Big Apple BBQ Cook w/ Chris Lilly & Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q

MilitantSquatter · 06-09-2007, 08:42 PM

Guys - I am posting this here in Q Talk, eventhough another thread is in Road Trips since I actually cooked and thought more would actually be able to enjoy the pics and cooking overview here.

I cooked at the Big Apple BBQ Block Party with my friend Chris Lilly and the Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q team. Owen Lilly (Chris' brother) and John Marcus (excutive producer of the BBQ Championship TV series on OLN Network who is also a competitive cook here in the Northeast under Central Pork West team) along with myself rounded out Chris cooking team. It was a great chance to catch up with them as Phil and I cooked with these guys at the Kingsford promo event a few months back. Don McLemore (Chris father in law and owner of the Big Bob Gibson enterprise) and his wife Carolyn ran the serving operation with hired help. They are two of the nicest people I have ever met and made me feel like part of their family from the moment I arrived.

70 whole pork shoulders (butt/picnic) were cooked on three Jedmasters (two on Chris' trailer and then another Jedmaster on John's trailer which is not pictured) which was approx. 1400 lbs. just for the Saturday crowd (same for Sunday). I estimate enough was made for 4000 servings of pulled pork sandwiches with cole slaw for Day 1 (12-6PM). Chris is an absolute master of BBQ. Extremely detail oriented which helps for a consistent product. He also puts on quite a show as we pulled the meats. All the butts that were chopped were done with a large Forscher machete style carving knife. Pork was flying all over the trailers and into the crowd each time the knife cut through the pork and hit the cutting boards.

During the early part of the day, much of my time was coordinating the amount of pulled pork that Don and the servers had out front to ensure they had enough meat in the aluminum trays but without having too much where it would start getting cold. I'd then tell Chris how many open and covered trays were still left and how much time we had to get another butt in the trays.

When Chris took some time off in the afternoon, John, Owen and I took over with pulling the meat off the jedmaster, chopping and spritzing with the vineagar based mop. We did about 25-30 of them.

All of the pork shoulders were cooked to perfection and the comments from the crowd proved it. A ton of work, but a lot of fun to hang with Chris and team again and a great opportunity to learn from Chris.

After serving was done at 6 PM, we headed across the street for a few drinks and a sampling of appetizers at the restaurant Tabla on. Madison Ave.

Here are some pics. I will post general event pictures in the Road Trips section from the event.

scottyd · 06-09-2007, 09:29 PM

Ya know I would really like to meet Chris Lilly and the Big Bob Gibson crew. I am putting this on my list of people I want to meet. I tihink that he is a class act. I hope I am right.

thirdeye · 06-09-2007, 10:02 PM

That would have been a blast. Were the butts injected??

swamprb · 06-09-2007, 10:36 PM

Wow! That is too cool! Nice pics, Vinny! Is this an annual affair? I guess we'll be seeing you on the next BBQ Championship Challenge???

Brian

Sledneck · 06-09-2007, 10:38 PM

I feel very proud to be assoiciated with vinny

Bentley · 06-09-2007, 11:12 PM

"Don McLemore (Chris father in law and owner of the Big Bob Gibson enterprise) and his wife Carolyn ran the serving operation with hired help. They are two of the nicest people I have ever met and made me feel like part of their family from the moment I arrived."

I got to cook with a friends team at last years Royal, and my friend Randy of Burbank's Bad Boys, had gone back to see and observe Chris cook at the Best of the Best in GA in 2005. He looked Chris up at the 2006 Royal and while he was speaking to Chris, Mr. McLemore was sitting in the front of the site. He told me to sit down and chat, you would think the man had known me for years! Hey, lets face it, in BBQ I am a nobody, and this guys is treating me like I had just won the Royal. He was a very pleasent man!

parrothead · 06-10-2007, 06:59 AM

Very nice, Vinnie. I'll bet you won't forget the experience for a long time. When you getting your own show?

