Enjoyed beautiful weather and a tremendous turnout for the 2nd annual Walton County Barbecue Festival to benefit the “Communities in School,” program. Held at the Walton County Agricultural Education Center, 30 professional barbecue teams lit their fires and competed for over an $8,000 purse. Sanctioned by the Georgia Barbecue Association, this was a double team points event for the registered teams, which has made a significant difference in their “Team of The Year,” race. Jimmy Hogg, the festival chairman was very grateful to all attendees and barbecue competitors for surpassing last year’s attendance record. Several of the professional barbecue competitors were vendors of their great tasting pork. Bouncy houses, jewelry…
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Living in a Camper While Relocating
My husband and I will be relocating to South Carolina, just outside of Greenville. Meanwhile, we are living out of our barbecue competition trailer. My kitchen is tiny. In such a small space, it has been difficult to plan meals. I have 3 burners and my pans are too large to use multiple burners simultaneously, making spaghetti proved to be a challenge. My crock pot will become my best friend. Tonight, it is my husband’s chili recipe. He has won several competitions with this exact recipe. The chili has CANNED beans – LOTS of CANNED beans – we feel good chili has to have beans, despite many competitions’ rules. Usually…
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Monsoon at Smokin’ Pork N’ Butts
Kudos to the 28 teams who endured the monsoon-like conditions at the 2015 Smokin Pork N’ Butts competition. It was a wet, muddy mess. Despite the weather, the band played on… literally, and we managed to get 7th place in the Loin category! Our best finish to date, in the loin category. We tried a different technique and injection for our pork loin. Surprisingly, it resulted in a succulent, juicy loin, which scored very well with the judges.
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Recap of Tifton’s Rhythm & Ribs Festival
Despite not receiving a call at Tifton’s Rhythm and Ribs festival, it was a beautiful Saturday morning. We didn’t have a spectacular outcome at this one, but we feel compelled to give a special shout out to Lonnie and the Bubba Grills Team for their gracious support.
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Ribs Place Again at South Cobb Barbecue Competition
Our thanks to everyone who came out to the EpiCenter on October 11th for the South Cobb BBQ & Blues contest. Rescue Smokers took top honors, with us taking home a great 5th place finish in the rib category! Props to our sponsor for this event: Pit Master Doug and Pit Crew JoAnn showing off their latest addition to the Trophy case. We placed 5th in ribs!
