We made it through to the second round (regional event) in Las Vegas...a mere 20 miles from home. It was a crazy windy, cold, and rain threatening event. The wind was so bad that no one was allowed to put up canopies. This made it difficult for many teams, and a boost for U-Haul truck rentals. In fact, they didn't even put up sides on the judges tent. It was up because it's weighed down with 55 gallon drums filled with water.
Timm forgot his coat so he had a rough night.
Crystal came out after setting up a wedding, and back out again in the morning.
Our site...not looking like much of a site without a tent to ground it.
Young BBQ dude, Adam Difloe came out and gave us a hand, braved the cold, and was a great help. At only 17 years old, he might just be one of the youngest pitmaster's around...he and his mom make up Stoked to Smoke, another Vegas team.
We fought the wind and weather that effected the pit temps and meat. Large meats did not want to come up to temp and were taking up to 2+ hours longer than normal to cook. We didn't use our usual brand of chicken and that cost us I think. The skin shrunk up to look like small squares that laid on top of the thighs. Amy (Got Smoke BBQ) told me that it was packed in water and that's why the skin shrunk so much. We felt like we had a good turn in box of ribs. The money muscle sliced really well on the pork, and the first brisket was pretty good.
Overall, we finished 18th with a 661.6688 so we won't be moving on to Bentonville in September. That was a higher score than the Salt Lake event but scores were higher overall at this one. We placed 22nd in chicken, 19th in ribs, 11th in pork, and 14th in brisket at this contest.
Big thanks to John Mull's Meats for sponsoring us once again...we sure appreciate them. We had so hoped to make a good showing for them. Guess that day is still coming...let's pray it's in Boulder City next month.
Almost half the teams were doing a double header by heading out to Mesquite to compete in Smokin' in Mesquite to compete Saturday and Sunday. We wish them all the best along with the other teams competing there.
Congrats to Rhythm-n-Que for claiming GC and Slap Yo Daddy BBQ for RGC. Best of luck to all the teams that are moving on to finals.
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