| BBQ Bullies. Chief Cook: Tim Hoffman. Phoenix, AZ. BBQ Bullies has been competing as a BBQ team for 4 years now. Our best finish to date is Reserve Grand Champion at the 2008 Best Dam Barbecue in Boulder City, Nevada. We look forward to seeing everyone at this year's cook-off! |
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BBQ Magic. Chief Cook: Marty Gibson. Tempe, AZ |
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One Smoke Over the Line. Chief Cook: Ken Hunting. Phoenix, AZ. |
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Otis and the Bird BBQ Team. Chief Cook Jay Benedict. Mesa, AZ. Hi, we are a husband and wife team from Mesa, AZ. We have competed for 3 years but only have 7 contests under our belt. We have done fairly well finishing 13'th out of 45 teams in our first BBQ Contest. Finished Reserve Grand Champion in the California State Championship. Finished 3rd in Arizona State Championship and more recently finished 8'th out of 59 at Heatin' Up the Bay in Las Vegas. We absolutely love BBQ competition and always have fun. Looking forward to "The Best Dam Barbecue"! Jay and Monica Benedict, Mesa, AZ |
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Rhythm 'n QUE. Chief Cooks: Vincent Carrocci and Alex Fairbarn. Phoenix, AZ
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Toys 4 BBQ'N. Chief Cook: David Rosol. Anthem, AZ |
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All Hogs Go To Heaven. Chief Cook: Steve Madaule. We are a family cooking team. We love cooking and eating BBQ - what a sport! Lancaster, CA |
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Sin City Smokers. Chief Cook Steve Overlay. Henderson, NV
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Smokin' Hot Sistahs. Chief Cook: Carla Hughes. Saratoga Springs, UT. The Sistahs are the only all-women's competition BBQ team in the State of Utah. Carla Hughes and Michelle Davis started the team 4 years ago. The first year we only cooked in one KCBS competition and ended up placing 7th in brisket out of 25 teams. The next year we did 6 competitions and got calls in each one, finishing up the season with an RGC. Last year we competed in 9 competitions, with at least one placement in the top 10 in every competition. We continue to recruit and mentor other team members in an effort to hopefully bring more women onto the competition circuit. Also have to give some recognition to our hard-working road crew (aka the guys who can't be Sistahs, but who work for BBQ). This is our 3rd year at the Best Dam Barbecue, and we look forward to many more. |
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The BBQ Nerds. Chief Cook: Paul Michels. Henderson, NV |
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Smoke Wagon BBQ. Chief Cook: Chad Collier. Surprise, AZ. Smoke Wagon BBQ is a 4 man competition BBQ team from Surprise, AZ. We began competing in late 2008 learning and earning every step of the way. We "walked" twice in our 1st competition and placed 5th and 15th most recently in a "Brisket Only" competition. We look forward to many more future competitions and the great people involved with them. Fire up the pit! |
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Las Vegas Roasters. Chief Cook: Jim Andersen. Las Vegas, NV |
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BLQUE Cuttin' Edge QN. Chief Cook: Laurence Hill. Hanford, CA |
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BBQ and More Catering. Chief Cook: Louie Ferrara. Las Vegas, NV |
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Karnivorous. Chief Cook: Kris Almquist. Chandler, AZ |
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Casual Smokers. Chief Cook: Ted Aggeler. Ogden, UT |
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Hot Iron BBQ. Chief Cook: Russell Garceau. Las Vegas, NV |
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McFrankenboo BBQ. Chief Cook: Jim Frank. Glendale, AZ. We are a husband and wife team who have been competing on "the circuit" for over 2 years. We are working toward that elusive GC but (for now) will stick with our 1st place chicken at the 2008 Pulte Home BBQ Throwdown in Arizona and 6th place ribs at 2008 Rio Rancho Pork 'n Brew. |
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Smokin' Goatheads. Chief Cook: Mike Love. Lake Havasu, AZ. We are a BBQ team of guys who all ride Harleys with a motorcycle group from Lake Havasu, Arizona known as the Goatheads. We chose our barbecue team name Smokin' Goatheads from our love of barbecuing on our Big Green Egg cookers. We also own a retail Big Green Egg store in Lake Havasu, Arizona, called Smokin' & Grillin' (928) 716-3418, (928) 486-4277 or (928) 486-7334. This is our first competition. We all have many years of backyard experience and look forward to learning and experiencing the new challenge of competition. |
