DID SOMEONE SAY BBQ

We went down to Augusta SC Saturday to meet with dad and Linda. They were doing one of their competitions there. It was only a 2 hour drive for us, so it wasn't that far from us. Chris wasn't able to go because he had to work. He missed out on a ton of fun. I wish he could have been there. We had so much fun. The smells of all 62 smoke grills where phenomenal. 15 miles left on our trip Leia says,"Mom I know were close I can smell it."

This is dad's smoker. He had started before 4 in the morning.

This is the back of their trailer. Their team name is ZZ-Que


There were 62 teams at the competition. And I knew dad would beat them all.

Dad and Linda working hard getting a box ready to turn in.

Dad unveiling the scrumptious melt in your mouth ribs. Sweet and spicy goodness that you couldn't get enough of. This is their turn in box.

This is a panorama picture of what as going on.The first one is of us waiting for the brisket to be done. Then dad pulls it out of the warmer. And this is a melt in your mouth brisket waiting to be cut.

Leia turned in 2 of their box's. She was on cloud 9 happy that she could help.

We got to eat what wasn't turned in. I knew dad would win for sure because they were awesome. We were waiting for the next turn in.It was very nice to sit, relax, and just catch up on what's happening in Indiana.

These were our badges. It says,"I smell like swine cook team."

I tried out new setting on Chris' camera It has a panoramic setting. I thought this was a cool picture. In the middle is their Brisket bites. Dad says that it's the burnt ends of the brisket that he smothers in sauce. There was nothing burnt about them. Man did they melt in your mouth. This was one of everybodies favorites.

Dad getting their brisket box ready. This was the last one of the day.

It wasn't all BBQ. They had a few rides. Leia did this one twice. She got very queasy and had to call it quits. She also did one of the jumpy castles and a huge slide.

They had a banjo band playing. It was nice,but so stinking hot waiting for the judges to call out who won.

I think dad and Linda did really well. Out of 62 teams they placed 17th. I think the judges taste buds were off because it was the best BBQ that I've ever had.Dad said a lot of "Big Dogs" were there.

We had a great time. I wish we could have stayed longer. We were having a wonderful day and they had fireworks later that night. But I knew we had a 2 hour drive ahead of us and that Chris would be waiting patiently for dinner.

Thanks for the great BBQ and a fabulous day.