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Awards

2008 – current

TOY Awards

Nation’s top chicken award for the 2012 season amid 500 attendees at the annual barbecue Academy Awards in Kansas City, Missouri.

2012 KCBS First Place TOY Chicken Champion

2011 California Team of the Year

Arizona Team of the Year 2011 <BLOG>

2011 3rd place KCBS pork <Blog>

Slap Yo Daddy was able to accomplish a two-peat by winning the Safeway/Vons Ranchers Reserve Beef Cup two years in a row by winning brisket in 2010 and top sirloin in 2011 <Blog>

2010 California Team of the Year

1st place KCBS Ranchers Brisket – 2010 <Blog>

1st place KCBS Ranchers Brisket – 2010

2010 KCBS Third Place overall in America award

Arizona Team of the Year TOY 2010

1ST RUNNER UP – 2009 CALIFORNIA TEAM OF THE YEAR 

1st Place California TOY Ribs and 2nd Place TOY Pork

BEST NEW CALIFORNIA TEAM 2008 

California Rookie Team of the Year ROY 2008

Grand Champions

Grand Champion #27

The BBQ Race Weekend, Cartmel, UK

Grand Champion # 26

Hilo Bay BBQ Cook-off, Hawaii State BBQ Championship, Hilo, HI

Grand Champion #25

Grand Champion – 1st Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship

Grand Champion #24

Academy of Country Music (ACM) BBQ Throwdown, Las Vegas, Nevada

Grand Champion # 23

1st Annual Santa Anita Park Winners’ Circle BBQ Championship

Grand Champion #22

Music Brews and BBQ, Lake Havasu City, AZ

Grand Champion #21

Wild West BBQ Championship, Knott Berry Farm, CA

Grand Champion #20

Holiday Cookoff for Kids, Mesa, AZ

Grand Champion #19

Golden Acorn BBQ, Acorn, CA

Grand Champion #18

Holbrook Ace In The Hole, Holbrook, AZ

Grand Champion #17

Smokin in the Oaks, Penn Valley, CA

Grand Champion #16

2011 Way Out West BBQ, Stockton, CA

Grand Champion #15

2011 Morgan Hill No Bull Cookoff, CA

Grand Champion #14

2010 Starr Pass BBQ Classic, Tucson, AZ

Grand Champion #13

2010 Lancaster Dueling BBQ, Lancaster, California

Grand Champion #12

2010 BBQ on the Bypass, Langley, British Columbia, Canada

Grand Champion #11

2010 Harrahs Casino Blues and BBQ Festival, Valley Center, CA

Grand Champion #10

2010 Vista Smokin Classic State BBQ Championship, Vista, CA

Grand Champion #8

2010 New Mexico State BBQ Championship, Albuquerque, NM

Grand Champion #7

2010 Smokin in the Oaks, Penn Valley, CA

Grand Champion #6

2010 Morgan Hill No Bull BBQ Cookoff, Morgan Hill, CA

Grand Champion #5

2010 Ultimate BBQ Showdown East vs West, Wildomar, CA

Grand Champion #4 (1st place all four meat categories – rare KCBS achievement!!!)

2009 Way Out West BBQ Championship, Stockton, CA

Grand Champion #3
2009 Bakersfield Biggest Baddest BBQ State Championship, Bakersfield, CA

Grand Champion #2
2009 Qu’en for Kids BBQ Cookoff State Championship, Costa Mesa, CA

Grand Champion #1
2008 Sunburst BBQ Cook Off, Los Alamitos, CA

1st Place Awards

(80+ since 2008.  NOTE: I stopped updating after 2010 as there were too many; only Grand Championships were recorded thereafter)

1. Pork, 2010 Tom’s Farm Wild West BBQ, Wildomar, CA
2. Chicken, 2010 Get Your Pig On Cookoff, Fort McDowell, AZ
3. Pork, 2010 Smokin for Gold State Championship, Placerville, CA
4. Chicken, 2010 BBQ on the Bypass, Langley, British Columbia, Canada
5. Pork, 2010 BBQ on the Bypass, Langley, British Columbia, Canada
6. Chicken, 2010 Harrahs Casino Blues and BBQ, Valley Center, CA
7. Brisket, 2010 Way Out West State BBQ Championship, Stockton, CA
8. Brisket, 2010 New Mexico State Championship, Albuquerque, NM
9. Pork, 2010 New Mexico State Championship, Albuquerque, NM
10. Pork, 2010 Que’s for Kids, Costa Mesa, CA
11. Pork, 2010 Morgan Hill No Bull BBQ Cookoff, Morgan Hill, CA
12. Brisket, 2010 Ultimate BBQ Showdown East vs West, Wildomar, CA
13. Pork, 2010 Ultimate BBQ Showdown East vs West, Wildomar, CA
14. Beef Ribs, 2010 Ultimate BBQ Showdown East vs West, Wildomar, CA
15. Chicken, 2010 Arizona BBQ State Championship, Scottsdale, AZ
16. Ribs, 2009 Annual Vista Smokin Q Classic, Vista, CA
17. Chicken, 2009 West Coast BBQ Championship, Fairfield, CA
18. Brisket, 2009 Wild West BBQ Bash, Santa Maria, CA
19. Tri Tip, 2009 Wild West BBQ Bash, Santa Maria, CA
20. Chicken, 2009 Way Out West BBQ Championship, Stockton, CA
21. Ribs, 2009 Way Out West BBQ Championship, Stockton, CA
22. Pork, 2009 Way Out West BBQ Championship, Stockton, CA
23. Brisket, 2009 Way Out West BBQ Championship, Stockton, CA
24. Ribs, 2009 Qu’en for Kids BBQ Cookoff State Championship, Costa Mesa, CA
25. Pork,2009 California State Championship, Stagecoach Music Festival, Indio CA
26. Pork, 2009 Tempe BBQ Festival,Tempe, AZ
27. People’s Choice Award, 2009 Palm Desert Cook Off, Palm Desert, CA
28. Pork, 2009 Palm Desert Cook Off, Palm Desert, CA
29. Chicken, 2008 California State Championship, Stagecoach Music Festival, Indio CA