[JBHalos]

We are Jason and Bea Coons, newlyweds since June 27th of this year,  and the Prescott BBQ Days was the very first time we have ever done anything like this.  Our boss, Jeff Sawyer, was one of the organizers of this event for his Rotary club's fundraiser and said we should enter the backyard throwdown since we are avid home bbq'ers.  So we did - sounded like a fun way to spend a Saturday.  We had NO idea what to expect and brought our camping stuff to set up our area.  Jason makes his own bbq sauce from scratch and is the bbq'er of the family.  He has a huge Brinkman bbq here at home that we cook everything on (including spaghetti!) and prefer to cook outdoors than in.  So that's it about us - just home barbequers and nothing special.  We will have to admit that we were going to pack up afterwards and go home because after seeing all the creativity of what other teams turned in and the awesome tray displays, we had no hopes of winning anything.  We just brought little platters, dressed them up with garnishes and our food and that was it.  We were pretty shocked and excited to have won something in every category and not bad for rookies I guess.  Mike introduced himself to us and told us about this site, so we registered and will probably compete in the event in November.  Should be fun and another great learning experience and hope to see some of the people we met in Prescott.

[KidCurry]

Welcome!  Sure looks like the Prescott event is helping get more members up this way... Great to have you!!

[AzJohnnyC]

Welcome! Glad you liked it. It was my first competition too, and I'm hooked!

[smitty250]

Welcome and congrats on your awards. We look forward to seeing you in November at the Sun City Competition.

[RudedoggAZ]

Welcome and congrats... I thought I had the BBQ bug before Prescott, that only made it worse.... It's addictive! This is a great site.... Look fwd to meeting you in November.

[toys4dlr]

Welcome, but be careful the BBQ equipment rapidly grows.  It is a lot of fun.

[azkitch]

HI, Halos!! I'm glad you joined the site. I haven't yet competed, but the bug is getting to me. I'm going to judge the Pulte. I'm hoping the Mesa Old West Days contest happens.

[Crash]

Welcome, great to have you here.  You guys looked so pumped up there getting your awards....and deservedly so.  Congratulations!!

Hope to see you guys out at Pulte.

[olivesmoker]

Welcome. Congratulations!! on your first event. Now you are hooked it's a fun thing. Hope to meet you at Pulte.

[Thom Emery]

We are Jason and Bea Coons, newlyweds since June 27th of this year,  and the Prescott BBQ Days was the very first time we have ever done anything like this.  Our boss, Jeff Sawyer, was one of the organizers of this event for his Rotary club's fundraiser and said we should enter the backyard throwdown since we are avid home bbq'ers.  So we did - sounded like a fun way to spend a Saturday.  We had NO idea what to expect and brought our camping stuff to set up our area.  Jason makes his own bbq sauce from scratch and is the bbq'er of the family.  He has a huge Brinkman bbq here at home that we cook everything on (including spaghetti!) and prefer to cook outdoors than in.  So that's it about us - just home barbequers and nothing special.  We will have to admit that we were going to pack up afterwards and go home because after seeing all the creativity of what other teams turned in and the awesome tray displays, we had no hopes of winning anything.  We just brought little platters, dressed them up with garnishes and our food and that was it.  We were pretty shocked and excited to have won something in every category and not bad for rookies I guess.  Mike introduced himself to us and told us about this site, so we registered and will probably compete in the event in November.  Should be fun and another great learning experience and hope to see some of the people we met in Prescott.

Jeff told me he would "never hear the end of it" once you Guys started winning
Really glad you enjoyed the day

[Mike (AZBarbeque)]

Welcome once again, great to have you here.  Glad you enjoyed the event and Congrats once again on your fantastic finishes.  Hopefully you did catch the bug and jump on in for some of our future events.  They are a blast as as you saw, full of energy & excitment.

Hope you enjoy the site and all it has to offer, we do have lots of great discussions here and lots of great members.

WELCOME!!

Mike

[RobOConnell]

Welcome Mr and Mrs Coons, aka the newlyweds, aka newest to the forum. Glad you joined, pull up a log and enjoy.

[PAT YOUNG]

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE, GLAD TO HAVE YOU AND CONGRATS ON THE NEWLYWED THANG!!!!!!!!!

[JBHalos]

Thanks, everybody, for all the warm welcomes...   

[AzQer]

welcome to ya glad you had so much fun looking foward to seeing ya at Pulte.