MilitantSquatter · 06-10-2007, 07:08 AM

Brian - Yes.. it's an annual event...this was the 5th year. I was surprised to see how many people in attendance came in from out of state just to visit and sample.

Wayne - Yes.. all the shoulders were were injected .. My lips are sealed.

Norcoredneck · 06-10-2007, 07:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MilitantSquatter

Wayne - Yes.. all the shoulders were were injected

Ah, injected twice!

Markbb · 06-10-2007, 07:58 AM

You guys are all over the net on your cook in NY comments like the meat is so good you'll cry......now thats pretty damn good congrats. Vinny!!

Captain Caveman · 06-10-2007, 08:03 AM

WOW! That's awesome!

SmokeInDaEye · 06-10-2007, 01:21 PM

Looks like a great day, Vinny! I spent some time with John and Chris at Memphis in May. Really nice fellows.

ThomEmery · 06-10-2007, 02:59 PM

We have Chris Lilly coming out to do his competition cooking class in California in late July Really a great guy to deal with a few spots still available
LOL Thats a plug for a 501c3 non profit boys

Pig Headed · 06-10-2007, 05:47 PM

Congrats Vinny. Hey are you still gonna talk to us peons at the comps?
Really, though I'm very happy for you. You are a class act yourself and deserve it all.

Bigmista · 06-10-2007, 06:19 PM

Very nice Vinny. You are getting to be a BBQ Celebrity!

06-09-2007, 08:42 PM	#1
MilitantSquatter Moderator Join Date: 09-17-05 Location: Mooresville, NC	Big Apple BBQ Cook w/ Chris Lilly & Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q Guys - I am posting this here in Q Talk, eventhough another thread is in Road Trips since I actually cooked and thought more would actually be able to enjoy the pics and cooking overview here. I cooked at the Big Apple BBQ Block Party with my friend Chris Lilly and the Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q team. Owen Lilly (Chris' brother) and John Marcus (excutive producer of the BBQ Championship TV series on OLN Network who is also a competitive cook here in the Northeast under Central Pork West team) along with myself rounded out Chris cooking team. It was a great chance to catch up with them as Phil and I cooked with these guys at the Kingsford promo event a few months back. Don McLemore (Chris father in law and owner of the Big Bob Gibson enterprise) and his wife Carolyn ran the serving operation with hired help. They are two of the nicest people I have ever met and made me feel like part of their family from the moment I arrived. 70 whole pork shoulders (butt/picnic) were cooked on three Jedmasters (two on Chris' trailer and then another Jedmaster on John's trailer which is not pictured) which was approx. 1400 lbs. just for the Saturday crowd (same for Sunday). I estimate enough was made for 4000 servings of pulled pork sandwiches with cole slaw for Day 1 (12-6PM). Chris is an absolute master of BBQ. Extremely detail oriented which helps for a consistent product. He also puts on quite a show as we pulled the meats. All the butts that were chopped were done with a large Forscher machete style carving knife. Pork was flying all over the trailers and into the crowd each time the knife cut through the pork and hit the cutting boards. During the early part of the day, much of my time was coordinating the amount of pulled pork that Don and the servers had out front to ensure they had enough meat in the aluminum trays but without having too much where it would start getting cold. I'd then tell Chris how many open and covered trays were still left and how much time we had to get another butt in the trays. When Chris took some time off in the afternoon, John, Owen and I took over with pulling the meat off the jedmaster, chopping and spritzing with the vineagar based mop. We did about 25-30 of them. All of the pork shoulders were cooked to perfection and the comments from the crowd proved it. A ton of work, but a lot of fun to hang with Chris and team again and a great opportunity to learn from Chris. After serving was done at 6 PM, we headed across the street for a few drinks and a sampling of appetizers at the restaurant Tabla on. Madison Ave. Here are some pics. I will post general event pictures in the Road Trips section from the event. __________________ XL BGE (#2) & Performer Platinum Former owner: Jambo Backyard, Klose BYC, Lonestar Vertical offset w/ Insulated Firebox, Medium Spicewine, Pitts & Spitts, XL BGE (#1) & (2) Medium BGE's, 22" WSM & (2) 18" WSM's, 18" & 22" Weber Kettles Last edited by MilitantSquatter; 08-30-2007 at 10:00 PM..

