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Results: Eagle Lake BBQ Festival – Eagle Lake, FL

Posted: March 28, 2013 in BBQ, BBQ News, Competition Results
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We had a great time at the Eagle Lake Competition this past weekend. Thanks to Jim Elser and his team for putting on a great event, we will be back next year.

I will have an article about this fun event in the National BBQ News, but I wanted to take a minute to congratulate the winners, Team Unknown BBQ on their GC at this event. While I was cooking and making my turn-ins, I felt good about what we were turning in, until I had the opportunity to taste Team Unknown’s pork, oh my!!!! That was some good pork, all I can say is these guys definitely earn every score they get at any competitions.  Great job Unknown!!!

Also, a huge congrats to Terry McKay at Git-R-Smoked and a strong RGC. Take a look at the scores below, and you will see how high the scores at this event were. These teams have cooking BBQ down, and can compete with the best in the country. Great job Terry.

We (Hogs Gone Wild BBQ) had some good scores, and some middle of the road scores. We took a 3rd on ribs, and between us and 1st places was less then one point, some great scores.

Please enjoy some fun photos from this great event.

HGW set up at Eagle Lake.

HGW set up at Eagle Lake.

Rain moved in around early evening.

Rain moved in around early evening.

It rained well into the night.

It rained well into the night.

Rain will not stop teams from heading to cooks meeting.

Rain will not stop teams from heading to cooks meeting.

Team HGW at work

Team HGW at work

Ribs looking good at Eagle Lake.

Ribs looking good at Eagle Lake.

Team Unknown GC at Eagle Lake.

Team Unknown GC at Eagle Lake.

Git-R-Smoked!!! RGC

Git-R-Smoked!!! RGC

3rd place ribs call.

3rd place ribs call.

 

Overall:

Rank Team Total Chicken Ribs Pork Brisket
1 Team Unknown 777.99999 193.3833 196.6667 195.0500 192.9000
2 Git-R-Smoked 774.43330 185.8500 195.9333 194.0667 198.5833
3 Whiskey Bent BBQ 769.51666 192.2167 194.3333 190.0833 192.8833
4 Blitzkrieg BBQ 767.48331 192.7000 189.5000 195.7500 189.5333
5 United Pork Smokers 764.16665 192.1833 184.7833 193.8167 193.3833
6 Big Papa’s Country Kitchen 763.29999 193.6000 189.5833 192.6500 187.4667
7 Swinos 762.63333 191.5000 192.6667 186.2833 192.1833
8 Hot Wachula’s 762.56666 188.8833 192.8667 183.6333 197.1833
9 Smokin’ Pink BBQ 756.54999 191.5167 182.9833 194.1167 187.9333
10 Red Raymond’s BBQ 755.94998 194.0166 189.1167 186.9500 185.8667
11 J & J Bar-B-Que 754.41664 188.1833 183.8667 196.4333 185.9333
12 Palm Beach Porkers 752.83333 188.1833 182.1667 196.2167 186.2667
13 Get-Cha-Some BBQ 751.61667 183.0167 186.8000 187.7000 194.1000
14 Hogs Gone Wild 749.91665 189.1333 195.7667 183.9333 181.0833
15 All Racked Up BBQ 749.83334 196.1833 193.1333 177.8333 182.6833
16 Beachneck BBQ 749.81666 190.1000 184.8167 182.9333 191.9667
17 Cedar Creek BBQ 748.89998 194.3667 187.4500 180.1167 186.9667
18 The Woodhouse Grill 748.68333 181.3333 186.7333 189.3833 191.2333
19 Smokin Blue Q 748.55001 192.6000 185.5667 189.1000 181.2833
20 Boca BBQ 748.19999 185.6167 188.1667 188.6500 185.7667
21 Smokin’ Hooligans 742.53332 195.2833 177.4333 190.2000 179.6167
22 Smokin’ J’s Florida 739.65000 184.1667 182.6000 189.3000 183.5833
23 Kings Burgers & BBQ 737.71667 182.7667 189.8667 181.9333 183.1500
24 Shanty Town BBQ 737.44999 191.5000 182.6667 181.0167 182.2667
25 Florida Skin And Bones 733.26671 194.7667 182.3167 176.1000 180.0833
26 Gourmet Rednecks 728.44998 179.9167 186.2500 191.9833 170.3000
27 The Swhinery 722.15001 189.8000 166.7500 180.2833 185.3167
28 Too Talls Cook Shack 721.36667 187.7167 180.4167 184.5000 168.7333
29 American Piggers 711.04999 173.5833 180.3333 185.3167 171.8167
30 Mean Green Cooking Machine 516.58332 170.6500 168.5333 177.4000 0.0000

Chicken:

Rank Team Score
1 All Racked Up BBQ 196.18332
2 Smokin’ Hooligans 195.28332
3 Florida Skin And Bones 194.76668
4 Cedar Creek BBQ 194.36666
5 Red Raymond’s BBQ 194.01665
6 Big Papa’s Country Kitchen 193.59999
7 Team Unknown 193.38333
8 Blitzkrieg BBQ 192.69999
9 Smokin Blue Q 192.60000
10 Whiskey Bent BBQ 192.21667

