Whoop-De-Que Wins!

Fast Eddy. How you doing? Are you going to compete in any contests out West? Mandalay Bay?
CA.? I am looking forward to seeing Uncle Earnie in Vegas too. Hope to see you.

KP Cowboy was there and my FE100 with a 7th in Brisket and 10th in Pork , and it was one Contest you will not want to miss next year ,Duck and his helpers put on one Great contest for the first time with cookers from 8 states. They had alittle something for everyone . Put it on your calender for next year .

Thanks Eddy. I love my FE!

I'm still upset that my wife and kids weren't there. They have worked so hard, helping me at past competitions and couldn't make this one. I had a hard time getting anyone to go and help me. I finally found one of my daughter's softball teamate's dads that agreed to go with me. He had never been to a BBQ cookoff, but had done some wild game competitions. He was in charge of dishes, cleaning and arranging the garnish. He is hooked now and wants to go with me the rest of the season. He was a lifesaver helping me.

I'm still numb. The whole experience was insane. I've had several top ten callups lately, but winning a GC was not on my mind. We had so much hardware from the awards ceremony, we had to have help getting it all back to our cook site. When the organizer gave me the GC trophy and check, he handed me an engraved metal plate and told me to go in to the furniture mart, where we had the cookoff, where a $2,000 leather recliner was waiting on me. SWEET! Oh yeah, I got to kiss Miss North Carolina!!!

After our first two category top ten callups, I started getting nervous. When we were called for first in pork, I realized that if we got called in brisket, we had a chance. They called us up for the fifth in brisket and it felt like everything was in slow motion. I had no idea that Johnny Trigg had won two categories and placed 2nd in another. He's a threat to win every weekend, but then again, there was about ten other teams at the contest in the same boat. He's very good.

I'll be back up in NC for the Tryon contest. I love NORTH CAROLINA and my FE!

congrats gritsboy!!!!!! it's wins like yours that make me glad i decided on an fec100 and sm150!!!! only a few more weeks to july 10 when everything comes in.
keep up the good work and peg and i hope to meet you out there
Jack and peggy percifield
2 Greyhounds....SMOKIN!!!!