
Moonshiners: Smoke Ring
The best, often undiscovered, pit masters from around the country compete in a high stakes battle to determine whose heritage and skills produce the best tasting meat.
The best, often undiscovered, pit masters from around the country compete in a high stakes battle to determine whose heritage and skills produce the best tasting meat.
6 Episodes
Tickle and Tank Jackson travel the Carolina back roads where moonshine and barbecue share a common heritage; pit masters James Sampson and Mat Griner compete to determine whose whole hog BBQ will earn the Smoke Ring title.
March 9, 2021Legendary pitmasters join Tickle and Tank to judge an underground battle of East Carolina ribs in a contest that comes down to heritage and flavour.
March 9, 2021Tickle and Tank pit a former moonshiner against a young gun in an underground battle for pulled pork supremacy. Barbecue legend Carey Bringle guest judges.
March 16, 2021Georgians compete to make legendary slow-smoked chicken, which has been served for decades at community gatherings across the deep south.
March 23, 2021In Tickle and Tank's most ambitious underground competition yet, pitmasters turn prime cuts of meat into their own masterworks of Southern-smoked sausage.
March 30, 2021South Carolina’s rich cultural heritage fires up a surf-and-turf showdown.
April 6, 2021