Last weekend was our 5th competition, in Nelsonville, Ohio… The Ohio Smoked Meat and BBQ Festival.  This was our latest competition season-wise, and Friday night was COLD!!!  We made due, though, and got through the night to end up with a great Saturday with 60+ degree temps and gorgeous fall colors everywhere around.

One thing that’s different about this comp is that there’s no other festival going along with it, so it’s nothing but teams that show up to cook.  And our biggest contribution was to be the 25th team to allow the winner to be eligible for next year’s Jack Daniels competition.  Other than that, we pretty much blew it, but, most importantly, we had a great time cooking bad food!

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