Even after reading the Smokeindaeye blog post I'm not convinced. I understand the wanting to broaden the audience, but don't insult the one you already have. It would be better if he admitted he knew nothing about bbq, or at least tried to hide it. His comments in the video are just proof of his ignorance. It also seemed like a big commercial to me, lots of name dropping.
edit-if it were up to me the host would be one of three people: Ray Lampe: He knows his stuff, he is DR. BBQ afterall, Steven Raichlen:Knows his stuff too and has proven on air carisma, or Greg Rempe: talks to lots of BBQ folk, has ran a successful radio show on the topic for a couple years, and knows his stuff, or at least more than "The Food Dude."