We're bringing home a little Jack!!!

Alexa RnQ · 10-26-2008, 07:43 PM

Now that we've already thrown down the punchline, we can go back to the beginning of the story. We arrived at Jack Daniel's Hollow (pronounced "holler") late Thursday afternoon, and since an inch of rain was forecast for the following day we decided we'd better pitch camp quickly before dark fell. The towncar got parked on the other side of the path, against our backdrop:

and this was what we ended up with, that would be home base for the weekend.

The settings on my camera got jacked up, so in case you couldn't quite make out the detail of my second-favorite souvenir:

As promised, the next day dawned raining in that steady way that lets you know that you're in for a long haul. It was bitter cold, too -- maybe it was because of the humidity, but even though the temp gauge said "54" it was more like "yeah, maybe 54 BELOW", at least for us thin-blooded desert rats. This was my fashion statement for Friday -- I had something like five layers working, and was still freezing. Yes, that is a plastic grocery-bag rainhat.

So it rained, and rained, and rained, and VQ trimmed meat, and it rained some more, and I dreaded trimming chicken, and it rained some more. Eventually I had to get rolling on cooking the dessert, so here I am boiling up some cream before the ramekins got slammed into the smoker, all styling in my rainboots. Let me assure you, I would have made a crappy pioneer woman.

By the time that was done, I set to trimming up chicken while admiring the clouds that my breath made in the lamplight. And by the time that was done I was done too, so poor VQ was abandoned to spend another night in his spiffy new 40-below sleeping bag.

Saturday dawned as the Perfect Contest Day -- the clouds were rolling away, the ground was starting to dry, the hollow was filled with thin blue smoke. If you had been a tourist coming to see the World Championships, you would have come in through here

and seen many entertaining things like this

and they even have some pretty big bottles lying around.

We, however, were seeing nothing but our cooksite as we were in The Zone.

We made some ribs

and sliced them up.

"DAID PIG! We got DAID PIG walkin heah!!!"

Run, Forrest, ruuuunnnn!!!

We watched VQ pull his pork

and there was some brisket in there too.

Then it was time to slam together some desserts, and do a quick shot with the tray before it ran off too.

Back at camp, we could finally exhale. A nice man had come by with a Jack bag filled with fo-real hickory nuts, and had us draw one from the bag. He said that one of them was a magic hickory nut, and that it would like Jack Daniel's and we should pet it and be good to it. Of course we asked how we'd know if we'd got the magic nut, and he said we'd find out as soon as the Grand Champion was called out. You know we took good care of that nut, and whipped out our teensy bottle of Jack Daniel's and gave it an impromptu baptism, and each took communion from the bottle for good measure.

By and by, it was time to head off to the pavilion to hear the awards called out.

We all got herded in to where a cattle auction would be held -- see, here's a heiffer!

At one end of the barn, they'd done up a stage

and there was some guy on it.

And after a nail-biting interval, we actually heard our name called!!!!!!!!!

So as it turned out, we got to come home with a little party favor.

For the next year, we get to bask in the glow of being the second-best BBQ chicken cookers In The Entire World. Pretty farking exciting for a new little team from Arizona.

Ramona · 10-26-2008, 07:50 PM

I'm up in the Smokies now but was there rain and shine and you captured it all....including the walk. Congrats!!!!!!!!!

Ramona

aka Kathy

pat · 10-26-2008, 07:50 PM

Congrats on the walk!! Thanks for sharing the photos. Looks like a great time!

toys4dlr · 10-26-2008, 07:53 PM

Way to go Alexa and Vince, drive home safe and we will see you at the Pulte Event in 2 weeks.

Jaberwabee · 10-26-2008, 07:54 PM

Thats a pretty cool recap of the weekend, congrats on the call.

No pics of the chicken??? ;)

Plowboy · 10-26-2008, 07:56 PM

That was great! What an honor to be there.

Rub · 10-26-2008, 08:01 PM

That is tooo cool, thanks for posting it all! Been enjoying your blog too

And congratulations for the great results!

Big Tom · 10-26-2008, 08:20 PM

Congratulations!

Solidkick · 10-26-2008, 09:05 PM

That was fun, almost like being there, except I was dry all weekend!
Congrats on your placing!

chinesebob · 10-26-2008, 09:10 PM

That's pretty awesome. Congrats!

