Art of BBQ

Merl · 07-14-2007, 06:23 PM

10th Annual Art of BBQ
Tulsa, Oklahoma
July 14, 2007
69 Teams

Steak
1. Sigma Smokers
2. One Slice at a Time
3. Cotton Pickin’ ers
4. Gridiron Smokers
5. Smoke N Ice
6. Buzzard Bait BBQ & Chili
7. Wste Mang Meat Puppets
8. 2 Guys Smokin
9. Smokin’ Blues
10. Community Smoker

Chicken
1 Cotton Pickin' ers
2 Disco Balls
3 NDN BaR B Q
4 Sigma Smokers
5 One Slice at a Time
6 Smokin' Blues BBQ
7 Gridiron Smokers
8 Hasty Bake
9 3 Guys Smokin
10 Redneck Rebels

Ribs
1 R BBQ
2 Twin Oaks Smokin Crew
3 Midnight Smokers
4 Smoke N Ice
5 Turnin-N-Burnin
6 Smoke Ridge Boys
7 Meat
8 Rib Wurx
9 Jungle Jeems Pig Posse
10 Gridiron Smokers

Pork
1 Blazen BBQ
2 We Did It BBQ
3 Smokin With Jim
4 B-Mans BBQ Team
5 Smokedelics
6 Jeff Hughes
7 Biggen Horny BBQ Team
8 Turnin-N-Burnin
9 Meat
10 Three Crosses BBQ Team

Brisket
1 Twin Oaks Smokin Crew
2 R BBQ
3 Butcher BBQ
4 Sunrise BBQ
5 Smokedelics
6 Meat
7 Blazen BBQ
8 Jungle Jeems Pig Posse
9 Smoke N Ice
10 Brunson’s BarBaQ

Grand Champion
Twin Oaks Smokin Crew661.1430
Reserve G C
Meat
3 Blazen BBQ
4 Smoke N Ice
5 NDN BaR B Q
6 Three Crosses BBQ Team
7 Turnin-N-Burnin
8 Stu's Q BBQ
9 Smokedelics
10 Sigma Smokers

Congratulations to Sigma Smokers on 10 th place overall.
Merl

Plowboy · 07-14-2007, 08:28 PM

Nice job, Smigma Smokers? Any other Brethren on this list? Sorry if I don't recognize you.

Keri C · 07-14-2007, 08:42 PM

Jeff, didn't you say out there that you hoped you'd get a call in pork this weekend because that was the only one that you hadn't gotten yet? Congrats! Great job!

It was great to see so many that we knew this weekend, both in person and electronically, at the Art of BBQ. We may not have made top ten in anything this time around, but we were quite proud of our 3rd in People's Choice nevertheless, as that was our first "money" call. And, God bless him or her, one of the CBJs sent me a comment card to go along with his 999 score on my brisket telling me that it was "perfect", and proceeding to fill the entire comment card with his observations. Even though the other judges at the table may not have completely agreed, it was still a great boost to know that someone thought that highly of it and went to the trouble of writing the note.

We had Bob Hastings (CBJ) "interning" with us this weekend for his Master judgeship requirement, and I could not have asked for a more outstanding "intern". Yes, I let him trim. Yes, I let him cook. Yes, he was extremely involved in the process. Why not? He's the R&D director for Chili Bowl Chili food company, and knows the meat business inside and out - they cook six to seven thousand pounds of brisket a week in their smokehouse, and I learned more from him about the anatomy of brisket and pork butt while trimming meats this weekend that I ever learned anywhere else. At least I can now find the dryer white meat in a pork butt BEFORE we cook it so that when we're injecting it we can hit that dryer area with more injection!

Congratulations to all who heard their name called, and thanks also to all who stopped by and said hello at the Hot Wire site. And if you were wondering, as several asked me, yes, Robert DID make the gravy that went with the biscuits and sliced fatties, and yes, it WAS real homemade gravy from scratch. I taught him well!

And, Merl, it looks like we're cooking at Jenks - I hereby promise you in front of this company that I WILL make you cheesy grits for breakfast at Jenks!

Regards to all - Keri C, still smokin' on Tulsa Time

Jeff Hughes · 07-15-2007, 11:58 AM

Yes Keri, I was looking for a call in pork, and was very happy to get it among that crowd.

Now, my goal is to move up in overall standings by placing well in more than one category per comp.

I thought the biscuits and gravy we good, but I like the grits better too...

