John Tanner has a delicious retirement hobby! One so amazing that you just might find Curt hitching a ride to Washington D.C. just to sample it! John Tanner is THE expert of BBQ. This episode tells how he plans each BBQ trip and how BBQ differs everywhere he travels. This retired law professor/attorney has what it takes to be an expert at his craft. What is better than some savory BBQ and tasty sides while visiting new BBQ joints all over the United States? Not much if you as us! Hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did...and honey get the car started...I'm hungry!
Episode Notes
00:49 A Life Lesson from Curt's book, Fix the Problem and Other Life Lessons From a Pragmatic Dad. You can get it here: https://www.amazon.com/Fix-Problem-other-
04:10 John has a BBQ blog and FB page. Find it here:
04:23 John Tanner's BBQ Blog. Find it here: here:https://www.bbqnewsletter.com/features/tag/John+Tanner%27s+Barbecue+Blog
06:14 John and his wife enjoy doing Volksmarching. What is this? Find out here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksmarching
10:05 John finds great BBQ joints everywhere he travels. He tells us about a great one in Portland, Maine here. Find out more about the restaurant here: https://wilsoncountybarbecue.com/
11:17 Traveling to Amsterdam? John found this great BBQ place in the Netherlands! Find out more about it here: https://pendergast.nl/
20:45 Traveling to Arkansas? John says to try this fantastic BBQ place called Dixie Pig! Find more about it here: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/arkansas/dixie-pig-historic-bbq-ar/
23:32 John tells us about the "sides" that compliment his BBQ meats.
25:46 One of his unique BBQ experiences happened here. Check out Idaho's BBQ4Life! Find out about this Boise, Idaho BBQ restaurant here: https://www.facebook.com/bbq4lifeboise
31:24 John's favorite cut of meat to BBQ is a pork butt. Yummy! https://www.thespruceeats.com/what-is-pork-butt-2216905
32:28 Best ribs in the WORLD? John says they are at Archibald and Woodrow's BBQ in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Find out about this amazing BBQ here: https://www.archibaldbbq.com/
34:37 Find out John's BBQ "Hell No" here!
As John says, "So many dishes, and so little time!"