06-09-2007, 09:29 PM	#2
scottyd is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 07-21-05 Location: South Dakota	Ya know I would really like to meet Chris Lilly and the Big Bob Gibson crew. I am putting this on my list of people I want to meet. I tihink that he is a class act. I hope I am right. __________________ [FONT=Arial Black][SIZE=3]SCOTTY D[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=1][FONT=Arial Black][COLOR=red][SIZE=2]SCOTTY D'S BUILT FOR BBQ[/SIZE] [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [B]LANG 84[/B] [B]STUMPS 223[/B] [B]STUMPS CLASSIC[/B] [B]STUMPS PLATNUM BEING BUILT NOW[/B] [B]WEBER KETTLE GOLD[/B] [B]YOUR SILENCE WILL NOT SAVE YOU[/B]

06-09-2007, 10:02 PM	#3
thirdeye somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-14-06 Location: At home on the range in Wyoming	That would have been a blast. Were the butts injected?? __________________ ~thirdeye~ I Play With Fire and Smoke *Barbecuist ~ Charcuterist ~ KCBS Master Judge & CTC* Big Green Eggs, Big Drum Smokers, Big Chiefs, Weber Smokey Joe "Custom Tall Boy" Oil Patch Horizontal, SnS Deluxe Kettle Visit my Cookin' Site by clicking HERE Barbecue is not rocket surgery “The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it's hard to verify their authenticity” ~ Abraham Lincoln Last edited by thirdeye; 06-09-2007 at 11:13 PM..

06-09-2007, 10:36 PM	#4
swamprb somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-27-06 Location: Bothell WA	Wow! That is too cool! Nice pics, Vinny! Is this an annual affair? I guess we'll be seeing you on the next BBQ Championship Challenge??? Brian __________________ Brian - Left Hand Smoke BBQ PNWBA 2010 Team of the Year BGE's/WSM's/Pellet Pro WSM/BWS Gater/BDS Clones/Cookshack 008/Weber Performer w EZ-Que/Cajun Bandit/Rib-O-Lator Test Pilot/La Caja China/BBQ Guru/Weber 1000 RK Drum Coffee Roaster Follow Left Hand Smoke on Facebook!http://www.facebook.com/pages/Left-H...462391?sk=wall KCBS CBJ/PNWBA CBJ www.pnwba.com

06-09-2007, 10:38 PM	#5
Sledneck is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 12-04-05 Location: Wantagh, NY	I feel very proud to be assoiciated with vinny __________________ [SIZE="3"][B][COLOR="Blue"][URL="http://bbqilluminati.blogspot.com"]BBQ Illuminati Blog[/URL][/COLOR][/B][/SIZE] [B][COLOR="Blue"][B]Disclaimer: The poster does not take any responsibility for any bad feelings or sense of exclusion that the reader of this post may have-whether real or imagined. Reading threads poses inherent risks. The poster of this thread would like to also remind readers to make sure they have a functional sense of humor before they visit any discussion board.[/B][/COLOR][/B]

06-09-2007, 11:12 PM	#6
Bentley Babbling Farker Join Date: 03-14-07 Location: Culpeper, Virginia	"Don McLemore (Chris father in law and owner of the Big Bob Gibson enterprise) and his wife Carolyn ran the serving operation with hired help. They are two of the nicest people I have ever met and made me feel like part of their family from the moment I arrived." I got to cook with a friends team at last years Royal, and my friend Randy of Burbank's Bad Boys, had gone back to see and observe Chris cook at the Best of the Best in GA in 2005. He looked Chris up at the 2006 Royal and while he was speaking to Chris, Mr. McLemore was sitting in the front of the site. He told me to sit down and chat, you would think the man had known me for years! Hey, lets face it, in BBQ I am a nobody, and this guys is treating me like I had just won the Royal. He was a very pleasent man! __________________ Certified Master Judge #5382 What is best in life? "To crush your BBQ opponents, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."

