Ribs Within had a crazy month of September! Coming on the heels of my food fest vacation in Vancouver, BC, we immediately started our Destination BBQ Tour of the USA – 4 events in 4 states in 4 weeks.
Pig Island, Governor’s Island, NYC Sept 1 – We received 4 whole pigs from Jimmy Carbone, of [...]
So as I left off, August 17-18 was the Hudson Valley Ribfest in New Paltz, NY. I have been doing this contest for 6 years. They have a great NEBS grilling contest on Sat – which I won in 2009 – featuring Pizza and Apple Dessert, and 2 always changing categories. I always score well [...]
August is usually the Hottest Month in New Jersey.
This year August was the Hottest in Ribs Within History!
We started out cooking both Grilling and BBQ at “The Battle of the BBQ Brethren” at the Maples in Manorville, NY. In the Grilling Contest, we garnered a 1st Place in Appetizer, a 2nd Place in Chef’s Choice [...]
That’s right I was on CHOPPED: Grill Masters, this past Sunday Aug 5th. You can watch it on Demand on Cable or at the following link.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food-network-full-episodes/videos/index.html?channel=68621
It was great fun.
I hope you enjoy watching.
I will talk more about it in the next few weeks.
In the mean time, check out our Products page for our NEW 8-PACK [...]
We are so excited. Our NEWEST and Final Rub – WAHOO Beef – is finally available.
WAHOO Beef is the boldest, beefiest Rub I can make. Chocked full of all the flavors that make Cows MOO, and people say “WAHOO Thats’s Beef!”
It is available in our 8-Pack or by special order until 9/1/2012. After that it [...]
This past weekend was the NJ State BBQ Championship in North Wildwood, NJ. I have fond memories of this contest because it was where it all started for me 9 years ago (this was our 10th contest). It is a great venue. I have many friends there. But I can’t cook really well there. In [...]
Ribs Within was named MABA (Mid Atlantic BBQ Association) 2011 Team of the Year in Chicken, in spite of a season shortened by multiple issues. This is the first time we have won an official TOY in any category – we were the MABA unofficial TOY overall in 2006. This is a case of practice [...]
Ribs Within continued its winning ways with the new chicken, as we took 3rd Place in Chicken out of 39 teams. We thought the chicken was a little over salty, and that cost us a few points, but it was beautiful and cooked to perfection, so that helped.
The 3rd place was 4th top 3 finish [...]
We finally did it! We won 1st place Chicken in the Roc City Ribfest, Rochester, NY. The past 3 weeks we have finished 3rd (of 54), 2nd (of 32) and now 1st (of 83) in Chicken. The ribs have been OK. The pork has been OK, and the brisket has been OK. But the chicken, [...]
Two weeks after a wet performance in Salisbury, MD in April (36 out of 114, 20th in Brisket), cooking in between periods of no wind and 35-40MPH swirling winds and rain, Ribs Within Took to the road every weekend in May hoping for nicer weather. It didn’t happen that way, but here’s our recap of Wet [...]
