF club—broke in his new drum on ribs this weekend!

Appreciate everyone who stopped by to hang out, and big thanks to BBQ Aloha for the late-night assist of letting me use his Yoder Smokers, and to Bucket List BBQ for the extra cooler space when we needed it.

Congrats to GC Smoke 324 and RGC Slo_Mo_Que, and to all our friends who got the walk. It’s always great seeing everyone—and shoutout to Janice for taking time to FaceTime her number one fan who was sad not to be at the fair 👊

We’ll keep grinding.


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