BBQ Competitions


Four Q BBQ Team wins People’s Choice

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BBQ Junkie is not pictured :(see all of the photos here

The Wishland Foundation’s BBQ Competition, Que’n For The Kids, that took place this last weekend was pretty awesome. It was my first competition where we had to do a peoples choice category and we won it with a decisive “landslide” victory. People’s Choice is a great category to compete in because we get to meet with many BBQ fans and the public loves it because they get to sample competition-style BBQ. We placed fourth overall and got 6th in chicken, 4th in ribs and 7th in brisket. GO TEAM!

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Apr 21 2008 09:59 pm | BBQ Competitions and BBQ | 4 Comments »

Wishland’s Que’n for Kids this Saturday

The Wishland Foundation along with the California BBQ Association are putting on Orange County’s first-ever BBQ competition on Saturday April 19th. The festivities go from 11am to 4pm at Canyon RV Park at Featherly Park (91 Fwy. At Gypsum Canyon Rd. www.canyonrvpark.com) and are free to the public (parking is $5). Music, entertainment and a children’s activity area… what else could you want?… oh yeah, and super delicious BBQ.
Four Q BBQ team, me included, will be representin’ at this competition along with 22 other teams. It will be the first time this year that the entire team is cooking together. The rest of the team (minus me) has been doing really good this year; I hope that I can keep up. Aside from this being a great event for a wonderful cause full of pure BBQ bliss, the public will also be allowed to taste authentic competition-style BBQ and vote in a the people’s choice award. The tasting packages start at $10.
If you happen to go to this event stop by the Four Q BBQ Team booth and say hello. Hope to see y’all there.

Wishland’s Que’n for Kids (wisland.org)
Saturday April 19th from 11am to 4pm
Admission is FREE! Parking is $5.00
Tasting Packages start at $10.00

Canyon RV Park at Featherly Park
91 Fwy. At Gypsum Canyon Rd.
www.canyonrvpark.com
(Canyon RV Park is located just north of the 91 Frwy on the Santa Ana River under the Gypsum Canyon Bridge. Just Exit the 91 freeway and Gypsum Canyon Rd and enter the park on the North side of the frwy.)

Wishland’s mission is to provide assistance and cherished moments to seriously ill children and their families.

Apr 14 2008 07:41 pm | BBQ Competitions and BBQ | No Comments »

Moorpark Fall Fest & BBQ Cook-Off

First place brisket turn in box
First place brisket turn-in box.
I had the opportunity to participate in a BBQ competition this weekend, along with the rest of the Four Q BBQ team, up in the lovely city of Moorpark. Overall we did pretty good, 1st place brisket, 3rd place pork, 5th place ribs, and 6th place chicken. 6th place chicken isn’t bad when there are more than six teams. Unfortunately that’s all there were. We were all pretty happy with what we turned in and had a great time BBQ’n in a walnut groove.

Check out my photos from the event: See my flickr photos. Want to see more? Then check out Soul Fusion Kitchen’s flickr photos here.

Here are the result from the competition:

Results

  1. Tropic Heat and BBQ by Dan
  2. Tie Breaker Tropical Heat

Half Chicken

  1. 1 Tropical
  2. 2 OU8 BBQ (Todd Eves)
  3. 3 BBQ by Dan
  4. 4 Pit Stop
  5. 5 Papa Smoke House

Spare Ribs

  1. 1 Dan
  2. 2 Tropical
  3. 3 OU8 BBQ
  4. 4 Pit Stop
  5. 5 4Q

Pork

  1. 1 Dan
  2. 2 OU8 BBQ
  3. 3 4Q
  4. 4 Tropical
  5. 5 Pit Stop

Brisket

  1. 1 4Q
  2. 2 Tropical
  3. 3 Papas Smoke House
  4. 4 Dan
  5. 5 OU8 BBQ
Sep 10 2007 11:20 am | BBQ Competitions and BBQ | 8 Comments »

Jack Daniel’s Neighborhood BBQ


Video from the last neighborhood BBQ

Just got this one from a BBQ friend, Nichola (pronounced like the Ricola commercial):

The QuickSilverEdition Mission is hosting another neighborhood BBQ this weekend. The last one sounds like it was a good time had by all… food, music and Jack Daniels as part of the prize. For more information on how to get on the list visit their website and click on the “get on the list link. Then, let me know how the event was.

