Rock Springs BBQ Boo Bash- Arizona Oct 28-29

This past weekend I competed as Four Q (aka Lady of Q) at the Arizona Rock Springs BBQ Boo Bash. A 7 hour drive from Los Angeles while caravaning with my former teammate and now fellow competitor Bigmista BBQ.

There were 48 teams from Arizona, California and Nevada.  The event was a blast (except for some minor things like the heat and gravel-dirt turf).  We took Ziggy who loved all the attention from all but he didn't take to the heat very well.

Many teams decorated their booths for Halloween and wow what creative designs there were.  In addition to the BBQ competition under BCS rules, there was an AZ versus CA battle.  The top five overall scores from each states teams determining the overall winner. 

Well, I was pretty happy with my scores.  I placed 6th in ribs and 2nd in pork out of 48 teams.  Overall I was 14th.  My chicken and brisket scores we won't talk about.  I knew my brisket wasn't very good, but thought my chicken was superb.  The judges disagreed.

2nd Place Pork

Exhausted Lady of Q and Clueless Cook of Q

Overall
1 Toys 4 BBQ'N - AZ- Grand Champion
2 Straw, Sticks & Bricks BBQ - AZ Reserve Grand Champion
3 Squeal Team Six - AZ
4 Who's Smokin Now - CA
5 Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ - CA
6 I.A.B. 30 BBQ - AZ
7 Smoked to the Bone - AZ
8 Left Coast Q. - CA
9 Route 66 Catering Crew - AZ
10 Hibbs & Crew Pirate BarBQ - AZ
11 Whiskey Ranch BBQ - AZ
12 Smokin' Buds - AZ
13 Loot 'N Booty BBQ - AZ
14 Four Q - CA
15 Porketeers - CA
16 Ranch 13 - AZ
17 Sin City Smokers - NV
18 Big Fire BBQ - AZ
19 Bam Bam's BBQ/BBQ Island - AZ
20 Smokin Phoenicians BBQ Team - AZ
21 Chubby Hubby BBQ - AZ
22 BBQ Bullies - AZ
23 Flying Porkmen - AZ
24 145 Grill - AZ
25 Anything'll Que - AZ
26 Crazy Pig BBQ - AZ
27 Smoke N Frogs - AZ
28 Johnny's Smokehouse - AZ
29 Big Rack BBQ - AZ
30 Glazed & Confused BBQ Team - AZ
31 Bigmista's Barbecue - CA
32 Swimmin in Smoke - AZ
33 Trailhound Smokers BBQ - NV
34 Golden Ticket BBQ - CA
35 Company B BBQ - AZ
36 Butthead BBQ - AZ
37 Good Guys BBQ - AZ
38 Two Sons BBQ - AZ
39 The Arizona Kid - AZ
40 Fire & Desire BBQ Team - AZ
41 Kegger's BBQ - AZ
42 BrownBear BBQ - AZ
43 Skinny's BBQ - AZ
44 Major Woody's Baron Von Jager BBQ Team - AZ
45 The Hog Pit Smokehouse & Grill - AZ
46 FAHRENHEIT 251 - AZ
47 Rock & Roll BBQ - AZ
48 No Clue BBQ - AZ

Chicken
1 Straw, Sticks & Bricks BBQ - AZ
2 Butthead BBQ - AZ
3 Porketeers - CA
4 The Hog Pit Smokehouse & Grill - AZ
5 Smoke N Frogs - AZ
6 Squeal Team Six - AZ
7 Smokin' Buds - AZ
8 Left Coast Q. - CA
9 Smoked to the Bone - AZ
10 Glazed & Confused BBQ Team - AZ
11 Smokin Phoenicians BBQ Team - AZ
12 Sin City Smokers - NV
13 Chubby Hubby BBQ - AZ
14 I.A.B. 30 BBQ - AZ
15 Crazy Pig BBQ - AZ
16 Whiskey Ranch BBQ - AZ
17 Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ - CA
18 BBQ Bullies - AZ
19 Flying Porkmen - AZ
20 Toys 4 BBQ'N - AZ
21 Route 66 Catering Crew - AZ
22 FAHRENHEIT 251 - AZ
23 Bigmista's Barbecue - CA
24 Hibbs & Crew Pirate BarBQ - AZ
25 Who's Smokin Now - CA
26 Big Fire BBQ - AZ
27 The Arizona Kid - AZ
28 Two Sons BBQ - AZ
29 145 Grill - AZ
30 Golden Ticket BBQ - CA
31 Kegger's BBQ - AZ
32 Trailhound Smokers BBQ - NV
33 Anything'll Que - AZ
34 Big Rack BBQ - AZ
35 Bam Bam's BBQ/BBQ Island - AZ
36 Good Guys BBQ - AZ
37 Four Q - CA
38 Loot 'N Booty BBQ - AZ
39 Swimmin in Smoke - AZ
40 Ranch 13 - AZ
41 BrownBear BBQ - AZ
42 Skinny's BBQ - AZ
43 Fire & Desire BBQ Team - AZ
44 Company B BBQ - AZ
45 Johnny's Smokehouse - AZ
46 Major Woody's Baron Von Jager BBQ Team - AZ
47 Rock & Roll BBQ - AZ
48 No Clue BBQ - AZ

