BigMista on BBQ Pitmasters Season 2 Sept 2nd

I was honored to help assist Neil of Bigmista's BBQ during his filming of Season 2 of The Learning Channel's (TLC) BBQ Pitmasters.  This season the show is a competition highlighting four teams weekly competing for the right to compete for some big dollars during the season finale. 

Sept 2nd our spare rib showdown will air at 10 pm pst/9 PM cst.  These times may vary depending on your cable carrier. 

See these teasers for the series. 

Pulled Pork Tacos Soul Fusion Style

I have so much pulled pork in my freezer.  Today I decided to try to get rid of some of it by utilizing the pulled pork in a couple of taco recipes.  A traditional taco with salsa advocado and cheese and an fusion influenced taco with Asian slaw, pickled red onions and Red Dragon Sauce aka Momofuku style all on a flour tortilla.



Asian Cabbage Slaw
6 cups shredded cabbage

1 cup thinly sliced scallions

½ cup rough chopped cilantro

4 Tbsp Kochujang paste

2 Tbsp sesame oil

1 tsp toasted sesame seeds

1/3 cup seasoned rice vinegar

1 Tbsp minced garlic

salt & pepper to taste



1. Make the marinade soy sauce, sugar, garlic, scallions, black pepper, sesame oil in a mixing bowl. Whisk until the sugar granules dissolve and set aside.

2. Mix kochujang paste, garlic, sesame oil, rice vinegar, sesame seeds

3. Toss shredded cabbage, scallions, cilantro with kochujang mixture

4. Add salt & pepper to taste and set aside, allowing the flavors to marry.

5. Brush a little bit of olive oil on tortilla and warm in a pan or the oven.

6. Assemble the tacos by adding meat to the tortillas and top off with the spicy Korean/Asian slaw

 
Pickled Red Onions
 
1 medium to large red onion sliced into thin rings
 
1/4 cup seasoned rice vinegar
 
1/2 tsp salt
 
pinch of ground black pepper
 
Mix allo ingredient and refrigerate for at lest 2 hours.  Will last for at least a couple of weeks or more refrigerated.

Four Q Gets a 5th Place in Chicken at Vista Competition July 31st- 11th Overall

5th Place chicken  (out of 45)

Didn't Get a Picture of Box- Money Muscle Turn In (16th)

18th Place (out of 45)

17th Out of 45

Vista, CA- 07/30/2010 - 08/01/2010

Overall:

1 Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ

2 Rhythm 'n Que

3 The Rub Company

4 All Sauced Up

5 Big Poppa Smokers

6 Goin Que Que

7 T & J's Backyard BBQ

8 Bird's Pit Crew

9 Smokin' Yankees BBQ

10 Smokin' Steve's

11 Four Q

12 Brazen BBQ

13 Rusty Barrel BBQ

14 Tops BBQ

15 Smoke It All Night

16 Tropical Heat BBQ

17 Smoked to the Bone

18 Left Coast Q

19 Smokey Bones BBQ

20 5J's BBQ

21 Rib Ticklers BBQ

22 Whiskey Ranch BBQ

23 El Fuego Fiasco

24 BBQ by Dan

25 All Hogs Go to Heaven

26 Soaked In Smoke

27 The Smokaholics

28 Meat, Inc.

29 Smitty's Smoke Patrol

30 West's Best BBQ Team

31 When Pigs Fly

32 Smokin' Hogs

33 Rubbed the Right Way

34 Ham-erd Hogs

35 Dirty Harry's BBQ

36 Here's the Rub

37 Carnivorous Habits

38 Cooks 'N Ladders BBQ

39 Revolution Barbecue

40 Big Rick & The BBQ Chick

41 GRILLaTactics

42 T & H Prime Meats and Sa

43 Two Irish Fools

44 Papa Chubby's BBQ

45 Pribs Ribs



Chicken:

1 Meat, Inc.

2 Smokey Bones BBQ

3 Goin Que Que

4 Smokin' Yankees BBQ

5 Four Q

6 El Fuego Fiasco

7 The Smokaholics

8 Rhythm 'n Que

9 Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ

10 Big Poppa Smokers

11 Whiskey Ranch BBQ

12 Rib Ticklers BBQ

13 All Sauced Up

14 Bird's Pit Crew

15 T & J's Backyard BBQ

16 Rusty Barrel BBQ

17 Tops BBQ

18 BBQ by Dan

19 T & H Prime Meats and Sa

20 Tropical Heat BBQ

21 Smoke It All Night

22 Brazen BBQ

23 Smoked to the Bone

24 Smokin' Hogs

25 5J's BBQ

26 All Hogs Go to Heaven

27 When Pigs Fly

28 Here's the Rub

29 Smitty's Smoke Patrol

30 Revolution Barbecue

31 Rubbed the Right Way

32 Soaked In Smoke

33 Dirty Harry's BBQ

34 The Rub Company

35 Smokin' Steve's

36 Ham-erd Hogs

37 West's Best BBQ Team

38 GRILLaTactics

39 Papa Chubby's BBQ

40 Left Coast Q

41 Cooks 'N Ladders BBQ

42 Big Rick & The BBQ Chick

43 Two Irish Fools

44 Carnivorous Habits

45 Pribs Ribs





Ribs:

