Smokey T's Pit Crew
Award Winning Competition Barbeque
& Catering Team
New Holland 2006
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Our BBQ is traditional Kansas City style, but with just enough flavorful differences to set us apart. We specialize in the standard competition meats - pork ribs, brisket, pulled pork and chicken - but we've also been known to apply our BBQ techniques to dishes not traditionally thought of as prepared in a smoker or grill.
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As
always, we had a blast in
New Holland.
But this year was special. Not only because Smokey T's Pit Crew
finished 5th out of 72 teams, but also because
Derek's daughter
Erika competed in the kid's BBQ competition, also known as "Kid's Q".
Thirty-one kids had a great time
competing on Friday. Erika entered the 11-15 year old category (15
entrants) and won 1st place overall!
(By the way, her 2nd place chicken was better than we've ever done, so
she's hired for our next competition!)
She took 2nd in chicken, 2nd in beef
(with her Aunt Dawn's recipe) and 5th in the chef's choice category
using one of her favorite desserts that her Uncle
Tom taught her to make (Tom gave her some great guidance while
she prepared for her first competition). She accepted her
awards
in front of a huge crowd of competitors, family and attendees of the
night's bluegrass concert. Erika is always there to support her
twin sister's aspirations in dance, and this weekend Dina returned the
favor. We could have packed up and left Friday night and it still
would have been a great weekend.
Congratulations Erika!!
Smokey T's Pit Crew had a really good weekend as well. We took 2nd place in Pork and 2nd place in Brisket. We also won 1st place for our homemade sausage (2nd time this year). Our usual high-scoring ribs weighed us down with a 58th place finish. Any BBQ competitor will tell you that sometimes when you think you've turned in the greatest thing ever, you end up with a low score that leaves you scratching your head. That's what happened this time. But even with the low score in ribs we finished fifth out of 72 really tough teams from as far away as Texas and North Carolina -so we were very happy.
The
bottom line is that it
was a memorable weekend all around. Family and friends were there
to lend support, and our good friends from the Philly Pigs,
3Eyz BBQ,
Dizzy Pig BBQ,
Lost Nation,
Ribs Within,
Pennsylvania Posse and several other teams
finished high. Melvin
Stoltzfus, Tom Christine,
Red Todd, KCBS reps John & Lynn
Ross and many others made sure that it was a top-notch event
(thank you!).
By the way, it's the little things that add up to a great event and make it stand out from the rest. Free t-shirts for competitors, free Saturday morning breakfast, and reasonable ice prices, for example. Not to mention the great volunteers that do things like happily load up the heavy Kid's Q supplies and cart them back to the other side of the park.
To cap the weekend, several competitors and friends staying at the Country Squire Inn behind the park had pizza and shared stories before heading out early the next day.
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