Ribs:

Rank Team Score
1 Team Unknown 196.66666
2 Git-R-Smoked 195.93332
3 Hogs Gone Wild 195.76666
4 Whiskey Bent BBQ 194.33333
5 All Racked Up BBQ 193.13334
6 Hot Wachula’s 192.86667
7 Swinos 192.66667
8 Kings Burgers & BBQ 189.86667
9 Big Papa’s Country Kitchen 189.58334
10 Blitzkrieg BBQ 189.50000

Pork:

Rank Team Score
1 J & J Bar-B-Que 196.43332
2 Palm Beach Porkers 196.21666
3 Blitzkrieg BBQ 195.74999
4 Team Unknown 195.05000
5 Smokin’ Pink BBQ 194.11666
6 Git-R-Smoked 194.06666
7 United Pork Smokers 193.81667
8 Big Papa’s Country Kitchen 192.64999
9 Gourmet Rednecks 191.98333
10 Smokin’ Hooligans 190.20000

Brisket:

Rank Team Score
1 Git-R-Smoked 198.58332
2 Hot Wachula’s 197.18332
3 Get-Cha-Some BBQ 194.09999
4 United Pork Smokers 193.38332
5 Team Unknown 192.90000
6 Whiskey Bent BBQ 192.88333
7 Swinos 192.18333
8 Beachneck BBQ 191.96667
9 The Woodhouse Grill 191.23332
10 Blitzkrieg BBQ 189.53333

Southern Pines Blues & BBQ with the 2012 The FBA Triple Crown Championship – Perry, FL: RESULTS

Posted: December 9, 2012 in BBQ, BBQ News, Competition Results
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What a great weekend to end the competition year in the FBA. An invitational event & and an open event, being run simultaneously, with the best teams in the FBA, going head to head, and in the end it was Swamp Boys taking home the FBA Triple Crown!!!! Rob “Rub” Bagby, has had an incredible run in the FBA, the last few months, earning GC’s in 5 of his last 6 competitions (in the FBA, Rob has been scoring well in KCBS also), including the invitational this weekend. Great job, to a great team, congratulations Swamp Boys BBQ!!!  Be sure to check out Rob’s upcoming BBQ class, he will be teaming up with the guys from 3 Eyzs BBQ, you DON”T want to miss this one!!! For information on this great class, Click here

Terry Mckay and team Git-R-Smoked, have yet another great competition here, heading home with an impressive RGC!!! Terry and crew are ALWAYS in the front of the pack at any competition they go to, not to mention, they are really nice folks also!!! Terry earned runner up in the triple crown, but also for the FBA TOTY event, congratulations Terry, another great year for you and the entire team!!!! Please check out Terry and his wonderful graphics business at: Custom Graphics & Signs

Hardware Unknown BBQ earned this weekend, the whiskey is a sponsor.

Hardware Unknown BBQ earned this weekend, the whiskey is a sponsor.

A big shout out to our friends at Unknown BBQ, what a year these guys have had!!! Tearing it up, all year in the FBA, and a very successful trip to the World Food Championship. They end the year off by nailing down a strong third place in the invitational event this past weekend!!! Great job Unknown BBQ!!!!

 

One last acknowledgment to our friends from Q-Fused BBQ and their first place pork call in the invitational. They beat out some of the BEST pork cookers in the business!!! Congratulations to Dwight & Will, that must have been some terrific pork, well done!!!! Please check out Q-Fused on Facebook at: Q-Fused BBQ Team

qfused

The OPEN competition from Perry, FL this weekend, also was packed with very talented BBQ teams. many of the teams competing in the invitational, also competed in the open, so it was a tough group. The GC when to: Cook’s Portable Smokehouse, now I have to admit, I do not know much about this team, I have heard their name before, I just have not had the opportunity to met them. It looks like they had a very constant cook, and with scores like that, I’m sure we will be hearing from them again.

The RGC in the OPEN goes to, our good friends Dana “Big Papa” & Janet Hillis. Team Big Papa’s Country Kitchen has had a great year as well. A very big year in the FBA, earning numerous GC”s and ending the year as the FBA’s Team of the Year!!!! Great job guys!!!! Dana & Janet also had a great year outside the FBA, with most notably, earning RGC in the BBQ category at the World Food Championship!!!! I have attended Dana & Janet’s cooking school, and invite everyone to do the same, it was a good time, with good folks. Most of all, there was some great BBQ information shared there. For more information e-mail Dana Hillis at:  bigpapabbq@gmail.com

Big Papa & Janet

Big Papa & Janet

 


