Competition BBQ

The 2012 Competition BBQ Season is Here!

What Competition BBQ Events is YOUR Team Cooking in 2012?

This one’s short and sweet… I’m calling for a shout out! If you have a BBQ Cook Team anywhere within reading distance of the BBQ Smoker Site, then I want to hear about your team and where you’ll be competing in 2012.

BBQ Competitions is really where the pig meets the coals! Whether you cook here in the South as part of the Florida Bar-B-Que Association, or are among the many other great competition circuits out there, I want to hear from you!

Rules for posting your BBQ Smoker Team Shout Out

Please include the following in your comment below:

Team Name
Where You’re Located
What Division (Pro or Backyard)
A brief description of your BBQ Smoker Set Up

I also invite you to include a link to your website, blog, Facebook Page, Twitter account, etc. in your comment below. Let’s get a roll call going for 2012! Consider this you making your BBQ Smoker resolution public!

My Own Involvement in BBQ

In truth, I started the BBQ Smoker site as a fan and spectator of competition BBQ and have only moved up to the rank of “participatory spectator.” Initially, Chad, Jared and the rest of the Whiskey Bent BBQ crew took me in just as they moved up from Backyard to the Pro Division. In time, they introduced me to the Team Unknown crew and good Lord it was all downhill from there! Seriously, all of the local central Florida BBQ cook teams I’ve had the pleasure of meeting – as well as several from outside the state – have and continue to be good and true friends of mine. I consider myself lucky to know them all.

My own next venture will be judging at the 2012 Lakeland Pigfest – a very popular KCBS event held annually down here. Can’t wait to see how my buddies do. To all of you planning to attend the event, please send me a note here on the blog or over on my Facebook page!

Tags: BBQ Cook Teams, Bbq Smoker, Competition BBQ

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Unknown BBQ and Uncle Kenny’s BBQ Take Honors at 2011 Pig on the Pond

The 2011 Pig on the Pond BBQ Competition in Cleremont, Florida was a huge success, especially for member of Unknown BBQ and Uncle Kenny’s BBQ, who took Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion honors.

There were 30 Pro Division BBQ cook team in attendance, including perennial favorites like Whiskey Bent BBQ, Git R Smoked, Florida Skin-n-Bones, Forrest’s Fine Foods, Big Papa’s Country Kitchen, and Hot Wachula’s to name just a few. Competing in the 4 main categories of Chicken, Pork, Ribs, and Brisket – the ranking for this year’s Pig on the Pond BBQ competition was a follows:

Rank	Team
1.	Unknown BBQ
2.	Uncle Kenny’s BBQ
3.	Budmeisters
4.	Florida Skin-n-Bones
5.	Suwannee River Smokers
6.	Forrest’s Fine Foods
7.	Big Papa’s Country Kitchen
8.	Whiskey Bent BBQ
9.	Git R Smoked
10.	Wolfe Brothers BBQ
11.	GB’s BBQ
12.	Hot Wachula’s
13.	Florida Boys
14.	Big Bad Wolf BBQ
15.	Kick the Tire, Light the Fire
16.	Matt Daddy’s BBQ
17.	Grillin’ Gangsters
18.	Superior Smokers
19.	Smoke on the Lakes
20.	BBQ Shack
21.	C.J.’S Cookin Co.
22.	Smokeys
23.	352 BBQ
24.	EB’s Pit Stop Barbecue
25.	High Voltage
26.	Nobody’s BBQ
27.	Gator Grates
28.	Mount Dora Bar-B-Que Company
29.	Clermont Cayotes
39.	Down Yonder Bar-B-Q

Individual category scores for each protein can be found on the Florida Bar-B-Que Association contest website.

As you can see from the photos below, the crowds in attendance were massive, and appetites for BBQ and family fun were running high. As is the case with most BBQ competitions, this one is for charity – specifically, “for the kids.” Now in its 13th year, Pig on the Pond raised $62,000 last year for children’s educational scholarship money. Judging from the number of people I saw in attendance, they’ll meet or exceed this total for 2011.