The most spectacular BBQ you will ever taste rarely comes from restaurants or backyard events.  The most delicious, tender, and succulent BBQ comes from meat cooked during BBQ competitions

January 9th, 2010 - I was really surprised to find out my BBQ student on Jan 9 was none other than the legendary Dave Anderson of the 180+ Famous Daves BBQ restaurant chain. He showed up incognito from Minnesota and surprised the heck out of me  <blog>

UPDATE Feb 4, 2010 - Episode #8 Finale - Texas <blog>

UPDATE Jan 28, 2010 - Episode #7 - Vienna <blog>

UPDATE Jan 21, 2010 - Episode #6 - Dover <blog>

UPDATE Jan 14, 2010 - Episode #5 - Royal Open <blog>

UPDATE Jan 7, 2010 - Episode #4 - Royal Invitational <blog>

UPDATE Dec 17, 2009 - Episode #3 Decatur <blog>

UPDATE Dec 13, 2009 - Woo Hoo!  We finish 2nd overall in the 2009 Calif. Team Of the Year (TOY) standings with 1st TOY in Ribs and 2nd TOY in Pork!  Amazingly at the national level, we finish 24th among 4,500+ teams in the nation!  It's been an awesome year!

UPDATE Dec 10, 2009 - Episode #2 - Murphysboro <blog>

UPDATE Dec 3, 2009 - Episode #1 - Mesquite <blog>

UPDATE Dec 2, 2009 - Low tech grill meets high tech computer with Slap Yo’ Daddy BBQ challenger Video1; Clip of freak thunderstorm in Episode #1 Video2; Interview2 with Executive Producer John Markus,by DivaQ; Exclusive DivaQ Interview w Harry

Update Nov 24, 2009 - TLC BBQ Pitmasters website launched; Interview1 with Executive Producer John Markus (Emmy award winning writer on "The Cosby Show" and "Taxi") by John Dawson

Update Oct 21, 2009 - Discovery Channel Press Web - TLC Channel Press Release "TLC ADDS SIZZLE TO THE SCHEDULE WITH NEW SERIES 'BBQ PITMASTERS'" http://press.discovery.com/us/tlc/programs/bbq-pitmasters/

Update Oct 10, 2009 - We're on hiatus competing in California Sep-Nov as we're shooting 8 episodes of a new reality TV show called BBQ Pitmasters.  Season premier is 10/9pm C, Dec 3, on TLC channel.   It follows 7 pitmasters as they travel around the country competing in large contests for cash and bragging rights.  We're having the time of our life and have so many adventures.  Here's a shout-out to my producers and camera crew. Stay tuned!

UPDATE Aug 29, 2009 - Another 14 students graduate from the Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ Pitmaster 101 Class;  AVERAGE CUSTOMER REVIEW     (34 customer reviews) 

UPDATE Aug 16, 2009 - We won a Reserve Champion, 1st Chicken, multiple awards, and survived the triple KCBS West Coast State Championships in Fairfield California.  <Blog>

UPDATE Aug 12, 2009 - Wow! We made front page in, not one, but two, national BBQ publications widely read in the US.  <KCBS Bullsheet>, <National BBQ News p1>, <National BBQ News p2>

Update Aug 1, 2009 - Vista Smokin Q Classic - We won 1st place in Ribs, 2nd in Pork, and 6th overall at the KCBS-sanctioned First Annual Vista Smokin Q Classic State Championship.  I made Seared Ahi Tuna w Maui Onion Dressing for the Friday potluck as we left for Maui on vacation after <Blog>

UPDATE July 18, 2009 - Another 14 students graduate from the BBQ 101 Pitmaster Class in Diamond Bar; AVERAGE CUSTOMER REVIEW     (34 customer reviews) 

UPDATE July 11, 2009 - Wild West BBQ Bash - We won 1st Place in the Tri Tip Championship in Santa Maria, California, the BBQ tri tip capital of the world.  Considering the depth and multigeneration experience of the local champion teams, restaurants, and caterers who showed up in full force, I've been told it's a very special win.   In the main IBCA contest, we took 4th overall with 1st in Brisket and 5th in Ribs.  We had an awesome time thanks to the hospitality of the Santa Maria folks who treated all of us so well.   <Blog & Videos>  

