Battle of the BBQ Brethren, Sayville, NY - Oct 24-26, 2008

[motoeric]

Rumor has it that between competitions Brendan resides on a mountain top where searchers of truth can seek him out to answer life's deeper conundrums.

Eric

[oceanpigassassins]

Sled I think that if you get off at exit 57 and make a right at your first light you may find your table.

[Sledneck]

Sled I think that if you get off at exit 57 and make a right at your first light you may find your table.
I guess I deserve that one:icon_blush:

[Transformer BBQ]

Rumor has it that between competitions Brendan resides on a mountain top where searchers of truth can seek him out to answer life's deeper conundrums.

Eric


My latest advice is to drop your pork butts and briskets in the mud in the middle of the night... seemed to have worked for a certain team out there from a certain emerald mountain.

[Q Haven]

I've tried a lot of different rubs, never thought to try mud, dirt and fire extinguisher chemicals. I now have something to experiment over the winter.

[ique]

My latest advice is to drop your pork butts and briskets in the mud in the middle of the night... seemed to have worked for a certain team out there from a certain emerald mountain.

I've done this before. Its does work. :-D

[The Giggler]

Hey Sled - Care to know where Big Barry kept that rubber chicken before the awards?

Great seeing everyone. Congrats to SIDE and Blazin Butts!

[JimDandysNYDan]

Hi everyone...Just want to congratulate everyone that walked. Also want to thank everyone for making Jimmy & I feel right at home. The Brethren is truely a remarkable organization and we are both happy to be a part of it. Once again thanks to everyone that was so nice to us and we are looking forward to seeing you all soon and hopefully do a competition or two next year.

Dan & Jimmy

[spicewine]

Forgot to thank Vinny for letting us use his Spicewine!! Missed GC by 2.286 points probably because we were rumored to be cooking w/o water and useing a guru.:wink:

BTW any rumors about Spice cooking this method, all I can say is " No Pix !! didn't happen!!" 8)

Great contest!! Thanks for being such great hosts and hostesses.

Spice

[Lakeside Smoker]

My latest advice is to drop your pork butts and briskets in the mud in the middle of the night... seemed to have worked for a certain team out there from a certain emerald mountain.

He's gonna make a great state rep.

[BBQchef33]

sniff.
sniff.
Wish i was there. :cry::cry:

In all honesty.. being at The Jack was a thrill. Getting the Old no 7 banner with our name on it was really awesome, and trying our thing against some of the best although nerve wracking was somethign we always drewmed about. But this contest was in the back of my mind. I was talking with Eric, Sled and Linda throughout and was living it vicariously thru them. As much as an experience the Jack was, this contest seems to have an allure to us as a group that no other has.

Its great that it was a success with a few minor trip ups(apples anyone?) and hopefully the chamber will have us back again next year as well as you folks who made it the success will return so I can reclaim that title. :wink:

Congratulations to everyone, Not just our new Grand Champions, but everyone that attended and made for a great time in spite of monsoons (and rubber chickens).


One last thing.. Eric Devlin(Motoeric) really busted arse this year working with the Sayville chamber of commerce. Although a few of us helped as an 'ideas/planning' committe in meetings, when it came to following up and executing, Eric(with the help of the chamber) did nearly everything on his own. Without either of them, this would not be possible and we all owe them a huge thanks.

[Sledneck]

sniff.
sniff.
Wish i was there. :cry::cry:

In all honesty.. being at The Jack was a thrill. Getting the Old no 7 banner with our name on it was really awesome, and trying our thing against some of the best although nerve wracking was somethign we always drewmed about. But this contest was in the back of my mind. I was talking with Eric, Sled and Linda throughout and was living it vicariously thru them. As much as an experience the Jack was, this contest seems to have an allure to us as a group that no other has.

Its great that it was a success with a few minor trip ups(apples anyone?) and hopefully the chamber will have us back again next year as well as you folks who made it the success will return so I can reclaim that title. :wink:

Congratulations to everyone, Not just our new Grand Champions, but everyone that attended and made for a great time in spite of monsoons (and rubber chickens).


