Welcome to Malcolm Reed's How to Barbecue Right, a podcast where we talk about barbecue,

share recipes, and discuss all things delicious.

And now here's your host, Malcolm and Rochelle Reed.

Hey, welcome back to the How to Barbecue Right podcast.

I'm your host, Malcolm Reed, joined by my lovely and talented wife, Miss Southern

Shale. Shale, it's August 15th. How you feeling?

Happy birthday. That's right.

Somewhat of a local holiday, at least around here, had a barbecue, right?

I'm like that from a national to regional to the local.

Someone of a local holiday here at my office.

Because it's my birthday.

Yay.

But you're working today.

Yeah.

I'm going to give you tomorrow.

And we're actually filming this podcast.

And you're sick.

You're getting over. I'm not sick. I got, well, it's not going to get some sinus cold or something. It's going good. Got me the magic water? What's in your magic water? Kroger, Freddy Hans with fruit punch. Um, before we get... Keeps my throat nice and ready to talk. Yeah. You got to have that. If I put some vodka in it or something, it would be... It is your birthday. It is my birthday. It's my birthday so far. My buddy Ben Pickle. Shout out, Ben. Call me up. And sang happy birthday this morning about, what, 8 o'clock in his best Maryland Monroe voice singing to that was hilarious. As soon as he started, he didn't say nothing. You said hello. Happy birthday. It was creepy. He was hilarious. He did the whole thing didn't break stride. I'm dying. Because I got it on my speakerphone on the computer, you know. Oh, it's hilarious. But that's, hey, so far, it's been a good birthday. Yeah, so far. What else we got planned? Is there lunch or cake or balloons or anything? There is cake. I'm expecting like a fun bounce house or something. What I have is. Bouncy house in a petting zoo or something? I kept asking what do you want to do, what do you want to do, what do you want to do? And I think that you just wanted to have no plans. No plans. I do. That's my favorite. I have absolutely no plans. I have a cake. You know, and you get to be over 40, I'll say. 44. It just doesn't even really matter anymore. I couldn't remember if I was 43 or 44. I want a nice meal. You know how the ball things are you say? You just want to be left alone. I know why because you really just want to be left alone. I want a nice meal. A big of beer. A strong whiskey drink. Steak. Yeah. Something like that. Yeah. I'm with you. It's almost football season. I've been watching hard knocks. Second episode. Yeah. I'm not, man, I'm not sold. I know the Raiders are supposed to be one of the best of all times. I ain't, I ain't buying Grudens fixing to turn the writers around.

Is this his first year?

Second year.

Man, I wouldn't, I don't want none of them on my fantasy team. Yeah. How many episodes has it been? Just two or three. Normally I'll watch it with me. I mean, you know, no offense, all you writers fans, I'm Blackins fans. I know we're, you know, perennally, not a winner, but in my book, for winners.

What's it like to cheer for a team that wins all the time? I don't know. I don't do. I don't either. I'm used to Ole Miss getting beat and Vikings getting beat. I'm a Mississippi State feds. Now, you know, I don't know what it's like. It's kind of getting boring, right?

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