Ep 136: Desperate Hardwoods

Ep 136: Desperate Hardwoods

From Beat Around The Bench Podcast by Colton, Jess and Ross

March 6, 2026 · 1h 9m · Season 4 · Episode 1

About this episode

The episode features food discussions, woodworking problem solving, and trivia as the hosts kick off season four.

Season four is officially here and the guys are kicking things off in the best way they know how — a little food talk, a lot of woodworking problem solving, a full round of rapid fire trivia, and some genuinely useful shop and business tips sprinkled in for good measure. The guys open with the new season four title theme, which is TV show names, and they could not have picked a better opener than Desperate Hardwoods. Things get comfortable fast with a crockpot recipe conversation that includes Ross pulling up his bourbon bacon baked beans recipe live on the podcast, Colton reminiscing about bachelor cooking survival mode, and Jess drawing a hard line in the sand against baked beans entirely. The white chicken chili and buffalo chicken dip crowd will feel very seen. The real meat of the episode is a full woodworking consult where Jess walks Ross and Colton through a seriously complex ten foot soft maple table build with serpentine ends, tapered angled legs that kick out one degree in both directions, and the question of how to get the aprons to land cleanly against a conical leg. Ross comes in with the key insight of scribing and notching into the back of the leg rather than…

People in this episode

Hosts: Colton, Jess, Ross

Topics covered

  • woodworking
  • food talk
  • trivia
  • business tips
  • table building

Keywords

  • woodworking
  • food recipes
  • trivia
  • table build
  • business tips

Mentioned in this episode

Products: bourbon bacon baked beans, white chicken chili, buffalo chicken dip, soft maple table

Books & works: Desperate Hardwoods

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