Foggy Bayou Boys Competition BBQ Team Heading out
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Good luck, next year you need to come on up to Memphis in May BBQ Festival.
We were in Memphis for the "Smoke on the Water" BBQ festival this past weekend.....mmmmm....loved the smell of that smoke! This was our first time and we got there on Friday evening after all the sampling was over. We had no idea what to expect, but if I were to do it again I wouldn't waste the $8 on Friday night unless I had an invitation from one of the contestants to party in their booth. Saw lots of people having fun though. Saturday was great. Weather was perfect (got the sunburn to prove it;-) )and the SMELLS were fantastic! Did get some samples after the individual judgings were over. Awesome! I did get a little grossed out by one of the whole hogs. Part of the contest is about the presentation, and I can tell you if I were a judge, the sight of this poor hog being hoisted out of the pit and onto the table with his ribs exposed would be a BIG point-reducing turn-off!
We left in the afternoon and headed to the Rendezvous to beat the dinner crowd. LOVE their dry-rub ribs! As soon as we sat down we got a sample of the most delicious red beans and rice we'd ever tasted. Ymmmm!
Forgot to mention before we headed back to the BBQ festival on Saturday morning we went up on the roof of the Peabody to watch the ducks play in their rooftop home. They are so adorable!
As always, had a great time in Memphis.
Chrisv, what is your flavor of beer?
Fabulous story chrisv! Now....tell us some more! I felt the entire event in your story, the details, the anticipation, you had my mouth watering. Let me know if you need any tastetester, sponsor, presentation helper...I'm here for ya! SJ, I think we need to paddle on over this weekend. Told ya I wanted to go kayaking.
Punzy, I think I know a couple of people that would be glad to help with the presentation.
GREAT story CV. Thank you for posting. I have a hankering for some ribs about now...
A BBQ compitition is something my FIL and DH have wanted to do. I tell them to just get out there and have funn. The cook off has got to be quite a learning experience in itself. If you have a minute I would love it if you would PM me on how to get started....
A BBQ compitition is something my FIL and DH have wanted to do. I tell them to just get out there and have funn. The cook off has got to be quite a learning experience in itself. If you have a minute I would love it if you would PM me on how to get started....
Check this link.keep us posted of the events, i would love to make one sometime. or just come on up to charlotte.do they compete here?
What date in September is the Tallahassee competition?
The 26 & 27th
Whatever flavor you're buying
thanks so much for the story,your a good story teller! And thanks for the rib adivse.
oh,and I love it slow and low!
Interesting. Did you know people call me Martha?
I'm going to be obsessing about the proper plating and boxing of barbecue, now.
Columbus is my home town!
You must do that one. Columbus and Phenix City have their own little enclave of barbecue style. There is a more spicy, vinegar and mustard based hot sauce developed by a guy named Chicken Comer who used to run a barbecue place in the middle of a neighborhood in Phenix City. My earliest memory is of my dad taking me to this place -- it had a dirt floor, and the drinks came out of a coke machine (it was the kind with bottles that you opened a door and pulled out, so wonderful) and you ordered an inside plate or and outside plate, that was the menu. The butts were chopped into 3/4 inch cubes, and served with two pieces of white bread and sauce. There is nothing else in the world like Chicken Comer's sauce. I could drink it.
Today, Chicken Comer's nephew runs a Chicken Comer's in Columbus. Alas, there is a floor. It is a pretty close approximation of the meat served in the old shack, but the sauce is exactly the same. Also not to be missed -- 13th Street Barbecue in Phenix City (you'll want to order the Pork Chop Sandwich, which is not a pork chop btw), Mike and Ed's (You Can Smell Our Butts for Miles) has the best meat, but the sauce is not so great. Barbecue nirvana would be buying a bottle of sauce at Chicken Comer's and taking it over to Mike and Ed's and pouring it on their chopped pork plate. Also, even though the barbecue snobs call it city-cue, you should try Country's Barbecue -- simply to see how a really great barbecue restaurant is run. Have their banana pudding.
Interesting. Did you know people call me Martha?
I'm going to be obsessing about the proper plating and boxing of barbecue, now.
Columbus is my home town!
You must do that one. Columbus and Phenix City have their own little enclave of barbecue style. There is a more spicy, vinegar and mustard based hot sauce developed by a guy named Chicken Comer who used to run a barbecue place in the middle of a neighborhood in Phenix City. My earliest memory is of my dad taking me to this place -- it had a dirt floor, and the drinks came out of a coke machine (it was the kind with bottles that you opened a door and pulled out, so wonderful) and you ordered an inside plate or and outside plate, that was the menu. The butts were chopped into 3/4 inch cubes, and served with two pieces of white bread and sauce. There is nothing else in the world like Chicken Comer's sauce. I could drink it.
Today, Chicken Comer's nephew runs a Chicken Comer's in Columbus. Alas, there is a floor. It is a pretty close approximation of the meat served in the old shack, but the sauce is exactly the same. Also not to be missed -- 13th Street Barbecue in Phenix City (you'll want to order the Pork Chop Sandwich, which is not a pork chop btw), Mike and Ed's (You Can Smell Our Butts for Miles) has the best meat, but the sauce is not so great. Barbecue nirvana would be buying a bottle of sauce at Chicken Comer's and taking it over to Mike and Ed's and pouring it on their chopped pork plate. Also, even though the barbecue snobs call it city-cue, you should try Country's Barbecue -- simply to see how a really great barbecue restaurant is run. Have their banana pudding.
This sounds like our "City Barbeque". Dylan LOVES the banana pudding. I love the pulled pork.