[Mike (AZBarbeque)]

Thanks to Royce, her entire Staff & all of the great sponsors for putting on a great event.  We had a fun time down there this weekend and look forward to doing it again soon.

Congrats to Mark & Dorothy Smith & Emily of The Hog Pit Smokehouse for winning their very first Grand Champion.

Congrats to Ted, Cindy, Mike & Don of the BBQ Castaways for winning their very first Reserve Grand Champion.

Here are the full Results..  Congrats to all the teams who walked and competed.

Overall
Rank      Team
1      The Hog Pit Smokehouse
2      BBQ Castaways
3      Safford Soul Food Connection
4      Squeal Team 6
5      Smokin Kelleys
6      2 Sons BBQ
7      Broken Arrow BBQ
8      Swimmin' in Smoke
9      Cowboy BBQ
10      Crazy Pig BBQ
11      SEACUS BBQ Team
12      145 Grill

Chicken:

Rank      Team
1      Safford Soul Food Connection
2      Smokin Kelleys
3      Broken Arrow BBQ
4      2 Sons BBQ
5      Crazy Pig BBQ
6      The Hog Pit Smokehouse
7      Squeal Team 6
8      Swimmin' in Smoke
9      Cowboy BBQ
10      BBQ Castaways


Ribs:

Rank      Team
1      Crazy Pig BBQ
2      Cowboy BBQ
3      SEACUS BBQ Team
4      BBQ Castaways
5      The Hog Pit Smokehouse
6      Safford Soul Food Connection
7      Squeal Team 6
8      2 Sons BBQ
9      Swimmin' in Smoke
10      Broken Arrow BBQ
11      145 Grill
12      Smokin Kelleys

Pork:

Rank      Team
1      The Hog Pit Smokehouse
2      BBQ Castaways
3      Swimmin' in Smoke
4      Squeal Team 6
5      Safford Soul Food Connection
6      Smokin Kelleys
7      Broken Arrow BBQ
8      2 Sons BBQ
9      Cowboy BBQ
10      Crazy Pig BBQ

Brisket:

Rank      Team
1      The Hog Pit Smokehouse
2      Crazy Pig BBQ
3      BBQ Castaways
4      Smokin Kelleys
5      Safford Soul Food Connection
6      2 Sons BBQ
7      Broken Arrow BBQ
8      Squeal Team 6
9      Cowboy BBQ
10      Swimmin' in Smoke

Best Booth:

1              The Hog Pit Smokehouse
2              BBQ Castaways
3              Safford Soul Food Connection
4              Crazy Pig BBQ
5              Smokin Kelleys

People's Choice Winner - BBQ Castaways

[AzScott]

Congrats to the winners and those that walked!

[azkitch]

Congrats to The Hog Pit and the Castaways...say, do youse guys know each other?
 

[azchef1]

Congrats to all.... and Dan..... nice job on the UDS ribs and brisket!!!!!! Sorry I got stuck at work, I wanted to make it out there.

[auggieaug]

Congrats y'all!  Wish I could have been there.

[desert smokin]

Have to agree with Mike. The people in Safford were perfect hosts and we had a great time. Several first time competitors and they did themselves proud. Thanks to Mayor Gibbs and the celebrity judges. They took their duties seriously. Hope SEACUS made tons of money for their community projects. And there were some really cool cars and trucks on display. Once again, thank you Safford for your hospitality.

[grizmt]

Good job y'all, glad to see it all went well!!!!

[Paul]

Congrats to Mark and Dorothy on a great win. Nice job Dan on the ribs and brisket.....sounds like it was a great event. Sorry we missed it.

[AZWildcat]

Thanks to the great hosts in Safford! These are people who lacked a little experience, but were huge on passion and effort.  For being new to this they did a fine job. I think they know what they need to do for a bigger better comp next year. Not getting our pork turned in on time s*cked, period. When I saw the wife walking back to the booth with the box still in hand, I thought someone hit me in the heart with a sledgehammer. If you've never been thru it, the DQ tears you up somethin fierce. I woke up this morning still ticked off. No excuses, won't happen again, it's a self correcting measure. I thought our turn-ins were pretty good, so it's really dissapointing.  Met some great new teams. Congrats to Mark and The Hog Pit and Ted and The BBQ Castways, teams that had it all together and deserved the walk!

[DRQ]

Congrats to all who walked and competed.....

[bbqman73]

Here are a few pics from the Rib Eating Contest!!!

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[Twiddlebugz]

WooHoo!  Way to go Hog Pit Smokehouse!!!!!   That's awesome!!!!

[rgomez99 (Glazed and Confused in Gilbert)]

We had a few mishaps and took one third place. Overall we had a great time. The SEACUS hosts where great to work with and I look forward to next year. Hopefully the wind wont be as bad. At least I won the 50/50 raffle!!!!

[Dan-O]

I had an awesome time, and thanks to azbarbeque, SEACUS, and the City of Safford for making this a great event!
Dan C.  Two Sons BBQ

[Soncho]

We had a great time out there this weekend. We were new and learned alot. I think the seacus folks did a good job and the next one should be even better. Thanks for all the pointers and the good time. Smoking Kellys, it was a ton of fun haveing you as our next both neibors and we look forward to seeing you again.