Posts Tagged bbq competition checklist

A Look Back: The Beginnings of Hot Grill on Grill Action

Well folks, I wanted to take a trip down memory lane and explain the beginnings of our lives in the competition BBQ world.  If you’ve paid attention to some of the other posts there’s some history there related to how we started out and whom we owe credit to for us getting started, but no info on the actual event itself.

1st Annual Tri-Cities BBQ Contest – September 23, 2005

Here it is, the first BBQ contest.  Who would have guessed it would be the start of Hot Grill on Grill Action.  After digging up the pictures and looking at the date it’s hard to believe that what seemed like just yesterday was over 6 years ago.

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BBQ Competition – Don’t forget the Checklist!!!

Even after years of competition, we still follow a very rigid inventory process the night before we head out to a contest. There are so many things you need to bring and it’s very easy to forget something.   What we have tried to do, is package up our gear in the same methodical way every time we load up and tear down for each contest…this way we know where everything “should” be.

If it isn’t in it’s proper place – we’ll begin looking around and if it can’t be found – we need to replace the item.

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BBQ Contest: Start Here

So you’ve “mastered” the art of making competition quality brisket, ribs, chicken, pulled pork, whole hog, etc, etc etc and want to take it from your backyard to a contest?  EXCELLENT!  You are making a very exciting, challenging, rewarding and FUN decision.  Before you get started there are a few things (in my opinion) that you should know to make the first (or your next) experience the best it can be.

I’m sure my counterparts are going to have lots of their own thoughts on this topic – but from my point of view, this post includes all the beginning basic “stuff” needed to know in order to succefully make it through a BBQ contest.

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