So the short version is you can probably tell I was so proud/excited from my idiot face shi$t eating grin smile right after they got that RGC call :becky:
They did backyard awards where they announce top 5 team, but they randomly call up the 2nd-5th teams up, not knowing who is in which place, so you know if you are up there you are in the top 2-5. After that.....someone still sitting down in the crowd is 1st place so it's a cool way to do awards.
Then when they called overall they asked for 3 teams to come up........none were the twins........it threw me for a minute........I thought "was the chicken so bad it hosed them from a good overall result".......it has happened to me before where one category shot me in the foot :becky:. But after getting 2nd ribs, 2nd, pork and 3rd brisket it was clearly a good day for them and I was so happy.......but I was still curious :-D.
Ended up those 3 teams were 5th-3rd overall so when they got called for 2nd I was as excited as anything we've ever done ourselves.
Similar to last time I never told them what I thought about any of the turn ins.
Chicken: I thought it was great. No problems, though chicken was never our strong suit. Still hard to get 8 legs in a box. 6th place
Ribs: Damn they were good. First time I had them inject ribs.........they weren't placed as even as they could have been, but kept my mouth shut.........2nd place
Pork: Here I had to help explain the different cuts of the butts again (not the MM), but the other parts that typically do well, saucing was a little sloppy, but I tried to help even less so I didn't say anything......2nd place
Brisket: Sweet monkey the burnt ends were amazing! I'd literally have turned them in at any contest. Flat, which we tasted after the burnt ends, not so much. Ok flavor and a little dry. I just hoped the burnt ends would bring the overall score up.......3rd place.
Will take the backyard RGC coin and invest it into the next contest :-D
A huge shout out to FBA and City of Davenport. What a great contest. The organizers, FBA reps and especially the city of Davenport staff/volunteers all went out of their way to talk to the boys, welcome and encourage them. I few of the volunteers/staff congratulated the boys multiple times during awards and come to our spot after when we were getting packed up and leaving.
Here's random remaining pics. Wish I had gotten more pics, but we had about 15 family members out so was busy :biggrin1: