2007 Missouri State BBQ Champions
22
Jul
The local Coffey County newspaper ran this picture and an article on the front page of Monday’s news paper. This was after Andy and I won Grand Champion at the 4th Annual Wild Blue BBQ contest.
21
Jul
I get asked a lot if we use Yardbird on other categories besides chicken. The answer is, “Everything but brisket.” IMHO, Yardbird is by far best on Pork Butt/Shoulder. We admit that the product was named too early. It was our initial chicken rub. It wasn’t until we started selling it that we tried it […]
20
Jul
Wild Blue BBQ - 35 teams
Overall: 1st - Grand Champion
Chicken: 2nd
Ribs: 1st
Pork: 5th
Brisket: 8th
Sausage: 2nd
Chiefs Choice: 1st
This was another contest with my good friend Andy Groneman. This is the fourth contest Andy and I have cooked together this year. It is our second Grand Championship this year and our first ever in Kansas. Since we […]
16
Jul
“I’m the king of omelets, there is none higher!” An homage to Run-DMC, the kings of rock. One that that most people don’t know about me is that I make a mean omelet. While looking for some lunch today, I came across some leftovers from “taco night”. We’d already done the Mexican version of the […]
6
Jul
This is where it all started in 2001, Alma, Missouri. This was the first ever contest for Randy and I. We’ve been coming back ever since to support this tiny, non-sanctioned contest. We’ve been there when it was 104 degrees and when it rained the entire contest. In the beginning there […]
16
Jun
For Father’s Day weekend, we took a short, very short, camping trip. We are fortunate enough to have two beautiful lakes within a couple miles of our house: Blue Springs Lake and Lake Jacomo. Both have campgrounds. This weekend, we secured a spot less than 50 feet from the playground at Blue Springs Lake. Mom […]
4
Jun
One of our pictures from the Great American BBQ is prominently placed on the Cookshack Winners Circle. Cookshack is the maker of the Fast Eddy series of cookers. We have two Fast Eddy 100 models on the back of my trailer. We’ve been using a Fast Eddy (FEC-100) since June of 2007.
28
May
225 Teams
9th Overall
1st Pork
11th Brisket
The second round of the Great American BBQ weekend ran like a well oiled watch. Randy and I were working hand and glove together. Cookers ran well. Timing worked out perfectly on everything. We were happier with our Open entries than we were with our Invitational entries. No matter how we […]
28
May
61 Teams
6th Overall
4th Pork
11th Chicken
18th Brisket
This was our first ever invitational competition. The Great American Invitational consists of teams who have won qualifying contests in the prior year. Qualifying contests are those with a governor’s proclamation of a state championship and have at least 15 teams if a first year contest or 25 […]
26
Apr
52 Teams
2nd Overall - Reserve Grand Champion
8th Sausage
8th Chicken
5th Ribs
1st Pork
Again cooking with my friend Andy Groneman, we were able to hoist some hardware at our second competition of the year. We were pleased with all of our entries and, thankfully, so were the judges. Grand champion was our friend Rod Gray of Pellet Envy.
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