All the paperwork for the Governor's proclamation to make the "Billy The Kid Championship BBQ, Green Chile Cook-Off and Loco Music Festival" a state championship event, is on Tourism Secretary Mike Cerletti's desk.
His office is about 200 feet from the Governor's Office. Bill is a busy boy these days, hopefully Mike can catch him. Keep your fingers crossed, and we will have our proclamation....Rio Rancho is a KCBS event, and this is IBCA. There is plenty of room for two state championships. Art Perez from Rio Rancho is also helping us out. We have a lot of people working on this including our Chamber of Commerce director Nicole, a really sharp lady.
Some have asked why IBCA and not KCBS? Well, half of our cookers are from Texas, where IBCA is king. Like Texas, New Mexico is cattle county. Brisket is # one on the local BBQ scene by a wide margin.
AZ seems to be favoring KCBS, but since the BBQ scene in AZ is so new, I don't think that should be a problem. And quite frankly, dealing with Lynn at IBCA is a delight, and my conversations with KCBS have been, well, less than pleasant. I also don't see the need for all the superfluous garnish, it's just a bunch of wasted lettuce that doesn't even make a good salad.
BBQ sauce is enough of a garnish for me.
That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it.
