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AZ BBQ Festival March 2011
(check out the Photos in the Photo Album page from both prep night and festival)
On March 26th 2011, the sky cracked open and dropped a BBQ party of monumental portions on the City of Scottsdale. The BBQ Fool Competition team was right in the middle of it at the AZ BBQ Festival. We have affectionately referred to it as BBQ Fool's "Giant Jenga Tour". A great time was had by all!! For some maybe a little too much fun. Easily the most fun I've ever had with a grill and a crowd!!! The Scottsdale Barbecue Festival was it!! Filled with Barbecue Competition Teams from all over, it was Barbecue News!
Robert, the "Director of Marketing Foolishness" brought with him a giant Jenga game made from cut 2X4 wood planks. The game was an instant hit with the BBQ Teams on prep night and the crowd on BBQ Festival Day the 26th. So much fun in fact, it caused several teams as well as the BBQ Fools to stay up well beyond the designated 11 pm quiet time into the wee hours of the morning. Partying, getting to know one another and playing Giant Jenga. It was truly amazing. So amazing that in fact, the head judge told us when it was all over that he almost DQ'd us because we kept many of the teams up. Like who was sleeping anyway?? Paleeeze!!! AND most of the teams including the overall festival winner were up with us all night anyway!!!
Robert also brought our technology up to date. He rigged our tent with 2 flat screen TV's that were running slide shows from former events all day and night. AND we had our own PA system for amazing music and "JENGA". We were it!!
This year we did trade-in the "Hotel Escalade" and sported a 21 ft. toy hauler as our home for the 2 days. The sleep deprivation wasn't as much of an issue this year. Once again, though The BBQ Fool competition team did fantastic job and we turned out some beautiful food. Our Ribs were amazing. Brisket and Pork Butt were right there too. We fell down a bit on chicken this year and failed to reach the stardom from last year but that was my fault. I started it too late and we did not have enough time to crisp-up the skin (as you know, key in great BBQ Chicken).
There were 40 teams and I dare say no weekend warriors at all. This year, there was a competing festival down in Chandler so the field was smaller and more focused. We scored middle of the pack on most of our food which was disappointing because we all agreed that we turned out some ridiculously good stuff. We did not put as much smoke on the food this year so maybe we were up against some judges that wanted smoke instead of great meat with some smoke on it. Who knows? Generally a crap shoot on these things and very subjective. The guests' pleasure spoke loud and clear though!!! They chowed!!! We cooked alot more this year to dish out for "peoples choice" and the food literally flew off the table. The ribs were gone in about 8 minutes. At one point, I just couldn't cut them any faster and I was using an electric knife.
Thanks again go out to my chef team-mates; Jeff and Dan for their amazing dedication and BBQ Talent. And AGAIN a special thanks to Robert, the "Director of Marketing Foolishness". His relentless Jenga mastery and technology control made us a real hit with everyone. Everyone knew BBQ Fool was there. Amazing!!!
And of course thanks to all of our families and friends for coming out to support us. It wouldn't have been the same without you all!!!
(check out the Photos in the Photo Album page from both prep night and festival)
On March 26th 2011, the sky cracked open and dropped a BBQ party of monumental portions on the City of Scottsdale. The BBQ Fool Competition team was right in the middle of it at the AZ BBQ Festival. We have affectionately referred to it as BBQ Fool's "Giant Jenga Tour". A great time was had by all!! For some maybe a little too much fun. Easily the most fun I've ever had with a grill and a crowd!!! The Scottsdale Barbecue Festival was it!! Filled with Barbecue Competition Teams from all over, it was Barbecue News!
Robert, the "Director of Marketing Foolishness" brought with him a giant Jenga game made from cut 2X4 wood planks. The game was an instant hit with the BBQ Teams on prep night and the crowd on BBQ Festival Day the 26th. So much fun in fact, it caused several teams as well as the BBQ Fools to stay up well beyond the designated 11 pm quiet time into the wee hours of the morning. Partying, getting to know one another and playing Giant Jenga. It was truly amazing. So amazing that in fact, the head judge told us when it was all over that he almost DQ'd us because we kept many of the teams up. Like who was sleeping anyway?? Paleeeze!!! AND most of the teams including the overall festival winner were up with us all night anyway!!!
Robert also brought our technology up to date. He rigged our tent with 2 flat screen TV's that were running slide shows from former events all day and night. AND we had our own PA system for amazing music and "JENGA". We were it!!
