Now that the 2010 KCBS BBQ season is over for us, I reflect on the season that was, that wasn’t and that almost was.

If I would have to label the season, I would have to say “Consistently Inconsistent”.

This season was a season of change, and it really showed. In reality, different rubs, different sauces, different meats and different grills should not ALL be messed with during the season. But due to circumstances beyond my control, each was featured this year. So this is how it went.

10 practices, 8 BBQ competitions, 2 full grilling competitions, 4 catering jobs, 3 demos and dozens of  trips to several different markets (Amish (pork) and Green Market (parsley, etc) and meat suppliers (LaFreida – Creekstone Briskets, and pigs from the awesome Green Village Packing).

We cooked in MD, PA, NY, NJ, MA and drove through DE, CT, and RI. Drove 2000 miles, 1500 in “Big Blue” our BBQ Tour Bus.

We had 3 top 10 finishes overall,  one 5th place (grilling), one 4th place (grilling), and one 3rd place (BBQ), just 2 points from first.

Every BBQ product (chicken, ribs, pulled pork, brisket) had multiple top 10 finishes, but almost never at the same time.

Overall, we finished between 310 and 360 in all 4 categories (out of about 6000 teams) in the Pickled Pig KCBS Power Rankings, even though we only competed in 8 contests (out of 10 possible). Next year, with a better running vehicle, we can do 10-12 and finish in the top 200.

I would like to say thanks to our AWESOME Sponsors – Yale Appliance (Viking) in Boston, Springer Mountain Farms Chicken, and Minton Solutions – with whose help we can practice over the winter, and with their continued support next year, try to bring home a Grand Championship.

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Happy Smokin”

Doug