For those of you that couldn't attend the American Royal Barbecue festivities this past weekend, well.... you missed out on delicious food, fabulous times, poopy cell-phones, hairband rock karaoke, drunk stupors {people watching... not me!} & memories to last a lifetime! Our "team" Del Smoka Vista {a play on a Seinfeld joke brilliantly thought up by Cristina} consisted of our Master Basters: Joe Leluga & Mike Pomerance of Savage BBQ and the sponsors: Arklyn Homes {hey! that's us!}, Cycle City, Mid-America Foot & Ankle Specialists {our friend Dr. James Good} and Nueterra Healthcare. Proceeds benefitted C3 Missions International who provided us much assistance {initial financial backing, an RV to borrow, smoker, etc...}. Mike's wife, Kristie, also whipped up several hundred chocolate chip cookies, side dishes and even took a day off work to decorate the booth. Cristina & I coordinated the t-shirts and "MacGyver'd" 10+ pounds of cole-slaw in the RV {without power} in a 1/2 hour using only a match, an aluminum pan, a corkscrew and a beer mug.
In a nutshell, Joe & Mike stayed at the American Royal grounds in downtown Kansas City for 3 nights {almost 90 hours straight} basting, chopping, smoking, rubbing, and slicing meat for not only our big bash on Friday night, but for the contest on Sunday. They had other crew-members stay over-night to help {see Shutterfly pix to see Jason crash on our couch after 4 hours of sleep in 48 hours}. For Savage BBQ's first time participating at the American Royal, I think they should be very proud of themselves: Their ribs scored in the upper 35th percentile and their chicken got 2 perfect scores! There were 475 entrants and they got 257th - not bad for a first year! I'm so proud of them {however will be billing them for my first heart attack bills due to sampling their red meat all summer during their practice runs}.
After reviewing the list of participants, I wanted to share with you some of my favorite team names {our name was perfect for us if you know what Seinfeld fans we are}:
Let's Kick Some Ash, MizzouCrewBBQ, Habitual Smokers, Woodfellas, Porkrastinators, Pig Newton, Partners in Swine, Two Men and a Barbie, Next Year's Winner, Smokin' Ass BBQ, Mason Dixon Swine, If You've Got 'Em Smoke 'Em, Bite My Butt BBQ, Grillas in the Pits, Smoking for Cancer, Flamin' Yawns, Chix Swine & Bovine and Oink Moo & Cockadoodledoo.
Shutterfly was "acting up" tonight when I tried to upload, so I just whipped up a little collage for y'all to see some "hi-lights". Check back with Shutterfly soon to see all of the pix. Click on the below picture to see "up close".
In a nutshell, Joe & Mike stayed at the American Royal grounds in downtown Kansas City for 3 nights {almost 90 hours straight} basting, chopping, smoking, rubbing, and slicing meat for not only our big bash on Friday night, but for the contest on Sunday. They had other crew-members stay over-night to help {see Shutterfly pix to see Jason crash on our couch after 4 hours of sleep in 48 hours}. For Savage BBQ's first time participating at the American Royal, I think they should be very proud of themselves: Their ribs scored in the upper 35th percentile and their chicken got 2 perfect scores! There were 475 entrants and they got 257th - not bad for a first year! I'm so proud of them {however will be billing them for my first heart attack bills due to sampling their red meat all summer during their practice runs}.
After reviewing the list of participants, I wanted to share with you some of my favorite team names {our name was perfect for us if you know what Seinfeld fans we are}:
Let's Kick Some Ash, MizzouCrewBBQ, Habitual Smokers, Woodfellas, Porkrastinators, Pig Newton, Partners in Swine, Two Men and a Barbie, Next Year's Winner, Smokin' Ass BBQ, Mason Dixon Swine, If You've Got 'Em Smoke 'Em, Bite My Butt BBQ, Grillas in the Pits, Smoking for Cancer, Flamin' Yawns, Chix Swine & Bovine and Oink Moo & Cockadoodledoo.
Shutterfly was "acting up" tonight when I tried to upload, so I just whipped up a little collage for y'all to see some "hi-lights". Check back with Shutterfly soon to see all of the pix. Click on the below picture to see "up close".
2 comments:
Sounds like fun---the names are a riot!
fun fun fun! love those names!!!! especially the oink, moo, cockadoodle doo --&-- two men & a barbie... i can't believe how creative all the names were! do they have a contest on names?
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