{"id":2411,"date":"2025-03-18T15:11:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T15:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brisketking.com\/?p=2411"},"modified":"2025-03-18T15:11:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T15:11:50","slug":"ken-wheaton-how-long-can-you-talk-about-brisket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brisketking.com\/chef-interviews\/ken-wheaton-how-long-can-you-talk-about-brisket\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Wheaton &#8211; How Long Can You Talk About Brisket?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1150\" height=\"1738\" src=\"https:\/\/brisketking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Patty-Brown_006.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2413\" style=\"width:209px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brisketking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Patty-Brown_006.png 1150w, https:\/\/brisketking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Patty-Brown_006-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/brisketking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Patty-Brown_006-678x1024.png 678w, https:\/\/brisketking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Patty-Brown_006-768x1161.png 768w, https:\/\/brisketking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Patty-Brown_006-1016x1536.png 1016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo by Patty Brown<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">&#8220;After over a decade of attending and planning and participating in panel discussions, I\u2019d become pretty convinced that a) panel discussions suck and b) there\u2019s no reason for them to ever go longer than 25 minutes,&#8221; 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