About this episode

This episode features stories from Northwest Montana, including a pitmaster competing on a reality cooking show.

This week on News Now, host Taylor Inman dives into some of the best feature stories coming out of Northwest Montana - and this episode has everything from reality TV to community pride to a kid businessman who's already shipping products nationwide. Kalispell pitmaster Stephen Kina of 406 BBQ is competing on the Food Network's brand-new series Chopped Castaways - an eight-episode island survival cooking competition with a $100,000 grand prize. Kina shares how his military background, Hawaii...

People in this episode

Host: Taylor Inman

Guest: Stephen Kina

Topics covered

• feature stories
• community pride
• reality TV
• business
• cooking competition

Keywords

• Northwest Montana
• feature stories
• cooking competition
• Stephen Kina
• reality TV

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Food Network

Products: Chopped Castaways

Places: Northwest Montana, Kalispell

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