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Smoke Ring tee shirts. Display your passion for BBQ by wearing a
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white, light blue, athletic gray, and black in M, L, XL and XXL. XXL in
white and black only.
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Everybody loves Barbecue!
The Smoke Ring is the
place to find everything you need to know about barbecue,
grilling and smoking. Whether you are looking for recipes,
grills, smokers, sauces, rubs, or want to learn how to cook
barbecue The Smoke Ring, or one of our over 1,000 member sites, has what you need.
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.
We competed in our first Lone Star Barbecue Society sanctioned cookoff in Red River, NM on Aug 21. Red River is located in northern New Mexico just north of Taos. It is 8,800 feet elevation so that had to be takend into account for the cooking times.
The event was located in a beautiful, grassy park in the center of town. There was also a CASI sanctioned chili cookoff, a New Mexico Green Chili state championship cookoff, and a music festival organized by Larry Joe Louis. We were entertained all day Saturday, starting at 9 AM, by an excellent array of musicians, many from the local area. The weather was perfect, sunny and mid-70's during the day but the 42 degrees at night was a little chilly.
We placed 3rd in chicken, 7th in ribs and 5th in brisket. We didn't place in the top 10 in either of the chili categories. We never entered a chili cookoff before so we really had no idea what the judges are looking for in a chili.
The event was a lot of fun, in a beautiful setting. We'll definitely plan a trip back next year. If you want to get out of the August heat and enjoy some beautiful mountain weather and scenery, you can't do better than Red River.
The following sites advertised on The Smoke Ring but never paid. We advise against ordering from or doing business with the following companies. If they scammed us they may scam you!
The Fatwood Company - This business was not an advertiser but was a ring member site. We have received numerous complaints from people who have ordered from The Fatwood Company, www.fatwoodonline.com The site has been removed from The Smoke Ring and we recommend that you do not order from this business.
DB Entertainment. They have a number of different websites under the following URLs, www.bbq1.com, www. sodabarsystem.com, www.dbec.us, www.neoncentral.com.
Cafe Press BBQ Shack - www.cafepress.com/bbqshack - Not affiliated with The BBQ Shack, www.TheBBQShack.com
Smoke Ring Discussion Forums
The Smoke Ring now offers online discussion forums where you can ask questions about barbecue cooking, meats, different types of cookers and smokers, woods and charcoal, and exchange recipes. Visit the forums
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!
See an error in the calendar or have an event that isn't listed? Please contact us.
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Cookbook Reviews
Cookbooks make a great gift any time of year.
America's Best BBQ Recipes from America's Best Smokehouses, Pits, Shacks, Rib Joints by : Ardie A. Davis & Paul Kirk
Ardie Davis and Paul Kirk know their BBQ, and they toured the US looking for the best. They take you behind the scenes of what they consider to be the country's 100 best BBQ joints, to meet the pitmasters, learn their stories and discover their recipes.
Plenty of BBQ cookbooks have recipes for ribs, beans and coleslaw but the recipes in this book are some of the best of the best for traditional dishes like burgoo, gumbo, barbecued baloney, and many more.
America's Best BBQ is more than just a cookbook. It is an entertaining read that includes photos of classic BBQ joints, BBQ memorabilia, postcards, etc. If you're serious about your BBQ then this is the book for you.
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related business and don't yet have a website, or if you would like a
more personalized service, contact
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hosting services.
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