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With our no-risk 30 day free trial, you can post questions, join conversations, and enjoy an ad free environment on the AmazingRibs.com site. Plus we don't ask for your credit card information so your privacy is guaranteed. Learn more about what the Pitmaster Club has to offer by reading below!
Note that some benefits such as our free temperature magnet and monthly giveaways are exclusive to paid members.
Why join the Pitmaster Club?
Now the largest membership-based BBQ and grilling community in the world, the Pitmaster Club is sure to step up your outdoor cooking game. This is a real community -- a place to learn, make friends, and have fun without the usual flame wars common in Facebook groups and other forums.
But it's the benefits that keep members coming back for more, including zero 3rd party ads on AmazingRibs.com; a free large temperature magnet; free ebooks; free digital magazines; interviews and webinars with top pitmasters and other tastemakers; exclusive recipes just for members; sneak peeks of all of our new recipes and reviews; monthly sweepstakes with prizes worth up to $3,000; exclusive product discounts; and best of all, a community of like-minded cooks conversing in a warm and friendly environment!
The Pitmaster Club is also the most important stream of revenue for the free AmazingRibs.com site so you are indirectly helping us to continue growing the already massive amount of product reviews, recipes, tips, techniques, mythbusting, and other great content found on our primary website.
Start a 30-day free trial
Explore everything that the Pitmaster Club has to offer by starting a 30-day free trial. When you join, we do not ask for your credit card so your privacy is guaranteed. We also NEVER EVER track you or share your info with anybody. Click here to read our Privacy Promise.
Note that some privileges are reserved for paid members including the free temperature magnet, entry into our monthly drawings, and the ability to download all of our e-books (you only get one).
Become a full-time member for only $34.95
Click to pay and join now, risk-free! You’ll get full privileges -- you can post questions, join conversations, have 3rd party ads blocked for you, enjoy exclusive content, and so much more. You're also eligible for our monthly drawings with prizes worth up to $3,000, you will get all six of the $3.99 ebooks for free, and you will get the $9.95 Award-Winning Temperature Guide free. Plus: you can cancel and get your money back anytime in the first 30 days!
Get your 90-day free trial (code required)
Start a 90-day trial by using the coupon code/password found only on the cover of the hardbound version of the book “Meathead: The Science Of Great Barbecue And Grilling” and with the Fireboard Spark thermometer.
Give the gift that keeps on giving
Show the outdoor cook in your life just how much you care with a gift card good for a 1-year subscription. Gift cards are $40 which covers the cost of the card, shipping and handling, and the $34.95 one-year membership fee.
Explore The Benefits
You get freebies that sell for $76.87 and we block all 3rd party ads from members, all for only $34.95/year! Membership has its privileges!
Food Temperature Guide Magnet
Once you become a paid member, we send you a welcome packet highlighted by our 8.5″ x 11″ Comprehensive Food Temperature Safety Magnet with more than 80 temperature benchmarks for meats, sugar, oil, sous vide, and more. It sells for $9.95 on the SnS.com website. That’s 42% of the price of a membership as soon as you join!
Six E-Books
We have published six e-books under our publishing banner, Deep Dive Guides, and, although they are sold on Amazon, Apple, Google, and Nook for $3.99, you’ll be able to download copies for free. As the name implies, each one takes an in-depth look at a single topic, including steaks, ribs, brisket, chicken, turkey, and sous-vide-que.
Tailgater Magazine
Our members also get a digital subscription to Tailgater magazine, a.k.a. “your parking lot and backyard BBQ entertainment guide.” Each issue features great food and drink recipes; entertainment ideas; and cool gear and products to make your next tailgate, or backyard cookout the best ever. Tailgater in print sells for $27.97. The digital version is interactive, with many of the articles and ads clickable so that you can learn more.
Barbecue News Magazine
Members get the digital version of Barbecue News monthly. The print version sells for $25/year and the digital version is $15/year. Founded in 1989, Barbecue News features columns from BBQ Hall of Famers Ardie Davis, Paul Kirk, and our own Meathead; recipes; news from BBQ associations; a calendar of events; a restaurant guide; book reviews; and ruminations by other experts. The digital version is especially cool because it is interactive. Many articles and ads are clickable so that you can learn more.
3 Monthly Sweepstakes Winners With Prizes Worth Up To $3,000
Paid members in the US are entered into 12 monthly drawings per year with first prizes worth up to $3,000, second prizes worth up to $600, and third prizes worth up to $400*! Click here for the complete list of prizes and the complete rules of the sweepstakes. Your odds are about 1-in-450 in a year. Unfortunately, only those within the US are eligible due to the complexities of complying with sweepstakes laws in other countries. Plus many manufacturers won’t ship internationally due to shipping costs and customs regulations.
* Note that prize values can vary depending on participating brands and product availability.
Members only recipes, plus advanced looks at other new recipes and reviews!
Our professional recipe developers set aside some of their most creative tested recipes just for members. In addition, we provide members with sneak peeks of all new content on the AmazingRibs.com site. Members also post their favorite recipes in the Pitmaster Club forum and there are some pretty creative, tasty recipes (plus even better photos of what they are cooking!).