Grand Champion: Swamp Boys
Reserve: Git-R-Smoked
Rank Team Total Chicken Ribs Pork Brisket
1 Swamp Boys 771.98331 198.6000 192.3833 189.3333 191.6667
2 Git-R-Smoked 768.34996 191.3000 189.1000 191.0000 196.9500
3 Unknown BBQ 765.28331 184.8667 191.2667 196.5000 192.6500
4 Chatham Artillery BBQ 763.39997 195.7500 184.0167 190.0667 193.5667
5 Big Papa’s Country Kitchen 761.95000 196.4500 187.2667 191.7167 186.5167
6 Bub-Ba-Q 761.74998 193.3500 192.3667 188.6333 187.4000
7 Great Lakes BBQ Feed Company 761.30000 188.1500 190.9333 191.6833 190.5333
8 Suwannee River Smokers 760.43334 188.6000 188.6167 194.3500 188.8667
9 Munchees Smokehouse 759.99998 191.7000 186.9667 193.6167 187.7167
10 Sweet Smoke Barbecue 759.70000 193.8333 189.0667 192.6667 184.1333
11 Budmeisters 759.41665 194.3167 179.4500 197.8833 187.7667
12 B & T BBQ Cook Team 758.68333 191.2500 189.6000 195.0500 182.7833
13 Lang BBQ Smokers 757.68333 194.3000 191.6833 192.2667 179.4333
14 U Rub Me Raw 755.04999 192.2167 185.5333 191.5000 185.8000
15 Getta Grip BBQ 753.18332 188.6667 179.1667 192.9500 192.4000
16 Forrest’s Fine Foods 751.69998 182.7167 177.7667 195.0333 196.1833
17 Q-Fused 750.98331 191.2833 177.9500 198.5833 183.1667
18 Hot Wachula’s 749.89999 188.1500 183.1167 194.2667 184.3667
19 Heavenly Hawgs BBQ 749.09999 187.9500 189.2833 191.5333 180.3333
20 LJ Smokin 748.21667 187.7333 189.3667 187.9167 183.2000
21 Wooley Bully BBQ Mafia 748.04999 184.8167 187.6167 182.2167 193.4000
22 Uncle Kenny’s BBQ 747.26666 194.3333 186.0000 183.9000 183.0333
23 Smokinwilly Squealers 746.76666 183.1500 186.5167 187.9667 189.1333
24 Cook’s Portable Smokehouse 742.68332 181.0833 190.3000 186.0167 185.2833
25 Team Waterdog 734.70000 191.5000 183.1833 193.6333 166.3833
26 Big Kahuna BBQ 732.99998 188.4000 191.2333 174.5833 178.7833
27 Trippsmoke 730.15000 189.5500 182.0167 186.5167 172.0667
28 The Ross Team 727.96665 188.4167 185.7667 185.2000 168.5833
29 Jacks Old South 719.31667 181.7333 187.3500 181.2167 169.0167
30 Smokey Butts 716.31667 178.5500 172.7333 186.5333 178.5000
31 Second Star BBQ 553.76668 0.0000 188.4167 181.9667 183.3833
Chicken

Rank Team Score
1 Swamp Boys 198.59998
2 Big Papa’s Country Kitchen 196.44999
3 Chatham Artillery BBQ 195.74999
4 Uncle Kenny’s BBQ 194.33333
5 Budmeisters 194.31668
6 Lang BBQ Smokers 194.30000
7 Sweet Smoke Barbecue 193.83333
8 Bub-Ba-Q 193.34999
9 U Rub Me Raw 192.21666
10 Munchees Smokehouse 191.69999
Ribs

Rank Team Score
1 Swamp Boys 192.38333
2 Bub-Ba-Q 192.36666
3 Lang BBQ Smokers 191.68333
4 Unknown BBQ 191.26667
5 Big Kahuna BBQ 191.23333
6 Great Lakes BBQ Feed Company 190.93334
7 Cook’s Portable Smokehouse 190.30000
8 B & T BBQ Cook Team 189.60001
9 LJ Smokin 189.36666
10 Heavenly Hawgs BBQ 189.28333
Pork

Rank Team Score
1 Q-Fused 198.58332
2 Budmeisters 197.88332
3 Unknown BBQ 196.49998
4 B & T BBQ Cook Team 195.04999
5 Forrest’s Fine Foods 195.03334
6 Suwannee River Smokers 194.35000
7 Hot Wachula’s 194.26665
8 Team Waterdog 193.63333
9 Munchees Smokehouse 193.61666
10 Getta Grip BBQ 192.94999
Brisket

Rank Team Score
1 Git-R-Smoked 196.94998
2 Forrest’s Fine Foods 196.18332
3 Chatham Artillery BBQ 193.56666
4 Wooley Bully BBQ Mafia 193.39999
5 Unknown BBQ 192.64999
6 Getta Grip BBQ 192.40000
7 Swamp Boys 191.66667
8 Great Lakes BBQ Feed Company 190.53333
9 Smokinwilly Squealers 189.13334
10 Suwannee River Smokers 188.86668

THE OPEN: PRO DIVISION!!!


