First Competition - Pile of Bones 2008

Here are some pics from our first competition, the 2008 Western Canadian BBQ Championships (Pile of Bones BBQ), held at Mosaic Stadium in Regina.
Here's the team, Jacy and I partnered with my cousin Paula and her husband Warren, who branched out in 2009 and formed his own BBQ Team, Prairie Dog BBQ. Gainer didn't help much, he was just a 'taster'.


We had such an awesome time, and we truly got hooked on this competition thing. BBQ people are the best! The Regina Hotel Association only had about 6 weeks to pull this event together and it was a job very well executed!









Here's our Brisket turn-in box. It was pretty good brisket, but now I'm critical of the torn bark along each edge. It was good enough for second place!

















Here's the team with all our ribbons. We took 2nd place in brisket, 3rd place in pork butt, and 4th place in chicken. Good enough for 3rd place overall! Yeeeeehaaaa! We were extremely happy with this outcome.

Warren managed to snag a great result and ribbon in the grilling (steak) competition as well.


















Last but not least, our chicken entry. Looks better then than it does now!