Contest Results Bartow Bluegrass & Barbecue

[smoke-n-my-i's]

We got in last night abt 10pm from FL.... what a fast trip. Drove down in the hurricane rain and wind, got in Thursday and cooked a load for my dad. Drove down to just north of Bartow to my BIL and SIL's house to spend some time and the night before going in and setting up on Friday.

It was great to meet some more of the Brethren, and especially thanks to John for coming down on Friday and giving me some thoughts and help on my pork sauce.... it helped.

Here are some results.

Pro Division
Rank Team
1 Swamp Boys
2 Uncle Kenny's Butts for You
3 Smoke Showin
4 Eb's Pit Stop Barbecue
5 Whiskey Bent BBQ
6 Big Papa's Country Kitchen
7 Florida Skin-n-Bones
8 Wolfe Brothers BBQ
9 Hot Wauchula
10 Native Sons BBQ
11 Florida Boys
12 Naked Bones
13 Unknown BBQ
14 Pig In, Pig Out
15 BBQ Groupies
16 Smoke-N-My-I's BBQ
17 Pop's Que
18 B & D BBQ
19 Mitch & Murray
20 GB's BBQ
21 Second Star BBQ
22 Blue Ribbon Smokers
23 Too Tall's Cook Shack
24 Two Crackers Cookin'
25 Henry Lee's Southern Bar-B-Que
26 Back Woods BBQ
Chicken
Rank Team (top 10)
1 Florida Skin-n-Bones
2 Native Sons BBQ
3 Wolfe Brothers BBQ
4 Unknown BBQ
5 Whiskey Bent BBQ
6 Florida Boys
7 Smoke Showin
8 Mitch & Murray
9 Blue Ribbon Smokers
10 Naked Bones

Ribs
Rank Team (top 10)
1 Wolfe Brothers BBQ
2 Eb's Pit Stop Barbecue
3 Uncle Kenny's Butts for You
4 Big Papa's Country Kitchen
5 Smoke Showin
6 BBQ Groupies
7 Hot Wauchula
8 Mitch & Murray
9 Pop's Que
10 Swamp Boys

Pork
Rank Team(top 10)

1 Uncle Kenny's Butts for You
2 Swamp Boys
3 Florida Skin-n-Bones
4 Native Sons BBQ
5 Hot Wauchula
6 Eb's Pit Stop Barbecue
7 Big Papa's Country Kitchen
8 Pig In, Pig Out
9 BBQ Groupies180.70001
10 Smoke-N-My-I's BBQ180.26667
we are kind close on this one..... less than 1/2 a point


Brisket
Rank Team(top 10)

1 Swamp Boys
2 Smoke-N-My-I's BBQ
3 Eb's Pit Stop Barbecue
4 Big Papa's Country Kitchen
5 Naked Bones
6 Whiskey Bent BBQ
7 Florida Boys
8 Uncle Kenny's Butts for You
9 Smoke Showin
10 Pig In, Pig Out


I hope I highligted all of the Brethren. If not, let me know and I will.



Here is a link to the page with all of the results for PRO and Back yard, and a few pics.


http://www.flbbq.org/bartow.htm

[Chappy]

Here's a neat fact about that comp. There were not enough teams to make it a Jack qualifier. So they asked a few of the backyard teams to move up.

Congrats to Whiskey Bent BBQ on coming in 5th overall, you would have won the backyard. You guys should just make it permanent and move up with the big boys!

[Rub]

Congrats on the nice calls Bill, I hope you enjoyed your first FBA contest. You can add Smoke Showin to the list of Brethren, and they as well as Whiskey Bent and Team Unknown had a fantastic contest.

Chappy, you are right. Those teams that stepped up did a great thing. And I believe most if not all of them had money calls in at least one category, proving that they are ready to start tearing it up in the "Pro" side. I'm a big believer in karma, and I'm sure those teams will get theirs :)

[smokeshowin]

Thanks, Rub.
I'll take a third overall in our first pro cook anytime. Plus three calls to the stage. We'll see you in Plant City.

Artie

[RubMeTender]

Being in the backyard category and knowing the Whiskey Bent boys well, I agree completely that they should move up to Pro!

[Poker Smoker]

Originally Posted by smoke-n-my-i's

We got in last night abt 10pm from FL.... what a fast trip. Drove down in the hurricane rain and wind, got in Thursday and cooked a load for my dad. Drove down to just north of Bartow to my BIL and SIL's house to spend some time and the night before going in and setting up on Friday.

It was great to meet some more of the Brethren, and especially thanks to John for coming down on Friday and giving me some thoughts and help on my pork sauce.... it helped.

Congrats, Bill! Great showing!

[rksylves]

I had a really good time meeting a whole bunch of new folks. One thing I learned for sure is that doing a comp by myself is a LOT of work.

Did a few things right, did a bunch more things wrong. I got the time management down pretty good and made the first half of the turn-in windows every time. I found that being right next to the bandshell was a HUGE mistake. Never, ever do that again.

Oh well, I said going into my first competition that if I didn't get disqualified that I would consider it a victory. Placing 21st is at least someplace to start. I'll be at Perry next month to see if I can move up at least a couple of positions.

Russ (Second Star BBQ)

[The_Kapn]

Congrats to all the Brethren that walked!!!

Rub is kinda the Tiger Woods of BBQ now--tough.
Glad y'all had him in Bartow.
We had enough to deal with with Bub-ba-Que in Elba that weekend!

Russ--great to see you out there finally.

Looking forward to Perry, now.

TIM

[smoke-n-my-i's]

Originally Posted by Rub

Congrats on the nice calls Bill, I hope you enjoyed your first FBA contest. You can add Smoke Showin to the list of Brethren, and they as well as Whiskey Bent and Team Unknown had a fantastic contest.

Yes, a good first time FBA.... I already have Bartow in my PDA for next year.... now to improve on what the judges didn't like on my ribs and chicken??????

Well, I thought I would be able to go back and edit that, but it won't... sorry...

Originally Posted by Poker Smoker

Congrats, Bill! Great showing!

Thanks, it was a GREAT event. Can't wait until next year.... I don't even have the trailer unpacked yet, and already I am getting pumped and ready to go...

[JohnMcD348]

I'll be taking the time off next year for certain and doing it. Depending on how my work/school schedule begins to work next year, I may even start doing a few more than just the one I did nearly 2 years ago now....

[smoke-n-my-i's]

Originally Posted by JohnMcD348

I'll be taking the time off next year for certain and doing it. Depending on how my work/school schedule begins to work next year, I may even start doing a few more than just the one I did nearly 2 years ago now....

You don't have to, just stay away and that will give me a better chance next year.

November 12-13, 2010 3rd Annual Bartow Bluegrass & BBQ - Bartow, FL (FBA)

http://www.flbbq.org/contest.htm

[smoke-n-my-i's]

For those that are following this thread, here is a link to the few pics that I took.... enjoy. Just scroll down to the Bartow one. Should be the last one.

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/inde...ndID=259076266