From Comedy to Barbecue | Vic Clevenger | The Chimney Cartel

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stand-up comedy is not an easy game. You have to be very, very brave to get up on stage and try to make a room full of people laugh. And yet this is the career that southern gentleman Vic Clevenger pursued, working for over two decades as ‘The Cooking Comedian.’ The big world changes in 2020 saw Vic’s business model brought to its knees, and so he had to pivot and explore an entirely new career. Deciding to pursue his other major passion, refining how to cook the perfect steak and participating in Steak Cookoff Association competition cooking events, he created ‘The Chimney Cartel’. It’s an incredibly unique type of charcoal grill, designed with the sole goal of being the best cooking competition grill and becoming an integral part of the collective knowledge of how to cook the perfect steak. But of course, given that it’s come from the mind of Vic Clevenger, it’s also at home at a tailgate party!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this full episode of the Smoking Hot Confessions BBQ Podcast, Vic and I get into: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">THOSE boots! (2:47)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why his favourite smoker is an offset smoker (12:30)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How he came to be The Cooking Comedian (20:13)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How The Chimney Cartel came into being (27:08)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How The Chimney Cartel cooker works (29:35)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">His new cooking adventure tour (35:52)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Tips for how to develop as a cook (41:53)</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weigh