8 important lessons learned from judging 8 World Champions at the Kingsford Invitational, Belle, Missouri, November 2012 I was humbled to be selected among the thousands of barbecue judges and pitmasters in America to be part of the history
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“It’s never about the pit but the pitmaster” Goto Part 1, Part 2, Part 4 I awoke with great excitement as Day 2 of my Austin crawl would begin with the best barbecue restaurant in America. I was
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“Close your eyes when you eat and you will taste more than you can imagine . . .” Goto Part 1, Part 3, Part 4 The first restaurant on the Austin eat list was the Salt Lick, chosen, in
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Congratulations to Left Coast Q (Matt, Moe, Mathew, and James) for winning the California Barbecue Association (CBBQA) 2012 Season Team of the Year TOY! Every February, pitmasters, officials, judges, family, and friends from all over gather together at the
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“So many barbecue restaurants and so little time . . .” Goto Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 It’s been about 30 years since I’ve been back to Austin since my freshman days at Texas Tech in Lubbock in the
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1st Place USA Champion 2012 I’m very excited to announce the sale of my Competition Chicken Rub! It’s available exclusively at one of the most popular Internet BBQ websites called BigPoppaSmokers.com. Sterling Ball, the owner of Big Poppa Smokers
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KCBS Annual Banquet, Kansas City, Missouri, January 19, 2013 2012 KCBS Chicken Team of the Year Champion It was a tremendous honor to receive the nation’s top chicken award for the 2012 season amid 500 attendees at the annual
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The buzz had been building for months as employees of the largest veterinary imaging company in the US eagerly awaited the Slap Yo’ Daddy Fire and Fun corporate training camp held at the Sound-Elkin headquarters in Carlsbad, north
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King of the Smoker Invitational, La Quinta Resort and Spa, Dec 8, 2012 Slap Yo Daddy trophies won at King Of the Smoker (KOS). Tough competition with 24 top teams from around America It was an honor and pleasure to
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Video by David Galowitch, DG Productions I first met Shelton Steele and Mike West from the BBQ Island store in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2009. We hit it off right away as I was in Arizona to compete in my
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