Home Pitmaster · Sacramento Valley, CA

The home pitmaster
who'll actually teach you how to do it.

Recipes, technique breakdowns, and honest gear reviews — no recycled top-10 lists. I'm Jeremiah, and this is where the cook, the lessons, and the show all live.

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The merch · Halloween drop

Spooky season, by the coals

Three original skeleton-pitmaster designs, drawn for people who grill in October. Tees, hoodies, and magnets. Printed to order and shipped by Fourthwall.

Skeleton Pitmaster tee: a skeleton in an apron flipping ribs over a kettle grill beside stacked jack-o'-lanterns

Skeleton Pitmaster New

Skeleton Pitmaster: Midnight Kettle

A bony grillmaster flips saucy ribs over a kettle while jack-o'-lanterns stack up like a woodpile.

Tee $20 Hoodie $35 Magnet $9

Kettle Bones

Clean and creepy. A lone skeleton leans on the kettle, lid open, with a rack of ribs in bone tongs.

Tee $20 Hoodie $35 Magnet $9

Bat Swarm Kettle Spiral

Bats ride the smoke spiral off a kettle grill. Look closely: one of them is holding a basting brush.

Tee $20 Hoodie $35

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Sizes S–5XL · Printed to order, so order early for Halloween

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This Week in Barbecue

A weekly rundown of what's happening in the BBQ world — top stories, a technique tip, a gear or product check, and a guest tease. Short to start, honest always.

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Why this exists

Home cook. Real technique. No shortcuts.

I Need BBQ is built around one idea: teach barbecue the right way, in public, every week. Not just the finished plate — the actual technique behind it, the gear that's worth your money, and the person doing the cooking.

Technique breakdownsHow to actually smoke, grill, and trim it right.
Recipe of the weekA full cook, start to finish, one clear payoff.
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Behind the scenesCookouts, family, and the real day-to-day.

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