{"podcast":{"title":"Quetorials","slug":"quetorials-7582863","podcast_index_feed_id":7582863,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/quetorials/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.quetorials.com","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/quetorials/20251108_031130_e3921fc77b1962021f5870fa193b97e7.jpg","author":"JD","episode_count":75,"summary":"Howdy, I love cooking the primitive way, with just wood and a fire. I've been fascinated and inspired by it since I was a boy. After 35 years of meddling with fires trying to conjure up the next best cook, I stumbled upon a larger purpose. I realized my \"why\" was less about the end product and MORE about the spiritual pilgrimage of primitive style cooking. The enjoyment of prepping wood, getting a fire going, establishing a coal bed... I love being entangled by the many challenges within a cook and that process became the gift I didn't know I needed. The theater of primitive style cooking is simply magical, carrying with it a therapeutic value that can only be measured by my genuine joy of cooking.​ Along the way my inspiration led me to launch Primitive Pits (2015), Workhorse Pits (2019), El Bandido Grills (2022) and The Wood Fire Mercantile , all now on one campus in beautiful Cleveland, Georgia. ​The Quetorials Podcast is a hodgepodge of my inspiration, fascination, tips of wood fire cookery. I hope you enjoy!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T10:18:41.136077+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/quetorials-7582863"},"episode":{"title":"Fire Grates For Improving Fire Management?","slug":"fire-grates-for-improving-fire-management","published_at":"2026-07-09T21:25:40+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/quetorials-7582863/fire-grates-for-improving-fire-management","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/quetorials-7582863","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/quetorials/2975059","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/354451/2975059/quetorials/2026_07_09_21_24_05_9e9182d9-3115-4713-b708-d9b01fde3934.mp3","summary":"There is a debate about using a fire grate to improve fire management in an offset smoker, but if you want control of the cook, think again. We dive in.","meta_description":"There is a debate about using a fire grate to improve fire management in an offset smoker, but if you want control of the cook, think again. We dive in.","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1920,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/quetorials-7582863/episodes/fire-grates-for-improving-fire-management/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/quetorials-7582863/fire-grates-for-improving-fire-management.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}