Grand Champion: Cook’s Portable Smokehouse
Reserve: Big Papa’s Country Kitchen
Rank Team Total Chicken Ribs Pork Brisket
1 Cook’s Portable Smokehouse 759.56666 192.6833 184.1667 189.3333 193.3833
2 Big Papa’s Country Kitchen 757.18332 188.1667 188.6667 194.3000 186.0500
3 Lang BBQ Smokers 755.85001 191.6500 192.1167 181.8000 190.2833
4 Haulin’ Butt BBQ 753.76667 185.0834 187.4167 189.8500 191.4167
5 Smokin’ Your Butt 753.13332 185.1667 189.8167 188.3667 189.7833
6 Budmeisters 752.74999 183.6833 186.9833 197.8667 184.2167
7 LJ Smokin’ 752.36667 183.9667 184.8167 192.6000 190.9833
8 Forrest’s Fine Foods 752.06669 184.3667 192.3833 187.1667 188.1500
9 Uncle Kenny’s BBQ 751.55000 181.2167 193.1000 192.2333 185.0000
10 Wooley Bully BBQ Mafia 751.29997 181.6833 191.9000 191.4167 186.3000
11 Glenn Bob’s BBQ 749.06666 190.0667 181.2000 185.3667 192.4333
12 Hot Wachula 747.09999 192.6333 190.0167 181.5000 182.9500
13 Bub-Ba-Q 745.75000 187.2333 187.6833 187.6667 183.1667
14 Chatham Artillery BBQ 745.01665 179.9667 193.3167 183.9167 187.8167
15 Getta Grip BBQ 744.59999 187.6833 187.8833 180.6167 188.4167
16 U Rub Me Raw 744.35001 185.1667 192.1333 181.5333 185.5167
17 Jacks Old South 744.03335 184.1333 190.2500 181.9833 187.6667
18 Sweet Smoke Q 743.71666 192.9333 185.1167 186.2833 179.3833
19 Smokinwillys Squealers 743.53333 188.5833 176.5000 191.7000 186.7500
20 Blue Butt Farms 741.18333 184.6167 189.8000 191.4833 175.2833
21 Great Lakes BBQ & Feed Company 735.38334 186.1667 176.0000 191.0000 182.2167
22 Smokey Butts 732.51668 180.8500 180.4833 187.7000 183.4833
23 Sweet Rack Rib Shack 728.11666 179.6000 185.2333 188.6167 174.6667
24 Git-R-Smoked 726.56666 179.2167 184.5833 182.4833 180.2833
25 Pork Rindz 724.63335 189.5667 177.8667 175.6500 181.5500
26 Second Star BBQ 723.59999 189.7500 191.4833 168.1500 174.2167
27 Aunt Mary’s BBQ Brigade 719.86667 180.3500 176.9333 182.1333 180.4500
28 ET’s BBQ 717.95000 181.0167 190.3000 179.6333 167.0000
29 JB’s BBQ 716.66665 181.5833 179.7500 175.0833 180.2500
30 Barn Goddess BBQ 705.86665 183.5167 173.9167 175.4333 173.0000
31 Smokin’ Gillboys 704.90000 177.0167 175.3833 170.1000 182.4000
32 Smoke Shack BBQ 664.85000 176.9000 159.9167 171.1000 156.9333
33 Tombstone BBQ 654.88332 169.3000 158.0500 178.6000 148.9333
Chicken

Rank Team Score
1 Sweet Smoke Q 192.93333
2 Cook’s Portable Smokehouse 192.68333
3 Hot Wachula 192.63332
4 Lang BBQ Smokers 191.65001
5 Glenn Bob’s BBQ 190.06666
6 Second Star BBQ 189.75000
7 Pork Rindz 189.56667
8 Smokinwillys Squealers 188.58332
9 Big Papa’s Country Kitchen 188.16666
10 Getta Grip BBQ 187.68334
Ribs

Rank Team Score
1 Chatham Artillery BBQ 193.31665
2 Uncle Kenny’s BBQ 193.10000
3 Forrest’s Fine Foods 192.38334
4 U Rub Me Raw 192.13334
5 Lang BBQ Smokers 192.11667
6 Wooley Bully BBQ Mafia 191.89999
7 Second Star BBQ 191.48332
8 ET’s BBQ 190.29999
9 Jacks Old South 190.25000
10 Hot Wachula 190.01667
Pork

Rank Team Score
1 Budmeisters 197.86666
2 Big Papa’s Country Kitchen 194.29999
3 LJ Smokin’ 192.60000
4 Uncle Kenny’s BBQ 192.23332
5 Smokinwillys Squealers 191.70001
6 Blue Butt Farms 191.48334
7 Wooley Bully BBQ Mafia 191.41666
8 Great Lakes BBQ & Feed Company 191.00000
9 Haulin’ Butt BBQ 189.84999
10 Cook’s Portable Smokehouse 189.33333
Brisket

Rank Team Score
1 Cook’s Portable Smokehouse 193.38333
2 Glenn Bob’s BBQ 192.43332
3 Haulin’ Butt BBQ 191.41666
4 LJ Smokin’ 190.98334
5 Lang BBQ Smokers 190.28333
6 Smokin’ Your Butt 189.78332
7 Getta Grip BBQ 188.41666
8 Forrest’s Fine Foods 188.15001
9 Chatham Artillery BBQ 187.81666
10 Jacks Old South 187.66668

World Food Championships~ World Barbecue Championship RESULTS:

Posted: November 4, 2012 in BBQ News, Competition Results
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This is a new type of competition, being held at Bally’s in Las Vegas, NV which featured a BBQ competition. The brain child of Travel Channel’s Adam Richman, this is The World Food Championship. There are seven competing categories: 1) BBQ Championship, 2) Open Chili, 3) Chef Challenge, 4) Burger Championship, 5) Sandwich Championship, 6) Side-Dish, & 7) Recipe Championship. Winner’s from each category will go head-to-head on a “Final Table” judging, where the winner will be crowned “The World Food Champion”.