Free sneak preview of Meathead’s book in progress
Members get exclusive excerpts and recipes from Meathead’s forthcoming book, “The Meathead Method, Barbecue Science Meets Culinary Art.”
Inspiration from members
Our section “Show Us What You Are Cooking” is foodporn at its best. We go there for inspiration and ideas, tips on technique, and to marvel at the photographic skills of fellow members.
Great discussions and debates and knowledgeable moderators to help you
Moderators and members share tips, opinions on cookers, restaurants, tools, butchers, techniques, and more, all respectfully without flame wars, politics, race, religion.
Member Meat-Ups
In February 2017, we held our First International Meat-Up in the Bahamas with more than 50 members of the Pitmaster Club. Check out the video here.
In addition, members organize local Meat-Ups in BBQ joints and their own backyards around the world all year long. On the left is a picture of the gang gathered in Texas for a run to Snow’s and other top-rated pitstops.
Audio and video content
Members get access to numerous audio and video interviews with top pitmasters and other industry tastemakers including Zoom roundtable discussions, Jeff “The Cowboy Cook” Tracy’s radio interviews, The PitCast with Greg Rempe of the BBQ Central Show, and others.
On the bottom left is a screenshot from a panel discussion regarding pellet cookers featuring (top left to right) Jason Baker of Green Mountain Grills; Meathead; Rod Gray of Pellet Envy BBQ team; Max Good; Clint Cantwell; and Candy Sue Weaver of BBQrs Delight pellets.
On the bottom right is a 7-minute outtake from a discussion between Meathead and Dr. Blonder regarding salt. All audio and video content is recorded and archived in the Pitmaster Club for future access.
Discounts on products we love
Manufacturers recognize our members as important opinion leaders in the barbecue and grilling world and often provide discounts or gifts-with-purchase exclusively to Pitmaster Club members, including Tappecue which is pictured to the right. And because our robust product review program is well respected for its integrity and honesty, we know many of the top brands in the industry so we can step in if you have issues with a product but aren't having luck with their customer support teams.
Pitmaster Club Swag
The beautifully embroidered shirt pictured below is the same one our team wears in public and on TV. It’s wash-and-wear and doesn’t need ironing, but it is a soft cottonlike feel. There is a choice of four colors and it is available in both men’s and women’s sizes.
Members can also order Pitmaster Club pataches, stickers, reasonably priced men’s and women’s t-shirts, sweatshirts, aprons, mugs, baseball caps, tote bags, flasks, and more, all imprinted with the Pitmaster Club logo. There’s even a spiral-bound journal where you can make notes on your cooks.
Membership certificate
Frame and hang a certificate on your wall that proclaims you to be a Pitmaster!
Three monthly newsletters
Every month we send members an exclusive email newsletter, “Hot From The Pit," with recipes from members and highlights of discussions from The Pitmaster Club. The food porn is amazing. Members also get “Smoke Signals," our monthly email newsletter with news of new articles and recipes on the free portion of the website. We also send “DigestThis.news,” a curated round-up of all the food news from around the world from farm to fork. Sign up for "Smoke Signals" and/or "Digest This" now by clicking here.
Support for Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
We also donate to the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. This remarkable a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization develops and distributes high efficiency low or no-smoke cookstoves to the needy around the world. Many require much less fuel than old fashioned stoves that fill their huts, eyes, and lungs with soot. Below is a well insulated high efficiency unit that can burn wood, crop byproducts like corncobs, it can run on solar, and can even store enough energy to power a light or charge a cell phone. Reducing the amount of wood means less deforestation in dry areas and women spend less time collecting wood and are at less risk. Click here to read more about this remarkable organization.
Support for Operation BBQ Relief
Every month we donate to Operation Barbecue Relief, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit disaster relief program that sends pitmasters into US disaster areas to feed the first responders and homeless. If there is a tornado or flood, OBR is there within hours. By joining you help support this amazing service. Click here to learn more about the remarkable work OBR does.
The Pitmaster Club is a real community, a place to learn, make friends, and have fun regardless of your level of BBQ and grilling expertise. This is your hotline for cooking tips and techniques minus the flame wars common on Facebook and other forums. Plus, you get freebies that if combined would sell for $76.87. We even block all 3rd party ads from members and you get it all for only $34.95/year!
Our privacy guarantee
We will never sell or share your private info. Our privacy and security promise is as good as it gets.
Secure transaction
Your payment is secure. We never see or store credit card info. The subscription page is a portal directly to Stripe.com, a huge respected card processor that is certified to PCI Service Provider Level 1, the most stringent level of certification available. It is also GeoTrust Secured. They have never been hacked. This is far more secure than handing your credit or debit card to a stranger in a restaurant, gas station, or a grocery store.
Our privacy guarantee
For your convenience, when the year is up, you don’t have to do a thing to renew. Three weeks before your membership expires we’ll send you an email asking if you want to renew. If you do, don’t do a thing as you will be renewed automatically. If you don’t want to renew, just click the cancel link in the email or on any page of the website. But our money-back guarantee extends to renewals too: If you renew and change your mind within 30 days, we will refund your money promptly and with no questions asked. This is a lot better than bombarding you with emails, snail mail, and telemarketing phone calls begging you to renew.
We can up your game! The Pitmaster Club is a real barbecue community, a place to learn, make friends, and have fun.
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