Our Home Town Event

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What the frack was I thinking… not that I was out of my element, or where would we have this or even how we could put it all together; but to do it all in fewer than 3 months, nuts, nuts and more nuts.  I have to say Barb, Susan and I had several long nights and exhausting days. With help from people like Paul & Linda Byers, Bob & Joanne Wilkinson, Paul Corriveau, Mike Kerslake, Ron Janus and a long list of volunteers and of course our head judge Harvey McKay, it got done.

We had our fair share of glitches, and the first blunder I ran into was, as the event organizer DO NOT COMPETE. My original thought was, I could hand off the reins to the event manager and Sue and I could do our thing. We had no organizer so we fired Barb off the team so she could do it, but she spent three days in the hospitality room with the judges, I had to step up. I didn’t see the Black Pig tent until 7:00pm Friday night; Susan had to run the show by herself with support from family and friends. To be honest the Black Pig team was poorly prepared and the Big Dog was AWOL. We were missing ingredients, garnishes and numerous other things.

Our “Signature Infusion Sauce” was not made properly; our “Butt Sauce” was missing two vital ingredients and two team members down. When the results were coming in I knew we would be further down the list then where we should have been. Strangely enough our brisket was marvelous. Those of you following the team know that this is our least favorite meat but this time it was straight forward and bang on (it certainly was not over thought). I have been asking what is brisket suppose to taste like, the overwhelming answer is “Beef” and it did. We were shocked we took second place and only one point behind first. This was going to be Sue’s trophy; this was her event as the head cook. Overall the Black Pig Competition BBQ Team took 6^th place overall.

Amateur Day on Sunday was a breeze, thank goodness. Other then having to be up at 7:30am things was winding up and we were on the home streach. My son Josh and Sue’s boy Matt were going to try their hand at their first event, I was skeptical, but what the heck, it would be great experience.

The two boys registered their independent teams “Well Hung Meat” and “Rub and Tug” respectively, (no real respect there) and the little shits did great. Matt tied for first and Josh was a mere 14 points behind the two winners in Third. Unfortunate in a tie, you go to the 6^th lowest judge and look at that score; Matt was put into second by a difference of just two points.

Things will be getting back to normal around the Black Pig households. I have about 4 projects in draft and will be getting those out soon.

Oh and a small note for next year, the "Anything Butt with Beer" category  is not parking your semi - drunk ass on the grill, this would have been DQ'd thankfully

Cheers from the Big Dog