This looks like an event that will be around for many years to come, planning has already started for next year’s event. In order to compete, in the BBQ portion of this event, you must win GC in predetermined throughout the upcoming year. To view the list for qulifing for the 2013 World Food Championship, and everything else offered by this great event, to include results for all events (I have only listed the BBQ results here) I encurage everyone to please visit their web-site here:
http://www.worldfoodchampionships.com/competitions

As most of my readers know, I cut my teeth in FBA country, that is where I compete, for the most part, so I am partially proud when FBA teams do well, and that is the case here. First of all, a HUGE congratulations to David and his team at Butcher’s BBQ for their GC in this event, they are on fire, cooking great!!!! 3 FBA teams scored in the top 10 overall: Dana & Janet Hillis of Big Papa‘s Country Kitchen RGC; Unknown BBQ 4th place & Hot Wachulas took 9th place. All these teams are great representatives of FBA, and we here at “Let’s Talk Hog” are proud of each and everyone of them!!! A special shout out to our friends at Serial Griller, taking 3rd overall, great job guys!!!

All teams competing have to be so proud of their results, because they are all champions, you had to be in order to qualify, so to say the quality of teams was tough, is an understatement!!!

A fun pic put together by our good friend at Q-Fused BBQ, featuring the logos of some FBA friends competing in Vegas at the WFC.

 

Grand Champion: Butcher BBQ
Reserve Champion: Big Papa’s Country Kitchen

Overall:
1 Butcher BBQ 686.8572
2 Big Papa’s CountryKitche 680.5714
3 Serial Griller 677.1428
4 Unknown BBQ 676.571
5 Lucky’s Q 676
6 Four Men and a Pig 673.7144
7 Burnt Finger BBQ 673.7138
8 Ridge Route Boys BBQ 673.143
9 Hot Wachulas 673.1428
10 Pig Skin BBQ 672.571
11 Weekend Warrior BBQ 672.0002
12 WarrenCountyPorkChoppers 671.9998
13 Smoke On Wheels 670.8568
14 Golden Toad BBQ 670.8568
15 South Pork 669.1428
16 Iowa’s Smokey D’s 669.1428
17 Bush Kitchen BBQ Team 669.1422
18 Bub-Ba-Q 668.5716
19 QUAU 668.5712
20 Fowl Butt BBQ 668.5712
21 Getta Que 668.5708
22 Ice Harbor 668
23 Redneck Scientific 667.9996
24 Ric’s Righteous Ribs 666.286
25 St. Louis Black Iron BBQ 666.286
26 Left Coast Q 666.2854
27 Piggy D’s BBQ 665.7144
28 Meadow Valley BBQ 665.1426
29 Slap Yo’ Daddy BBQ 664.571
30 Sweet Swine o’Mine 663.4288
31 Team Enoserv 663.4276
32 R&R BBQ 662.8568
33 3 Eyz BBQ Heavy 662.8568
34 This Is It 660.0002
35 Bar B Code 658.2854
36 4:20 Q 657.7142
37 Smokey’s Bar-B-Que 657.7138
38 Pellet Envy 657.7136
39 Shake ‘n Bake 657.1426
40 Rubbed Smoked & Sauced 656.5708
41 Mr. Bobo 655.9998
42 Git-R-Smoked 655.4288
43 Pit Bulls Up In Smoke 653.7138
44 Wine Country Q 653.1424
45 Smokers Purgatory 649.1422
46 Boar’s Night Out 648.5712
47 Smokin’ Yankees 648.571
48 Gettin Sauced 647.4282
49 Screamin Nite Hogs BBQ 647.428
50 Big Johnson’s BBQ 645.7146
51 Becky Sue’s BBQ 645.7136
52 Bareknuckles BBQ 645.7134
53 Firefighting BBQ Team 645.1424
54 Prairie Smoke & SpiceBBQ 644
55 Smokin’ Grill 641.7142
56 Sin City Smokers 641.714
57 Route 66 Catering Crew 641.7136
58 Swine Time BBQ 641.1426
59 Jo-Bawb’s BBQ 641.1424
60 El Fuego Fiasco 640.5714
61 Montana Q 639.9998
62 BBQ Addiction 638.8566
63 Nickle Boy’s BBQ 636.571
64 Ultimate Tailgate BBQ 635.429
65 Wicked Que 634.8568
66 Lost Gonzo Too 630.8568
67 Here’s the Rub 626.2856
68 Austin BBQ 624.0002
69 Brotherhood BBQ 623.9994
70 BBQguru.nl 623.4286
71 Road Toad Smokin BBQ 623.428
72 Midkiff Mafia BBQ 610.2856
73 Montana Bar-B-Q 607.4288
74 Smokin’ Stacks 496.5714
75 Blazin’ Blues BBQ 333.714

