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#68 American Royal Invitational, Kansas City, MO - October 2009
58th place overall / 118 teams
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Chicken
80th
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Ribs
60th
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Pork
57th
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Brisket
45th
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| After our top ten finish in the invitational last year, we truly thought we had a chance this year. But hey, this is the toughest lineup of teams anywhere in competition barbecue, so that makes it a bit easier to take. Fact is, we were truly in the middle of the pack, and lonely without a call to the stage! But dang, our next door neighbors, The Pork Pullin' Plowboys, won the entire thing! A great day for Todd and crew, and it was a pleasure to meet and cook next to them. Congrats to them, and to good friends Tuffy Stone (Cool Smoke) and Rod Gray (Pellet Envy) on solid top ten finishes, and to all who got calls! |
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#69 American Royal Open, Kansas City, MO - October 2009
36th place overall / 473 teams
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Chicken
117th
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Ribs
10th
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Pork
58th
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Brisket
195th
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| Much like our first year at The Royal, we made up for our poor showing at the invitational. The Open is a massive contest with nearly 500 teams, and just as many judges. And to top it off, almost all of the invitational teams that competed Saturday are at it again on Sunday. Our 10th place call in ribs made the entire trip worthwhile, and once the scores were tabulated, Dizzy Pig finished 36th overall. Sure makes the drive home easier knowing we outscored well over 400 teams. Now, onto the Jack! |
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| As hard as it is to drive 1100 miles, it's always a joy to see the country. We wanted a change from I-70, and took 64 through West Virginia, Kentucky and southern Indiana this year and, while it added 30 or 40 miles, it was well worth taking this new route. |
We don't own big fancy trailers or RVs, but we still pull onto the rest stops with the big boys! |
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| Goin' to Kansas City. Kansas City here I come. |
We got moved a couple spots this year, and were on the corner in spot 907. |
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| Friends Del and Anne hung out with us, and one of our favorite parts of coming to the Royal is seeing our pal Unyawn. |
Cooked up a couple fatties using rib trimmings, Red Eye Express and maple syrup. Yum. |
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| A good friend from back East, Charlie of Screamin Night Hog at his first Royal! He's peeking out from behind the smoker. |
Anne mixes up Bloody Marys for the gang. |
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| Our buddy Tuffy was busy being a TV star. The camera crew is filming an upcoming series called "The Pitmasters" to be aired, as I understand, on The Learning Channel. |
Our lineup of Big Green Eggs. All of them get used for the competition, and they cook perfectly for us. |
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| We had our Big Green Eggs right out on the corner. |
Always a good fireworks display both Friday and Saturday nights. |
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| Breffus! |
Chuck's amazing home fried taters. |
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| Kenny and Steve from Denver catch up. |
Joe from The BBQ Guru enjoys the team's first trip to the Royal. |
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| Loren of Fat Angel, all the way out from New Jersey with her pup. |
Eric, also enjoying Fat Angel's first trip to the Royal. |
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| Chris chills out with one of his favorite people, Julie Applegate of Mrs. Dog's. |
The Invitational awards about to start. Fun watching our friends get called, but our butts were sore from not getting any walks! |
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| Morning smoke rising. |
Friends from Fat Angel, The BBQ Guru, Cool Smoke, Pork Pullin' Plowboys hangin' out with Dizzy PIg. |
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