You're in the right place! This place is dedicated to people who want to learn to cook absolutely great tasting BBQ, but don't want to earn a Ph.D to do it.  

Take a minute and sit down, because you are about to learn everything you need to know to cook competition style BBQ that will amaze your family, amaze your friends, and most importantly amaze yourself!
    
We provide the lessons, you provide the heat and the meat!

We are a competition BBQ team made up of KCBS certified BBQ judges. 

We have built a reputation over the years of…well…we're not exactly sure what our reputation is exactly. We know some people consider us pretty good BBQers, while others think we are not-too-shabby teachers. The truth is, we're both. 

Our teams main goal is to share our knowledge of BBQ over keeping secrets. We want to share with you our BBQ lessons for free. Because they are free, we have always had the freedom to show our techniques without fear of indebtedness that we sold you some How to BBQ book that was packed with fluff. 

We are able to keep the lights on at this site by people like you shopping though our amazon.com link.  Your amazon price does not change one cent, but if you purchase an item through our link, we receive a small commission for getting you there.  It's how 100's of websites work, and you might of not even known it.  Again, we want to be up front and honest with you.  

So if you learn something here, and are going to buy something online anyway, we would love for you to buy it at amazon.com and use our link.

Pat·i·o Pit·mas·ter: [pat-ee-oh pit-mas-tur] n.:

1. A person who makes great barbecue on the patio and is not intimidated by the expert pitmasters.

2. A pitmaster that wins the most important contest: the neighborhood BBQ contest.

Trust us when we say we have read most of the How to Barbecue books, watched all the YouTube BBQ lesson videos, paid the big money for the BBQ classes, and ruined hundreds of pounds of quality meat (beefy jerky is what we like to call it).

Please learn from our mistakes and save yourself the time, energy, and most importantly your BBQ meat money.

Just remember to keep in mind there are more ways to BBQ the same piece of meat than there are grains of sand at the beach. Don't get distracted by all you read or see--just take it slow, do what we do, and you will be amazing your friends with great BBQ in no time.  

We definitely suggest you follow our lead; but if you don't, we will join in your laughter at your disasters and help you not make the same mistakes.

If you want to do this right, here are the BBQ lessons based on difficulty of the cook. Remember these are the just basics - our newsletter will give you our competition style tips and it all still FREE. What are waiting for, sign up now...
 
Chicken Thighs

Baby Back Ribs 

Pork Spare Ribs 

Barbecuing is not grilling and grilling is not barbecuing. Confused yet?  Don't be. This is just to impress your neighbors the next time they invite you over for a "BBQ'd steak." 

Barbecuing is cooking with low heat and very slowwwwly. BBQ uses indirect heat or cooking further away from the fire.  Think pork and beef ribs, pork shoulders (butts), brisket, whole chickens, some fish...

Grilling is just the opposite; cooking hot and fast. Grilling uses direct heat or cooking directly over the fire. Think steaks, hamburgers, chicken breasts, hot dogs, fish...

Using the right tool for the right job is more than just a cliche. We like to use what works best, and what does not require a REFI to buy it. You will not find $500 dollar knife set in nay of homes, but you will find what butchers use. Cheap doesn't always mean low quality. Check out our gear guide to see what we have personally tested and know to work. You will see us use this gear in all of our BBQ lessons.

Patio Pitmasters presents BBQ lessons free of charge for your education. 


If you appreciate the quality and usefulness of the BBQ lessons provided here, there are two ways you can help keep BBQ lessons coming. 

All funds help defray the cost of the website design, updating, and hosting.

1. Buy your BBQ gear through our web site at our Amazon.com Shopping link

2. If an ad interests you, check it out.  Window shopping even helps! 

***We understand you might want to keep your BBQ lessons a secret from your family, BUT share us with your friends!  Chances are they too are making BAD BBQ and need BBQ lessons!***

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Want to see how the pros do it?  Want to learn more about assocations in your neck of the woods?  Check out our BBQ Contest Locator page to find something near. After a few lessons here you will feel right at home talking to other pit masters and will probably want to smell their pits!