One last thing.. Eric Devlin(Motoeric) really busted arse this year working with the Sayville chamber of commerce. Although a few of us helped as an 'ideas/planning' committe in meetings, when it came to following up and executing, Eric(with the help of the chamber) did nearly everything on his own. Without either of them, this would not be possible and we all owe them a huge thanks.
Hi and welocme to the forum, now go on over to cattle call and introduce yourself:tongue:

[LindaM]

OK now that everyone else has had their say, I would like to thank everyone, Eric all the teams, Don, Leslie, Ken and Kathy for helping out. It was a FUN event especially Sat even though I didn't get any food. (just the downfall of being a rep) Then again I didn't get any on Sunday either, keying my poor little fingers to the bone.... not that I need it, but as Eric knows I am a chocoholic and he fed my addiction on Sat so thank you so much. .... Everyone was great, thanks again and we look forward to next year. The pushing the limits only had 4 entries and I would have loved to see more that was cool and I think Pigmaker learned something....

[Sledneck]

I didn't have time to take to many pics. The first is the hot dog category. It was Keri C's hot dog apple beans. Hot dogs do not belong in these and finished somewhere in the back of the pack where it deserved. Sorry Keri :icon_blush: The pizza was a fresh figs, goat cheese, prosciutto with a balsamic vinegar reduction. It tasted real good but looked but looked like crap.Behind the pizza is the only shot I have of my lasagna from chefs choice

[YankeeBBQ]

Can someone post the grilling results ?

[Sledneck]

Can someone post the grilling results ?
My sheets got soaked by the rain

[motoeric]

Hi everyone...Just want to congratulate everyone that walked. Also want to thank everyone for making Jimmy & I feel right at home. The Brethren is truely a remarkable organization and we are both happy to be a part of it. Once again thanks to everyone that was so nice to us and we are looking forward to seeing you all soon and hopefully do a competition or two next year.

Dan & Jimmy

Although I only saw you for a bit, it was great having you down. Hopefully we will get together at another event when things aren't quite so hectic.

Eric

[pigmaker23]

you had to buy a ticket to the circus to get the results, no tickee, no results



Can someone post the grilling results ?

[YankeeBBQ]

you had to buy a ticket to the circus to get the results, no tickee, no results

I guess if I can't get all the results of the Sayville contest then I won't bother to put any results on the NEBS website.

[rbsnwngs]

if anyone has a picture of me with the Willie B's tombstone please pm me I have had a few request for it.

[pigmaker23]

Remember, its not a NEBS Sanctioned Grilling Contest lol


I guess if I can't get all the results of the Sayville contest then I won't bother to put any results on the NEBS website.

[U2CANQUE]

That just means that Eric didnt win........:tongue:

[Frank Sacco]

Congrats again on taking the grilling title, Frank! I was more than happy to hand it off to a fellow brother and you all are great folks. Really liked the grass green weber too! Now go take care of those blazing nutts!!!

Clint you're a stand up guy thank you.
It was a pleasure to have the chance to hang out and talk with you throughout the weekend. I can't take all the credit and nor do I want to for the Grilling GC. I have a team of friends that gave it all throughout the weekend. Bob S. is a hell of a cook. Mrs Bob S. keeps us in check and gets our presentation boxes squared away. Michele P. has an amazing "award winning" chicken. Last but not least Nancy G. She made our killer dessert. Together we accomplished GC. I have to sign off now and go powder my Blazin' Nuttz.

[deez20]

Here are the grilling results. Anybody else get bad scores from judge 1 on iron choice and dessert that had george duran's group? I guess I can't complain since we took 7th overall but it's annoying that we got 3's, 4's & 5's from judge 1 for both of these categories while everyone else gave 7's & 8's and the occasional 9 which basically screwed our overall.

http://deez20.smugmug.com/photos/405016846_Y39EB-L.jpg
http://deez20.smugmug.com/photos/405016676_nq2jm-L.jpg
http://deez20.smugmug.com/photos/405017206_29NBE-L.jpg
http://deez20.smugmug.com/photos/405016981_pB3Jb-L.jpg
http://deez20.smugmug.com/photos/405017090_wuKRw-L.jpg
http://deez20.smugmug.com/photos/405016564_txhSf-L.jpg

[U2CANQUE]

congrats on the 180!

[timzcardz]

if anyone has a picture of me with the Willie B's tombstone please pm me I have had a few request for it.
Do you mean like this one?

http://www.cal-lector.com/Brethren/2008BBQBattle/WillieAndTombstone800x600.jpg

[Frank Sacco]

congrats on the 180!

Thank you!!!

20435

180 dessert was puffed pastry with cream filling fresh fruit chocolate drizzle and a mint sprig.

