Blue Ridge Barbecue Festival, Tryon, NC -- Results

So, John, tell us about the contest. How big is it, where is it, etc

Sounds like one of the big ones. I'm competing next week, or I'd come down to Carolina...not

Good luck, looking forward to you all surviving and winning.

Russ

I will be there Thursday and lookin foward to seeing everyone . Look for the old horse trailer and the FE100 .
I hear they have 80 plus teams .They usually have a cookers party Thursday nite . Catch everyone then . Good luck to everyone .

Tryon NC is just over the NC line heading west on I25 from Spartanburg. This is KP's backyard!

There are usually 80-90 teams at the contest with a significant purse. Plus it is one of five grandfathered KCBS contest where whole hog is allowed as a substitute category for pork butt or shoulder. From what I hear, they have 30 teams entries in the whole hog category this year which is fantastic.

BTW, this contest was voted the best contest in the states a few years ago.

Come on down Russ, we will show you a great time!

John

Blue Ridge BBQ Festival Blue Ridge is a Biggy. It is rates one of the top 5 events in the country and it is also deemed, by our Governor, as the official State Championship. We would like to win the Gov's trophy(awarded to the top placing team from the state.) It should be a blast. We were going to compete last year but we took my daughter off-shore fishing the week before so we did not. We were there, however.
We feel REAL confident with our food---it is all the particulars that we are not sure of. My wife thinks that we will place in atleast 2 catagories--she is pretty intuitive. We have also been visited by a few judges(not sure they will be judging there) and some of the other competitors and have been told that we stand a real shot in those 2 catagories--we'll see. As long as I am happy with what we turn in--I'll be satisfied. We look forward to meeting everyone and having a good time. We will be there Thursday evening--it is only 20 minutes down the road
See you there!
Zeb

John sounds like a great contest. Maybe I can plan it next year (if we decided to do contests next year, it will be time to get an RV and do some traveling)

Zeb, good luck. Interested in what you think your good categories are. Ribs and Pork probably, I've seen photos of some of your stuff.

Have a great event and make sure to hook up with Firehouse.

Creig, Tom,, Barbra, and John. Good luck in Tryon. Show those folks how good Florida cookers are. Bill

I just went up to Tryon to check out the new cook site place. Some of the sites will be very nice with no sun being under shade trees . Looks like plenty of power and water for everyone. They have a new lay out hopefully it will user freindly if it don`t rain , some spots could be messy . Talked to one of the yard helpers and said as of now they have 78 teams signed up .See ya Thurs early only 35 minutes from the house .

Well I am getting ready for this one. I think it is one of the best contests out there. I love the area and the blue grass music that comes with it. I also like that white stuff in the bottle that I have seen in the past.... Well I just picked up the new trailer today and will hope to have it set up half way with the two pellet cookers by Tue. We will see everyone there. Be sure to stop in and say hello.


Craig
FireHouseBBQ

Thanks Bill. Wish you could you all could be there with us. At least there won't be any signs there about bad organizers. LOL

John

Smoklahoma,
Pork and Ribs?! Actually, I was talking about Booth and Hog Callin'!
See everyone there!
Zeb

I will be there for the get-to-gether thursday evening, and to set up friday am. Looking forward to seeing everyone again.

HEY!

Let's hear from the teams that went?

FYI, a BIG congrats to Firehouse, a FIRST IN CHICKEN. Way to go Boys and Girl!

Full results:

Overall
1. Whoop-De-Que, Troy Black, Fultondale, Ala., 652.5710
2. Paradise Ridge, Buddy Babb, Nashville, Tenn., 647.4284
3. Checkered Pig, Tommy Houston, Martinsville, Va., 643.9996
4. Moonlight Smokers, Doug Pyron, Lewisville, N.C., 641.1426
5. Music City Pig Pals, Lee McWright, Nashville, Tenn., 639.4284
6. Willy T's Dixie Smokers, Gaffney, S.C., 638.8566
7. Hickory Knoll Cookers, Roger Aydelotte, Franklin, N.C., 638.8564
8. Team Cackalacky, Page Skelton, Chapel Hill, N.C., 638.2852
9. John Boy & Billy Big Show, Carl Lewis, Charlotte, N.C., 638.2852
10. Too Hawg Nutz, Mike English, Taft, Fla., 634.8566