1 The Rub Company

2 Rhythm 'n Que

3 Bird's Pit Crew

4 Carnivorous Habits

5 Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ

6 Rib Ticklers BBQ

7 BBQ by Dan

8 Tropical Heat BBQ

9 All Sauced Up

10 Tops BBQ

11 Smokin' Hogs

12 Left Coast Q

13 Soaked In Smoke

14 When Pigs Fly

15 Smoke It All Night

16 Big Rick & The BBQ Chick

17 The Smokaholics

18 Four Q

19 GRILLaTactics

20 El Fuego Fiasco

21 Smoked to the Bone

22 Ham-erd Hogs

23 Smokin' Yankees BBQ

24 Rusty Barrel BBQ

25 Smokin' Steve's

26 Revolution Barbecue

27 Two Irish Fools

28 Goin Que Que

29 Cooks 'N Ladders BBQ

30 West's Best BBQ Team

31 T & J's Backyard BBQ

32 Dirty Harry's BBQ

33 Here's the Rub

34 All Hogs Go to Heaven

35 Brazen BBQ

36 5J's BBQ

37 Smokey Bones BBQ

38 Papa Chubby's BBQ

39 Big Poppa Smokers

40 T & H Prime Meats and Sa

41 Rubbed the Right Way

42 Pribs Ribs

43 Smitty's Smoke Patrol

44 Whiskey Ranch BBQ

45 Meat, Inc.


Pork:

1 Big Poppa Smokers

2 Smokin' Steve's

3 Brazen BBQ

4 Rhythm 'n Que

5 All Hogs Go to Heaven

6 Left Coast Q

7 Rusty Barrel BBQ

8 Smoked to the Bone

9 Smokin' Yankees BBQ

10 All Sauced Up

11 5J's BBQ

12 Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ

13 Tropical Heat BBQ

14 Meat, Inc.

15 Big Rick & The BBQ Chick

16 Four Q

17 T & J's Backyard BBQ

18 West's Best BBQ Team

19 Smitty's Smoke Patrol

20 The Rub Company

21 Bird's Pit Crew

22 Smoke It All Night

23 Tops BBQ

24 Rubbed the Right Way

25 Goin Que Que

26 Whiskey Ranch BBQ

27 Smokey Bones BBQ

28 Soaked In Smoke

29 Two Irish Fools

30 Ham-erd Hogs

31 The Smokaholics

32 BBQ by Dan

33 When Pigs Fly

34 Revolution Barbecue

35 Pribs Ribs

36 Cooks 'N Ladders BBQ

37 Dirty Harry's BBQ

38 El Fuego Fiasco

39 T & H Prime Meats and Sa

40 Rib Ticklers BBQ

41 Here's the Rub

42 GRILLaTactics

43 Carnivorous Habits

44 Smokin' Hogs

45 Papa Chubby's BBQ


Brisket:

1 T & J's Backyard BBQ

2 Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ

3 The Rub Company

4 Goin Que Que

5 Whiskey Ranch BBQ

6 Big Poppa Smokers

7 Smokin' Steve's

8 Brazen BBQ

9 All Sauced Up

10 5J's BBQ

11 Rusty Barrel BBQ

12 Smitty's Smoke Patrol

13 Rhythm 'n Que

14 Tops BBQ

15 Bird's Pit Crew

16 Smoke It All Night

17 Four Q

18 Smokin' Yankees BBQ

19 Rib Ticklers BBQ

20 El Fuego Fiasco

21 Smokin' Hogs

22 Smokey Bones BBQ

23 West's Best BBQ Team

24 Soaked In Smoke

25 Left Coast Q

26 Smoked to the Bone

27 Here's the Rub

28 Rubbed the Right Way

29 Dirty Harry's BBQ

30 Tropical Heat BBQ

31 Cooks 'N Ladders BBQ

32 BBQ by Dan

33 Ham-erd Hogs

34 Carnivorous Habits

35 All Hogs Go to Heaven

36 When Pigs Fly

37 Pribs Ribs

38 The Smokaholics

39 Meat, Inc.

40 GRILLaTactics

41 Revolution Barbecue

42 T & H Prime Meats and Sa

43 Papa Chubby's BBQ

44 Two Irish Fools

45 Big Rick & The BBQ Chick