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#24 Pigs in the Park, Danville, Virginia - May 2006
1st place overall / 45 teams GRAND CHAMPION with 674.85 points!
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Chicken
6th
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Ribs
24th
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Pork
2nd
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Brisket
4th
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| Bill McMann and the folks he works along with put on a top notch contest. We have not been down to Danville for a couple years, and we were reminded quickly of what we missed last year! Beautiful place and great people. And besides the amazing contest that Pigs in the Park has become, the weather was about as good as you can get. So far this year we have not had good luck with the weather, but this time made up for the first two rain-filled contests of this year. And the day kept getting better . Winning this tough contest was a big suprise and an amazing honor, and it got us into the Jack Daniels draw....giving us a 1 and 4 chance of being selected to go to the World Championships. |
Pigs in the Park BBQ Cookoff, Danville, VA. Virginia State BBQ Championship
April was a really difficult month for Dizzy Pig, and we finally got to compete in our home state. After some difficult losses to start the year, we came out with a renewed enthusiasm. Combined with some great weather and a small but potent team, our enthusiasm kept us smiling and we ended up turning in some fantastic BBQ. Thanks to Bill and all those involved for making this a contest to remember. Congrats to Home on the Range on their Reserve Grand honors, and to all the teams that got that coveted call to the stage.
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| Living in the DC area this is how our trips usually start out. This is 66 West heading for the mountains. |
Traffic lets up once we pass Warrenton on route 29. Then the hills start to rollin! |
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| A storm to the East made for a nice sunset as we rolled into Southern Virginia. |
Friday morning brought some beautiful late spring weather. Aint a bunch of contests where we get to sport long sleeves. |
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| Danville's Ballou Park is THE absolute perfect venue for a BBQ contest. |
And this fellow, Bill McMann is the fellow that makes it happen. |
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| We had plenty of room to spread out up on the hill. |
Andy cooks up his son's recipe ...Yellow Mangry Chicken |
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| Kenny pours off some boiling hot water into our monster thermos. "Watch those toes buddy!". |
Butts are rubbed up and they glisten in the afternoon sun. |
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| The brisket just about fills up the egg. It will be a bit smaller in about 18 hours! |
Got the fridge. Got the lazy boy. Our neighbors were stylin. |
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| Andy's girl Susan whips up a fruit salad, and lemme tellyou what, fruit goes down awfully nice when you been smelling BBQ all day. |
Night time is the right time. |
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| A pretty cool night scene of the competitors. |
Late evening is time to hook up the BBQ Gurus so we can get some sleep. These babies run the pits all night long. Find out about them here. |
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| Kenny gears up for the night ahead. |
Our neighbors Gary and Linda of Gary's Barbeque, and Bill of Bills Grill do some socializing. |
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| Bill and Brian worked together and pulled off a strong 17th place overall finish. |
Richard and Carol Middleton, the Red White & Que team, all set up and with their game faces on! |
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| The row of teams at the top of the hill. |
Andy and Susan took the bull by the horns and handled the lettuce duties. Watch out John! You might lose your job. |
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| All lined up and cookin. Our Big Green Eggs. |
Gary making sure folks don't grab any of his secrets. |
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| Our buddies, Cool Smoke, hard at work. |
Chris is giving some attention to his chicken, which is starting to get some color. |
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| Coming up on crunch time, it pays to sit down as much as you can. Kenny, Susan and Andy get in some chill time. |
Time for the ribs to come off. |
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| We had quite a selection of refreshments! |
At first we thought this was the Grease Receptacle team, but turned out to be our new friends Moonshine Smokers! |
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| Tuffy gets a few rare minutes off of his feet. This fella can stand for hours on end and not be phased. |
Cooking is over, and Dizzy Pig gets the first of several calls with a 6th place chicken ribbon. |
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| Emotions started flowing after we got our 4th call.....this one for Virginia's Governors trophy for the highest scoring Virginia team. |
Then Chris's knees started wobbling when Dizzy Pig got the big call. We just won a Grand Championship, and the tears started rolling. |
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| Andy, Chris and Kenny show off the trophy of the day! |
One tired but happy Dizzy Pig team! |
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| Time to get on outta here. Hog Heads, and their cool trailer got out ahead of us. Congrats to them on their strong 8th overall finish! |
Andy wrestles the XL egg into place. |
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| Kenny tries to fit the monster trophy into the back of his truck. |
The ride home greeted us with a nice sunset as well. What a way to finish off an incredible weekend! |
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