Theresa's hubby, Josh, is big in to cook-offs these days. I've only made it to one cook-off so far (in Shiner!), so I was ready to go to another one. This one was geared more toward backyard chefs - our crew was by far the biggest rig out there. I have no idea what size the trailer is, but they keep adding more things to it every time I see it - this time it had satellite TV!
I even managed to talk my mom into coming - easier since it was only an hour from where she lives versus the 4 for me. It was almost all my favorite people in one spot - if only Matt hadn't been on call*...!
Thomas is ready for action in his super fancy red wagon. I love that the wagon has a shaded cover - especially since it's really getting hot outside. We had a super mild spring, but summer is coming with a vengeance!
Trisha and Kevin busy prepping the garnishes for the pulled pork slider entry in the appetizers round. Trisha makes cutting up peppers look fun!
See what a good job they did? And if you think the pork looks awesome because it was awesome. I'm pretty sure I ate it at least three times during the day. :)
Kipper & Alex smiling for all of the eager Hico attendees. Wrist bands to try all the appetizers were only $10! I'm pretty sure I ate more than my fair share roaming around the booths.
Oh, what's that you say? Time for the steak round? Fire in the hole!!
So at some point I accidentally bumped my ISO knob up way too high and over exposed some of the photos. I tried to salvage this one in editing, because Kevin was awesome with the propane torch and he used it several times just for me to get photos. I would hate for all the effort to be wasted!
Now that is yummy looking pile of meat!
Josh making sure the presentation for the judges is "Just So" - aka cleaning up the errant meat juice.
And what was the result? Old Army BBQ got Best in Show! While not a reward strictly based on food, we were all still pretty excited about it. Everyone stopped by the trailer to talk to us and wherever I roamed with my Old Army BBQ shirt on, people wanted to chat. So I'd call it a success - I mean, who wouldn't want to hang out with such fun people:
I couldn't really get a good photo of the trailer with all the smoke out there - but I just wanted you to appreciate the level of awesomeness this rig has achieved.
(*And if someone hadn't moved to Alaska!!)