{"id":1256,"date":"2012-05-21T05:00:26","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T10:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2023-09-27T12:14:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:14:09","slug":"memphis-in-may-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/memphis-in-may-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Memphis in May Wrap Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another year in the books &#8211; and what a year it was!<\/p>\n<p>We cooked&#8230;A LOT.\u00a0 We ate&#8230;A LOT.\u00a0 We had incredible parties Thursday and Friday.\u00a0 We met up with old friends,\u00a0made some new friends, and even\u00a0chatted with\u00a0a legend.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1264\" style=\"width: 461px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Myron-Kev-and-Patti.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1264 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 461px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 461\/308;border: 4px solid black;\" title=\"Myron, Kev and Patti\" data-src=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Myron-Kev-and-Patti.jpg\" alt=\"Myron Mixon\" width=\"461\" height=\"308\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Myron-Kev-and-Patti.jpg 461w, https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Myron-Kev-and-Patti-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1264 \" style=\"border: 4px solid black;\" title=\"Myron, Kev and Patti\" src=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Myron-Kev-and-Patti.jpg\" alt=\"Myron Mixon\" width=\"461\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Myron-Kev-and-Patti.jpg 461w, https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Myron-Kev-and-Patti-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patti, Myron Mixon, Kevin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I also was able to spend some time with one of my favorite teams, <a title=\"Too Sauced to Pork\" href=\"http:\/\/www.toosaucedtopork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Too Sauced to Pork<\/a>, and my friend, Neil Gallagher, who wrote a <a title=\"Competition 101: Memphis in May\" href=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/competition-101-memphis-in-may\/\">guest post<\/a> for\u00a0us a few weeks ago.\u00a0 Neil introduced me to Robyn Medlin who has an awesome BBQ Blog &#8211; <a title=\"Grill Grrrl\" href=\"http:\/\/grillgrrrl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grill Grrrl<\/a>.\u00a0 Check it out!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1262\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1262\" style=\"width: 308px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Kevin-and-Neil.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1262 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 308px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 308\/461;border: 4px solid black;\" title=\"Kevin and Neil\" data-src=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Kevin-and-Neil.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin and Neil at Memphis in May\" width=\"308\" height=\"461\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Kevin-and-Neil.jpg 308w, https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Kevin-and-Neil-200x300.jpg 200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1262\" style=\"border: 4px solid black;\" title=\"Kevin and Neil\" src=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Kevin-and-Neil.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin and Neil at Memphis in May\" width=\"308\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Kevin-and-Neil.jpg 308w, https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Kevin-and-Neil-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin and Neil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I am very proud of the results our team, SLABS a&#8217; Smokin, achieved this year.\u00a0 In the main cooking contest, we entered Ribs again as always, and placed 28th out of 123 teams.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Ribs-Platter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1265 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 554px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 554\/369;border: 4px solid black;\" title=\"Ribs Platter\" data-src=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Ribs-Platter.jpg\" alt=\"Ribs Platter For Memphis In May Judges\" width=\"554\" height=\"369\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Ribs-Platter.jpg 692w, https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Ribs-Platter-300x199.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1265\" style=\"border: 4px solid black;\" title=\"Ribs Platter\" src=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Ribs-Platter.jpg\" alt=\"Ribs Platter For Memphis In May Judges\" width=\"554\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Ribs-Platter.jpg 692w, https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Ribs-Platter-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That puts us in the top 25% of all contestants &#8211; and ahead of some former world champions.\u00a0 Tim\u00a0gave a truly extraordinary presentation to each and every judge.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1268\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1268\" style=\"width: 369px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tim-Presenting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1268 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 369px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 369\/554;border: 4px solid black;\" title=\"Tim Presenting\" data-src=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tim-Presenting.jpg\" alt=\"Memphis In May Presentation\" width=\"369\" height=\"554\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tim-Presenting.jpg 461w, https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tim-Presenting-199x300.jpg 199w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1268  \" style=\"border: 4px solid black;\" title=\"Tim Presenting\" src=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tim-Presenting.jpg\" alt=\"Memphis In May Presentation\" width=\"369\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tim-Presenting.jpg 461w, https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tim-Presenting-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim presenting to a judge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We were also one of 16 teams asked to participate in the Kingsford Tour of Champions &#8211; a new contest within MIM started this year.\u00a0 All participants are former champions and we did ourselves VERY proud.<\/p>\n<p>Cattlemen&#8217;s also asked us to be one of a select group to participate in their &#8220;Hog Crawl&#8221; on Friday.\u00a0 We served ribs to dozens of executives interested in learning more about <a title=\"Competitive BBQ\" href=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/about\/competitive-bbq\/\">competitive BBQ<\/a>, and I think we gave them exactly what they asked for.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/SLABS-Booth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1266 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 461px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 461\/308;border: 4px solid black;\" title=\"SLABS Booth\" data-src=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/SLABS-Booth.jpg\" alt=\"Slabs a Smokin booth at Memphis in May\" width=\"461\" height=\"308\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/SLABS-Booth.jpg 461w, https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/SLABS-Booth-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1266\" style=\"border: 4px solid black;\" title=\"SLABS Booth\" src=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/SLABS-Booth.jpg\" alt=\"Slabs a Smokin booth at Memphis in May\" width=\"461\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/SLABS-Booth.jpg 461w, https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/SLABS-Booth-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lastly, we entered nearly all ancillary categories for the first time this year and the results did not disappoint.\u00a0 We placed in the top 30% in nearly every category.\u00a0 We placed #10 out of over 100 teams in the exotic category, thanks to my cousin Danny and his talented Venezuelan bride, Lusnail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Dan-and-Lus-Empanada.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1270 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 461px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 461\/308;border: 4px solid black;\" title=\"Dan and Lus Empanada\" data-src=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Dan-and-Lus-Empanada.jpg\" alt=\"Award Winning Empanadas\" width=\"461\" height=\"308\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Dan-and-Lus-Empanada.jpg 461w, https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Dan-and-Lus-Empanada-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1270\" style=\"border: 4px solid black;\" title=\"Dan and Lus Empanada\" src=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Dan-and-Lus-Empanada.jpg\" alt=\"Award Winning Empanadas\" width=\"461\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Dan-and-Lus-Empanada.jpg 461w, https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Dan-and-Lus-Empanada-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the highlight of the week was placing #7 out of over 120 participants in the <a title=\"Award Winning BBQ Sauce Recipe\" href=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/award-winning-bbq-sauce-recipe\/\">Tomato Sauce<\/a> category!\u00a0 This was a HUGE achievement for our team.\u00a0 Now, not only have our finished products been recognized, but the components of them as well!\u00a0 We&#8217;re thrilled.<\/p>\n<p>All in all an incredible Memphis in May experience for 2012.\u00a0 It&#8217;s easily the <a title=\"Competition 101: Memphis in May\" href=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/competition-101-memphis-in-may\/\">best week of BBQ <\/a>in the entire year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another year in the books &#8211; and what a year it was! We cooked&#8230;A LOT.\u00a0 We ate&#8230;A LOT.\u00a0 We had incredible parties Thursday and Friday.\u00a0 We met up with old&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1256"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6884,"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256\/revisions\/6884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}