Encore: Brian Baumgartner Is Probably Smoking Something

Biscuits & Jam

Meredith Corporation

Arts, Music Interviews, Music, Food

4.6 • 639 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Brian Baumgartner may be best known to many people, across at least a couple of generations, as Kevin from The Office, but there’s much more to the actor than his famous onscreen persona. Born and raised in Atlanta, Brian has a deep love for the South, a wicked sense of humor, an obsession with sports, and a successful podcast called Off the Beat. He also has a lifelong passion for barbecue – both the style of cooking and the communal gathering that defines it—and now he’s come out with the Seriously Good Barbecue Cookbook: Over 100 of the Best Recipes in the World. Brian has a lot of opinions on the subject, as well as whether Texas is a part of the South, and the absolute best way to cook grilled chicken. He talks with Sid about the new book, the connection he sees between acting and cooking, why he drove hundreds of miles for a meal at Rodney Scott’s Whole Hog Barbecue in Charleston, and the real story behind that infamous “chili scene” from The Office. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Biscuits & Jam is produced by: Sid Evans - Editor-in-Chief, Southern Living Krissy Tiglias - GM, Southern Living Lottie Leymarie - Executive Producer Michael Onufrak - Audio Engineer & Editor/Producer Jeremiah Lee McVay - Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, y'all, we're taking a quick break this week, so we wanted to reshare a fun episode from last season with Brian Baumgartner.
0:06.4	You probably know him as Kevin from the office, but he's also an Atlanta native, a big barbecue lover, and the author of two fantastic cookbooks.
0:15.8	We'll be back next week with a brand new episode featuring the rising country star Dylan Scott. We'll see you then.
0:26.1	Hey y'all, welcome to Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living. I'm your host, Sid Evans,
0:31.1	and today I'm talking with a guy best known to many of you as Kevin Malone from the office.
0:37.2	But there's a lot more to actor Brian
0:39.0	Baumgartner than his famous and famously goofy on-screen persona. Born and raised in Atlanta,
0:46.1	Brian has a deep love for the South, a wicked sense of humor, an obsession with sports,
0:51.0	and a successful podcast called Off the Beat. He also has a lifelong passion for barbecue,
0:57.3	both the style of cooking and the communal gathering that defines it. And now he's come out with
1:02.9	the seriously good barbecue cookbook, over a hundred of the best recipes in the world.
1:09.3	Brian has a lot of opinions on the subject, as well as whether Texas is part of the best recipes in the world. Brian has a lot of opinions on the subject,
1:11.8	as well as whether Texas is part of the South
1:14.4	and the absolute best way to cook grilled chicken.
1:17.9	We'll also talk about the connection he sees
1:20.2	between acting and cooking,
1:22.3	why he drove hundreds of miles for a meal
1:24.8	at Rodney Scott's Whole Hog Barbecue in Charleston and the real story behind that infamous chili scene from the office.
1:32.7	All on this week's Biscuits and Jam.
1:41.6	Brian Baumgartner, welcome to Biscuits and Jam.
1:44.6	It is my pleasure to be here on Biscuits and Jam.
1:48.6	How's it going?
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