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3-17-07 West Vol. Fire Dept. BBQ,
West, TX
101 Teams
This event is one
to mark your calendar to attend next year. Cody Dragoo,
George Nors, Jr., and the rest of the BBQ Committee do a
great job each year on making sure that the cooks are taken
care of. We have people that have worked in the judging
area each year that we have been there and they are great
help—wish we could get help like this at all of our events.
Congratulations to
David Higginbotham, Big “H” Cooking Team, who ran away with
the points for Grand Champion. Out of a possible 45 points,
David accrued 44 points with 2 first places and a second.
Congrats to all that got their name called — this is one of
the toughest competitions in the area.
St. Jude’s Bayou
BBQ, Maurepas, LA. 37 Teams
This year’s event
grew 10 teams from last year and was a great event. Charles
works diligently each year to make sure that this is a good
event and that they raise money for the St. Jude’s Hospital
— I heard they raised approx. $10,000 this year. Several
Texas teams traveled to this event trying to win the LA
State Championship, and congratulations to Larry Bittner,
Guzzlin’ Gourmets, on winning GC at this event, and to all
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3-24-07 Brazos
Valley API BBQ, Caldwell, TX 32 Teams
Cathy Demottier
reported that this is a great event each year. This was the
first year to be sanctioned with IBCA . From what I
understand the calcutta at this event is really big.
Another new event
this year was the Old Fiddlers Festival & BBQ, Corpus
Christi, TX 17 teams
Reports are that
this was a fun event and has plenty of room for growth.
Congrats to all that got to make the walk in the awards
ceremonies.
Rosenberg Masonic
BBQ, Rosenberg, TX 25 Teams
With 8 more teams
than last year, Russell Coleman, BCB Cookers, was named GC
again this year. This is a great event with good facilities
and room to grow. Watch for the date of next year’s event.
Oil Patch BBQ,
Kilgore, TX 41 teams
In spite of the
rain on Friday night and Saturday morning, we had 41 teams
participate in this event. I would like to thank Cindy &
Darrell Weatherford, Mena, AR., for coming down and helping
in the judging area. We were a little worried about having
enough judges when the rain set in but Gene & Darren made
sure that we had judges. Thanks to everyone involved in
this event for making it a success.
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Cleveland VFW 1839
Spring BBQ, Cleveland, TX 19 teams
Darrell Barski
reports that this is a great event with great facilities to
have the event. Congrats to Jimbo Williams, Son of a
Brisket Eater, on being named GC and to all others that got
their names called.
Irving Knights of
Columbus, Irving, TX 28 Teams
I understand that
there was a lot of wind and rain at this event on Friday
night but everyone survived and had a great event.
Kerrville Easter
Classic BBQ & Chili, Kerrville, TX 26 teams
What a beautiful
setting for an event, right on the banks of the Guadalupe
River—but the weather wasn’t very nice this year. It was
cold and wet with rain, sleet and snow falling at the same
time but 26 BBQ teams and approx. 30 Chili teams toughed it
out and stayed til the end.
Barry Shaw and the
Elk Lodge volunteers were there to help with anything that
we needed. Thanks to Ronnie Wade for letting us use his
propane heater—it was nice to back up to and warm up when we
needed to. |