Ribs
1 Toys 4 BBQ'N - AZ
2 Hibbs & Crew Pirate BarBQ - AZ
3 Left Coast Q. - CA
4 Straw, Sticks & Bricks BBQ - AZ
5 Smoked to the Bone - AZ
6 Four Q - CA
7 Porketeers - CA
8 Loot 'N Booty BBQ - AZ
9 Major Woody's Baron Von Jager BBQ Team - AZ
10 Whiskey Ranch BBQ - AZ
11 Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ - CA
12 No Clue BBQ - AZ
13 145 Grill - AZ
14 Who's Smokin Now - CA
15 I.A.B. 30 BBQ - AZ
16 Squeal Team Six - AZ
17 Chubby Hubby BBQ - AZ
18 The Hog Pit Smokehouse & Grill - AZ
19 Johnny's Smokehouse - AZ
20 Route 66 Catering Crew - AZ
21 Bigmista's Barbecue - CA
22 BBQ Bullies - AZ
23 Good Guys BBQ - AZ
24 Big Rack BBQ - AZ
25 Smokin' Buds - AZ
26 Bam Bam's BBQ/BBQ Island - AZ
27 Skinny's BBQ - AZ
28 Anything'll Que - AZ
29 Ranch 13 - AZ
30 Flying Porkmen - AZ
31 Golden Ticket BBQ - CA
32 BrownBear BBQ - AZ
33 Swimmin in Smoke - AZ
34 Big Fire BBQ - AZ
35 Smokin Phoenicians BBQ Team - AZ
36 The Arizona Kid - AZ
37 Company B BBQ - AZ
38 Kegger's BBQ - AZ
39 Glazed & Confused BBQ Team - AZ
40 Two Sons BBQ - AZ
41 Trailhound Smokers BBQ - NV
42 Smoke N Frogs - AZ
43 Fire & Desire BBQ Team - AZ
44 Sin City Smokers - NV
45 Butthead BBQ - AZ
46 Crazy Pig BBQ - AZ
47 Rock & Roll BBQ - AZ
48 FAHRENHEIT 251 - AZ

