3rd ANNUAL BIG BBQ BASH, LOUDEN CO, TN

Me, Sue, Jose, and Helen finished RESERVE GRAND CHAMPIONS at the 3rd annual Louden Co, Tn Big BBQ Bash contest Saturday with a FIRST PLACE CHICKEN, FIFTH PLACE PORK, & 11TH RIBS. Twenty nine teams competed in this Non Sanctioned event with about five teams regular competitors on the KCBS circuit. As you can see in one of the pictures it was extremely MUDDY so to encourage patrons to visit the vendors there at one point a tractor with a scrape pulled the mud down to one end of the lane and volunteers scattered straw. A few kids (I wanted to) were allowed to take their shoes off and walk in the mud half way up to their knees. With Mother’s Day the next day we planned to leave early and the awards were late so we got the good news from HAPPY JOSE & Helen on the phone about 6 pm and I just couldn’t believe we finished so well even though I knew in my heart all 3 meats we turned in were the best we have ever cooked (THANK YOU Rod Gray & Johnny Trigg) and the pork definitely should have done even better because it was awesome.