Crossed Rifles BBQ

Let's go TRO

Crossed Rifles BBQ ventured out on the BBQ trail for a few weeks, making our way to TN, MO, OK and finally TX... home! 😉

Not all the cards played in our favor on this excursion, but we do have one to brag about... Thank you to Mark and crew at Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge Saint Robert for the hospitality and well run event. Those donuts were on point, too!

We competed against a hornets nest of 27 KCBS bbq cooks and were blessed to take home 💥 Reserve Grand Champion! 💥 and share the stage with Kermit's Ex BBQ as 💥 Grand Champion 💥! Congratulations, y'all and to everyone who heard their name called!

5th 🐔
1st 🐖 Ribs
5th 🐖 Butt
13th 🐄

Thanks to our sponsors and partners!





Royal Oak Charcoal
Smoke This BBQ
Heavy Smoke BBQ
Boars Night Out Championship BBQ
LC BBQ
Loot N' B***y BBQ
Blues Hog
Sweet Swine O' Mine Smoker and Grill Superstore
Razorracks BBQ
Chicken Fried BBQ

A special shout out to Korte Meat Processing for taking such great care of us on our last minute requests. Impecible service!

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo BBQ Competition is always a fun one to cook. This year, we had the pleasure of cooking with Ponyxpress Puro Tejano Cook Off Team. First and foremost, we give all glory to God! For without Him none of this is possible.

We want to thank Mike Martinez and his incredible team for welcoming us with open arms and treating us like family. In feeling like family, we felt like Royalty! Mr. Martinez has poured his heart, soul, a little blood and lots of tears into this cookoff.

When it comes to the competition, we closed the lids on 5 great turn ins this weekend. After brisket turn in, we changed clothes and stepped outside with the hope of seeing a banner round that corner. When that moment happened and our contest supervisor was out in front with a rolled up banner, our hearts dropped. With 5 teams on one row, Steven cleared the first tent, spotted us and pointed. Well let's just say I watered my beard because I knew that we had just put Mike and Pony Xxpress on the stage for the FIRST TIME!

🔥🔥4th place Korte Meats Competition Bbq BRISKET🔥🔥
51st overall
We want to thank all of our sponsors for your continued belief in us and all of your support!


Heavy Smoke BBQ
Blues Hog
Chicken Fried BBQ
LC BBQ
Sweet Swine O' Mine Smoker and Grill Superstore
Boars Night Out Championship BBQ
Smoke This BBQ

Thank you, Mike, for believing in us and giving us this amazing opportunity. You guys are now and forever will be part of our family.




I end this post with this...
Los amamos mucho y no podemos esperar hasta el proximo ano.

Thats a wrap on the American Royal World Series of Barbeque 2025! Crossed Rifles BBQ turned in great proteins provided by Korte Meat Processing! The temps were cold and the wind was in full effect in our little corner of the world, but the fires were HOT!

Invitational Walks:
15th Place 🐖 Butt
9th Place 🐄
💥 9th Place Overall with a 700+ score 💥

Huge Congratulations to Rooters-n-Tooters BBQ on GC and Triple H on RGC!

Open Walks:
10th Place Blue & Gold Sausage 🐖
No-Walk 17th Place 💥 180 💥 Dessert by Bobbi Martin Davis

Big Congratulations to Wag's Backyard BBQ on GC and Old Virginia Smoke on RGC!

Royal Oak Charcoal
Prairie Fresh
LC BBQ
Heavy Smoke BBQ
Smoke This BBQ
Chicken Fried BBQ
Sweet Swine O' Mine Smoker and Grill Superstore
Blues Hog
Texas Pepper Jelly
Loot N' B***y BBQ

Well, I've been hemmed up all week with catering and haven't had a moment to reflect on last weekend, but here it goes... Last weekend we traveled to Roswell, Georgia to compete in the 6th Annual Royal Oak Invitational. Let me tell you, no-one... and I mean no-one... rolls out the red carpet like Craig Verhage and the team at Royal Oak Charcoal. This was our second year to be invited, and this year was just as good as the last. The words "bbq family" get thrown around alot; however, at Royal Oak, it truly is and we love each and every one you guys and gals. Saturday we turned in 3 good boxes and 2
great boxes.
🐔 16th no call
🐷 17th no call
🐷 1st place 🔥180🔥 baseball bat
🐄 well let's not talk about that.
🥩 5th place ribeye steak with a burgundy demi-glace paired with parmesan cheese grits
💥 12th Overall 💥
Thank you to all the staff at Royal Oak Charcoal for treating us like gold and believing in us. Thank you to our sponsors for believing in us and keeping us in the winners circle.







Congrats to my Texas boys for showing up and showing out for the Lone Star State!
Awesome job to ALL of the top 10 teams with overall scores of 700+!
Congrats to Meat Candy Q on RGC!
Huge Congrats to Rooters-n-Tooters BBQ on an awesome GC!

Honored! Can't wait to continue helping others.

Events support the creation of the 'Back to the Field' program, an initiative connecting veterans and first responders. It involves taking them into the woods for camping, fostering interaction, communication, and social bonding through engaging activities. Have you felt this? #veterans #firstresponders #outdoorprograms #communitysupport #socialbonding Crossed Rifles BBQ

Good luck to all of our that have a bung/bungs in the draw today.

Hands down the best thing about summer right here. What's your favorite way to make a mator sammich?
Mine involves Boars Night Out Championship BBQ and Sociedad Mexicana de Parrilleros ain't nothing better.

. Royal Oak Charcoal is more than just a great charcoal, more than a sponsorship at Team Royal Oak we are a family and today we cook for you brother. Keep them fires lit in heaven we miss you and love you Ercole Chila

This weekend, we decided to end our 3 month break from bbq comps. So, we packed up and headed to "THE COWBOY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD", aka Bandera, Texas for the Bandera Chamber of Commerce State Championship Cookoff ran by Champions Barbecue Alliance. I was also giving a shadow class this weekend so that added another element to our cook. We ran into a few snags because it's been awhile; however, we made it work and turned in what we felt were 3 good proteins. The judges agreed and we ended the day with...

17th place LC BBQ Chicken Fried BBQ 🐓
1st place Sweet Swine O' Mine Smoker and Grill Superstore Loot N' B***y BBQ 🐖 (perfect 200 score)
8th place Sweet Swine O' Mine and Boars Night Out Championship BBQ Texas Tornado 🐄
Giving us enough points for GRAND CHAMPION 🔥🏆🔥

Congrats to everyone who heard their song play. Thank you to CBA, Brenda Waters and her team on a well run event. Winning was great but sharing the stage for the first time with my great friend Sergio Carol Chapa with Kyotee Kookers was the highlight of my weekend!