Also, congrats on the Peoples Choice call, a walk is a walk, and the first one sure is fun. Your sponsor must have been delighted...

Ron_L · 07-15-2007, 12:10 PM

Congrats to Sigma, Keri and Jeff! Nice work!

Keri C · 07-15-2007, 12:15 PM

Thanks, Jeff - I've gotten to walk a couple of times now, but this was the first time that I got to actually carry back a check!

bbqbull · 07-15-2007, 02:12 PM

Congrats to the teams who walked as well.

slat · 07-15-2007, 08:52 PM

Congrats to everyone that walked.

bruskee · 07-16-2007, 10:03 AM

Keri, Robert, Thanks for taking the time to chat with my gang, it was a pleasure to shake your hands and actually see the faces behind the post. The food was awesome, the beer was tasty, and my little girl ( that tried to wipe out your fruit stash ) really enjoyed it.

Congrats on your PC you guys deserve it.

Steve is was nice to chat with you too...

Thanks again HWBBQ ! !

Scot

07-14-2007, 06:23 PM	#1
Merl Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 08-13-06 Location: Tulsa, Ok Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Art of BBQ 10th Annual Art of BBQ Tulsa, Oklahoma July 14, 2007 69 Teams Steak 1. Sigma Smokers 2. One Slice at a Time 3. Cotton Pickin’ ers 4. Gridiron Smokers 5. Smoke N Ice 6. Buzzard Bait BBQ & Chili 7. Wste Mang Meat Puppets 8. 2 Guys Smokin 9. Smokin’ Blues 10. Community Smoker Chicken 1 Cotton Pickin' ers 2 Disco Balls 3 NDN BaR B Q 4 Sigma Smokers 5 One Slice at a Time 6 Smokin' Blues BBQ 7 Gridiron Smokers 8 Hasty Bake 9 3 Guys Smokin 10 Redneck Rebels Ribs 1 R BBQ 2 Twin Oaks Smokin Crew 3 Midnight Smokers 4 Smoke N Ice 5 Turnin-N-Burnin 6 Smoke Ridge Boys 7 Meat 8 Rib Wurx 9 Jungle Jeems Pig Posse 10 Gridiron Smokers Pork 1 Blazen BBQ 2 We Did It BBQ 3 Smokin With Jim 4 B-Mans BBQ Team 5 Smokedelics 6 Jeff Hughes 7 Biggen Horny BBQ Team 8 Turnin-N-Burnin 9 Meat 10 Three Crosses BBQ Team Brisket 1 Twin Oaks Smokin Crew 2 R BBQ 3 Butcher BBQ 4 Sunrise BBQ 5 Smokedelics 6 Meat 7 Blazen BBQ 8 Jungle Jeems Pig Posse 9 Smoke N Ice 10 Brunson’s BarBaQ Grand Champion Twin Oaks Smokin Crew661.1430 Reserve G C Meat 3 Blazen BBQ 4 Smoke N Ice 5 NDN BaR B Q 6 Three Crosses BBQ Team 7 Turnin-N-Burnin 8 Stu's Q BBQ 9 Smokedelics 10 Sigma Smokers Congratulations to Sigma Smokers on 10 th place overall. Merl

07-14-2007, 08:28 PM	#2
Plowboy somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-09-06 Location: Blue Springs, MO Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice job, Smigma Smokers? Any other Brethren on this list? Sorry if I don't recognize you. __________________ Pork Pullin Plowboys (and Smoke on Wheels) Save a hog, ride a plowboy! www.plowboysbbq.com Todd Johns (me); Blue Springs, MO Randy Hinck (PigBoy); Concordia, MO Andy Groneman (Hodedo); KC, KS (Cameo Appearances) FEC-500SS; FEC-100 (Right handed); FEC-100 (Left handed); Country Smoker Tailgater; Big Green Egg (2-large, small, mini); Cookshack Pellet Fired Charbroiler