Big George's BBQ · 10-26-2008, 09:11 PM

Congrats. That is awesome. Thanks for the picks. Looked like a great time

Buster Dog BBQ · 10-26-2008, 09:36 PM

Great post. Congratulations to you.

The Pigman · 10-26-2008, 09:38 PM

Congrats thats awesome.......way to go

Ron_L · 10-26-2008, 09:49 PM

Nice pics! Congrats!

we'll smoke u · 10-26-2008, 10:01 PM

That was a great story thanks for sharing and the pic's were great.

10-26-2008, 07:43 PM	#1
Alexa RnQ is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 09-12-07 Location: the Ninth Ring of Hell, cleverly disguised as Phoenix Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	We're bringing home a little Jack!!! Now that we've already thrown down the punchline, we can go back to the beginning of the story. We arrived at Jack Daniel's Hollow (pronounced "holler") late Thursday afternoon, and since an inch of rain was forecast for the following day we decided we'd better pitch camp quickly before dark fell. The towncar got parked on the other side of the path, against our backdrop: and this was what we ended up with, that would be home base for the weekend. The settings on my camera got jacked up, so in case you couldn't quite make out the detail of my second-favorite souvenir: As promised, the next day dawned raining in that steady way that lets you know that you're in for a long haul. It was bitter cold, too -- maybe it was because of the humidity, but even though the temp gauge said "54" it was more like "yeah, maybe 54 BELOW", at least for us thin-blooded desert rats. This was my fashion statement for Friday -- I had something like five layers working, and was still freezing. Yes, that is a plastic grocery-bag rainhat. So it rained, and rained, and rained, and VQ trimmed meat, and it rained some more, and I dreaded trimming chicken, and it rained some more. Eventually I had to get rolling on cooking the dessert, so here I am boiling up some cream before the ramekins got slammed into the smoker, all styling in my rainboots. Let me assure you, I would have made a crappy pioneer woman. By the time that was done, I set to trimming up chicken while admiring the clouds that my breath made in the lamplight. And by the time that was done I was done too, so poor VQ was abandoned to spend another night in his spiffy new 40-below sleeping bag. Saturday dawned as the Perfect Contest Day -- the clouds were rolling away, the ground was starting to dry, the hollow was filled with thin blue smoke. If you had been a tourist coming to see the World Championships, you would have come in through here and seen many entertaining things like this and they even have some pretty big bottles lying around. We, however, were seeing nothing but our cooksite as we were in The Zone. We made some ribs and sliced them up. "DAID PIG! We got DAID PIG walkin heah!!!" Run, Forrest, ruuuunnnn!!! We watched VQ pull his pork and there was some brisket in there too. Then it was time to slam together some desserts, and do a quick shot with the tray before it ran off too. Back at camp, we could finally exhale. A nice man had come by with a Jack bag filled with fo-real hickory nuts, and had us draw one from the bag. He said that one of them was a magic hickory nut, and that it would like Jack Daniel's and we should pet it and be good to it. Of course we asked how we'd know if we'd got the magic nut, and he said we'd find out as soon as the Grand Champion was called out. You know we took good care of that nut, and whipped out our teensy bottle of Jack Daniel's and gave it an impromptu baptism, and each took communion from the bottle for good measure. By and by, it was time to head off to the pavilion to hear the awards called out. We all got herded in to where a cattle auction would be held -- see, here's a heiffer! At one end of the barn, they'd done up a stage and there was some guy on it. And after a nail-biting interval, we actually heard our name called!!!!!!!!! So as it turned out, we got to come home with a little party favor. For the next year, we get to bask in the glow of being the second-best BBQ chicken cookers In The Entire World. Pretty farking exciting for a new little team from Arizona. __________________ . . Don't practice until you get it right; practice until you can't get it wrong. Don't overthink or undercook. Rhythm 'n QUE

10-26-2008, 07:50 PM	#2
Ramona Is lookin for wood to cook with. Join Date: 10-23-07 Location: Grayslake, IL Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Beautiful I'm up in the Smokies now but was there rain and shine and you captured it all....including the walk. Congrats!!!!!!!!! Ramona aka Kathy

10-26-2008, 07:50 PM	#3
pat is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 01-21-08 Location: Des Moines, IA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Congrats on the walk!! Thanks for sharing the photos. Looks like a great time! __________________ Smokers Purgatory Have you tried Simply Marvelous Rubs yet?? Backwoods Party Ole Hickory CTO Large Big Green Egg WSM X 2 Weber Performer