Ribs:
1 WarrenCountyPorkChoppers 176.5716
2 Serial Griller 176.5714
3 Big Papa’s CountryKitche 176.0002
4 Slap Yo’ Daddy BBQ 175.4286
5 South Pork 174.2858
6 Pit Bulls Up In Smoke 173.7144
7 QUAU 173.1428
8 Meadow Valley BBQ 172.5716
9 Bush Kitchen BBQ Team 172.5714
10 Bar B Code 172.5714
11 Team Enoserv 172.5714
12 Golden Toad BBQ 172
13 Unknown BBQ 171.4286
14 Ultimate Tailgate BBQ 170.8574
15 Pig Skin BBQ 170.2856
16 Hot Wachulas 170.2856
17 Git-R-Smoked 169.7144
18 Burnt Finger BBQ 169.7142
19 This Is It 168.5716
20 Ridge Route Boys BBQ 168.5716
21 Four Men and a Pig 168.5714
22 4:20 Q 168.5714
23 St. Louis Black Iron BBQ 168.5714
24 Getta Que 168.5712
25 Fowl Butt BBQ 168.0002
26 Smoke On Wheels 167.9998
27 Iowa’s Smokey D’s 167.4286
28 Left Coast Q 167.4284
29 Screamin Nite Hogs BBQ 166.857
30 Weekend Warrior BBQ 166.2858
31 Pellet Envy 166.2856
32 Butcher BBQ 166.2856
33 Piggy D’s BBQ 165.7144
34 Wine Country Q 165.7142
35 R&R BBQ 165.1428
36 Rubbed Smoked & Sauced 165.1428
37 Sin City Smokers 164
38 Road Toad Smokin BBQ 164
39 3 Eyz BBQ Heavy 163.9998
40 Nickle Boy’s BBQ 163.9998
41 Wicked Que 163.4286
42 El Fuego Fiasco 163.4286
43 Ice Harbor 163.4286
44 Smokin’ Grill 162.8572
45 Redneck Scientific 162.8572
46 Sweet Swine o’Mine 162.2858
47 Lost Gonzo Too 162.2858
48 Brotherhood BBQ 162.2856
49 Smokey’s Bar-B-Que 161.7144
50 Smokin’ Yankees 161.7142
51 Route 66 Catering Crew 161.7138
52 BBQguru.nl 161.1432
53 Lucky’s Q 160.5714
54 Jo-Bawb’s BBQ 159.9998
55 Shake ‘n Bake 159.4284
56 Firefighting BBQ Team 158.8572
57 Bub-Ba-Q 158.8572
58 Mr. Bobo 158.857
59 Swine Time BBQ 158.2858
60 Prairie Smoke & SpiceBBQ 158.2858
61 Big Johnson’s BBQ 158.2856
62 Becky Sue’s BBQ 158.2854
63 Montana Q 157.7144
64 Here’s the Rub 156
65 Austin BBQ 154.8574
66 Boar’s Night Out 154.8572
67 Smokers Purgatory 153.7142
68 BBQ Addiction 153.714
69 Ric’s Righteous Ribs 152.5714
70 Midkiff Mafia BBQ 150.8572
71 Montana Bar-B-Q 149.143
72 Gettin Sauced 148.5714
73 Bareknuckles BBQ 147.9994
74 Smokin’ Stacks 20

Pork:
1 Iowa’s Smokey D’s 176.5716
2 Big Johnson’s BBQ 173.7144
3 Serial Griller 173.7144
4 Smokin’ Stacks 173.143
5 Screamin Nite Hogs BBQ 172
6 Bub-Ba-Q 171.4286
7 Getta Que 171.4286
8 Left Coast Q 170.857
9 R&R BBQ 170.2858
10 Smokey’s Bar-B-Que 170.2854
11 3 Eyz BBQ Heavy 169.7142
12 Boar’s Night Out 169.7142
13 Jo-Bawb’s BBQ 169.7142
14 Pellet Envy 169.714
15 WarrenCountyPorkChoppers 168.5714
16 Lucky’s Q 168.5714
17 Montana Q 168.5714
18 Smoke On Wheels 168.5714
19 Four Men and a Pig 168.0002
20 QUAU 168
21 Pig Skin BBQ 168
22 South Pork 168
23 Hot Wachulas 167.4288
24 Butcher BBQ 167.4286
25 Ric’s Righteous Ribs 167.4286
26 Pit Bulls Up In Smoke 167.4284
27 Mr. Bobo 166.857
28 Redneck Scientific 166.857
29 This Is It 166.2858
30 El Fuego Fiasco 166.2856
31 Smokin’ Yankees 166.2856
32 Ridge Route Boys BBQ 165.7142
33 Golden Toad BBQ 165.7142
34 Big Papa’s CountryKitche 165.1426
35 Blazin’ Blues BBQ 165.1426
36 Slap Yo’ Daddy BBQ 164.5714
37 Weekend Warrior BBQ 164.5714
38 Burnt Finger BBQ 164.5712
39 Smokin’ Grill 164
40 Sweet Swine o’Mine 163.4286
41 Ice Harbor 163.4286
42 Bareknuckles BBQ 163.4284
43 Wine Country Q 163.4284
44 Gettin Sauced 163.4284
45 Rubbed Smoked & Sauced 163.4282
46 St. Louis Black Iron BBQ 162.8574
47 Bush Kitchen BBQ Team 162.857
48 4:20 Q 162.2858
49 Smokers Purgatory 162.2854
50 Fowl Butt BBQ 161.1428
51 Unknown BBQ 161.1426
52 Piggy D’s BBQ 160.5716
53 Wicked Que 160.5714
54 Brotherhood BBQ 160.5712
55 Shake ‘n Bake 160
56 Ultimate Tailgate BBQ 159.4286
57 Swine Time BBQ 159.4284
58 BBQ Addiction 158.8572
59 Meadow Valley BBQ 158.8572
60 Firefighting BBQ Team 158.857
61 Git-R-Smoked 158.286
62 BBQguru.nl 158.2858
63 Prairie Smoke & SpiceBBQ 158.2856
64 Route 66 Catering Crew 158.2854
65 Team Enoserv 157.1424
66 Road Toad Smokin BBQ 155.9998
67 Nickle Boy’s BBQ 155.9996
68 Midkiff Mafia BBQ 155.4288
69 Becky Sue’s BBQ 153.714
70 Bar B Code 153.1428
71 Sin City Smokers 153.1426
72 Lost Gonzo Too 150.857
73 Here’s the Rub 150.2856
74 Austin BBQ 149.7144
75 Montana Bar-B-Q 146.2856

