Slinging brisket for cash is no easy feat, but Mackay pitmaster Blair Tomkinson sure makes it look that way. His BBQ catering business, Bears BBQ Low and Slow Catering, has been recently nominated for ‘Catering Operation of the Year’ in the annual Australasian Barbecue Alliance Awards. His brisket and beef ribs are the stuff of legend, and his prowess in Texas BBQ brought him to the attention of competition BBQ royalty ‘Country Boys BBQ’. Blair was quickly recruited to the team and is now in charge of cooking all the beef at the Country Boys’ BBQ competition events. So, not only is he an award winning BBQ pitmaster and an award nominated BBQ business operator, he is also a renowned barbecue pit builder. Yes, he builds all the pits that he cooks on! In this full episode of the Smoking Hot Confessions BBQ Podcast, Blair and I get into: • His long history with Australian BBQ legend Barbecue Mafia (3:10) His collection of BBQ smokers that he built himself (7:11) The most common problem with Gateway Drum Smokers in competition BBQ (13:17) Bears BBQ Low and Slow Catering (20:19) What type of events he prefers to service and why (28:57) Blair’s best tips for smoking brisket (42:18) If you would like to become a Podcast Partner we’d love to hear from you. Send Ben an email at [email protected] and let’s get that conversation started! To get your free copy of 'The Beginners Guide to Real BBQ', including some smoked meat recipes, head to the Smoking Hot Confessions website: https://smokinghotconfessions.com