Smoke Freaks

Smoke Freaks At the awards ceremony, they were mistakenly identified as “Smoke Freaks,” and the name stuck. Freak ON!

Smoke Freaks® are purveyors of Freakishly great BBQ experiences
🔥 2025 SCA World Champion in Ribs
🔥 BBQ Flavor Guide creators
🔥 Hosts of Flavor Talk podcast
🔥 Cooking classes, private events & food sport
🔥 Hands-on Rib Camp experience Smoke Freaks were born when captains Brian and Ann Neale got hooked on competition BBQ at their first backyard contest in 2014.
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After entering with the hastily con

jured name “Smoking Freaks,” a couple of beat- up WSMs and expectations no greater than having a good time, they ended up taking 1st place in Ribs. Since then, Smoke Freaks have been on a mission to spread their love of BBQ and their passion for living life to the fullest with the world. Smoke Freaks are busy designing Freakishly great BBQ experiences for their customers and share BBQ expertise through cooking classes, private events and future competitions.

Ms. Freak: "Ouch"Mr. Freak: "Oh yeah"Which Freak are you rooting for? 😬
09/03/2026

Ms. Freak: "Ouch"
Mr. Freak: "Oh yeah"

Which Freak are you rooting for? 😬

We had a blast at the SAL Rib Cookout at the American Legion Thomas Hartung Post 1977 in New Lenox, IL, and came away wi...
08/31/2026

We had a blast at the SAL Rib Cookout at the American Legion Thomas Hartung Post 1977 in New Lenox, IL, and came away with some great results.

We learned shortly after setting up that the judge pool was going to be 100% local folks, mostly members and supporters of The Legion.

Mr. Freak understood the assignment -- this was not the place to throw down our typical hyper-flavored competition recipes. We needed to tone it down and try to deliver a flavor profile that met our judges expectations for great BBQ.

So he called an audible and headed to the local Berkot’s to resupply.

The plan was to bring back whatever BBQ sauce was taking up the most room on the shelves, and it wasn’t even close. There was a whole WALL of Sweet Baby Ray's, with more varieties that we even knew existed.

He came back with a $3 bottle of the Original Recipe stuff, and it was just the ticket, helping him to a 2nd place walk for Baby Backs and a 3rd place for Spares. We passed a few out, after turn-in and got to hear those words we live for … “Best rib I ever had!”

Ms. Freak made a slight sauce adjustment as well and came away with a 10th in Baby Backs.

Shout out to Don Peterson, Mark Naber (perfect score!) and Michael Gard on your wins and thanks to Tim Craft and crew for putting on a great event with support for our veterans and lots of public interaction.

And most of all, props and gratitude to Dave Raymond for coming up with the most universally loved sauce to ever hit the grocery store shelves. This was the first time we’ve ever used it in a competition, but probably won’t be the last.

All set up and ready to go in New Lenox, IL for a Rib Cook Off Association double rib contest 🍖🍖 Today is about baby bac...
08/29/2026

All set up and ready to go in New Lenox, IL for a Rib Cook Off Association double rib contest 🍖🍖

Today is about baby backs and St. Louis style spares. And we brought The Freakage ... full moon edition 🐺🌕

Best of luck to all!

08/29/2026

Time for another 🚚 Freaks are headed to New Lenox, IL for a Rib Cook Off Association double rib competition.

It's great to have a comp so close to home ... and you know we're howling at that glorious full moon 🐺

Safe travels and see y'all soon!

You don't need another rib recipe. You need a repeatable system.It starts with flavor. Heath Riles BBQ is the foundation...
08/27/2026

You don't need another rib recipe. You need a repeatable system.

It starts with flavor. Heath Riles BBQ is the foundation of our 3-layer flavor approach, with additional rubs and finishing flavors from Three Little Pigs BBQ Products, Heath Riles BBQ and Man Meat BBQ.

Then come the glazes and sauces from Heath Riles BBQ, Hoosier Daddy BBQ, SmokinGhost BBQ and Hot Diggity Hog BBQ.

It all comes together on Hunsaker Smokers with consistent, high-quality ribs from Wichita Packing.

Flavor. Equipment. Protein.

Come to Rib Camp to learn a proven process you can recreate every time you light your smoker.

We’ve got 12 spots left across our fall Rib Camp dates.

👉 SEE DATES 🔗 in comments

See you at Rib Camp!

Just a friendly little rib (and steak) competition. Sure. 🤣This weekend brings another rib double! Baby backs and St. Lo...
08/26/2026

Just a friendly little rib (and steak) competition. Sure. 🤣

This weekend brings another rib double! Baby backs and St. Louis style spares.

It's getting competitive in the Freak household.

Which Freak are you rooting for? 😬

The BBQ & Bluegrass Bash in Green Bay, WI was a blast. Freaks were consistent if nothing else! 🤣-Ms. Freak-Rib A: 12thRi...
08/24/2026

The BBQ & Bluegrass Bash in Green Bay, WI was a blast. Freaks were consistent if nothing else! 🤣

-Ms. Freak-
Rib A: 12th
Rib B: 10th

-Mr. Freak-
Rib A: 11th
Rib B: 11th

Couldn't do it without the incredible support from Hunsaker Smokers, Andrew Bloom, Wichita Packing and Heath Riles BBQ.

Congrats to Paul Perpich, Stephen Uecker and Scott Nardi on your wins!

Thank you Timothy Schopp, Di, Joe, Tony, Anita and crew for a terrific Rib Cook Off Association competition. Always an honor to lead the 9:22 toast. Thank you for the opportunity!

Next up: More ribs this weekend in New Lenox, IL.

All set up and ready to go in Green Bay, WI for a Rib Cook Off Association double rib contest 🍖🍖 We're rocking Heath Ri...
08/22/2026

All set up and ready to go in Green Bay, WI for a Rib Cook Off Association double rib contest 🍖🍖

We're rocking Heath Riles BBQ flavors on some incredible Andrew Bloom Wichita Packing ribs cooking on our amazing Hunsaker Smokers.

Best of luck to all!

08/21/2026

It's time for a 🚚 Freaks are headed to Green Bay, WI for the Rib Cook Off Association BBQ & Bluegrass Bash.

Both Freaks are cooking ribs and we can't wait to throw down!

🐺🐺🍖🍖

Safe travels to all!

The Freak vs Freak FREAK-OFF is back! This is what we use to keep track of our head-to-head standings in competition foo...
08/19/2026

The Freak vs Freak FREAK-OFF is back! This is what we use to keep track of our head-to-head standings in competition food sport.

If it looks a little different this year, that's because we've added Ribs!

Ms. Freak might be sitting pretty for the moment in Steak, but she has some work to do to catch up to Mr. Freak in Ribs.

She'll be looking to stir things up at the BBQ & Bluegrass Bash double rib competition this weekend.

Which Freak are you rooting for? 😬

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