http://plowboysbbq.com 2007 Missouri State BBQ Champions Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:32:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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. http://plowboysbbq.com/archives/528 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 ... http://plowboysbbq.com/archives/526 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 ... http://plowboysbbq.com/archives/524 "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 ... http://plowboysbbq.com/archives/522 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. ... http://plowboysbbq.com/archives/519 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 ... http://plowboysbbq.com/archives/516 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 ... http://plowboysbbq.com/archives/511 225 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 ... http://plowboysbbq.com/archives/507 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 ... http://plowboysbbq.com/archives/505 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 ... http://plowboysbbq.com/archives/502