What Is Smokin' Hoggz BBQ?

Smokin' Hoggz BBQ is a championship barbecue team and family business founded in 2008 that sells competition-style BBQ sauces and rubs, shares recipes, and offers cookbooks and paid competition BBQ courses from pitmaster Bill Gillespie. It's aimed at both backyard cooks and competitors who want to cook at a higher level. The site is a retail and content hub, not a restaurant.

What the Site Offers

Sauces and Rubs

The shop carries a small, focused line of seasonings priced per item:

Each product listing has an "Add" option to put it in the cart. The cart page shows an empty-cart state until you add something, so ordering is a standard add-to-cart flow. The site does not display shipping, payment, or delivery details on the pages reviewed, so check those at checkout before buying.

Recipes and Learning

The site includes a recipes section and links to Bill Gillespie's YouTube channel for more instruction. The homepage frames the brand around a family tradition of "bold, fresh flavor," with recipes passed down through generations.

Cookbooks

Bill Gillespie is described as an award-winning pitmaster and bestselling author of four barbecue cookbooks:

• The Smoking Bacon & Hog Cookbook
• The Whole Pig & Nothing But the Pig BBQ Recipes
• The Secrets to Great Charcoal Grilling on the Weber (more than 60 recipes)
• Hot and Fast BBQ on Your Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker
• Secrets to Smoking on the Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker and Other Smokers

The homepage lists these with cover images you can click to learn more and buy a copy. Note that the page text names four cookbooks but lists five titles, so confirm which are currently in print on the product pages.

Competition Courses

For cooks who want to move beyond backyard tips, the site points to Bill's competition BBQ courses through "BBQ Champs Academy." These are described as complete, in-depth instructional courses covering the recipes and techniques needed to cook championship BBQ, with a "View Course" link. Pricing for the courses isn't shown on the homepage, so visit the course page for cost and format.

Who It's For

• Backyard cooks who want rubs and sauces built on competition recipes, plus recipes and videos to follow.
• Weber Smokey Mountain owners — two of the cookbooks focus specifically on that cooker.
• Competitors or aspiring competitors looking for structured, champion-level instruction rather than general tips.

What to Check Before You Buy

• Shipping and payment: not stated on the pages reviewed; confirm at checkout.
• Cookbook availability: the title count on the homepage doesn't match the list, so verify each book's status.
• Course cost and format: not shown on the homepage; check the BBQ Champs Academy page.

If you just want to try the flavors, start with a rub or the Pitmaster Blend sauce. If you want to improve technique, the cookbooks and courses are the more direct path.