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Great Basin Cooking Co. Chief Cook: Richard Eide. Logandale, NV. Great Basin Cooking Co. was born from a love of cooking for friends and family. Richard Eide is the head cook and bottle washer. When not cooking he also builds custom smokers. We have cooked for many groups and people. We cooked for the South Point NASCAR team open house where we fed over 500 of their guests. We have cooked for country singer Neil McCoy and his band. Also Kroyer Racing Engines, the premier off road engine builder in the US. GBCC now offers a full catering service. Just give Rick a call at (702) 379-5919. GBCC looks forward to smokin' with you, just keep it low and slow. |
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Cecil's Smokin' BBQ. Chief Cook: Richard Holguin. San Jose, CA. We are Cecil's Smokin' BBQ from the great State of California. Our team consists of my wife, son and myself. This is going to be our second year competing and only our third competition. Our first competition held in Gilroy, CA (a backyarder) we took 6th in ribs out of 23 teams and it felt like we won the lottery. Our second competition at a KCBS event (our first) we took 1st chicken, 1st pork and the Grand Champion. Wow! 43 teams! We may be a small team but we pack a big punch. Can't wait to share our passion and cooking style with the Best Dam Barbecue contest. |
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Big Pig BBQ. Chief Cook: Tom Sharp. Oakley, CA. We are a new team dedicated to smoke the best meats and provide the tasty treats. It's all about the smoke and how good the meat is. But with that being said, we do take BBQ seriously, but not so seriously that we don't have a little fun, ok, a lot of fun! What a group, a Chef Instructor, a couple of Cops (Pigs) and an IT guy. Of course a cop runs the show, that's how we became Big Pig BBQ. This is our rookie season and just finished 32nd out of 60 in Rio Rancho. Go Pork! |
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Montana Bar-BQ Co. Chief Cook: Mike Jeffrey. Lewistown, MT. We are a husband and wife team cooking since 2002. Our kids help when they can or when they desperately need extra money. We sold BBQ at the Montana State Fair in 2008. In 2007 we were the pulled pork champions at the Kansas City Barbecue Society cook-off. We got the People's choice award in 2002 in Wenatabee, Washington.We got the Apple Blossom Festival Best Concessionaire at the Powell, Wyoming Fair in 2003. We got the Best Food Booth, front page of the newspaper for Hamilton, Montana Apple Days. We cooked for Alice Cooper ("Yummy") in 2004 at the Rock'n the Rivers in Three Forks, Montana. Ted Nugent said "Montana Bar-BQ Rocks". Indian Actor "Saginaw" in Indio, CA loves our pulled pork at all his Pow-Wows. 2004-2008 Top Food Vendor at Tucson, Arizona Pro-Rodeo. |
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Blake's BBQ. Chief Cook: Mike Blake. Mesa, AZ |
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Huggins & Huggins BBQ and Chili Company. Chief Cook: William Huggins. Henderson, NV
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Smokin' Dead Meat BBQ. Chief Cook: Dave Quiggle. Lake Havasu, AZ |
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Papa's Smokehouse BBQ. Chief Cook: John Scott. CA |
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Pope's Backyard BBQ. Chief Cook: Kenny Pope. Boulder City, NV |
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Toys 4 BBQ'N. Chief Cook: David Rosol. Anthem, AZ |
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Smoke Wagon BBQ. Chief Cook: Chad Collier. Surprise, AZ |
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Las Vegas Roasters. Chief Cook: Jim Anderson. Las Vegas, NV |
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Pappa Charlies BBQ. Chief Cook: Wesley Jurena. Gilbert, AZ |
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Fast Eddie's. Chief Cook: Richard Stuart. Mesa, AZ. Fast Eddie's steak seasoning has been touted as "Oklahoma's best kept family secret" and believing that it doesn't take a genius to cook great food, it just takes Fast Eddie's; the Fast Eddie's competition BBQ Team was born. The team started when two software developers who love BBQ and Fast Eddie's Steak Seasoning decided to take the seasoning public with their unique open source BBQ approach that offers practical accessibility to techniques and secrets which will surely impress friends and influence neighbors during your next backyard BBQ. When the team is not busy crafting world-class web solutions they can be seen sharing how to prepare award winning BBQ across the web as they combine technology with tried and true family BBQ recipes. Visit www.steakseasoning.com or follow us on Twitter @ SteakSeasoning for more BBQ 2.0. |
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Whiskey Ranch BBQ. Chief Cook: Tom Duncan, Jr. Gilbert, AZ |
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Smoked to the Bone. Chief Cook: Jennifer Duncan. Gilbert, AZ |
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Old Volks BBQ Team. Chief Cook: Jack Heilman. Henderson, NV |
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Rib Ticklers, LLC. Chief Cook: Larry Schroeder
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Long Island Porkers. Chief Cook: Joseph Dirks |
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Dave's Fabulous BBQ Sauce. Chief Cook: Dave Bennett |
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