Whole Hog
1. Oink, Cackle & Moo Too, Tullahoma, TN
2. Big Daddy's Butt Rub
3. Allnighters
4. Too Hawg Nutz
5. Palmetto Bar-B-Que Company
6. Alltel Sizzlers
7. King's Cooking
8. Finish Line BBQ
9. Texas Rib Rangers
10. Bone Heads

Chicken
1. Firehouse BBQ.us, Deland, Fla.
2. A-Team
3. Green Eggs & Ham
4. Willy T's Dixie Smokers
5. Roeshy's Stone Mountain Squealers
6. Clyde's Up-N-Smoke BBQ
7. Too Hawg Nutz
8. Checkered Pig
9. Pampered Pig
10. Moonlight Smokers

Pork Ribs
1. Whoop-De-Que, Fultondale, Ala.
2. Music City Pig Pals
3. Willy T's Dixie Smokers
4. Paradise Ridge Cooking Team
5. Pig-Me Cooking Team
6. Big Daddy's Butt Rub
7. Silence of the Hams
8. Moonlight Smokers
9. B.S. Pitmeisters
10. Lost Mountain Bar-B-Que Company

Pork
1. Pit Dog Barbecuers, Asheville, N.C.
2. Roadrunner
3. Hickory Knoll Cookers
4. Blue Ridge Brewing Company
5. Moonlight Smokers
6. I-Que
7. Blindog's Outlaw BBQ Gang
8. Team Cackalacky
9. Boot Hill BBQ
10. Pigs In Heat

Brisket
1. Courtney's Lowcountry Boys, Clover, S.C.
2. Checkered Pig
3. Lazy Bones BBQ
4. Allnighters
5. Music City Pig Pals
6. Paradise Ridge
7. Wood Chicks BBQ
8. Smoke, Sweat & Tears
9. Silence of the Hams
10. Whoop-De-Que

Anything But
1. Finish Line BBQ, Hendersonville, N.C.
2. Tennessee Butt Rubbers
3. Sue E. Pigg
4. Cookin' For Us
5. Texas Rib Rangers
6. Red, White & Que
7. Woods Chicks BBQ
8. Too Hawg Nutz
9. Moonlight Smokers
10. Oink, Cackle and Moo Too

Governor's Trophy
Moonight Smokers, Lewisville, N.C.

Booth Award
Drunken Parrot Heads, Lynn, N.C.


Side note, I have to laugh. Tom and I have been talking about chicken for weeks and comparing notes and we BOTH took first in Chicken this week. Tom, thanks for the help!

Congrats to Tom and the crew. I will post how things went for us a little later---after some much needed rest. I can say we had a good time, but we did not do well, at all. I would not have EVER served the food I cooked there at my place--yeah, it was that bad.
Zeb

Congrats to all that placed in the 82 pro team contest at Tryon .We KP Cowboy Cookers manadged to get 14th overall . Graig at Firehouse BBQ did a great job with 1st in Chicken and ended up 13th overall .Whoop De Que smoked the field with GC , good job Troy .BS Pitmeister got 9th in Ribs and Lazy Bones took 3rd in Brisket with their FEC 100 . The main thing is we all had fun .

congrats to all the winners. Troy you son of a gun...way to go, a job well done.
Bill&Nina

Congratulations! I hope you all had a great time and got lots of good stories to tell!
Peggy

Most know,but Troy/Whoop-de-Que cooks on his FEC for that Grand and a 1st in Ribs.

Not sure where Lazy Bones finished overall,but Charles/BS Pitmeister was 20th overall on the FEC.

I'm sure we'll all have more to add,when we recover.

Many of ya'll have seen Blind Dog and his Outlaw Cookers on TV with their special built rig from the Food network.

He is also cooking on an FEC.

Tom-Fl

Thanks for the update Tom, I'm so BAD not knowing what everyone cooks on.

We need to come up with a complete list of who cooks on an FE and track them.

Who else cooks on an FE?

It was a great contest this year. We had alittle rain on Fri night, but other than that it was nice. They had some real good bands from what we could hear. They had a new spot for the cookers and you needed a golf cart or a good pair of running shoes to see any thing. We did place in chicken which was a great feeling, 13th in Pork which I thought tasted better than that but there were some great cooks there. It anyone gets a chance check out this event next year it is a good contest with some great talant. It was a big learner for us I know we have learned alittle more from this event on what not to do. It was great to meet some new folks. congrats to Troy on a great win. We will see you guys down the road.

Craig
FireHouseBBQ