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All Episodes of Life of Fire

Life of Fire follows legendary pitmaster Pat Martin as he travels the country to meet the people who have mastered the old methods of barbecue...
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Season 1

  • West Tennessee Whole Hog
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    West Tennessee Whole Hog

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/5/2024

    Pat Martin opens with his roots in BBQ; he invites Zach Parker and Daryl Ramey to join him in Corinth, Miss. for the thirty-hour process of cooking a whole hog west Tennessee-style.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Life Fire Whole Trout
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    Life Fire Whole Trout

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/13/2024

    Pat Martin heads to the Cherokee National Forest in East Tennessee for a day of fly fishing with his old friend, Chef Joseph Lenn; they cook up their fresh catch, over the campfire.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Barbecue Pork Steak
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    Barbecue Pork Steak

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/20/2024

    Pat travels to Gainesboro, Tennessee to visit Stockton Farms, a regenerative hog farm, to learn about their operations and to grill up pork steaks with chef Trevor Stockton.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Virginia Ham
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    Virginia Ham

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/27/2024

    Pat travels to Richmond, Virginia with his buddy Jason McConnell to visit Professor Tuffy Stone, and gets a history lesson on the origin of American-style barbecue.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Chicken & Alabama White Sauce
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    Chicken & Alabama White Sauce

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/3/2024

    Pat heads down to Decatur, Alabama to visit Chris Lilly and the storied institution of barbecue, Big Bob Gibson's BBQ; he learns the ins and outs, and the history of a regional delicacy: pit-cooked chicken with Alabama white sauce.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Greek Spit Roast Lamb
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    Greek Spit Roast Lamb

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/10/2024

    Back home in Nashville, Pat links up with his pal and local restaurateur Bill Darsinos to enjoy a tradition from the heart of Bill's Greek history and culture: cooking a whole lamb on a spit roast.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • South Carolina Ribs
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    South Carolina Ribs

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 6/17/2024

    When Pat's friends and fellow pitmasters, Bryan Furman and Dr. Howard Conyers, come to town, the guys dig deep into the history of barbecue and moonshine within rural black communities and how they carry that tradition on today.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Red Curry Pig's Head
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    Red Curry Pig's Head

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/24/2024

    Pat heads to the frozen tundra of Minnesota to visit chef Yia Vang and dives into the rich barbecue culture of the Hmong immigrants of the United States; they brave the cold and break nearly-frozen ground to barbecue a whole pig's head in the earth.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Bluefin Tuna Collars
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    Bluefin Tuna Collars

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 7/1/2024

    Pat Martin visits his old buddy Chef Adam Perry Lang in the heart of Los Angeles, where the pair look to new ideas to cook using traditional barbecue methods, using a Texas-style offset smoker to cook a prized catch castoff cut - bluefin tuna collars.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Top Block Steak
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    Top Block Steak

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 7/8/2024

    Pat Martin travels to a picturesque regenerative cattle farm in California's Santa Maria Valley, to hear firsthand from a young vibrant pitmaster named Nick Preidite who has uncovered the secrets and true history of real Santa Maria barbecue.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown