I know that Greg was busy today, so here's a quick summary of our trip to Peoria this weekend. I'll let him fill in the details...
It was a nice competition, with 34 teams entered. Some of the big names were there including Bar-B-Quau, Let's kick Some Ash, Smokin' Clones, Rock River Ribs and Ulcer Acres. We entered the traditional KCBS categories plus the dessert and hot wings category. We ended up with 8th place in Brisket. Greg has the complete results, and I don't remember where we were overall.
We all thought tha our food was very good. After our participation at Shannon, IL earlier in the summer, we really wanted to improve our chicken and butt, and I think we did both. We seem to be pretty consistent (after two comps) with brisket, with 7th at Shannon and 8th at Peoria. The ribs were good, but the meat we started out with was lousy. When we opened the cryo, we found shiners on all of the racks but one. They were also small racks, which threw our times off a bit, but the rack we used for turn in had the right tenderness. Complete results are below...
Here's a link to the pictures...
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=kgobm78.qtengsc&x=0&y=-sdpx40
Once we get settled in at the new forum, I can upload them.
Chicken:
10. Wild Porkers
9. Rock River Ribs
8. Ulcer Acres BBQ
7. Memphis in Mundelein
6. Bar B Quau
5. Let's Kick Some Ash
4. Doctor Porkenstein
3. Smokin Clones
2. Smokers Wild
1. Dr Chuckies BBQ
Ribs:
10. Happy Smokin BBQ
9. Bar B Quau
8. Peoria Custom Cookers
7. Hoosier Hogs
6. Corliss Johnson Memorial Foundation
5. Rock River Ribs
4. Smokers Wild
3. Smokin Clones
2. Buffalo's BBQ
1. Joey Mac Smoke Stax
Pork:
10. Re-Max Unlimited
9. Corliss Johnson Memorial Foundation
8. BBQ N Buddies
7. Rock River Ribs
6. Slug Bug BBQ
5. Checker Flag BBQ
4. Ulcer Acres BBQ
3. Let's Kick Some Ash
2. Smokin Clones
1. Its Swine O Clock Somewhere
Brisket:
10. Slub Bug BBQ
9. Re/Max Unlimited
8. BBQ-Brethren/Bigfellas
7. Smokin Clones
6. Joey Mac Smoke Stax
5. It's Swine O Clock Somewhere
4. Buffalo's BBQ
3. Bar B Quau
2. Smokers Wild
1. Rock River Ribs
Overall:
10. Corliss Johnson Memorial Foundation
9. Let's Kick Some Ash
8. It's Swine O Clock Somewhere
7. Ulcer Acres BBQ
6. Bar B Quau
5. Joey Macs Smoke Stax
4. Buffalo's BBQ
3. Rock River Ribs
2. Smokers Wild
1. Smokin Clones
It was a nice competition, with 34 teams entered. Some of the big names were there including Bar-B-Quau, Let's kick Some Ash, Smokin' Clones, Rock River Ribs and Ulcer Acres. We entered the traditional KCBS categories plus the dessert and hot wings category. We ended up with 8th place in Brisket. Greg has the complete results, and I don't remember where we were overall.
We all thought tha our food was very good. After our participation at Shannon, IL earlier in the summer, we really wanted to improve our chicken and butt, and I think we did both. We seem to be pretty consistent (after two comps) with brisket, with 7th at Shannon and 8th at Peoria. The ribs were good, but the meat we started out with was lousy. When we opened the cryo, we found shiners on all of the racks but one. They were also small racks, which threw our times off a bit, but the rack we used for turn in had the right tenderness. Complete results are below...
Here's a link to the pictures...
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=kgobm78.qtengsc&x=0&y=-sdpx40
Once we get settled in at the new forum, I can upload them.
Chicken:
10. Wild Porkers
9. Rock River Ribs
8. Ulcer Acres BBQ
7. Memphis in Mundelein
6. Bar B Quau
5. Let's Kick Some Ash
4. Doctor Porkenstein
3. Smokin Clones
2. Smokers Wild
1. Dr Chuckies BBQ
Ribs:
10. Happy Smokin BBQ
9. Bar B Quau
8. Peoria Custom Cookers
7. Hoosier Hogs
6. Corliss Johnson Memorial Foundation
5. Rock River Ribs
4. Smokers Wild
3. Smokin Clones
2. Buffalo's BBQ
1. Joey Mac Smoke Stax
Pork:
10. Re-Max Unlimited
9. Corliss Johnson Memorial Foundation
8. BBQ N Buddies
7. Rock River Ribs
6. Slug Bug BBQ
5. Checker Flag BBQ
4. Ulcer Acres BBQ
3. Let's Kick Some Ash
2. Smokin Clones
1. Its Swine O Clock Somewhere
Brisket:
10. Slub Bug BBQ
9. Re/Max Unlimited
8. BBQ-Brethren/Bigfellas
7. Smokin Clones
6. Joey Mac Smoke Stax
5. It's Swine O Clock Somewhere
4. Buffalo's BBQ
3. Bar B Quau
2. Smokers Wild
1. Rock River Ribs
Overall:
10. Corliss Johnson Memorial Foundation
9. Let's Kick Some Ash
8. It's Swine O Clock Somewhere
7. Ulcer Acres BBQ
6. Bar B Quau
5. Joey Macs Smoke Stax
4. Buffalo's BBQ
3. Rock River Ribs
2. Smokers Wild
1. Smokin Clones