Before going any further with this, it's necessary to say that while I have been the primary point of contact for most of you, the other half of the organizational effort is Jimmy Weaver of Jimmys Hog Pen. It is a total team effort with us, the American Legion and all of our sponsors and while it could probably be pulled off with one or two of the equations removed, it would have been a helluva lot harder.
I do appreciate you sticking up for me Neil but Randy, Podge and I have known each other for several years and although they were not at the Kettering contest last year, that doesn't mean they don't know how Jimmy and I do things. We are competition cooks as you say and we know how we like to be treated at contests. That thought is paramount in everything we do and based on the feedback we got last year, we feel like we're doing the right things. That being said, we appreciate all the support that the barbecue community has shown us and we will continue to do whatever we can to make you want to come back next year regardless of how much your scores might have sucked this year. :biggrin: