This has been a busy two weeks getting ready for our first BBQ Competition. Aside from the new smoker, we also purchased a 19' foot long trailer in which to prepare meats, marinades and to sleep (if we're lucky.)
Getting all the things together for a cook-off is no little thing; it's a lot of work with a lot of details. Even though we've been getting things together for a few weeks now, you can't help but thinking you've waited until the last minute. We'll see soon enough, I suppose. Thankfully, there's always a Wal-Mart near-by just in case we've over looked anything.
I've already decided that good quality meat is everything. Having ordered my meat a week in advance, I have selected the best meat available simply because CBJ's base their decision on taste, or flavor and tenderness. Higher grade meat will always have better flavor and tenderness and you want to leave nothing to chance.
Our competition schedule is as follows:
May 8 & 9: Bixby, Oklahoma
May 15 & 16: Claremore, Oklahoma
May 22 & 23: Bonner Springs, Kansas
June 5 & 6: Sallisaw, Oklahoma
June 19 & 20: Sedalia, Missouri
Other dates remain open as once you get further out than this, most Cook-off's don't have their entry forms available. But our plans are to compete two to three times per month through October.
We hope we encounter "Chamber of Commerce" weather where ever we go, oh and a ribbon or trophy now and then would be nice too.
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