I Finally Got My First BBQ Grand Championship

Since 2006 I have been competing in BBQ competitions with the Four Q BBQ team.  We have had some good competitions where we did well and we have had some not so great competitions.  We congratulate ourselves as not coming in DAL (Dead Ass Last) in any competitons over the past 5 years.

Four Q started as four food bloggers who had a love for BBQ who wanted to venture into the competition world.  I remember our first competion at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles in 2006.  We had only met and did one practice a month before that competition but after a good finish in ribs, we were hooked. 

Over the years our team went to three members and then two and over the last year only one with me competing solo during most of 2011.  We were always seeking that elusive GC (Grand Champion- First Place in a single competition overall).  I told my hubby earlier this year that my goal was to achieve a GC by the end of the year.  He was supportive but I could tell then that my wish for a GC was like his dream to catch a 300 plus pound tuna during one of his fishing adventures. 

Well, he has been there for  me supportive and lending a helping hand as my PB while I competed solo.  I did achieve my first Grand Championship this past weekend at the December 11th Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum BBQ Competiton in Vista, CA  flying solo for Four Q Competition BBQ Team.  Heck yes and after a very animated, jump up and down, scream and shout, kiss and hug, yes, yes with a standing ovation from my BBQ family, I realized my dream.  GC, I'm still pinching myself to make sure it wasn't a dream but yes a dream come true.

Next year I probably be competing under a new team name- "Lady of Q".  I'll keep you posted.

Grand Champion: Four Q (Me)
Reserve Champion: Simply Marvelous BBQ

Overall:
1. Four Q - 666.2856
2. Simply Marvelous BBQ - 666.2854
3. All Sauced Up - 659.9998
4. All Hogs Go To Heaven - 659.4286
5. 4 Smokin Butts - 658.2852
6. Smoke Slayers - 657.7150
7. Big Poppa Smokers - 657.1432
8. Master of Disaster - 650.8570
9. Tropical Heat BBQ - 645.1428
10. Who's Smoking Now - 643.4282
11. Brazen BBQ - 641.7138
12. Left Coast Q - 641.1428
13. The Pit Crew BBQ - 640.5716
14. Chillin and Grillin BBQ - 637.7140
15. Big Daddy's Q N Crew - 630.8572
16. Bills Best BBQ - 628.0000
17. Ridge Route Boys BBQ - 623.9996
18. Mad Maui - 620.5714
19. Devil Dog BBQ - 616.5714
20. Smokehouse 10 - 613.1432
21. Meat Inc. - 612.5710
22. Rubbed the Right Way - 606.8570
23. Wild Willy's Smokin Hot - 603.9996
24. Woody's Bar-B-Que - 600.5712
25. Hoghound Barbeque - 597.7142
26. Marinated Chefs - 594.2848
27. Oink N Squeal - 590.8568
28. Bubba's Smokeyard BBQ - 589.7138
29. Ricks Secret Spot - 309.7148
30. West's Best BBQ Team - 299.4278


Chicken:
1. All Sauced Up - 170.8572
2. 4 Smokin Butts - 170.2856
3. Big Poppa Smokers - 169.1428
4. Simply Marvelous BBQ - 169.1428
5. Ricks Secret Spot - 168.5718
6. Smoke Slayers - 168.5716
7. All Hogs Go To Heaven - 168.5714
8. Who's Smoking Now - 167.4286
9. Big Daddy's Q N Crew - 164.0000
10. Ridge Route Boys BBQ - 164.0000
11. Four Q - 164.0000
12. Master of Disaster - 162.8572
13. Left Coast Q - 162.8570
14. Chillin and Grillin BBQ - 162.8570
15. Meat Inc. - 161.7142
16. Bubba's Smokeyard BBQ - 157.7142
17. Brazen BBQ - 157.7140
18. Bills Best BBQ - 157.1430
19. Devil Dog BBQ - 157.1428
20. Tropical Heat BBQ - 156.5714
21. Rubbed the Right Way - 156.0000
22. The Pit Crew BBQ - 156.0000
23. Wild Willy's Smokin Hot - 154.2856
24. Mad Maui - 153.1428
25. Smokehouse 10 - 152.0002
26. Oink N Squeal - 151.4284
27. Hoghound Barbeque - 150.2856
28. Woody's Bar-B-Que - 150.2856
29. Marinated Chefs - 146.2854