[rbsnwngs]

yes Tim TY

[Transformer BBQ]

Something to note... and something I found out AFTER the contest... is that while the judges were using the 2-9 and the 180 scale... they were not using Appearance / Taste / Tenderness to score the entries...

[Jacked UP BBQ]

Something to note... and something I found out AFTER the contest... is that while the judges were using the 2-9 and the 180 scale... they were not using Appearance / Taste / Tenderness to score the entries...

exactly what were they using???

[Transformer BBQ]

Taste, Originality, and Creativity...

I am not sure what weighting was applied to what

[Transformer BBQ]

Frank, that looks awesome. Congratulations.

[LindaM]

All of the judges were informed the following:

Creativity took the place of Appearance, and Orginality the place of Tenderness.

Taste, Tenderness and texture was incorporated into the taste

Originality was the use of the "secret ingredient" blended with the entry....
Creativitiy was the presentation of the food either family style or individual plates and the appeal of the food visually.

Hope this explains it for you guys.

This was developed for the Jr. World Championships in Lake Placid July 4th weekend. More to come on that.

[Transformer BBQ]

All of the judges were informed the following:




If that format is used in the future, I'd advise that the TEAMS be informed that different scoring is being used.

Especially the fact that the use of the secret ingredient is counting for twice what their presentation/ layout of their site is.

[BBQchef33]

Brenden, your absolutely right..

I'm pretty sure i detailed out the judging criteria in this thread.. i'll start to re-read it..(arghhhhhh).

If it wasn't it in the rules that were sent out, it was an oversight. But i know i typed it a a bunch of times somewhere. This could have been in the meetings we had and never got translated to the teams. If I screwed that up, I apologize..

We're still learning and working to tighten things up. I met with Eric yesterday and we have a load of lessons learned written down and things that can be improved and fixed next year.

[MrsBigBarry]

Hey Sled - Care to know where Big Barry kept that rubber chicken before the awards?

Great seeing everyone. Congrats to SIDE and Blazin Butts!

We had it hanging in our car port. Although immediately before the awards is a different story.... :lol:

[pigmaker23]

would that be the "Coin Slot Mode"


We had it hanging in our car port. Although immediately before the awards is a different story.... :lol:

[motoeric]

Here are more photos of the event:

http://s120.photobucket.com/albums/o189/motoeric/Battle%20of%20the%20BBQ%20Brethren%2008/ (http://s120.photobucket.com/albums/o189/motoeric/Battle%20of%20the%20BBQ%20Brethren%2008/)

Here are some from Mike:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lakesidesmoker/Sayville02#

Eric

[CTSmokehouse]

Nice Pics! Enjoyed the event!

Thanks...

Yours in BBQ,

Cliff

[SmokeInDaEye]

Can everyone who was there for the Brendan Jesus moment shoot me a PM at some point? John has a special gift for you all...

[CTSmokehouse]

Congrats Big Time Clint and all who walked and participated!!!

It was a life time experience.....

The secret smoking wood awaits you....

Yours in BBQ,

Cliff

[Sledneck]

http://www.sayville.com/news/

[SmokeInDaEye]

http://www.sayville.com/news/

Nice picture, Sled! And congrats to Dirty Dick on the GC victory! I guess that makes up for my New Holland GC last month?:biggrin:

[Sledneck]

Nice picture, Sled! And congrats to Dirty Dick on the GC victory! I guess that makes up for my New Holland GC last month?:biggrin:
I thought you would like that:tongue:

[CTSmokehouse]

Nice picture, Sled! And congrats to Dirty Dick on the GC victory! I guess that makes up for my New Holland GC last month?:biggrin:


BBQ
Reserve Grand Champion - Dirty Dick and the Legless Wonders
Grand Champion - Smoke in Da Eye ...!!!! That's you Clint!!

????

don't get it...

Your secret smoking wood awaits you!!

Yours in BBQ,

Cliff

[SmokeInDaEye]

BBQ
Reserve Grand Champion - Dirty Dick and the Legless Wonders
Grand Champion - Smoke in Da Eye ...!!!! That's you Clint!!

????

don't get it...

Your secret smoking wood awaits you!!

Yours in BBQ,

Cliff

Yeah, I know a guy in PR who had them correct it yesterday. It was flipped. Can't believe I didn't get that wood again! Cost me a victory in ribs.

[Westexbbq]

Here are some very early pictures from Friday afternoon, kinda interesting to see the "before" angle.

