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Carl Higbie, the Navy SEAL-turned-broadcaster now seen on Newsmax, spent part of National BBQ Day showing hardworking Americans exactly how to celebrate the simple comforts that make this country great. Viewers watching Wake Up America Weekend and his FRONTLINE segments know Higbie brings a straight-shooting, no-nonsense patriotism to everything he does, even when he’s standing over a hot smoker.
On the program he proudly displayed his backyard setup and teased what he had cooking for the holiday, reminding folks that real American culture is built around family, community, and a good piece of smoked meat. Too many coastal elites treat these traditions like quaint relics while they chase the next fashionable grievance; Higbie and his audience know these are the moments that knit communities together.
Make no mistake: firing up the smoker on National BBQ Day is a quiet act of patriotism. While the mainstream media obsesses over partisan theater and cultural division, Americans who tend their grills and gather their neighbors are practicing the values of self-reliance, fellowship, and freedom that built this country. Those are the kinds of values conservative outlets and hosts rightly champion instead of mocking.
It’s also a reminder that independent media like Newsmax gives space to real Americans and real stories—whether that’s exposing government overreach or celebrating backyard freedom with a slab of ribs. That’s why hosts like Higbie moved from weekend shows to daily FRONTLINE programming: to keep the focus on practical, commonsense reporting and on the things Americans actually care about.
National BBQ Day falls every year on May 16, a date worth remembering as the unofficial start of grilling season and a chance to support local pitmasters and small businesses that feed our towns. Instead of surrendering our holidays and traditions to the cultural mandarins in blue-check land, Americans should use days like this to reconnect, spend money in the community, and teach the next generation what family gatherings look like.
So fire up the smoker, invite your neighbors, and make National BBQ Day a celebration of everything that still makes this nation worth defending. Celebrate hard work, argue less online, and do more real-life neighborly things—because the left will never understand that a backyard barbecue is more than food; it’s a reaffirmation of American life.
