4/20 Terrell, Texas

Terrell Heritage Days was our next competition. This started out as a great event. Unfortunately there was an accident. While trying to adjust some lighting, Melissa pulled the cord of a full crock pot of beans down onto her leg. After a mustard slather and some more beer, she managed to tuff it out until we got home. Thanks to Brian for his assistance with the situation. We turned in brisket, spare ribs and chicken. Oh yea, we did manage to turn in a "different" pinto bean that we experimented with until turn in. We hit with chicken and placed 4th. There were 82 teams at this event.

West, Texas Event

An IBCA compition held in the city of West was our next cookoff. This trip was made by Chris Hahn and myself. We arrived Thursday for an extra day to relax and hang out with the Usual Suspects (Tony&Shelia, Brian and Smoking Waters C/T). This was a big event with 101 teams competing. West Texas is known as a Chech town and they can host an event. This event I decided to change up the cooking process and move my chicken over to a Brinkmann Water Smoker. This along with an injection that Chris made on the spot Friday, we managed to get called for 2nd place chicken. This was a great surprise and we were very excited. Melissa was able to come down Saturday and be part of the awards ceromony.







As usual we had a great time being with our friends on a beautiful weekend. Got Pivo....? (Got Beer in Chech).