[liluau joe]

Boy are we hooked!!! I just wanted to thank everyone we met last weekend for making us feel welcome. I never met a group of people more willing to help and answer any questions we had and we had plenty! Looking foward to many more years of BBQ competition.Gonna be a long winter. Congratulations to all the winners.
Joey Dee
Long Island Luau

[Sledneck]

Boy are we hooked!!! I just wanted to thank everyone we met last weekend for making us feel welcome. I never met a group of people more willing to help and answer any questions we had and we had plenty! Looking foward to many more years of BBQ competition.Gonna be a long winter. Congratulations to all the winners.
Joey Dee
Long Island LuauHey Joe I think it is bad idea that you join the circuit. We are really just a bunch of ash-holes. You should consider retirement. I don't think you are really gonna like it




(we are scared of cooking against you cause you are gonna start beating our asses):tongue:

[LindaM]

Hey Steve,

Does Joe scare you???? First contest and did that well. Look out once he knows what he is doing

[Frank Sacco]

Welcome to the board RGC of grilling:mrgreen:

[Sledneck]

Video by Smokopolis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atCTD_Wmnvs

[motoeric]

Video by Smokopolis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atCTD_Wmnvs

Smokopolis' emails are bouncing back. Does anyone have their contact info?

Eric

[Big George's BBQ]

Great video. They did a nice job

[Westexbbq]

Nice job by Smokopolis,
terrific video.
thanks.

[SmokeInDaEye]

Smokopolis' emails are bouncing back. Does anyone have their contact info?

Eric

Maybe you could post a message on the YouTube video to contact you?

[LOUMAFF3]

This was my first BBQ Comp, it was a great experience and a whole lot of fun. My brother-in-law was my partner. He does not own a smoker now. But after the fun we had, he's already doing the research. The banner will be made before the spring get here.

Sayville being my home town, I need to make a good showing. I will be back next year with some mean "Q".

Thanks Barry and Guy for helping us out and Bad Ass BBQ for some helpful guidance.

Great job Eric!

Lou
New York's Full Pull BBQ Team

http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq36/LOUMAFF3/TRACTORPULLWITHNAME.jpg

[Smokopolis BBQ]

Eric:
I just signed up us a BBQ Brethren member. My new email is: smokopolisbbq@yahoo.com. I tried to search my name in the member list this morning but I guess it is not completely activated yet in the forum. Anyway, I can be contacted through the email above and I assume through the Brethren very soon.
Thank you,
Mark

[Smokopolis BBQ]

Clint:
Congratulations on your win. I just replied to Eric with my contact info.

Mark
Smokopolis BBQ
Smokopolisbbq@yahoo.com

[SmokeInDaEye]

Clint:
Congratulations on your win. I just replied to Eric with my contact info.

Mark
Smokopolis BBQ
Smokopolisbbq@yahoo.com

Thanks and welcome aboard! I enjoyed the video.

[Sledneck]

Thought these were some funny pics( taken illegally from Transformer BBQ :tongue:)

In the 1st Wine & Swine is showing his "we just won a GC face and if you try take it from me I will kill you" . In the second pic notice how I raise my leg when I give a hug:icon_blush: NTTAWWT

[Wine & Swine]

Thanks Sled, man I almost look mean in that pic. LOL!

[MilitantSquatter]

Thanks Sled, man I almost look mean in that pic. LOL!


I don't think you look mean... I think your just reacting to an SBD that SIDE laid on you.

Sledneck's fairy kick is quite fascinating. I can only imagine the sweet nothings he is whispering in SIDE's ear.

[Sledneck]

Sledneck's fairy kick is quite fascinating. I can only imagine the sweet nothings he is whispering in SIDE's ear.
You are jealous that it wasn't you getting hugged. I was telling him what I did with your thermapen.....

[spicewine]

Sled ,They almost wouldn't let me load your missing table on the plane back to Missouri!!:twisted:

[Sledneck]

Sled ,They almost wouldn't let me load your missing table on the plane back to Missouri!!:twisted:
Didyou find Vinny's thermapen taped to the bottom of it?

[SmokeInDaEye]

Does anyone happen to have a decent picture of me and/or John from the awards (other than the one above)? I need it for a story on the contest.

[willkat98]

Sled,

I think I see your missing table up on the stage in the pic of the fairy hug

[spicewine]

Sled,

in the pic of the fairy hug


NTTAWWT :wink:

[timzcardz]

Sprinkle the spices . . . sprinkle the spices . . .