Saturday, July August 4th
Baby Blues BBQ on Lincoln faces off against Glencrest BBQ down on A.K.
Also in the mix are the Matt Logan and the Tequila Team,
Jamal Northington, and Two Smokin dogs with his lady-friends.
Jason Stroh from Stroh’s Gourmet will be serving up delicious sides and salads.

Saturday August 25th
Final Showdown and crowning of the Venice Beach Jack Daniel’s BBQ champions

Aug 02 2007 07:35 pm | BBQ Competitions and BBQ | 4 Comments »

Go For The Gold BBQ Championship ‘07

We, Four Q BBQ Team, will be participating in the Go For The Gold BBQ Championship this weekend. I really don’t know too much about what else is going on at this event aside from there being some food vendors and such. It’s at the San Bernardino County Fair Grounds out in Victorville, CA. If you happen to be there stop by and say hi.

Visit the website

Jun 06 2007 06:35 pm | BBQ Competitions and BBQ | Comments Off

BBQ at the Autry ‘07 results

BBQ pulled pork

We’ll the Autry is over and we didn’t place. It doesn’t matter too much because we had a great time cooking, chatting, meeting new peeps and just hanging out with other BBQ enthusiasts. Remember it’s not how you play the game… yada, yada, yada.

Congrats to the winners and all who participated, it was a fun event. If you want to see more photos from this event check out my Flickr photoset here.

www.flickr.com

Here are the results:

Grand Champion

    Sug’s Shack

Reserve Grand Champion

    Dueling Bubbas

Overall

    3rd QN4u
    4th BBQ by Dan
    5th Tropical Heat
    6th Gourment Grills
    7th OTW BBQ
    8th Mojave Hot Stuff
    9th The Rib Doctor
    10th Asleep at the Grill

Chicken

    1st Pit Stop
    2nd Burnt By The Best
    3rd Addicted to Rub
    4th Sug’s Shack
    5th All hogs Go to Heaven

Ribs

    1st QN4U
    2nd Gourmet Grills
    3rd Dueling Bubbas
    4th Midwest Heritage
    5th Asleep at the Grill

Pork

    1st Sug’s Shack
    2nd BBQ by Dan
    3rd Dueling Bubbas
    4th 155 South
    5th QN4U

Brisket

    1st BLQ
    2nd Tropical heat
    3rd Sug’s Shack
    4th Dueling Bubbas
    5th Asleep at the Grill

Dessert

    1st All Hogs go to Heaven
    2nd Zeke’s Smokehouse
    3rd The Change Smoker

Southwest Dish

    1st QN4U
    2nd Zeke’s Smokehouse
    3rd Big O’s
Apr 15 2007 12:17 pm | BBQ Competitions and BBQ | 3 Comments »

Beachfront Barbecue-A California State Championship

The California BBQ Association will be hosting a BBQ championship at Imperial Beach on November 10-11, 2006. It looks like this is going to be the last BBQ competition in Southern California for 2006 (the December Rose Bowl competition got cancelled). This event is a qualifier for the American Royal Invitational event in Kansas City. Sounds like a good reason to sign up?
Four Q BBQ Team will be there representin’… the bad news is that I will not be joining them. Got a lot of things keeping me busy on the weekends lately. More on that later.