Ribs:
1. Four Q - 173.7144
2. All Sauced Up - 169.7142
3. Mad Maui - 169.1428
4. Left Coast Q - 166.8572
5. Devil Dog BBQ - 165.1428
6. Tropical Heat BBQ - 164.5716
7. Smoke Slayers - 164.0004
8. Chillin and Grillin BBQ - 162.2856
9. Brazen BBQ - 162.2856
10. The Pit Crew BBQ - 161.1430
11. Simply Marvelous BBQ - 160.0000
12. Big Daddy's Q N Crew - 159.4286
13. All Hogs Go To Heaven - 159.4286
14. Who's Smoking Now - 159.4284
15. Big Poppa Smokers - 158.2858
16. Hoghound Barbeque - 158.2858
17. Bills Best BBQ - 158.2856
18. 4 Smokin Butts - 157.1428
19. Master of Disaster - 156.5714
20. Marinated Chefs - 151.9998
21. Meat Inc. - 148.5714
22. Woody's Bar-B-Que - 146.8574
23. Oink N Squeal - 146.8572
24. Rubbed the Right Way - 143.4286
25. Bubba's Smokeyard BBQ - 143.4284
26. Smokehouse 10 - 142.2858
27. Ricks Secret Spot - 141.1430
28. Ridge Route Boys BBQ - 139.9998
29. Wild Willy's Smokin Hot - 131.4284


Pork:
1. Smokehouse 10 - 172.0000
2. 4 Smokin Butts - 165.7140
3. Big Poppa Smokers - 165.1432
4. All Sauced Up - 164.5714
5. All Hogs Go To Heaven - 164.0000
6. Master of Disaster - 164.0000
7. Brazen BBQ - 162.2858
8. Smoke Slayers - 162.2858
9. Simply Marvelous BBQ - 162.2854
10. Oink N Squeal - 161.7142
11. Tropical Heat BBQ - 161.7142
12. Who's Smoking Now - 161.7140
13. Bills Best BBQ - 161.1428
14. Four Q - 160.5712
15. Ridge Route Boys BBQ - 159.9998
16. Left Coast Q - 159.4286
17. West's Best BBQ Team - 157.7138
18. Big Daddy's Q N Crew - 157.1430
19. The Pit Crew BBQ - 154.2856
20. Meat Inc. - 154.2854
21. Chillin and Grillin BBQ - 153.1430
22. Wild Willy's Smokin Hot - 153.1428
23. Woody's Bar-B-Que - 153.1426
24. Rubbed the Right Way - 148.5714
25. Marinated Chefs - 148.5714
26. Devil Dog BBQ - 141.7144
27. Hoghound Barbeque - 140.5714
28. Mad Maui - 137.7142
29. Bubba's Smokeyard BBQ - 132.5712

Brisket:
1. Simply Marvelous BBQ - 174.8572
2. The Pit Crew BBQ - 169.1430
3. Four Q - 168.0000
4. All Hogs Go To Heaven - 167.4286
5. Master of Disaster - 167.4284
6. Wild Willy's Smokin Hot - 165.1428
7. 4 Smokin Butts - 165.1428
8. Big Poppa Smokers - 164.5714
9. Smoke Slayers - 162.8572
10. Tropical Heat BBQ - 162.2856
11. Mad Maui - 160.5716
12. Ridge Route Boys BBQ - 160.0000
13. Chillin and Grillin BBQ - 159.4284
14. Brazen BBQ - 159.4284
15. Rubbed the Right Way - 158.8570
16. Bubba's Smokeyard BBQ - 156.0000
17. Who's Smoking Now - 154.8572
18. All Sauced Up - 154.8570
19. Devil Dog BBQ - 152.5714
20. Left Coast Q - 152.0000
21. Bills Best BBQ - 151.4286
22. Woody's Bar-B-Que - 150.2856
23. Big Daddy's Q N Crew - 150.2856
24. Hoghound Barbeque - 148.5714
25. Meat Inc. - 148.0000
26. Marinated Chefs - 147.4282
27. Smokehouse 10 - 146.8572
28. West's Best BBQ Team - 141.7140
29. Oink N Squeal - 130.8570