What TV Shows and Video Content Does The Sporting Chef Offer?

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The Sporting Chef site is tied to two main shows: The Sporting Chef TV and Dead Meat, both promoted together under the banner "TWO SHOWS - ONE GREAT MONDAY NIGHT." Full episodes are available to watch through MyOutdoorTV, and the site also offers shorter recipe videos, behind-the-scenes content, and a free "Dead Meat" ebook for email subscribers.

The two shows

The Sporting Chef TV

This is the flagship show hosted by Scott Leysath, described on the site as "the leading authority on the proper preparation of wild caught fish and wild game." The show's focus is field-to-table cooking: taking venison, fish, and other wild game and turning it into finished dishes. The site notes a new host, Stacy Lyn Harris, alongside Leysath's ongoing role.

Recipe roundups drawn from the show appear on the homepage, including themed collections such as:

  • The Sporting Chef's Wild Game Easter Menu: 5 Recipes Worth Skipping the Ham For
  • Fourth of July Recipes: Red, White and Blue Edition
  • Fish Recipes for Lent

Dead Meat

Dead Meat is the second series, and it leans into invasive-species and conservation angles rather than pure recipe content. One featured episode travels to Florida in search of invasive lionfish, where Scott meets Lucie Cardet — a professional spearfisher, nurse, and lionfish population reducer — and two preparations are demonstrated: Lionfish Ceviche and Lionfish Tacos.

The site also links to a behind-the-scenes look at the Dead Meat TV series and offers a free Dead Meat ebook delivered by email.

Where to watch

Content How to access
Full episodes of both shows MyOutdoorTV (the site's "Watch Now" link)
Behind-the-scenes Dead Meat content Linked from the site
Free Dead Meat ebook Email signup form on the site
Recipe videos and clips Embedded throughout the site's recipe pages

The homepage states the shows are "Brought to you by MyOutdoorTV," which is the primary streaming destination the site points to.

What the video content covers

The shows aren't limited to standard venison fare. Recipe and episode topics visible on the site span:

  • Big game: smoked pulled venison shoulder or neck roast, apple-braised neck roast, venison hindquarter roast (Texas-style oven method), venison shoulder roast for deer, elk, moose, or antelope, and moose steak with wild blueberry-huckleberry balsamic reduction
  • Upland birds: pheasant with Parmesan mushroom cream sauce, spicy marinated grilled chukar
  • Waterfowl: chicken fried duck breast
  • Small game: a simple squirrel recipe (hillbilly squirrel and gravy over rice)
  • Seafood and foraging: campfire-fried abalone with pickled kelp tartar, and Sitka sea cucumber with beach asparagus from Chef Edith Johnson's Alaskan kitchen
  • Invasive species: lionfish, as covered in the Dead Meat Florida episode

Related video and social content

Beyond the two flagship shows, the site aggregates video-adjacent content through several channels and contributors:

  • Jason the Butcher TV and Tommy "The Fishmonger" — both have their own Instagram follow links and holiday gift lists featured on the site
  • Ranch America — with contributor River Klass and its own Instagram
  • Sporting Chef and Dead Meat — each with separate Instagram accounts

So if you're looking for the video side of The Sporting Chef, the practical path is: browse the recipe pages for embedded clips, follow the show's Instagram accounts for shorter-form content, and go to MyOutdoorTV for full episodes of both The Sporting Chef TV and Dead Meat.