Brisket:
1 Ice Harbor 177.1428
2 Ridge Route Boys BBQ 175.4288
3 Butcher BBQ 174.8572
4 Fowl Butt BBQ 174.2856
5 Piggy D’s BBQ 173.7144
6 Ric’s Righteous Ribs 172.5716
7 Bub-Ba-Q 172.5716
8 Unknown BBQ 172
9 Shake ‘n Bake 172
10 Lucky’s Q 171.4286
11 R&R BBQ 171.4286
12 Bareknuckles BBQ 170.8572
13 South Pork 170.8572
14 Iowa’s Smokey D’s 170.8572
15 4:20 Q 170.857
16 Weekend Warrior BBQ 170.2858
17 Slap Yo’ Daddy BBQ 170.2856
18 Redneck Scientific 170.2856
19 Pig Skin BBQ 170.2856
20 Wine Country Q 169.7142
21 Serial Griller 169.7142
22 Getta Que 169.7142
23 Smoke On Wheels 169.7142
24 Bar B Code 169.7142
25 Burnt Finger BBQ 169.7142
26 Bush Kitchen BBQ Team 169.1426
27 Left Coast Q 168.5714
28 Gettin Sauced 168
29 QUAU 168
30 Big Papa’s CountryKitche 167.4286
31 Sweet Swine o’Mine 166.8572
32 Firefighting BBQ Team 166.857
33 Mr. Bobo 166.2858
34 Hot Wachulas 165.1428
35 Team Enoserv 165.1428
36 Golden Toad BBQ 164.5714
37 Meadow Valley BBQ 164.5712
38 Here’s the Rub 164.0004
39 St. Louis Black Iron BBQ 164
40 WarrenCountyPorkChoppers 164
41 Git-R-Smoked 163.4286
42 Becky Sue’s BBQ 163.4286
43 Boar’s Night Out 162.2858
44 BBQ Addiction 162.2858
45 3 Eyz BBQ Heavy 162.2856
46 Route 66 Catering Crew 161.7144
47 Sin City Smokers 161.1428
48 Smokin’ Yankees 161.1428
49 Wicked Que 161.1426
50 Pit Bulls Up In Smoke 160.5714
51 Rubbed Smoked & Sauced 160.5714
52 Smokers Purgatory 160.5714
53 Nickle Boy’s BBQ 159.4286
54 Four Men and a Pig 158.2856
55 Pellet Envy 157.1428
56 Swine Time BBQ 156.5714
57 This Is It 156
58 Road Toad Smokin BBQ 156
59 El Fuego Fiasco 154.8574
60 Montana Bar-B-Q 154.8572
61 Austin BBQ 154.2856
62 Big Johnson’s BBQ 153.7144
63 Prairie Smoke & SpiceBBQ 153.7142
64 Lost Gonzo Too 152
65 Jo-Bawb’s BBQ 151.9998
66 Brotherhood BBQ 150.857
67 Smokey’s Bar-B-Que 150.857
68 Midkiff Mafia BBQ 149.714
69 Smokin’ Stacks 149.1428
70 Montana Q 148.5714
71 Screamin Nite Hogs BBQ 147.9996
72 Smokin’ Grill 146.8572
73 BBQguru.nl 145.714
74 Ultimate Tailgate BBQ 141.7144

