Heading out tommorrow (Albuquerque --Pork and Brew NM State Championship)

Will be on the road before 5 am. If we are lucky, we have a 7 hour drive to the Albuquerque area for 2007 Pork and Brew NM State Championship.

Looks like 51 teams competing. Wish us luck, we will need it. I am shooting for middle of the pack. I will also take a top 50 finish.

As always, we are, "Totally Que-less".

Bigmista said:

Good Luck G-dub! Go down there and smoke 'em!

Will Otis and the Bird be there?

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Yup, Otis and the bird scheduled to compete.

MAJOR THANKS to Merl & Carol, as well as Gene Goycochea and Arlie B and the rest of the KCBS reps (that I am not calling to mind right now) that helped make this event happen.

Thanks also to Art and the city of Rio Rancho. It is clear this competiton cares about the cookers.

CONGRATULATIONS to our neighbors at the comp, J & J Redneck. They had an AMAZING performance.

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4th Annual Pork and Brew
Rio Rancho, NM March 31, 2007
48 Teams Unofficial results

Overall
Grand Champion: J and J Redneck
Reserve Grand Champion: Carcass Cookers
3. It Ain’t Prime
4. Over the Fence
5. Oink County Cookers


Chicken
1. Three Smokin Holes BBQ
2. Otis and the Bird
3. Over the Fence BBQ
4. The Hog Pound
5. Lucky’s have BBQ will Travel

Pork Ribs
1. J and J Redneck
2. Carcass Cookers
3. Over the Fence BBQ
4. Totally Que-Less BBQ
5. OMI

Pork
1. J and J Redneck
2. Texas Rib Rangers
3. Carcass Cookers
4. Three Smokin Holes BBQ
5. Meat and Bones BBQ

Brisket
1. It Ain’t Prime
2. J and Redneck
3. Oink Country Cookers
4. Taste Buds BBQ
5. I Que for you

drbbq said:

How was the new site guys? Was there good power and water?

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I only heard about the old site, so no comparisons, but the new one was pretty darn fantastic. They had gators driving around with Ice and water every couple hours. There were power spiders hooked to generators every 3 spaces or so - so no problems at all with electricity. They had hand wash stations and grey water dump stations dispersed throughout.

Free cooks' dinner Friday night, as well as a cooks' breakfast Saturday Morning.

Two 'negatives':
1) It was tough getting to our spot because of incredible crowds. No one to blame but ourselves - we were late arrivals. We got bumped to a far better spot anyway.
2) It is COLD in Rio Rancho in March. I think we were at 28 degrees over night. Need to see if we can push this comp back a couple weeks! Can't control the weather!

Oh yeah, congrats to Otis AND the Bird for the second place chicken!