Ep 138: The Walking Deadwood

Ep 138: The Walking Deadwood

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

March 20, 2026 · 1h 7m · Season 4 · Episode 1

About this episode

The hosts discuss sandwiches, woodworking challenges, and engage in a trivia round.

One man is sick. Actually scratch that. One man is completely destroyed. Colton showed up to record this podcast after a week that included a Creed concert, a karaoke night, felling trees across his yard, and what he describes as looking, feeling, and sounding like hammer dog you-know-what. And yet here he is. A true hero of the craft. But before the sawdust flies, the crew does what they always do first and they talk food. Specifically sandwiches. Ross is heading to London and has a mission to personally visit the Sensational Sandwiches shop and hand deliver Beat Around the Bench stickers to the man himself. The debate over the greatest sandwich meat of all time gets heated. Colton goes Cajun turkey. Jess goes Reuben on marble rye pressed like a panini in a George Foreman. Ross drops the truth bomb that nobody asked for but everybody needed. Salami. Salami is the answer. Throw it on anything. It just works. Then the show pivots hard into the shop. Ross has a customer table in crisis and the breadboard ends are warping like a propeller because Chicago winters pull indoor humidity down to six percent and the wood is screaming for mercy. Jess and Colton walk him through his…

People in this episode

Hosts: Colton, Jess, Ross

Topics covered

  • food
  • sandwiches
  • woodworking
  • trivia
  • winter challenges

Keywords

  • sandwiches
  • woodworking
  • trivia
  • Cajun turkey
  • Reuben

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Creed, Sensational Sandwiches

Products: Cajun turkey, Reuben, marble rye, panini, George Foreman, Salami

Places: London

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