Sauce
1 Four Men and a Pig 178.8572
2 Butcher BBQ 178.2858
3 Lucky’s Q 175.4286
4 Smokey’s Bar-B-Que 174.857
5 Prairie Smoke & SpiceBBQ 173.7144
6 Ric’s Righteous Ribs 173.7144
7 Smokers Purgatory 172.5712
8 Big Papa’s CountryKitche 172
9 Unknown BBQ 171.9998
10 Sweet Swine o’Mine 170.8572
11 St. Louis Black Iron BBQ 170.8572
12 Weekend Warrior BBQ 170.8572
13 Hot Wachulas 170.2856
14 Becky Sue’s BBQ 170.2856
15 Burnt Finger BBQ 169.7142
16 This Is It 169.1428
17 Meadow Valley BBQ 169.1426
18 Blazin’ Blues BBQ 168.5714
19 Golden Toad BBQ 168.5712
20 Team Enoserv 168.571
21 Redneck Scientific 167.9998
22 Smokin’ Grill 167.9998
23 Rubbed Smoked & Sauced 167.4284
24 Gettin Sauced 167.4284
25 3 Eyz BBQ Heavy 166.8572
26 Swine Time BBQ 166.857
27 Bub-Ba-Q 165.7142
28 Shake ‘n Bake 165.7142
29 Piggy D’s BBQ 165.714
30 Lost Gonzo Too 165.714
31 Austin BBQ 165.1428
32 Fowl Butt BBQ 165.1426
33 Montana Q 165.1426
34 Smoke On Wheels 164.5714
35 Pellet Envy 164.5712
36 Bush Kitchen BBQ Team 164.5712
37 Mr. Bobo 164
38 Ice Harbor 164
39 Pig Skin BBQ 163.9998
40 Git-R-Smoked 163.9998
41 BBQ Addiction 163.9996
42 Sin City Smokers 163.4286
43 Ultimate Tailgate BBQ 163.4286
44 Bareknuckles BBQ 163.4284
45 Ridge Route Boys BBQ 163.4284
46 Bar B Code 162.857
47 WarrenCountyPorkChoppers 162.8568
48 Boar’s Night Out 161.714
49 Screamin Nite Hogs BBQ 160.5714
50 Firefighting BBQ Team 160.5712
51 Big Johnson’s BBQ 160.0002
52 Route 66 Catering Crew 160
53 Left Coast Q 159.4286
54 Jo-Bawb’s BBQ 159.4286
55 QUAU 159.4284
56 Smokin’ Yankees 159.4284
57 Getta Que 158.8568
58 BBQguru.nl 158.2856
59 Montana Bar-B-Q 157.143
60 Nickle Boy’s BBQ 157.143
61 Serial Griller 157.1428
62 4:20 Q 156
63 South Pork 155.9998
64 El Fuego Fiasco 155.9998
65 Here’s the Rub 155.9996
66 R&R BBQ 155.9996
67 Wine Country Q 154.2856
68 Midkiff Mafia BBQ 154.2856
69 Smokin’ Stacks 154.2856
70 Iowa’s Smokey D’s 154.2854
71 Slap Yo’ Daddy BBQ 154.2854
72 Pit Bulls Up In Smoke 151.9996
73 Brotherhood BBQ 150.2856
74 Wicked Que 149.7142
75 Road Toad Smokin BBQ 147.4282

Good Buddies BBQ, Now Offered at Coconuts Restaurant & Lounge

Posted: March 25, 2012 in BBQ, BBQ News, Restaurant Reviews/Visit
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My Wife (Biggi), Myself & our good friend Valerie, went to the soft opening of Good Buddies BBQ, here in Lakeland, FL. Good Buddies Restaurant & BBQ cook team are owned and operated by Joel Vann. Joel has been in the BBQ business, and on the circuit for many years, and has been very successful on all levels.

Joel & Good Buddies took GC at the Tampa Sam's Club qualifier.

Joel, cooking with Jaret Hatcher for team Whiskey Bent BBQ, earning GC in Venice, FL 2011. The other guys in the photo are, "Unknown". :)

Joel’s new restaurant & bar named “Coconuts Live Entertainment”, which features Good Buddies BBQ,  is located in the lobby of the Howard Johnson at the corner of I-4 and Hwy 98, in North Lakeland, FL.

This is a full staffed restaurant, which offers a full bar and live entertainment, which is sure to be a big draw with not only hotel guest, but with locals as well.

The BBQ pork sliders were terrific!!!

After cooking BBQ all day, I was happy to see a few no-BBQ items on the menu as well, I recommend the Blue Cheese Fries.

At first glance at the menu, there are many BBQ items available that Joel has perfected on the BBQ  competition circuit.He even offers his competition style chicken thighs, I WILL be going back to try out that one!!!

Good Buddies’ offers a HUGE variety of beers, I did not get to sample any, due to the fact that it was my turn to be the designated driver for the evening. :( It has been a long time since I have seen such a list of beer choices, I was very impressed.

The other big highlight of the evening was the great entertainment. It is obvious that Joel is willing to help support local entertainers, and give them a venue where they can bring their talents to the public.

The entertainment for the evening featured, our good friend, and all around great guy, Dorsey Odell, putting out some great originals. Dorsey is truly an unique entertainer, and always a crowd favorite. Everyone had a great time while Dorsey was on stage, and he really knows how to interact with the audience, and keep them interested. I have seen Dorsey preform a few times out at competition sites, but this was my first organized concert, he is a true professional. I have viedos for Dorsey’s performance that I will be posting in a later blog.

Dorsey Odell, and his guitar, doing his thing on stage.

Other acts for the evening included a very funny Elvis impersonator, and local talents.

Please come out and visit Joel and his friendly staff today, I know that we will be going back!!!