It’s an immense honor and privilege to be invited to be among the top 21 pitmasters in America to serve as a team captain for … Read More
2016 Houston World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest
2016 Houston World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest (HLSR) If you’re a serious barbecue competitor, you’ll likely have a checklist of contests you want do before … Read More
Q’ing and Brew’ing BBQ Competition and BeerFest
Q’ing and Brew’ing BBQ Competition and BeerFest, June 20, 2015. By Donna Fong When Harry said that Steve Botkin had the idea of holding his … Read More
Guinea Pig 2 Contest, Rancho Mirage, California, February 21, 2015
It doesn’t take a financial whiz to figure that being a barbecue competitor can get expensive. With entry fees on the West Coast pushing … Read More
Confessions of a First Time KCBS Judge
After seven years as a competitor, I was very excited to make my first foray into the judging tent as a newbie BBQ … Read More
Cooking against the Barbecue Big Boys
By Donna Fong, Butchers Daughter BBQ Ever wondered if cooking a barbeque competition is anything like what you see on TV? So is it … Read More
Five KCBS Entries on One Mini WSM. . . . . . . A new world record?
Pitmasters are a passionate and quirky lot. We treat our pits like loving family members and give them pet names. Some teams like … Read More
Great American Cookoff, Woodlake, California, July 27, 2013
Whenever I’m at BBQ contests, I get a lot of visitors. Some are my devoted fans of Season One of TLC’s BBQ Pitmasters and ask … Read More
2013 Hilo Bay BBQ Cook-off, Hawaii State BBQ Championship, Hilo, HI
Hilo Bay BBQ Cook-off, Hawaii State BBQ Championship, Hilo, HI Independence Day July 4th, 2013 was my third trip to the Big Island of Hawaii … Read More
8 important lessons learned from judging 8 World Champions, Missouri, November 2012
8 important lessons learned from judging 8 World Champions at the Kingsford Invitational, Belle, Missouri, November 2012 I was humbled to be selected among … Read More