Meatstock is coming to Queensland | Jay Beaumont

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are big changes afoot for both the Meatstock food festival and BBQ competition, and the Australasian Barbecue Alliance itself. Jay Beaumont is a co-founder of the Australasian Barbecue Alliance, the founder of Meatstock and man oh man does he know how to put on an event! Meatstock is foodie heaven! It is without a doubt the biggest and best BBQ festival Australia has ever seen. But there’s not just one, there’s three! There’s Meatstock Sydney, Meatstock Melbourne and Meatstock Auckland, in New Zealand. That’s right, the love of smoked meat and low and slow barbecue has spread across the Tasman. In fact, the Meatstock barbecue competitions have become so popular that they regularly attract famous, special guest pitmasters such as Tuffy Stone, and Big Moe Cason. But never one to rest while his brisket is resting, Jay is switching things up for both Meatstock, and the Australasian Barbecue Alliance, and I gotta tell you, it’s pretty exciting!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this full episode of the Smoking Hot Confessions BBQ Podcast, Jay and I get into:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jay’s new barbecue video studio in Port Macquarie (0:35)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Everything to do with Meatstock Toowoomba (5:41)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Local celebrity pitmasters coming to Meatstock Toowoomba (18:23)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meatstock Brazil (22:03)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meatstock Saudi Arabia (27:58)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recent changes at the Australasian Barbecue Alliance (29:20)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">How the annual Australasian Barbecue Alliance Annual Awards are changing (32:09)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The new, transparent judging process (37:18)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The new Awards ceremony (43:50)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight