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The Sporkful

The Pitmaster With A Pulpit

The Sporkful

SiriusXM Podcasts

Arts

4.63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Monday through Saturday, Devin Pickard and his family run Papa KayJoe's BBQ in Centerville, Tennessee. But on Sundays, Devin trades the BBQ pit for the pulpit at Hope Church, the non-denominational congregation where he preaches. In many ways, food is a natural fit for a southern preacher, but there are other, less obvious ways Devin's two professions come together.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Can you just say your name and introduce yourself? Tell us your title.

0:06.6

My name is Devin Pickard. I'm the owner of Papa K. Joe's Barbecue in Centerville, Tennessee.

0:12.1

No title, just Devin.

0:14.1

Well, you have another job.

0:15.5

I do. I'm a preacher. Yeah.

0:21.2

I would prefer them call me,

0:23.1

Wright Reverend or Your Highness or something,

0:24.9

but they never, they never,

0:27.2

I've tried to get people to do that or, you know,

0:29.9

Kurtz here, bow, but they never do that.

0:33.3

This is the Sporkfall.

0:34.9

It's not for foodies, it's for eaters.

0:36.9

I'm Dan Pashman. Each week on our show,

0:39.1

we obsess about food to learn more about people. And this is the last stop in our month in the South.

0:45.0

So far, I spoke to Karen Blockman-Carrer in Memphis. I took a road trip visiting gas station restaurants in Alabama and Mississippi.

0:52.0

And I talked with Deb Freeman Freeman who released a new documentary

0:54.6

about the iconic Virginia Edna Lewis. Today on The Sporkville, I travel to Centerville, Tennessee,

1:00.4

where I'm meeting up with Pitmaster and preacher, Devin Pickard. Centerville's a small town,

1:05.3

about an hour southwest of Nashville. It's the seat of Hickman County and the birthplace of

1:09.6

country comedian Minnie Pearl.

1:11.4

Johnny Cash lived in the area for a time, too.

1:13.7

He even wrote a song called Saturday Night in Hickman County.

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