10-26-2008, 07:53 PM	#4
toys4dlr Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 08-02-07 Location: Anthem, AZ Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Way to go Alexa and Vince, drive home safe and we will see you at the Pulte Event in 2 weeks. __________________ Q-To-U-BBQ in Anthem, Arizona 2010 and 2011 Best BBQ North Valley Magazine Readers Choice Toys 4 BBQ'N Competition BBQ Team "Comfort is King" with our team

10-26-2008, 07:54 PM	#5
Jaberwabee is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 11-21-06 Location: Wichita, KS Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thats a pretty cool recap of the weekend, congrats on the call. No pics of the chicken??? ;) __________________ Oct 2011 Update. (it changes) 2 WSM's 1 of each (18.5, 22.5) 2 UDS's Gone, (Brother in Law took them....FARKER) 1 Rib Machine Chargriller Pro Hella Mod (Retired) 2 Bubba Keg (One HOT MOTHER, One LOW N SLOW) 1 22" Performer Yoder YS-640 is the next cooking device.

10-26-2008, 07:56 PM	#6
Plowboy somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-09-06 Location: Blue Springs, MO Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That was great! What an honor to be there. __________________ 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

10-26-2008, 08:01 PM	#7
Rub is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 09-25-06 Location: Winter Haven, FL Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That is tooo cool, thanks for posting it all! Been enjoying your blog too And congratulations for the great results! __________________ -Rub Swamp Boys “Give a man some BBQ and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to BBQ and you feed him for a lifetime.” --Swamp Boys Proverb Sponsored by Yoder Smokers, BBQR's Delight, 3 Eyz, Butcher BBQ, Grizzly Coolers, Wicked Q Gator Nation

10-26-2008, 08:20 PM	#8
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10-26-2008, 09:05 PM	#9
Solidkick somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-21-03 Location: Bandera Owner in Missouri Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That was fun, almost like being there, except I was dry all weekend! Congrats on your placing! __________________ Mr. Kick ------------------------------------------------ *Belly Brothers BBQ Team* "Sister Flame" Spicewine Trailer Smoker,Modified Bandera, Uni-Flame Chicken Cooker with a Spicewine Thermometer mod,Kingsford Barrel cooker and a super fast RED thermapen KC always said "fat cap up!!

10-26-2008, 09:10 PM	#10
chinesebob is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 04-07-07 Location: Westerville,OH Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That's pretty awesome. Congrats! __________________ Chinesebob - Central Ohio A Chinese speaking white guy in search of the perfect bbq.

10-26-2008, 09:11 PM	#11
Big George's BBQ somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 02-07-08 Location: Phoenixville, PA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Congrats. That is awesome. Thanks for the picks. Looked like a great time

10-26-2008, 09:36 PM	#12
Buster Dog BBQ is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 07-20-08 Location: Clive, IA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Great post. Congratulations to you. __________________ FEC-100 Right Handed, FEC-100 Left Handed, Large BGE x2, Mini BGE Buster Dog BBQ - [url]http://www.busterdogbbq.com[/url]

10-26-2008, 09:38 PM	#13
The Pigman is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 04-10-07 Location: Cincinnati Ohio Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Congrats thats awesome.......way to go __________________ Smokin Blues BBQ The Pigman (Roger) Pitmaster KCBS CBJ #30390 Operation BBQ Relief Founding Member Lang 84 Custom Longneck with Warmer Char-Griller Pro w/ SFB and Mods Mobil Food Lic. With State of Ohio

10-26-2008, 09:49 PM	#14
Ron_L Moderator Join Date: 12-09-04 Location: Chicago 'Burbs Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice pics! Congrats! __________________ "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/Saber Cast 500/Weber Gasser (RIP)/Weber Kettle X 2/Weber Smokey Joe/WGA/UDS/Coffee Roasting Gasser and a pickle Remembering a friend

10-26-2008, 10:01 PM	#15
we'll smoke u is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 07-21-06 Location: Valley, Nebraska Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That was a great story thanks for sharing and the pic's were great. __________________ Scott Burke www.wellsmokeubbq.com www.operationbbqmw.org KCBS MEMBER #24303 COUNTRY SMOKER 570 PELLET FEEDER ONE SMALL HOME MADE VERTICAL WEBER KETTLE GOLD 221/2 WEBER BABYQ

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