BBQrs Delight

WOW! It’s Already April…

Candy — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:57:41 +0000

I am embarassed that I haven’t added anything to this in so long. All things considered, 2011 was a very good year for BBQr’s Delight cooking endeavors. Did we break even? No Did we have a great time? Absolutely!!!

It’s April 11th and already 4 contests have been cooked. Getting ready to head to Jefferson City, Missouri on April 19th. I am a Butt to Butt judge. Once you become a Butt to Butt judge you can’t miss a year or you’re no longer a Butt to Butt judge. If you’ve never heard of the Butt to Butt, it’s a pork only invitation-only contest that’s happened about the last 12 years. Used to be a component of the Field of Dreams in Shannon, Illinois in July. When that contest folded, the Butt to Butt moved to the Capital City Cookoff in Jefferson City. To get in the Butt to Butt, a team has to win the pork category at 8 predetemined contests, like the American Royal, the Jack, the pork Team of the Year, Hammond, Louisiana, the pork winner at Jeff City and others. It’s a great honor to be a Butt to Butt judge! The pork is just amazing!

Other upcoming events are the IBCA contest in Delight, Arkansas on April 27-28. The World Championship Steak Cook-off in Magnolia, Arkansas on May 5th. And I can’t wait to go back to Sevierville, Tennessee for Bloomin’ Barbeque and Bluegrass on May 18-19th.

It’s a Smokin Good Thang

Candy — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:58:48 +0000

It’s probably been 4-5 years since I cooked in Oklahoma! The contest in Tecumseh was a great one to revisit that fine state. An Oklahoma contest was where I first made the top ten in any category and the first DAL too. The team roster read like a who’s who! Lotta Bull, Twin Oaks, Buffalo’s BBQ, Butcher BBQ, Kosmo’s Q, Little Pig Town just to name a few. Linda Praytor put on a great event and took great care of the teams. The cinnamon roll was wonderful on Friday night topped off with giant cookies on Saturday. The grounds were beautiful and the power was good and steady.

I was lucky and got a call for 10th place in pork. Brisket was a repeat from my DAL of many years ago. I got to fiddling with the turn-in box and time got away from me! One good thing — last DAL was earned because the brisket tasted bad. Much more better to get DAL from missed turn-in!

Delight, AR State Championship

Candy — Wed, 25 May 2011 20:07:20 +0000

Welcome to Delight, AR

May 20-21, 2011 — Delight, AR.

SWABA (Southwest Arkansas Barbeque Association) has one of the best locations for a BBQ contest! Considering that this contest has been in a muddy (cause it always rains) hay field in the past, the gravel lot of the Old Feed Mill is great. Plus, there’s indoor plumbing in the judging area and a dish-washing sink with lots of hot water.

Eighteen teams were there from Arkansas and Texas.

This is an IBCA sanctioned event. We cooked 1/2 chickens, pork spare ribs, brisket and pinto beans. There’s no garnish, only a sheet of foil that goes in the bottom of the box.

It was a rough cook weatherwise. I’d loaded the pellet hopper up, fed the pellets through the auger so that all I had to do to start cooking was light the firestarter and turn it on. It rained HARD! Even though there was a water-proof cover over the hopper, pellets got wet. The motor just groaned when I turned it on. At midnight, I was sure I’d be going home with a cooler of seasoned meat and a cooker that wouldn’t cook.

20# of soggy pellets

Early Saturday morning, I pulled my spare motor out and decided to replace it (not even thinking that there’s pellet-crete in the cooker). Emptied the hopper out and found the mess in the bottom. My neighbor, Russell with Just Add Sauce was lighting the fire in his Stumps with a weed burner. I begged for help. The weedburner was just the thing to start the pellet mass in the auger burning enough to start it moving. There’s no thermostat or electronics in the auger that could be damaged by fire in the pellet-fire system installed in the Jambo.

I was cooking at 5 am! Did the best I could with what came out of the cooker. Got a 9th in chicken, 3rd in ribs and 3rd in brisket, which made BBQr’s Delight RGC!

Grillin’ on the River

Candy — Wed, 25 May 2011 19:09:08 +0000

April 8-9, 2001 — Columbus, MS — Grillin’ on the River. 33 teams gathered to cook their best! Friday started with a sprinkle of rain, but it soon cleared to 90 degree temperatures and humidity! Columbus was the first stop of KCBS’ Great American Barbeque Tour. There was music, good food of all kinds from many vendors. Willingham was there selling barbeque. My favorites are the boiled peanuts and the lemonade. There was even a masseuse offering chair massages!

Randy and Carol Bigler were the contest reps and it was a pleasure to add a 4th little pig to my pig pen on the dashboard. Setting up next to Jiggy Piggy, I started right away on my sweet potato entry — a sweet potato cheesecake cooked on the cooker. Just not enough time to let it set…it spent time in Jiggy Piggy’s freezer to chill.

My big highlight at this contest was winning people’s choice. I did my best pork and the people liked it!

Thanks, Harvey, for all your hard work.

Thanks to Bevington.biz!

Candy — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:33:18 +0000

If you need a new website or your old website needs an update, BBQr’s Delight couldn’t be more pleased with the results that Kevin with bevington.biz did! Kevin has barbeque roots as the chief cook of HomeBBQ. Thanks for a great job!

Welcome to the NEW BBQr’s Delight website!

Candy — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:32:56 +0000

Live on April 1, 2011