Update July 4, 2009 - Way Out West BBQ Championship, Stockton, CA - We won our 3rd consecutive Grand Champion and 1st place in all four meat categories. This will give us our forth entry for the Jack Daniels draw where one GC team from California will be invited to Lynchburg, Tennessee, for what is considered the Super Bowl of BBQ contests.  KCBS officials from Kansas City have confirmed that this is the first time in America that a team has accomplished this feat at a State Championship and Team of the Year (TOY) event.  There is now talk that Mark and I might get invited to Kansas City to be recognized during the KCBS annual awards ceremony   <Blog>

UPDATE June 27, 2009 - 14 students complete the BBQ 101 Pitmaster Class in Diamond Bar.  One goes on the win Reserve Grand Champion two weeks later at the Wild West BBQ Bash             <Blog1>  <Blog 2 - Comments>

UPDATE June 6, 2009 - We're on a roll and won our second consecutive Californian State Grand Championship at the Bakersfield Biggest Baddest BBQ Contest.  This will give us our third entry for the Jack Daniels draw where one GC team from California will be invited to Lynchburg, Tennessee, for what is considered the Super Bowl of BBQ contests.  With the Reserve Grand Champion from Kansas City sandwiched between these two events, we're amazed with our recent successes!  <Blog>

UPDATE May 24, 2009 - Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ from Diamond Bar, California, won Reserve Grand Champion (2nd overall) in the BBQ Mecca of Kansas City against a large contingent of professional BBQ teams in a field of 161 teams.  The Great American Barbecue 2009 (GAB) is one of the largest and most prestigious BBQ contests in America and is hosted in Kansas City annually.  Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ was California's Best NewTeam 2008 and had won a California State Grand Championship last year to earn an invitation to the GAB.  <Blog>  <Notley Que's Blog about us>   <Press Release>  <Inland Valley Daily Bulletin A7>

Update May 17, 2009 - 29 Palms Salute to Marine Corps - It was a privilege to help cook and serve 10,000 burgers and 4,000 hotdogs as part of the Calif. BBQ Assoc. participation in Salute 2009 to honor our brave men and women of the military

UPDATE May 9, 2009 - Woo Hoo!  We win Grand Champion at the Qu'en for Kids BBQ Cookoff State Championship amid 33 teams some from as far as Arizona!  <Blog>  <Pictures>

UPDATE Mar 3, 2009: Unfortunately my January 2009 Bobby Flay Grill It audition tape did not make the final 13 chosen for the 2009 season.  I prepared two knockout dishes: Grilled Lobster and Seafood Paella with Chorizo and Saffron, and Seared Ahi Tuna with Maui Onion Dressing.  I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for supporting me by voting, commenting on my video, and sending it to all your friends!  Maybe better luck next year!

UPDATE Feb 28, 2009 - Catering for Hollywood celebrity Birthday Party.  My BBQ buddy Gary Notley partnered with me to do a birthday catering gig for a hundred guests including Keanu Reeves, star in my favorite movie series the Matrix trilogy <Blog w Pics&Video>

Welcome to the Slap Yo Daddy BBQ website.  We are a two-person BBQ team from Diamond Bar, California.  We compete primarily in California against the big guns on the California, Arizona, and Nevada professional BBQ contest circuit.   We are weekend backyard BBQ guys with day jobs who use simple equipment including two Weber bullet smokers purchased off Amazon for $195 each.  

In our first year, we have been very successful as a rookie team considering we had no prior experience.  For 2008, we competed in 9 sanctioned contests and won one Grand Champion and one Reserve Champion, and several 1st,  2nd, and 3rd places in Chicken, Pork, Ribs and Brisket (see Awards). 

By year end 2008, we earned enough points (like PGA points for Tiger Woods) to win the coveted Best New BBQ Team of the year for California called the ROY 2008 (Rookie Of the Year).  Rookie teams have ® by their name.

More importantly, we have had so much fun, collected some amazing memories, developed many new friendships, and met many people including the special privilege of donating proceeds and serving BBQ to our brave military men and women, and their families (see picture below from the December 2008 Sunburst Cookoff)