06-10-2007, 06:59 AM	#7
parrothead somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 08-13-03 Location: Port Saint Lucie, FL	Very nice, Vinnie. I'll bet you won't forget the experience for a long time. When you getting your own show? __________________ Greg American Picker Blog

06-10-2007, 07:08 AM	#8
MilitantSquatter Moderator Join Date: 09-17-05 Location: Mooresville, NC	Brian - Yes.. it's an annual event...this was the 5th year. I was surprised to see how many people in attendance came in from out of state just to visit and sample. Wayne - Yes.. all the shoulders were were injected .. My lips are sealed. __________________ XL BGE (#2) & Performer Platinum Former owner: Jambo Backyard, Klose BYC, Lonestar Vertical offset w/ Insulated Firebox, Medium Spicewine, Pitts & Spitts, XL BGE (#1) & (2) Medium BGE's, 22" WSM & (2) 18" WSM's, 18" & 22" Weber Kettles Last edited by MilitantSquatter; 06-10-2007 at 10:46 AM..

06-10-2007, 07:58 AM	#10
Markbb is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 10-17-06 Location: Oklahoma	Nice You guys are all over the net on your cook in NY comments like the meat is so good you'll cry......now thats pretty damn good congrats. Vinny!!

06-10-2007, 08:03 AM	#11
Captain Caveman is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 05-04-07 Location: Carthage, Mo.	WOW! That's awesome! __________________ -Chad Caveman Cuisine BBQ Team HEMI orange "Gravity Feed" Clone 2 Hotrod Black "Gravity Feed" clones Mobile Kitchen Towable offset CBJ #24304 KCBS member #24304

06-10-2007, 01:21 PM	#12
SmokeInDaEye Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 07-13-06 Location: Memphis, TN	Looks like a great day, Vinny! I spent some time with John and Chris at Memphis in May. Really nice fellows. __________________ [URL="http://www.bbq-brethren.com"]http://www.SmokeInDaEye.com[/URL] Gen II Komodo Kamado, Pit Barrel Cooker, 3x 18.5" WSMs, 22.5" WSM, modified 18.5" Weber Kettle, 22.5" Weber Kettle circa 1960ish, Weber One Touch Platinum, copper Weber Smokey Joe, La Caja China, Bubba Keg, Bodom Picnic Grill, Weber Genesis

06-10-2007, 02:59 PM	#13
ThomEmery Babbling Farker Join Date: 08-20-05 Location: Indio Ca.	We have Chris Lilly coming out to do his competition cooking class in California in late July Really a great guy to deal with a few spots still available LOL Thats a plug for a 501c3 non profit boys __________________ Catering, Contests, and Community Service Team What Wood Jesus Que? Www.bbqthom.com

06-10-2007, 05:47 PM	#14
Pig Headed Babbling Farker Join Date: 06-15-06 Location: Middletown, DE	Congrats Vinny. Hey are you still gonna talk to us peons at the comps? Really, though I'm very happy for you. You are a class act yourself and deserve it all. __________________ Ron Pigheaded BBQ Team www.pigheadedbbq.com KCBS CBJ Stumps Stretch (Raquel) Eagles Green. 1 -22" Weber WSM, 1 - 18"Weber WSM's 2 - 22" kettles 6x12 Haulmark Trailer

06-10-2007, 06:19 PM	#15
Bigmista somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 05-24-04 Location: Long Beach, CA	Very nice Vinny. You are getting to be a BBQ Celebrity! __________________ Wait! Bigmista wrote a cookbook? Rec Tec RT-700 Bull Pitmaker Vault Remembering Scott

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