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Kick in the Butt BBQ
Florence, Colorado - Oct 17, 2009
It was a beautiful fall weekend in Florence, CO for the first annual Kick in the Butt BBQ competition. You never really know what to expect when attending a first year contest, but this event couldn't have run more smoothly. Cindy Cox and her team did an excellent job putting the event together. It ran more smoothly than many events we have been to that have been around for years. The musical entertainment lineup was also excellent providing a great musical background for the weekend.
27 teams showed up to prove that their barbecue is the best in the west. It was a good showing for a first year event, especially since Jack Daniel's was the following weekend and several of the teams in Florence were making the trip. The Smoke Ring placed 4th in Beef Brisket and came in 11th overall.
Burnin' Bob's Butts n Bones took top honors as Grand Champion. Parrothead Smokers took Reserve.
Grand Champion
Burnin' Bob's Butts n Bones
We had the pleasure of cooking next to Joe Ross competing as Sgt. Ross's Ribs. This was Joe's first contest and he only entered the ribs category. He placed 4th in ribs cooking on a $30 water smoker. We hope to soon have a longer article about Joe and his experience as a first time competitior.
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Smoke Ring Championship
BBQ Rub and Sauce
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The Smoke Ring competition barbecue team has won numerous awards and championships around the country. This is the same sauce and rub developed and used by the team in competition. Now you can enjoy the same prize winning flavor at home.
Great on pork, chicken or just about anything.
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Smoke Ring Discussion Forums
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Searchable BBQ Contest Calendar
Looking for a BBQ contest near you? Explore the latest feature on The Smoke Ring site, the most complete and comprehensive, searchable BBQ contest calendar on the Internet. Our calendar lists all contest events from all sanctioning organizations throughout the country. Try it!
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Cookbook Reviews
Cookbooks make a great gift any time of year.
Low & Slow
Master the Art of Barbecue in 5 Easy Lessons
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Gary Wiviott is a longtime Internet friend and the ultimate foodie. Regardless of the cuisine or ingredient, Gary knows the best place in Chicago to eat it or get it. One of the things on my bucket list is to experience a culinary tour of Chicago led by Gary. He has a passion for food that is unmatched and refuses to settle for less than the best.
Gary's quest for the best became focused on barbecue when he aquired a Weber Smoky Mountain smoker a few years ago. He set out on a quest to master the basics of barbecue cooking. Gary appreciates simplicity and he constantly took others to task on the online forums for unnecessarily complicating a cooking technique, that he saw as the ultimate in simplicity, with overly complex rubs, sauces, marinades and gadgets.
He experimented obssessively to learn the techniques that would consistently produce world class barbecue by mastering the basic techniques of fire control, cooker control, and knowing when the barbecue meat is properly done. In this book Gary shares what he has learned over the past 10 years by laying out 5 easy lessons using inexpensive backyard equipment, that if followed, will allow even the most novice cook to move up from grilling to true, low and slow cooked, barbecue that will be the envy of their friends and family.
I have seen a lot of barbecue books and I say without hesitation that this is the first true barbecue how-to book ever published. But don't think Gary's book is only for the novice. It includes numerous tried and true recipes as well as advice on developing your own signature rubs, sauces and marinades. There are numerous tips, techniques and nuggets of wisdom that will benefit even the most experienced and jaded barbecue cook. I highly recommend this book as an essential addition to any barbecue bookshelf.
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| Barbecue Articles |
Barbecue Success With The Rule Of Thirds - With a charcoal barbecue controlling the heat is difficult. You need to ensure that you cook your individual items of food at the most appropriate time and that you have separate areas of heat. Use the rule of thirds to provide separate areas of heat. Read more...
Prime Rib Cooking Times - There is a wide variety of advised cooking times for Prime Rib. This can be confusing, read more about it in this article Read more...
Low Carb Barbeque Sauce - Is it possible to have a great barbeque without breaking you're low carb diet? Yes! This article will tell you how. Read more...
Cookbook Publishing - The Basic Ingredients and the Secrets to Success - Learn the secrets of publishing a successful cookbook from an author who sold over 250,000 of her own cookbook. Read more...
Operation Mosul BBQ - In February, 2005, The Smoke Ring received an email from Bill Franz requesting assistance in getting a barbecue grill to his daughter Ryan's unit, the 347th ASMC, stationed in Mosul Iraq. Read more...
Smoke Ring members cook BBQ for 1500 Katrina evacuees - Once again, the barbecue community has come forward when called upon. We received an email from Terry Adair who was working at Camp Gruber in Coweta, OK where 1500-2000 hurricane Katrina evacuees were being housed. She said they had nothing but MRE's to eat. She was looking for a contact to find barbecue cooks who would be willing to come and do a barbecue cookout for the evacuees. Read more...
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