{"id":2465,"date":"2012-09-18T05:00:07","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T10:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/?p=2465"},"modified":"2023-09-27T12:13:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:13:06","slug":"results-the-bash-a-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/results-the-bash-a-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Results, The Bash & A Giveaway!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This past weekend, SLABS participated in the Smokin Aces Competition where 40 of the best teams in the country cooked whole hogs, shoulders and ribs.\u00a0\u00a0The MBN sanctioned Smokin\u2019 Aces Competition at Harrah\u2019s Tunica is second only to the World Championship BBQ Cooking contest at Memphis in May when it comes to difficulty and prestige. With its $40,000 purse, it draws all of the great teams from not only the mid-south, but as far as Georgia and Florida. \u00a0Because all teams can participate in all categories (vs. having to choose one category at the World Championship) and the high concentration of excellent teams, some consider this tournament even more difficult to win than Memphis in May.<\/p>\n

We came in 11th in shoulder and 3rd Place in Ribs!\u00a0 We finished\u00a0ahead of teams of the year, world champions, restaurants…you name it.\u00a0 We are SO pumped up with our competition results.<\/p>\n

So…let’s keep it going.\u00a0 The biggest competition in St. Louis – and one of the largest BBQ Festivals in the Midwest is next week – the <\/span>BBQ Bash in Wildwood, MO.\u00a0 At\u00a0<\/span>this event, 90+ teams will compete in EIGHT categories across TWO days.\u00a0 It’s absolute insanity.\u00a0 It’s also my favorite weekend of the year in St. Louis.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We’ve had tremendous success at the Bash over the past 2 years and expect to build on it even more this year to keep this hot streak going.\u00a0 But beyond competing at the Bash, we also have the opportunity to vend our delicious BBQ to the public.\u00a0 This is a unique and fantastically fun opportunity for everyone.\u00a0 I love making mass quantities of food and getting feedback from people.\u00a0 And, well, let’s be honest, all of you love eating this food.\u00a0 Where else do you get to try competition quality BBQ?\u00a0 Not at restaurants, I’ll tell you that right now.<\/p>\n

So, we will have probably at least 10 people working on our team at any given moment, cooking competition meat, sales meat, serving the public…it’s wonderful chaos.\u00a0 So, if you’re even remotely near the St. Louis metro region next weekend, you MUST come out and experience the Bash.\u00a0 Come by and say hello.\u00a0 And eat some extraordinary bbq.<\/p>\n

Now, for this event, I will cook approximately\u00a020 pork butts.\u00a0 Yep.\u00a0 TWENTY.\u00a0 That’s a LOT of pulling apart pork.\u00a0 Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy doing it, but even I have my limits.\u00a0 So imagine my happiness when my good friend Ron at The St. Louis BBQ Store<\/a> offered to let me try his meatrakes\u00a0to pull apart the pork.\u00a0 I of course said yes and was happy to try out his new product.<\/p>\n

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They.\u00a0 Are.\u00a0 Cool.\u00a0 Very heavy-duty.\u00a0 They tear through the meat.\u00a0 Now, I’m old school, so I like using my hands to pull meat.\u00a0 I started that way, sliding off the fat cap and pulling out the larger chunks of remaining fat, but then I let the meatrakes do the work.\u00a0 They really made it easy.\u00a0 And slightly more enjoyable!<\/p>\n

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So, I just HAD to get a pair to give away to a loyal reader.\u00a0 Ron, of course, obliged yet again because he’s the nicest guy ever.\u00a0 So, that’s our giveaway!\u00a0 A brand new pair of awesome meatrakes!<\/p>\n

To enter, all you have to do is fill out this VERY short survey. \u00a0We are trying to get a feel for the type of people reading our blog, so we can better cater to your needs. \u00a0The only reason we ask for your email is to notify you if you win the giveaway. \u00a0\u00a0 I promise it will take you less than 2 minutes. \u00a0We’ll give you until Sunday to do it and then we will pick a winner from the list of people who have completed the survey.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE FOR SURVEY<\/a><\/h1>\n

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