Smoke and Steel

Smoke & Steel is what happens when a group of cigar-smoking degenerates grab a mic and let the conversation roll.Born in a garage, raised in a lounge, and fueled by good cigars and unfiltered stories — this podcast is part hangout, part therapy session, and part "what the hell did he just say?" We don’t take ourselves too seriously, and we don’t expect you to either.Expect real talk, ridiculous laughs, and the kind of banter that usually stays behind lounge doors. Sometimes it’s deep, sometimes it’s dumb, but it’s always real.Hosted by a rotating crew of misfits from all walks of life

Smoke and Steel is a leisure podcast hosted by Walt White, with 67 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Walt White hosts Smoke and Steel, a leisure show with 67 episodes published.

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  Episode #56

  [E056] We Finally Gave a Cigar a Perfect Score

  Aug 19, 20261h 51mS1

  We built our own cigar rating system this week and used it for the first time. Five swords, one through five, no half points. By the end of the night, one cigar walked away with a perfect score. Plasencia sent us two boxes to open on camera, each one loaded with a magnetic lid, matching lighter, and cutter. One stayed with the crew, the other went to Eric, who's been running our social media all year and finally got something back for it. From there we worked through what everyone smoked, talked through the price increases hitting some of our go-to sticks like Tatuaje's Monster Series and Black Label's Bishop Blends, and got sidetracked into a long conversation about AI tracking, toll cameras, and how much of your day gets logged without you noticing. Bruce also joins partway through and tells us about his move from Cigar Mojo to Chartwell Cigar Club. Smoke and Steel records every Tuesday night in a garage in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania. Same crew, same cigars, same conversations they were already having before the cameras turned on. Read the full blog post here: https://stogiereview.com/2026/07/22/smoke-and-steel-podcast-056/ If you enjoy this video, please like, comment, and subscribe for more cigar talk every week. Connect With Us: Website: https://stogiereview.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StogieReview/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stogiereview/ Discord: https://discord.gg/8h5tuYaqJV ☕ Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/stogiereview Check out our NEW MERCH: https://www.stickermule.com/stogiereview Email: Walt@StogieReview.com CHAPTERS 0:00 Episode 56 Rolls In Late 6:20 Plasencia Surprises Eric With a Box 10:45 Bruce Joins and Lights the Farce 13:01 What Everybody Picked Up This Week 22:03 The Sword Rating System Is Born 24:57 Fans of the Week and Growing Numbers 29:41 Grading the Don Emmanuel So Far 31:25 Monster Series and Bishop Blends Get Pricier 36:04 AI Tracking and Toll Road Paranoia 48:50 Titans of Tobacco and the UK Tobacco Ban 53:31 Walt Lights the Fratello 59:40 Bruce Makes the Move to Chartwell 1:03:59 The Great Plasencia Burn Debate 1:11:01 Rob's Cafe Racer Rebuild 1:18:36 An Old Crowned Heads Court Resurfaces 1:29:57 Life on the Road and Slowing Down 1:43:05 One Year of Smoke and Steel 1:46:19 Final Sword Scores of the Night

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  Episode #55

  [055] We Left Mark Out of an Online Herf and Never Heard the End of It

  Aug 12, 20261h 56mS1

  0:00 Welcome to the Garage 4:04 Mark Finds Out About the Herf 8:03 What We Bought This Week 15:06 Remembering Drew Estate's Glenn Wolfson 16:39 Fan Questions: Show Changes and Newcomers 24:42 Cigar Bands and Ash, Stash, or Trash 34:15 The Opus X Baby Shark Price Debate 38:38 Rebranded Blends and Honest Reviews 56:00 Tasting Notes and Reference Points 59:35 Connecticut vs Maduro Showdown 1:04:58 LACC, HDA, and the Collective Pack 1:09:53 Seasonal and Limited Edition Cigars 1:17:19 List Talk: Liga Privada, Bishop's Blend, and Alma Fuerte 1:30:18 Cigar Sizes and Easy Blind Buys 1:34:38 Fans and Discord Shoutouts 1:37:57 Walt's Movie and TV Remake Rant 1:48:35 Rob's Package Mix-Up and Closing Out

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  Episode #54

  [E054] Eddie Bought Out a Vape Shop's Whole Cigar Case

  Aug 5, 20261h 50mS1

  Eddie walked into a vape shop looking for nothing in particular and walked out having bought every Plasencia they had in stock. Old Plasencia short fillers sitting next to current Alma Fuerte hexagons, priced like nobody behind the counter knew what they had. The price has already gone up since we recorded this. Smoke and Steel records every Tuesday night in a garage in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania. Same crew, same cigars, same conversations we were already having before the cameras turned on. This week the table gets into a $1,200 spinning humidor that showed up on Rob's porch, a full rundown of what everybody bought during the Father's Day sales, and a debate about who we'd actually pick to blend a cigar if we ever made one. Crown Heads and LFD both come up more than once. Later on we get into the economics of why a cigar that costs a couple bucks to make can sell for twenty, why an Opus X gets flipped for triple retail and nobody seems mad about it, and the ongoing argument about buying by the box versus buying five-packs. Check out the blog post here: https://stogiereview.com/2026/07/18/smoke-and-steel-podcast-054/ If you enjoy this video, please like, comment, and subscribe for more cigar talk every week. Connect With Us: Website: https://stogiereview.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StogieReview/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stogiereview/ Discord: https://discord.gg/8h5tuYaqJV ☕ Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/stogiereview Check out our NEW MERCH: https://www.stickermule.com/stogiereview Email: Walt@StogieReview.com CHAPTERS 0:00 Back In The Chair After Five Weeks 2:26 What's Burning Tonight 7:29 Fans Of The Week And Discord Points 11:33 The Father's Day Sale Damage Report 14:12 A Vape Shop Turns Up Old Plasencia 17:47 The Rest Of The Shopping List 20:55 Walt's Porch Full Of Boxes 21:58 New Releases On The Horizon 29:00 Would We Ever Make Our Own Cigar 34:36 The $1,200 Spinning Humidor 38:40 Giving Bruce Grief And Old Episodes 44:04 Picking A Blender For Our Cigar 53:36 Nicaragua Versus Dominican Tobacco 58:58 Bike Updates And Backwards Uploads 1:00:57 Ranking The Avowed Lineup 1:09:49 Black Card Clubs And Boogeyman Cigars 1:13:07 Where The Real Discounts Live 1:20:35 The Mark Episode And What A Cigar's Worth 1:26:17 Spoiled By Having Four Lounges 1:34:14 Boxes Versus Five Packs 1:44:57 Closing Out Episode 54

