I’ve eaten a lot of ribs and have judged the World Pork Expo’s BarbeQlossal once upon a time. However, I have just eaten the best ribs ever. Cooked by The Rib Whisperer, Trace Arnold. He’s on a Cross-Country Cookout and I found him at the 2013 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in downtown Sturgis.

The HISTORY® Cross-Country Cookout Welcomes Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Attendees
The 80-foot long Ultimate Smoker and Grill, designed and operated by grill-master Trace “Rib Whisperer” Arnold, is the size of a tanker and is hauled by a semi. In the unique smoker chamber, Arnold can slow-smoke more than 2,000 pounds of meat. Hidden beneath the 20-foot hydraulic lid is a wood-fired grill with the capacity to cook 1,000 hotdogs, 500 hamburgers or 200 16 oz. steaks at once.

Of course I had to visit with Trace and am sharing our conversation here: Interview with the Rib Whisperer
HISTORY fans at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally on August 4-6 are welcome to visit the HISTORY Cross-Country Cookout to sample the Rib Whisperer’s tasty hickory-smoked and jalapeno cheddar sausage and play backyard games like cornhole and ladder golf to win HISTORY merchandise and prizes. Learn more about the HISTORY Cross-Country Cookout tour at http://www.history.com/interactives/cookout.

2013 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Photo Album