High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! BBQ Pitmasters is an American reality television series which follows barbecue cooks as they compete for cash and prizes in barbecue cooking competitions. The series premiered on TLC on December 3, 2009. The eight-episode first season was filmed in a docu-reality format as it followed several competing BBQ teams around the country to various BBQ contests sponsored by Kansas City Barbeque Society and Memphis in May#Food_Events.