Bubba & Son trucked it up the mountain on June 14th-15th weekend for the 20th annual Blue Ridge BBQ and Music Festival in Tryon, NC. Fortunately this event is only 50 miles away from the house, so we didn't have far to go. This was one of the most successful turnouts...
Gravity Smokers When spectators come up to us at competitions they are always overwhelmed with the variety of types of smokers it takes to produce great BBQ at a competition. Most competitors swear by the top names in the industry such as Stump, Jambo, Yoder, etc. The...
Introducing Dillon Black, the newest GrillGrrrl contributor and competition BBQ afficionado (he competes on the Bubba and Son team in NC/SC): As I am writing this many competition teams are competing at the famous Memphis in May World Championship Barbeque Cooking...
I'm feeling really proud of my good friend and GrillGrrrl contributor, Blake Marcum, whose team won Grand Champion of Memphis In May World Championship Cooking Competition. FYI, this is the Superbowl of Swine, and being named “Grand Champion” means you are...
I'm writing this from Memphis as I'm here for my annual Father-Daughter bonding trip as we compete on the “Too Sauced to Pork Team”. Watch for live tweets from my twitter handle @grillgrrl and instagram's “GrillGrrrl” for all things #Pork,...
Dillon Black it the newest contributor to GrillGrrrl.com. He competes on the “Bubba and Son” competition BBQ team in NC and knows a thing or two about competition BBQ (read his full bio here). In the article below he breaks down what a BBQ...
It's been a busy couple of weeks ya'll! I just got back from the Kingsford Invitational to watch the best in BBQ duke it out for $50k at the Kingsford Invitational in Belle, Missouri- right next to one of Kingsford's own charcoal plants. As this is the...
I found this recipe on Filipino Food Lovers and I'm in love. While trying to come up with a good recipe to make for the BBQ Brethren Forum dinner we hosted at Memphis in May, Dad came up with the idea to do a Filipino inspired dish because “The Philipines”...
Some of the Too Sauced To Pork Team: Neil Gallagher (team captain), me, Eric Chester and Eddie Medlin (my dad) This is my 3rd year writing about MIM and I must confess, I always have a hard time recapping the event because there is so much to talk about, and so much...
I got the opportunity to discuss The World Championship Barbecue Cooking Competition at Memphis in May with the lovely April Norris of ABC 24 in Memphis. It was fun to discuss competing on the “Too Sauced to Pork team” and the new location of the cook off...