Mike Drop Podcast Episode 42: Matt Pittman - Meat Church

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Mike Ritland interviews Matt Pittman, CEO and owner of Meat Church seasoning company and former contestant on BBQ Pitmasters. Pittman recounts his journey from working 21 years in IT and financial services to launching Meat Church as a hobby five and a half years ago, which grew into a full-time business. He discusses his background, barbecue philosophy, cooking techniques, and how the Meat Church brand was born from a friend’s tweet.

Key takeaways

• Pittman worked as a vice president of technology operations in financial services for 21 years before retiring at 43 to focus full-time on his barbecue business, Meat Church, which started as a hobby only five and a half years ago
• According to Pittman, Meat Church began after he appeared on BBQ Pitmasters with two homemade rubs, and the brand name came from a friend’s tweet about having ‘meat church’ at a Dallas barbecue restaurant
• Pittman explains that his favorite barbecue restaurant is Bodacious in Longview, Texas (currently number four on Texas Monthly’s top 50), run by his friend Jordan Jackson, and recommends Malcolm Reed’s ‘How to BBQ Right’ YouTube channel for barbecue education

Episode details: published September 20, 2019 · 13.5K views · 2:28:37 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Stories told by Mike Ritland’s podcast guests are the guests’ own accounts, attributed to them — not independently verified. Commentary is Ritland’s, presented as his analysis.

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