Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm Balef Jesse Thorn. We're in Chambers this week

to clear the docket. And with me, as always, is the King of Main Barbecue, Judge John Hodgman.

I am not the King of Main Barbecue, but I'll tell you something. Jeff, you know, Jeff,

that couple Jeff and Mary Beth, who run the main hideaway. Oh, sure, Jeff from Main. Yeah,

and Jeff, yeah, main Jeff, also a member of the J squad. He sent some brisket over my way

that he smoked on an Aaron Franklin smoker that came into our town's possession.

This is a municipal smoker. This is something that some some bonds got sold to raise money to

buy this smoker for the town. We raise some quality of life. That's exactly right. It was either

repair the culverts or get the smoker and the people of main smoke. Sorry, volunteer fire department

bad news for you. You only have one caught this season. It's good news. They're going to be

hosting fundraisers with that smoker. No doubt about it. The smoker is great, but tools are

only as good as their craftsperson. And Jeff smoked some beautiful brisket and just

left it on top of my car in the driveway. Didn't even come in and say hello. Technically,

it was Mary Beth. That's what we call main hospitality, right? Joel. Yeah. Yeah. Someone leaves food

on your car. Doesn't come in and say hello. Everyone's happy. Everyone's happy. We had food.

No trouble at all. Boy, it was delicious. And I posted on Instagram, you can check it out on my

stories. I'll probably have to put that on my main, as they say. They call main feed. Oh,

great. Your brisket on main now. Yeah. But brisket on main. I'm here in main, as you know,

at the solar power studios of WERU available on your FM dial 89.9 in Orland, Maine.

Or on your websites at WERU.org with Jesse Thorn and Jennifer Marmer there in Los Angeles and

Joel across the glass. Joel, Jesse, Jennifer, I have in my hand a package from another member of the

J squad Jerome in New Albany, Indiana sent me some bolo ties. Remember that episode?

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