Next Stop. Asbury Park... RESULTS..

We're home guys.. With 2 new trophies and $1250 dollars in winnings.!!

First in Brisket. Trophy and $750
Second in chicken. Trophy and $500.

Took fourth overall.

Again, we were the redheaded step childern. Look around at all these fancy rigs and tent setups, full dining areas, campers with full kitchens and beds, Some of these guys were sittin in chairs watchin TV and doin shots... Pro graphics everywhere..

Then there was us.

Our area, as usual, looked like a bomb dropped in a soup kitchen......
At least there was no U-haul. Had the stuff on the new trailer... brought the BYC and 2 Smokey Mountains. Cleaned up the act from last time.. only had 5 or 6 boxes of sh*t i didnt need this time. Hoping to get that down to 2.

Dave and my family got there Thursday night. We crashed at a hotel and was up to set up at 7am. Meat inspection was at noon. Rob and I did some final shopping for the greens and some dinner food.. Friday night we had a food orgy with a few other competitors as everyone was firing up the cookers. i cooked up a 15lb prime rib and few racks of lamb, next door did shrimp kabobs and a 10 lb sausage ring, corn on the cob and some noodle concoction that the atkins in me couldnt do much with.

We had our butts and briskets in the cookers around 10. Cheated this time and brought 2 smokey mountains... we did the butts and briskets in those with the intention of getting some sleep. That didnt happen. By the time we prepareed the brines, tipped the chickens and did all the prep work, not to mention a significant amount of bullshittin.. it was 4am. we caught and hours sleep and was back up and 5 to marinade the chicken and get the ribs rubbed and in.

We did 10lbs thighs, 10lbs wings, 9 racks of ribs, 2 briskets, and 2 butts. Not to mention 4 fatties and 10 lbs of sausage and kielbasa 3lbs bacon and a few burgers and dogs. Now ask me waht i ate...??? Nothing! aside from bites for tasting.

Food TV was there.. We got taped many times and interviewed by 2 seperate shows. I think the show is called American Festivals airing in oct/november.

Team worked great together... point and shoot the entire time. I was cooking and freaking out... Rob was keepin us organized, and Dave was the guy in the middle keeping us all working together. Kinda like holdin a hand on each side making sure we didnt stray to far.. Rob was solo on presentation and did great.!! And during the turn-in salvo we were actually able to breath and enjoy the moments. We did good!. This can definitely be an addiction. A load of fun!. Only problem, one hour after final turnin, we got hit withy a storm. 30MPH winds... we were hanging from the tent frame to hold it down. We had to pack up the stuff in between downpours. Get it into the truck before the next storm hit... a 30x30 foot tent was torn up and twisted like a pretzel. Storm was pretty serious. We had to be packed and knocked down by 4 for the awards. We didnt want another storm when we were inside to sweep away all the stuff. This hurried everything up and we had to split right after. Never got a chance to hang out with the other teams and shoot the sh*t. Maybe walk around and sample the competition. I need to start doing that to see whats winning and whats being done different.

all in all a great time... Even though Asbury park is kinda run down it has an alluring charm and alot of nostalgia to it. Its a backthrow to our childhoods. family wants to go back next week just to hang out.. and we may just be doing that.

We dicsovered the camera didnt have the digicard in it whe n we got there. So the pics are on film. I will post as soon as they are developed.

Also... i heartfelt thanks to Rob and Dave for making the trip and help in making the weekend a great time.

racer_81 said:

You guys beat THE Jack McDavid - the Grillin and Chillin guy? The Jack's Firehouse guy?

The guy with the ballcap and the red baseball sleeves?

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Yup. Got him in brisket and chicken...

thats the guy. I didnt know he was a big wig. Just goes to show ya, on any givin day anyone can win.

Too bad Phil shushed me! I probably could have negotiated our own show!!

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i didnt shush you!! You were turnin blue.. you needed oxygen. I mearly saved you.

it went like this..

interviewer: Your team is Brothers in smoke. Are you guys brothers?
Me: I am NOT related to him.!
Dave: We aren't brothers. He's from Ny and Im from florida and he called me to come up and cook with him but the called me right before the hurricane, and i answered tthe fone and told him we were gonna have a hurricane and i told him that i couldnt give him an answer till after the hurricane and then the hurricane came and we did prettty good with the hurricane cause it was gonna pass us to the south so we made it thru the hurricane and thats when i figured its ok to call him so i had to talk to mama and make sure it was ok with her and she said to go and thats when I said ok im gonna call phil and then i picked up the phone and told him i was gonna come up so we worked out the .......................

Me to interviewer(who at this point was going uh-huh, uh-huh.): This is how we do it in the group.

Me to Dave: Dave, Take a breath.

I was mearly trying to stop you from fainitng on camera.

:mrgreen:

Honestly, the whole scene was funny.. we were all so charged up, and this guy comes over in a hawaiian shirt and asks if its ok to interview you? its 35 minutes before first turnin. Told him we gotta be quick. I recognized him from TV, but dont remember what show. We showed him the rack and he asked for some chicken. (I had to pick a piece that wasnt judge worthy). He asked typical interview questions but pretty much fixated on our team name. Like the chicken though.. and it wasnt even ready!. Rob caught up with him later and he said something along the lines that he tasted everyones and ours was definately up there. We got some decent time on the camera, but hinestly dave.... i'd vote for the three stooges more than south park.

In another interview, when this purdy little lady interviewing me asked, "How do you choose your meat?". I had beavis & butthead in my mind going.. "hehehe, she said meat".
brethren comebacks were about to take over... I was in turmoil... RESTRAINT!! RESTRAINT!! Dont say it!! Deep breath.. think i made it thru that ok..