Ep. 352: Render - Calling All Chefs for the Squirrel Cook Off
Bear Grease
MeatEater
4.8 • 7.1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2025
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of the Bear grease render, Joe Wilson joins host Clay Newcomb along with Bear Newcomb, and Josh “Landbridge” Spielmaker as he shares about his adventure cooking a whole moose in Alaska, and preparations for the annual World Champion Squirrel Cook Off which will be held at the Ozark Highlands Nature Center in Springdale, Arkansas on September 13, 2025. If you’d like to participate as a cooking team, you can reach out to Joe Wilson on the World Champion Squirrel Cook Off Facebook page.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.2 | You've got the land, you've got the deer, but the season's closing in and your mind's racing with more questions than answers. |
| 0:11.9 | I'm Jake Hofer and this is Back 40, a limited series show on Wire to Hunt, part of Meat Eat Eaters Podcast Network. |
| 0:18.8 | Each episode, I'll be asking eight white-tail hunting pros, |
| 0:21.5 | a focused, thought-provoking question about hunting and land management. |
| 0:26.1 | How do I hunt the best part of the farm with less than ideal access? |
| 0:30.5 | Should you, that's what the real question is. |
| 0:32.8 | Stand without good access is not a good stand. |
| 0:35.9 | Search Wire to Hunt and hit that follow button to listen to Back 40 now. |
| 1:08.5 | My name is Clay Newcomb, and this is a production of the Bear Grease podcast called The Bear Grease Render, where we render down, dive deeper, and look behind the scenes of the actual Bear Grease podcast. |
| 1:15.1 | Presented by FHF Gear, American made, purpose-built, hunting, and figureouts. actual bear grease podcast presented by f hf gear american made purpose built hunting and fishing gear that's designed to be as rugged as the places we explore welcome to the bare grease render. |
| 1:29.5 | I knew I was here for some reason. |
| 1:31.8 | Yeah, man. |
| 1:32.6 | Well, it's been a while since we've had Joe Wilson on the show. |
| 1:36.7 | The illustrious Joe Wilson. |
| 1:38.5 | I wish I knew what that meant, brother. |
| 1:41.1 | Same. |
| 1:41.5 | Does that mean heavy? |
| 1:42.4 | Just look in the mirror, brother. |
| 1:44.0 | Just that one thick. And start calling stuff that you think looks like that illustrious, see how it goes. I got it. I've seen it. Oh, man, it's good to have you, Joe. Man, I appreciate y'all having me back and always have a good time. Learn a little something. Yeah, man. We got Barry Newcomb here. Josh is here. I feel like looking at the screen of what's on the |
| 2:04.5 | screen, I feel like I need to explain something real quick. This is a painting of Tecumseh. This is a famous |
| 2:10.9 | painting of Daniel Boone. And this is an AI image of my mother, Judy Nukum. |
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