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  Episode #53

  [E053] The Saint Who Asked for a Cigar Instead of Anesthesia

  Jul 29, 20261h 44mS1

  Bruce heard a saint story this week that stopped the whole table. A Polish soldier asked for a cigar instead of anesthesia before his leg was amputated in 1863, and he ended up canonized. We also get a full report on the new Chartwell Cigar Club, a mystery grudge nine years in the making, and way too much talk about Connecticut wrappers. Smoke and Steel records every Tuesday night in a garage in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania. Same crew, same cigars, same conversations we were already having before the cameras turned on. Tonight it's Mark, Bruce, Eric the Elder, Jim, and Walt, with Eric Drumheller out for his daughter's birthday. We talk shipping horror stories, SiriusXM negotiating tactics, the etiquette of bringing your own cigar box into a shop, and the Kelner 80th out of the LACC Collective Pack. Somewhere in there Bruce gets badmouthed by a stranger at his own cigar lounge, and nobody can figure out why. Check out the full blog post: https://stogiereview.com/2026/07/11/smoke-and-steel-podcast-053/ If you enjoy this video, please like, comment, and subscribe for more cigar talk every week. Connect With Us: Website: https://stogiereview.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StogieReview/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stogiereview/ Discord: https://discord.gg/8h5tuYaqJV ☕ Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/stogiereview Check out our NEW MERCH: https://www.stickermule.com/stogiereview Email: Walt@StogieReview.com CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold open and what's in the ashtray tonight 2:53 Package problems and cigar shipping stories 9:55 Bruce breaks down the new Chartwell Cigar Club 24:27 The sword wall, the motorcycle lift, and Walton PA 29:14 Retirement, budgets, and the SiriusXM haggle 34:33 Why the whole crew went Connecticut crazy 43:07 The Goosebumps guy badmouths Bruce 49:28 New cigars on the table tonight 54:20 Missing Eric and running into reps in the wild 57:22 Sports Corner 1:02:00 What international soccer taught us about cleanup 1:05:37 The saint who chose a cigar over anesthesia 1:09:05 Big Boy train, anniversary, and merch update 1:20:01 Remembering the beer garden cigar events 1:24:51 New cigars and the etiquette of bringing your own box 1:38:31 The Kelner 80th and the LACC Collective Pack 1:41:53 Winding down and closing out

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  Episode #52

  [052] Sean Drove Two Hours to Ambush Us With Our Own Bingo Board

  Jul 22, 20261h 58mS1

  Sean from The Burnable was in Jersey for work this week, and instead of resting on his day off, he made the two-hour drive out to sit in the garage with us for the first time. It also happened to be the hottest day of the year. What we didn't know is he'd spent months quietly turning our own catchphrases into a bingo board. We cut into a mystery cigar Sean brought with a custom Smoke and Steel and Burnable collaboration band, then got into how his site actually works. He doesn't take sponsorships, he smokes every cigar at least twice before he trusts a score, and every review lives as a page that keeps updating instead of a one-and-done writeup. We also got into the story behind Big Iron, why Sean skips the retrohale entirely, a travel lighter setup worth stealing before your next trip, and where the generational tobacco ban conversation is headed. Check out the blog post: https://stogiereview.com/2026/07/09/smoke-and-steel-podcast-052/ If you enjoy this video, please like, comment, and subscribe for more cigar talk every week. Connect With Us: Website: https://stogiereview.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StogieReview/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stogiereview/ Discord: https://discord.gg/8h5tuYaqJV ☕ Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/stogiereview Check out our NEW MERCH: https://www.stickermule.com/stogiereview Email: Walt@StogieReview.com CHAPTERS 0:00 First Guest In The Garage 2:10 Cutting Sean's Mystery Cigar 3:24 Ten Months Of Us On A Bingo Board 8:31 What Everybody's Smoking Tonight 11:57 How Sean Got Into Reviewing 17:03 Naming The Burnable 18:01 Building A Living Review Database 21:35 Why One Bad Cigar Isn't The Story 24:15 Gris Gris And The Big Iron Story 30:04 Does Price Belong In A Review 42:00 Why Sean Skips The Retrohale 45:34 Dave West's Wife Has A Better Palate 1:01:03 Generational Bans And Cigars 1:05:01 The Soto Travel Lighter Setup 1:36:03 Local Shops Versus Online Retailers 1:43:38 Jim Finally Wins Bingo

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