Jim Cunningham of Hurricane Smokers used Plowboys BBQ’s Yardbird Rub for this very first time over Memorial Day weekend. The occasion was the 2007 Louisiana State BBQ Championship at Lake D’Arbonne State Park in Farmerville, La.

The LA State BBQ Championship is an ICBA sanctioned contest. The ICBA is different from KCBS which we are used to here in Kansas City. A primary difference is chicken where KCBS teams can turn in any chicken parts. ICBA contests call for half chickens. Oh, and no garnish in a ICBA turn in box.

That I’m aware of, this was the first ICBA contest where Plowboys Yardbird Rub was used. Jim’s lone “walk” of the day was an impressive 5th place in chicken. As you can imagine with any state championship, this was a strong field of ICBA competition cooks. The Grand Champion was Ronnie Wade of Blazen BBQ, 2006 ICBA Team of the Year.

HoDeDo’s BBQ Team, the self proclaimed Kansas City legends of BBQ, placed 1st in chicken at the 2007 Great American Barbeque Memorial Day weekend. Of the 230 or so teams, the HoDeDo’s placed 5th overall.

Their secret: Plowboys BBQ Yardbird Rub! This was the first contest that Plowboys BBQ sponsored Andy Groneman, HoDeDo’s chief cook. Andy is also the chief cook for Smoke On Wheels. I was as proud of Andy as if I had secured the trophy myself. Way to go, my friend!

Another KCBS team, Jeanie’s Got Wood, applied Yardbird Rub to her pork this weekend placing in the top 10% of the Open contest. Jeanie’s Got Wood is flying a Yardbird Rub banner this season as well.

Plowboys BBQ Yardbird Rub is now available at the Backyard Bash store in Parkville, MO. Backyard Bash is the self proclaimed Barbecue Headquarters in Kansas City. They carry virtually everything barbeque related:

• Barbecue grills
• Grilling tools and accessories
• Barbecue sauces and rubs
• Novelty items
• Cookbooks
• Party supplies

We are proud to have our Yardbird Rub grace the shelves of Backyard Bash. Please pay them a visit soon and tell them that Plowboys BBQ sent you.

Plowboy’s Yardbird rub won several honors at the Great American BBQ Sauce, Rubs, and Bastes contest. Honors included #1 Hot Rub, #2 Mild Rub, #2 Overall Rub, #2 Overall Product, and best new product.

Labor Day weekend is the big Great American Barbecue contest.  To get ready, we are ordering banners to be displayed with our team and a couple of others.  They will be advertising our Plowboys BBQ YardBird Rub as a top winner at the 2007 Great American Barbecue Sauce, Baste, and Rub contest.

The Great American Barbecue sauce, baste, and rub contest announced the full rankings today. Plowboys BBQ Yardbird rub was ranked #1 Hot Rub, #2 Mild Rub, #2 Overall Rub, #1 New Product and #2 Overall Product.

The awards ceremony will be held Memorial Weekend. Many of the top commercial BBQ products were entered.

Our Plowboys BBQ YardBird rub is now available at Alewel’s Country Meats in Warrensburg, MO. Alewel’s is a sponsor for our Pork Pullin Plowboys bbq team. Randy Alewel and his staff are wonderful people who know their business. The impressive display of awards in their store says it all.

Stop by Alewel’s Country Meats in Warrensburg, MO to try some Yardbird Rub on your chicken, ribs, or fish.

Our own Plowboys BBQ Yardbird Rub is now for sale. This is the same competition rub used by us on chicken. It has helped us win several top 10 finishes in chicken including a 1st place the very first time we used the rub. Plowboys BBQ Yardbird Rub earned a 2nd place chicken finish at the 2006 Missouri State Fair.

A 16 oz shaker of rub is only $7. Email me at todd@plowboysbbq.com to add a shaker of Yardbird Rub to any Blues Hog or Mean Dean sauce & rub order.

This weekend, Randy and I worked with dozens of other cookers to prepare 10,000 lbs. of Pork Butts for local food pantries. After the evening meal, there was a raffle which raised a couple thousand dollars for the charity: Kookers Kare. Plowboys BBQ donated two gallons of sauce and six “gift pots”. The pots included Blues Hog, Mean Dean, Hinck Farms, Lotta Bull, and Plowboys BBQ products.

Lotta Bull BBQ pot above… Various Plowboys products below…

Several donations from Plowboys BBQ.

Here’s what the new Pork Pullin Plowboys banner will look like.  We’ve added the Alewel’s logo as well as Kookers Kare.

We’re getting new banners this year being made by GuerillaBanners.com.  Here’s the Sponsor banner that I designed.  We are so grateful for our sponsors.