Here is the information if you are interested in attending or competing:

When: November 10-11, 2006
Contact: Gene Goycochea 619-429-1234 by e-mail genestowing@sbcglobal.net
Event Information: Imperial Beach Chamber of Commerce (619) 424-3151
Where: 800 block Seacoast Drive at the Beach

I encourage you to check out the CBBQA website for more information and if you have questions, post them in the forum area:
www.cbbqa.com

Oct 27 2006 05:32 am | BBQ Competitions and BBQ | 4 Comments »

Viejas Smokin’ in the Park results

Congratulations to all of the teams that competed in this weekend’s Smokin’ in The Park BBQ competition. Here are the results:

Grand Champion - Otis and the Bird

Reserve Grand Champion- Asleep at the Grill

Chicken

    1st Two Loose Screws
    2nd The Pit Stop BBQ, LLC
    3rd Hombre
    4th Otis and the Bird
    5th Ric’s Righteous Ribs

Pork Ribs

    1st The Rib Doctor
    2nd Smokin’ Steve’s Pit BBQ
    3rd Otis and the Bird
    4th Tropical Heat BBQ
    5th The Change Smoker

Pork Shoulder

    1st The Change Smoker
    2nd Asleep at the Grill
    3rd Otis and the Bird
    4th Mojave Hot Stuff
    5th Sug’s Shack BBQ

Brisket

    1st Two Loose Screws
    2nd Sug’s Shack BBQ
    3rd Asleep at the Grill
    4th Out Of This World BBQ
    5th The Pit Stop BBQ, LLC
Oct 22 2006 02:31 pm | BBQ Competitions and BBQ | 1 Comment »

BBQ Judging Class

The California Barbecue Association is holding a BBQ judging class on October 20th at 2nd Annual Smokin’ In The Park Barbecue Championship. This is being held in Alpine, CA… a little east of San Diego. I made it down there last year in a couple of hours, it’s not too far. These BBQ judging classes don’t come around too often… the last one was held over a year ago. I can’t recommend these classes enough.
If you compete or are thinking of competing in a BBQ competition, you can learn what goes on in the judge’s tent. Learn what is expected from your turn-in plate and how to prepare to better prepare yourself. If you are a BBQ enthusiast you can learn more about traditional American barbecue. What can be better than spending some quality time with other folks who also enjoy BBQ?
The cost is $35 if you are a KCBS member and a $70 if you aren’t. If the cost seems a bit steep, think about the benefits.

• You get to eat some pretty good BBQ during the class
• You learn about BBQ from some of California’s best Q’rs
• You meet and mingle with other BBQ enthusiasts
• You can sign up to judge on the following day (if there is room) or any other KCBS sanctioned BBQ competition
• You become an Official Kansas City Barbecue Society BBQ (KCBS) Judge… this alone is worth the price of admission.

I have signed up to be a judge at this event, hopefully I will see you there. Perhaps you can’t make it to this event or you live too far away? You can search the KCBS website for BBQ judging classes that may be closer to you just by clicking here.

Click here and download the application >>

Sep 08 2006 09:34 am | BBQ Competitions and BBQ | 6 Comments »

Silent Valley IBCA Competition Results

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This weekend’s BBQ competition was an unforgettable event. Our team, Four Q BBQ, had an agreement that was pretty much signed in BBQ sauce. Winning the competition didn’t matter at all, we just wanted to get together and barbecue with other peeps that were out to do the same thing. We put way less pressure on ourselves than our first competition and thus we were able to enjoy the event.
There were six teams in all, so we figured that we would be guaranteed a spot in the top-ten. Pretty good odds. We exceeded our own expectations and placed in all three meat categories. Congratulations to all of my team mates: Sylvie of Soul Fusion Kitchen, Professor Salt, and Mr. 2nd place BBQ beef Brisket himself… Big Mista from The Survival Gourmet.

Click here to check out the photos.

Grand Champion
Burnt by the Best

Reserve Grand Champion
Kyle’s BubbaQ’

Chicken
1st Kyle’s BubbaQ’
2nd Burnt by the Best
3rd Tropical Heat BBQ
4th Four Q BBQ
5th Blque

Ribs
1st Kyle’s BubbaQ’
2nd Burnt by the Best
3rd Tropical Heat BBQ
4th Four Q BBQ
5th BBQ’n Fools

Brisket
1st Burnt by the Best
2nd Four Q BBQ
3rd Blque
4th BBQ’n Fools
5th Kyle’s BubbaQ’

Sauce
1st Blque

Aug 20 2006 07:44 pm | BBQ Competitions and BBQ | 7 Comments »

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