This year we did trade-in the "Hotel Escalade" and sported a 21 ft. toy hauler as our home for the 2 days. The sleep deprivation wasn't as much of an issue this year. Once again, though The BBQ Fool competition team did fantastic job and we turned out some beautiful food. Our Ribs were amazing. Brisket and Pork Butt were right there too. We fell down a bit on chicken this year and failed to reach the stardom from last year but that was my fault. I started it too late and we did not have enough time to crisp-up the skin (as you know, key in great BBQ Chicken).
There were 40 teams and I dare say no weekend warriors at all. This year, there was a competing festival down in Chandler so the field was smaller and more focused. We scored middle of the pack on most of our food which was disappointing because we all agreed that we turned out some ridiculously good stuff. We did not put as much smoke on the food this year so maybe we were up against some judges that wanted smoke instead of great meat with some smoke on it. Who knows? Generally a crap shoot on these things and very subjective. The guests' pleasure spoke loud and clear though!!! They chowed!!! We cooked alot more this year to dish out for "peoples choice" and the food literally flew off the table. The ribs were gone in about 8 minutes. At one point, I just couldn't cut them any faster and I was using an electric knife.
Thanks again go out to my chef team-mates; Jeff and Dan for their amazing dedication and BBQ Talent. And AGAIN a special thanks to Robert, the "Director of Marketing Foolishness". His relentless Jenga mastery and technology control made us a real hit with everyone. Everyone knew BBQ Fool was there. Amazing!!!
And of course thanks to all of our families and friends for coming out to support us. It wouldn't have been the same without you all!!!
The BBQ Fool Competition BBQ Team takes 6th Place in Chicken at the AZ BBQ Festival April 2010
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A great time was had by all at the AZ BBQ Festival on April 9th and 10th in Scottsdale, Arizona. The newly-formed BBQ Fool competition team did fantastic their first time out with with competition BBQ with a top ten placement in Chicken and some other impressive results. With 60 competition BBQ teams competing, we had our work cut out for us. And with the exception of a little sleep deprivation and some stiff backs from sleeping in the "Hotel Escalade" in the parking garage we had a lot of fun. Thanks go out to my chef team-mates; Jeff and Dan for their amazing dedication and BBQ Talent. It was alot of fun and I can assure everyone out there, you will see the team again!!! And a special thanks to Robert, the "Director of Marketing Foolishness" who flew in special the morning of the 10th to hold our marketing effort together. His relentless marketing resulted in the team running out of food to serve for the people's choice category by 2 pm. Amazing!!! And of course thanks to all of our families and friends for coming out to support us. This was some BBQ Festival and it wouldn't have been the same without you all!!!
Here are our results for this outing:
6th in Chicken
29th in Ribs
49th in Pork Butt
55th in Brisket
Note: By the way, we scored "0" points for appearance on Pork Butt and Brisket for the use of an unapproved garnish so the results in those categories are still pretty good with a goose-egg for appearance. We still weren't last!!!! I won't make that mistake again!!
!!!A great time was had by all at the AZ BBQ Festival on April 9th and 10th in Scottsdale, Arizona. The newly-formed BBQ Fool competition team did fantastic their first time out with with competition BBQ with a top ten placement in Chicken and some other impressive results. With 60 competition BBQ teams competing, we had our work cut out for us. And with the exception of a little sleep deprivation and some stiff backs from sleeping in the "Hotel Escalade" in the parking garage we had a lot of fun. Thanks go out to my chef team-mates; Jeff and Dan for their amazing dedication and BBQ Talent. It was alot of fun and I can assure everyone out there, you will see the team again!!! And a special thanks to Robert, the "Director of Marketing Foolishness" who flew in special the morning of the 10th to hold our marketing effort together. His relentless marketing resulted in the team running out of food to serve for the people's choice category by 2 pm. Amazing!!! And of course thanks to all of our families and friends for coming out to support us. This was some BBQ Festival and it wouldn't have been the same without you all!!!
Here are our results for this outing:
6th in Chicken
29th in Ribs
49th in Pork Butt
55th in Brisket
Note: By the way, we scored "0" points for appearance on Pork Butt and Brisket for the use of an unapproved garnish so the results in those categories are still pretty good with a goose-egg for appearance. We still weren't last!!!! I won't make that mistake again!!
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