07-14-2007, 08:42 PM	#3
Keri C On the road to being a farker Join Date: 05-14-07 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Jeff, didn't you say out there that you hoped you'd get a call in pork this weekend because that was the only one that you hadn't gotten yet? Congrats! Great job! It was great to see so many that we knew this weekend, both in person and electronically, at the Art of BBQ. We may not have made top ten in anything this time around, but we were quite proud of our 3rd in People's Choice nevertheless, as that was our first "money" call. And, God bless him or her, one of the CBJs sent me a comment card to go along with his 999 score on my brisket telling me that it was "perfect", and proceeding to fill the entire comment card with his observations. Even though the other judges at the table may not have completely agreed, it was still a great boost to know that someone thought that highly of it and went to the trouble of writing the note. We had Bob Hastings (CBJ) "interning" with us this weekend for his Master judgeship requirement, and I could not have asked for a more outstanding "intern". Yes, I let him trim. Yes, I let him cook. Yes, he was extremely involved in the process. Why not? He's the R&D director for Chili Bowl Chili food company, and knows the meat business inside and out - they cook six to seven thousand pounds of brisket a week in their smokehouse, and I learned more from him about the anatomy of brisket and pork butt while trimming meats this weekend that I ever learned anywhere else. At least I can now find the dryer white meat in a pork butt BEFORE we cook it so that when we're injecting it we can hit that dryer area with more injection! Congratulations to all who heard their name called, and thanks also to all who stopped by and said hello at the Hot Wire site. And if you were wondering, as several asked me, yes, Robert DID make the gravy that went with the biscuits and sliced fatties, and yes, it WAS real homemade gravy from scratch. I taught him well! And, Merl, it looks like we're cooking at Jenks - I hereby promise you in front of this company that I WILL make you cheesy grits for breakfast at Jenks! Regards to all - Keri C, still smokin' on Tulsa Time __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 well-worn WSMs 2 Cookshack FEC 100 pellet munchers 1 ECB circa 1981 (retired) 1 Stumper clone, size XL 1 Vermont Casting gas grill (in case of emergency) 1 partially converted stumper clone based on a 1965 Montgomery Wards upright freezer

07-15-2007, 11:58 AM	#4
Jeff Hughes is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 02-03-06 Location: tulsa oklahoma Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yes Keri, I was looking for a call in pork, and was very happy to get it among that crowd. Now, my goal is to move up in overall standings by placing well in more than one category per comp. I thought the biscuits and gravy we good, but I like the grits better too... Also, congrats on the Peoples Choice call, a walk is a walk, and the first one sure is fun. Your sponsor must have been delighted... __________________ Klose 72" Mobile Medium BGE HastyBake Legacy 22" Weber Kettle(10 bucks@garage sale)

07-15-2007, 12:10 PM	#5
Ron_L Moderator Join Date: 12-09-04 Location: Chicago 'Burbs Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Congrats to Sigma, Keri and Jeff! Nice work! __________________ "Ron Rico, Boss. You can call me Captain Ron..." Save The Fatty! FEC-100/BWS Party/Memphis Pro SS/PBC/LBGE X 2/SBGE/Mini BGE/Nomad Pellet-matic/Good-One Model 42/WSM X 2/Cookshack Smokette 008/Weber Performer/Weber Gasser/Weber Kettle X 2/Weber Smokey Joe/WGA/UDS/Coffee Roasting Gasser and a pickle Remembering a friend

07-15-2007, 12:15 PM	#6
Keri C On the road to being a farker Join Date: 05-14-07 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks, Jeff - I've gotten to walk a couple of times now, but this was the first time that I got to actually carry back a check! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 well-worn WSMs 2 Cookshack FEC 100 pellet munchers 1 ECB circa 1981 (retired) 1 Stumper clone, size XL 1 Vermont Casting gas grill (in case of emergency) 1 partially converted stumper clone based on a 1965 Montgomery Wards upright freezer

07-15-2007, 02:12 PM	#7
bbqbull Moderator Join Date: 12-27-05 Location: Mid Michigan Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Congrats to the teams who walked as well. __________________ You have never really lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you. KC I miss your advice. Heavily medicated for your protection. Klose Mobile Pit Klose Owners Reccomended Pit Cookshack Smokette Gasser Little Chief Smoker Large BGE Gifted to me my Pit Barrel Smoker

07-15-2007, 08:52 PM	#8
slat is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 10-10-03 Location: Marble Hill, Missouri Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Congrats to everyone that walked. __________________ Cell 573-979-2426 Proud member of the MOFO chapter. Bandera Turkey Fryer Rusting and corroding Gas Grill

07-16-2007, 10:03 AM	#9
bruskee On the road to being a farker Join Date: 02-23-07 Location: Owasso, Ok Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Keri, Robert, Thanks for taking the time to chat with my gang, it was a pleasure to shake your hands and actually see the faces behind the post. The food was awesome, the beer was tasty, and my little girl ( that tried to wipe out your fruit stash ) really enjoyed it. Congrats on your PC you guys deserve it. Steve is was nice to chat with you too... Thanks again HWBBQ ! ! Scot

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