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AZBarbeque Events => Past Events => Safford BBQ Cook-off => Topic started by: Mike (AZBarbeque) on May 28, 2011, 05:05:44 pm

Title: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: Mike (AZBarbeque) on May 28, 2011, 05:05:44 pm: 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
Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: AzScott on May 28, 2011, 05:24:54 pm: Congrats to the winners and those that walked!
Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: azkitch on May 28, 2011, 05:48:48 pm: Congrats to The Hog Pit and the Castaways...say, do youse guys know each other?
;)
Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: azchef1 on May 28, 2011, 06:39:41 pm: 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.
Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: auggieaug on May 28, 2011, 07:40:27 pm: Congrats y'all! Wish I could have been there.
Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: desert smokin on May 28, 2011, 08:06:30 pm: 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.
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Post by: grizmt on May 29, 2011, 06:02:28 am: Good job y'all, glad to see it all went well!!!!
Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: Paul on May 29, 2011, 08:47:04 am: 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.
Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: AZWildcat on May 29, 2011, 10:18:06 am: 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!
Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: DRQ on May 29, 2011, 12:22:15 pm: Congrats to all who walked and competed.....
Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: bbqman73 on May 29, 2011, 12:33:06 pm: Here are a few pics from the Rib Eating Contest!!!

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Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: Twiddlebugz on May 29, 2011, 01:45:25 pm: WooHoo! Way to go Hog Pit Smokehouse!!!!! ;D That's awesome!!!!
Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: rgomez99 (Glazed and Confused in Gilbert) on May 29, 2011, 08:19:09 pm: 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!!!!
Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: Dan-O on May 29, 2011, 09:32:53 pm: 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
Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: Soncho on May 29, 2011, 09:38:22 pm: 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.
Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: Crash on May 30, 2011, 12:37:41 am: Quote from: AZWildcat on May 29, 2011, 10:18:06 am
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.

Know the feeling and you'll never do it again...guaranteed. We'll never turn 5 pieces of chicken in again at a KCBS contest....ever!!
Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: seacus on May 30, 2011, 12:45:39 am: I want to thank BCS and all the teams who came out to compete this weekend. This was a perfect introduction of BBQ comps to our community, I think everyone had a good time. And there is a lot of buzz around town about next year!! BCS thanks for all your hard work!! We learned so much!! And I think my VIP judges have been bitten by the bug ;).

Congradulations to Hog Pit Smokehouse for their first Grand Champion! It was a pleasure visiting with you,and my husband and I will be heading over to the restaurant on our next trip to Tucson.

Thanks to all the teams for being so gracious. My husband gleened as much info as he could ;D :D.... I suspect the smoker he started 3 months ago will be finished pretty soon! LOL

We want to say a special thank you to all the teams that participated in the PC, especially the teams who cooked extra racks. Mike, I will take care of you by the end of this week (sorry) :(

Hopefully me and our inspector will be heading out to some events in other counties to learn as much as we can before our next event. Thank you all!!
Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: Mike P in Tucson on May 30, 2011, 08:40:57 am: Royce, SEACUS, and Safford,

Thanks for being such gracious hosts. We had a great time, in spite of the wind. This was our first full competition, and we had mixed results. But we are looking forward to doing it again.

Congrats to Hog Pit Smokehouse and BBQ Castaways on their accomplishments.

Mike P -- 2 Sons BBQ
Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: AzQer on May 30, 2011, 09:52:20 am: WOW what a great time. The wind sucked but hey we gotta cook in all weather. I would like to thank Royce and Seacus for putting on what we hope will become a premier event here in Southern Arizona. The Folks of Safford came out and we hope you had a great time. I would also like to Thank Azbarbeque, The BCS, Mike Nancy Winnie and George for working so hard to make this a great event. Congratulations to BBQ Castaways for there first RGC you guys are awesome. Because this was our first GC I would like to take a second to thank everyone that believed we could do this. Thanks Mike, with out all your wisdom and help and the fuel for my passion and the whole Reimann family for all your support. thanks to Jay and Vince although they may not know it but you guys have set the bar to were I would like to be someday. Thanks to Ted and Cindy for being there from the beginning. And to Tommy and Jen thanks for all the things you tought Dorothy and I you guys are the best. And last and most of all to my wife for with out you none of this would be possible. Thanks to all that has been there and I hope this is the first of many. See yall down the BBQ trail.
Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: Thom Emery on May 30, 2011, 10:02:49 am: Congratulations
These smaller events are really more fun :)
Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: Uzona on May 30, 2011, 01:11:18 pm: Congratulations Mark and Dorothy on your first Grand Championship. You've worked hard, and it's great to see it starting to pay off for you. I'm sure there are many more appearances on stage in your future.

This was a fun event and we had a great time. I concur with all the other comments, the SEACUS team and the folks in Safford were great hosts. They were genuinely interested in learning what they can do to make the event better. They took the time to come out and talk to the teams, were receptive to all our suggestions. I'm not really sure, but something tells me there might be midnight appetizers at next years event. I'm just saying... The venue had plenty of space and would have no problem supporting many more teams. It would be nice to see this event grow and draw more teams next year.
Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: Mike P in Tucson on May 30, 2011, 02:49:55 pm: I forgot to thank the health inspector, too. This was his first experience with anything like this, and he was doing all he could to learn what it was about and to make sure he didn't come across as a hardass, while still doing his job within the confines of the county regulations. In talking with him, he seemed very impressed that a bunch of "BBQ Guys" were so aware of the health regulations.

I was surprised at the high turnout and the number of people really chowing down on the PC ribs. We were sold out early, after 10 racks, and turning people away. I have no doubt that future events in Safford will bring out even more people, as the word gets around.
Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: Grill Sergeant on May 30, 2011, 06:37:24 pm: The BBQ Castaways had a great weekend in Safford thanks to Royce, and all the fine folks from Seacus, the Health inspector (Nice Guy), Mike, Nancy, The BCS, Winnie and George. They really worked hard to make this a great event. Congrats to Mark and Dorothy you guys were great. Good to see that all the hard work is starting to pay off.
The folks from Seacus worked really hard to pull things together when things got tough. They really did listen to the teams in hopes of planning a bigger and better event next year. We will be looking forward to it! It was a pleasure talking with them all.
Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: Mike (AZBarbeque) on May 30, 2011, 07:06:41 pm: Photos from event..

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Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: Mike (AZBarbeque) on May 30, 2011, 07:07:22 pm: (http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/AZBarbeque/2011/2nd%20Annual%20Safford%20BBQ%20Cook-off/Safford154.jpg)

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Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: Mike (AZBarbeque) on May 30, 2011, 07:08:03 pm: (http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/AZBarbeque/2011/2nd%20Annual%20Safford%20BBQ%20Cook-off/Safford137.jpg)

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Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: Mike (AZBarbeque) on May 30, 2011, 07:08:39 pm: (http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/AZBarbeque/2011/2nd%20Annual%20Safford%20BBQ%20Cook-off/Safford121.jpg)

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Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: Mike (AZBarbeque) on May 30, 2011, 07:09:03 pm: (http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/AZBarbeque/2011/2nd%20Annual%20Safford%20BBQ%20Cook-off/Safford108.jpg)

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Title: Re: Safford Results, Recap & Photos
Post by: 145 grill on May 31, 2011, 10:42:36 am: We had a great time there and I learned alot. I can't wait until next year.

Mike