The Rib Mafia

Finally got the award from Pendleton!

Alderbrook Smoke on the Canal BBQ Competition is in the books. Didn't do horrible as the trailer pit never seems to win for me but today my luck changed. 1st place Tri-tip, 2nd place Ribs and chicken... well it deserved the 8th place it got and I got 4th place overall. Great job Noel and Brian for a great event!! Of course, congrats to Marcoe's for their first RGC and to Iron Haoug for their first GC!!

We've all been there at some point...

Had a good weekend in Myrtle Creek, Oregon at the Fly-In Pig BBQ Competition Myrtle Creek, OR. I did not get a walk but there was some REALLY stiff competition there. I placed 24th out of 32 teams total with 16th in Chicken, 17th in Ribs, 24th in Pork and a dismal 30th in Brisket. Had fun, beautiful scenery but the wind was a constant battle. Congrats to Slo Mo Que (Boogie) for his FIRST Grand Championship!!! As well as Crooked Pigs for Reserve GC. Solid teams and a bunch behind them! Next up.... who knows?!

All set up in Myrtle Creek, Oregon at the Fly-In Pig BBQ Competition Myrtle Creek, OR serving some pork belly burnt ends and Texas style and Keilbasa sausage. Come on down if your in the area. Tons of activities for everyone!!

Well, I haven't posted in a long time, spending more time running Events then competing. However, I manage to cook a competition once and a while but usually last minute and to be more "support" for just fun then "competitive. Well, I showed up last weekend to the Pendleton Cattle Barons BBQ Challenge with more of a drive to give it a little more than usual. Not the prettiest competition with some issues at entry data so all of us teams had to wait for 4 days for final results which was a meticulously thorough process with multiple judges packing in many hours of vetting we got results. So, after 15 years competing and winning a category here and there, to hear The Rib Mafia get top calls in 2 or 3 categories to have the last bomb and take us out of contention... we finally took Grand Champion!! It was not the "ideal" situation for sure but the shock has me still in disbelief. 13th in chicken, 5th place in tri-tip and a 2nd place ribs. I want to congratulate the Cattle Barons Association for a great event, our judges who stuck with it and didnt throw their hands up and especially to all the teams who drove all the way out to middle of nowhere to fight the drive, wind and circumstances just for a "hobby" that has become a lifestyle. This means a lot to The Rib Mafia to finally grab one! Special shout out to Slow Porkin's Eric Mendel for the RGC and anyone who did the "virtual" walk as well as the PNWBA for being so much part of my life the last decade and a half. I guess I better add a couple more to the calendar this year!!

Suquamish Clearwater Casino Feed the Troops!!! 260 racks of ribs, membranes pulled and getting some rub love!!! Let's feed those Vets!!!

Long time, no post so I had a hankerin'... Let's smoke a London broil today!

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