Episode
Barbecue Showdown: Cooking It Old School
Overview
Working in pairs, the barbecuers prepare popular proteins from the past, cooking mutton, goat and whole salmon on wooden platforms and over open pits.
Details
- Series
- Barbecue Showdown
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 2020-09-18
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Cooking It Old School is Episode 6 in Season 1 of Barbecue Showdown. It aired on 2020-09-18. The runtime is 43 min.
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