The best tailgate food doesn’t start when you pull into the parking lot. It starts with a game plan. Whether you’re cooking at the stadium, in the backyard, or wherever your team takes you, these three tips will keep the food coming and the hungry crowd happy: 🔥 1. Do the heavy lifting at home. Trim, season, portion, and prep before you leave. The less knife work and measuring you have to do at the tailgate, the more time you have to cook, eat, and enjoy the game. 🔥 2. Pick food built for a crowd. Wings, sliders, sausages, burgers, nachos, and pulled pork are tailgate MVPs for a reason. They cook or reheat easily, feed plenty of people, and nobody needs a steak knife and a dinner table to eat them. 🔥 3. Bring more flavor than you think you need. Pack a few seasonings and sauces so you can change up the same ingredients. Wings alone can become two or three completely different bites with the right Big Poppa rubs and sauces. That means more variety without hauling half your kitchen to the game. 🏆 Poppa Tip: Keep a dedicated tailgate box stocked with gloves, foil, paper towels, tongs, thermometers, seasonings, sauces, and the little things you always forget. Grab it and go. What’s the ONE food that has to be at your tailgate? Drop it below. 👇 Real BBQ. Real Results.

As many of you know Sterling “Big Poppa” Ball is a legend in the music industry before becoming the head cook for Big Poppa Smokers. This week he wanted to pay tribute to Dolly Parton with this Strawberry Dump Cake that we know Dolly would approve of. Watch Big Poppa shares his tribute in his own way. Let us know your favorite Dolly story.