Episode 43 Beast From the East response: you commented on RL Stine being from Ohio and that maybe being why he used broth for barbecue. I'm from Ohio and can promise you this is accurate. In Ohio, we hate using any kind of sauces. We just pour broth on our meats and nothing cooks right and we're all really miserable about it, but what can we do? Our governor refuses to change the barbecue laws. "Centuries of tradition," he says.