Welcome back, meatheads. Thanks for all your feedback and ideas. Keep it coming. In fact, enough of you asked for this, and we are going to make it happen…

We’re working on a badass custom Dead Meat Society cutting board. But not just any cutting board. This will be built to match our style. High quality, functional, and extremely sexy full of DMS character.

Before we make it real, we need your input. Take this survey to make sure the DMS Custom Cutting Board will hit the mark.

Thanks for taking the time. Now, let’s see what’s on the menu today…

Memorial Day is here, and we have the recipes and deals. Also, someone out there is buying a LOT of Sweet Baby Rays. Like, an alarming amount. Let’s get cooking.

Every week, we crown the champion of BBQ from the Dead Meat Society Facebook Group. If you aren’t sharing (and competing), what the hell are you waiting for? Join now!

This week’s Smoke Show Champ is Ryan Westphal via the Dead Meat Society Facebook Group

Honorable mention to Josiah Weaver via the Dead Meat Society Facebook Group

Honorable mention to Rob Davis via the Dead Meat Society Facebook Group

Have a Smoke Show submission? Stop wasting your time posting on all those other sites and share it with the group that gives a damn: Dead Meat Society.

That one story that will make you infinitely more interesting than your know-it-all brother-in-law. Seriously, wtf is that guy’s deal?

T-minus 2 days until one of the biggest grilling weekends of the year begins. Are you ready to do nothing but grill all weekend long?

We figured not. That’s why we put together our comprehensive guide to Memorial Day Weekend. We’ve brought together some of the most enticing recipes and biggest BBQ sales you need to check out to make sure you’re all set for this weekend.

Most of us think of Memorial Day and get hyper-focused on what meats we’ll be smoking up, which friends will be coming over for the cookout, and which low-cut sundress the divorced neighbor’s way-too-young girlfriend will wear…

But many of us will also spend some time reflecting on our freedom and the Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice for that freedom. The reason for this season is still to honor the sacrifice of our fallen servicemen and women. Freedom ain’t free. We honor that sacrifice, and this weekend we celebrate the freedom they earned for all of us.

First, the food. Just in time for your Memorial Day grocery trip, Delish dropped a list of 91 Memorial Day BBQ recipes that really all look amazing. But a few stood out:

Serious Eats did some of the hard work for us and dropped their list of Amazon’s Memorial Day Sale items. Of note, the Weber Spirit E-210, a few great Dutch Ovens, and some nice glass storage containers for your leftovers.

USA Today has a listicle of some deals that the BBQ Guys are running for Memorial Day. Weber Genesis E-330, anyone? Or maybe you’ve been eyeing a Kamado Joe for a while?

However you choose to honor Memorial Day, whomever you choose to celebrate with, and whatever you choose to grill, just grill something this weekend. Take a moment to remember those who served and enjoy your freedom with the ones you love!

Like the memes you send back and forth in your group chat, except these won’t get you canceled. Oh, and lots more grill marks.

🥩 WORTH A TRY: Ok, hear me out. There are only two ways this could go down. Either you get kidnapped, or you eat the best brisket of all time 👇

🥩 SWEET BABY CRAZED: Good to know that you can buy 2,700-lb vats of SBR if the cookout gets big enough. Someone tell Mark Zuckerberg.

🥩 LEARNING CORNER: Remember the KC BBQ Museum we covered in Dead Meat Spam Episode III? Looks like they’ve given us the definitive guide to “grilling,” “barbecuing,” and “smoking” 👇

🥩 FIRE IN THE HELL-HOLE: The USA’s first “vegan butcher shop” (what?) burned down last week in Minneapolis. And (because no one was hurt) we can freely joke about what a shame it was that all that dog food got destroyed. Supporters of the fake-meat restaurant have raised over $16k for repairs.

🥩 INTERNATIONAL MAN OF BURGER: If you’re feeling bored of the daily American cheeseburger grind (as if), get yourself some inspiration from these 14 burgers from around the world.

🥩 YELP WARS: Austin, TX and San Antonio, TX just beat out Kansas City on Yelp’s 2025 Top US BBQ Cities, and folks from KC are PISSED.

🥩 LEGENDARY: “One day I’ll retire from this stupid job and become a pitmaster” - all of us. Here’s who we look up to 👇

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Dead Meat Society is all about community. We’re here to support and uplift the pursuit of delicious meats and the people and brands who are doing it right.

Today, let’s Meat and Greet…

Lillian Lee Farm is a small family farm located in King William County, Virginia. Lillian Lee focuses on producing sustainably raised meats: humanely raised, environmentally friendly, delicious, and nutritious.

In fact, one of our own Dead Meat Society brothers shared a recipe using a Lillian Lee chicken: “the best chicken I’ve made on my [Kamado] Joe.”

Dead Meat Society, let’s pick up some sustainable meat from the folks at Lillian Lee: lillianleefarm.com

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Tips, tech & gear that’ll help you beat your friend’s meat. Wait, that came out wrong…

🥓 BEER ME: Be honest. How many of you tried this? Does it do anything? 👇

🥓 A TALE OF 2 SAUCES: Unlock the secrets of Korean vs American BBQ sauce with this guide.

🥓 PORTABLE AF: Serious Eats did it again. Just in time for summer, they just broke down their top picks for portable grills of all shapes & sizes.

🥓 TOOL TIME: Refresh your grilling tools before summer hits with this curated selection.

🥓 BURGER BUDGET: Would you buy a $300 burger? (Yes, but SHOULD you?) 👇

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Like a Paula Deen cookbook, but with less butter and more BBQ sauce.

Yeah, you read it right. Throw away the Froot Loops.

Chuck can do more than just burgers. Start believing.

Is it brunch food? Dessert? This could just be dinner, honestly.

Have a recipe you want to share? Submit it for next week’s Butcher’s Block.

A happy ending just for you.

That’s it for this week. If you make any of the recipes above, you’re legally obligated to send us a picture and give feedback so we can feature it next week (sorry, we don’t make the rules).

And since the only thing that is better than grill marks and ice-cold beer is grill marks and ice-cold beer with a side of dad jokes, we’ll leave this right here…

No meat for sale. But definitely not vegan.

You asked for merch. So we cooked some up. SO much more to come.

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