Pork
1 Whiskey Ranch BBQ - AZ
2 Four Q - CA
3 Ranch 13 - AZ
4 Toys 4 BBQ'N - AZ
5 Loot 'N Booty BBQ - AZ
6 Bam Bam's BBQ/BBQ Island - AZ
7 Anything'll Que - AZ
8 Sin City Smokers - NV
9 Squeal Team Six - AZ
10 Who's Smokin Now - CA
11 Left Coast Q. - CA
12 Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ - CA
13 The Hog Pit Smokehouse & Grill - AZ
14 Good Guys BBQ - AZ
15 Smoke N Frogs - AZ
16 Fire & Desire BBQ Team - AZ
17 Route 66 Catering Crew - AZ
18 Johnny's Smokehouse - AZ
19 Crazy Pig BBQ - AZ
20 Chubby Hubby BBQ - AZ
21 Glazed & Confused BBQ Team - AZ
22 Hibbs & Crew Pirate BarBQ - AZ
23 No Clue BBQ - AZ
24 Big Fire BBQ - AZ
25 I.A.B. 30 BBQ - AZ
26 145 Grill - AZ
27 BBQ Bullies - AZ
28 Smokin Phoenicians BBQ Team - AZ
29 Major Woody's Baron Von Jager BBQ Team - AZ
30 Straw, Sticks & Bricks BBQ - AZ
31 Golden Ticket BBQ - CA
32 Swimmin in Smoke - AZ
33 Smokin' Buds - AZ
34 Company B BBQ - AZ
35 FAHRENHEIT 251 - AZ
36 Rock & Roll BBQ - AZ
37 Butthead BBQ - AZ
38 Trailhound Smokers BBQ - NV
39 Big Rack BBQ - AZ
40 Flying Porkmen - AZ
41 BrownBear BBQ - AZ
42 Porketeers - CA
43 Kegger's BBQ - AZ
44 The Arizona Kid - AZ
45 Smoked to the Bone - AZ
46 Bigmista's Barbecue - CA
47 Two Sons BBQ - AZ
48 Skinny's BBQ - AZ
Brisket
1 FAHRENHEIT 251- AZ
2 Major Woody's Baron Von Jager BBQ Team - AZ
3 Who's Smokin Now - CA
4 Smoked to the Bone - AZ
5 I.A.B. 30 BBQ - AZ
6 Route 66 Catering Crew - AZ
7 Ranch 13 - AZ
8 Big Fire BBQ - AZ
9 Toys 4 BBQ'N - AZ
10 Straw, Sticks & Bricks BBQ - AZ
11 Flying Porkmen - AZ
12 Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ - CA
13 Squeal Team Six - AZ
14 Smokin' Buds - AZ
15 Big Rack BBQ - AZ
16 Smokin Phoenicians BBQ Team - AZ
17 Bam Bam's BBQ/BBQ Island - AZ
18 Sin City Smokers - NV
19 Johnny's Smokehouse - AZ
20 Trailhound Smokers BBQ - NV
21 Hibbs & Crew Pirate BarBQ - AZ
22 Company B BBQ - AZ
23 BBQ Bullies - AZ
24 Crazy Pig BBQ - AZ
25 Two Sons BBQ - AZ
26 Porketeers - CA
27 Loot 'N Booty BBQ - AZ
28 Swimmin in Smoke - AZ
29 Bigmista's Barbecue - CA
30 Anything'll Que - AZ
31 Four Q - CA
32 145 Grill - AZ
33 Rock & Roll BBQ - AZ
34 Golden Ticket BBQ - CA
35 Whiskey Ranch BBQ - AZ
36 Kegger's BBQ - AZ
37 Chubby Hubby BBQ - AZ
38 Smoke N Frogs - AZ
39 BrownBear BBQ - AZ
40 Left Coast Q. - CA
41 The Arizona Kid - AZ
42 Skinny's BBQ - AZ
43 Glazed & Confused BBQ Team - AZ
44 Fire & Desire BBQ Team - AZ
45 Butthead BBQ - AZ
46 Good Guys BBQ - AZ
47 The Hog Pit Smokehouse & Grill - AZ
48 No Clue BBQ - AZ

Bigmista's Barbecue empire - latimes.com

Bigmista's Barbecue empire - latimes.com

Real.Good.Meat

See article in L.A. Times July 1st, 2010.  The man to go to for great BBQ.  My Four Q BBQ teammate now on his own and doing quite well. 

Bacon Explosion

Four Q BBQ team member, Professor Salt was featured in an interview by Ed Lin of Deep End Dining.  The making of a bacon explosion was filmed during our recent competition at the OC BBQ Festival for Kristie's Foundation June 11-12th, 2010.  The Four Q BBQ team site is the background.  

This is a must see video.  It will have all you bacon lovers drooling. See below link

Bacon Explosion

6th Place Brisket (Out of 57 Teams)

Four Q BBQ got a 6th place in brisket out of 57 teams.  Proudly accepting the trophy is Sylvie. Quen for
Kids  2010 OC BBQ Festival.

Results From Wildomar BBQ Competition

It was great competing at the Wildomar- Ultimate BBQ Showdown.  We had fun and enjoyed hanging with our BBQ family.  We did take three walks though only getting a 19th place overall. 

Next event we will be competing at will be June 12th at Que'n for Kids in Orange County, CA.

See below for the results from this past weekend at Wildomar:

Grand Champion:  Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ

Reserve Grand Champion; Notley Que

Overall:

1st Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ
2nd Notley Que
3rd Otis & The Bird
4th Porketeers
5th Burnt By The Best
6th Rusty Barrel BBQ
7th Big Daddy's Q'n Crew
8th Rhythm 'n Que
9th Rib Tickler BBQ, LLC
10th The Rub Company
11th AzBarbeque
12th 7 kinds of smoke
13th Simply Marvelous BBQ
14th Rolling Bones
15th Punk Rock BBQ
16th Bird's Pit Crew
17th Rancho Rocke BBQ
18th Tropical Heat BBQ
19th Four Q
20th The Q
21st California BBQ Smokers
22nd Get It While Its Hot
23rd Cooks 'N Ladders BBQ
24th All Hogs Go to Heaven
25th When Pigs Fly
26th Smoke It All Night
27th GrillaTactics BBQ
28th Southfork BBQ
29th Meteor Barbecue Wave
30th Soaked in Smoke
31st Get Your Rub On
32nd Emi

Chicken:

1st AzBarbeque
2nd Slap Yo" Daddy BBQ
3rd Rolling Bones
4th Otis & The Bird
5th Rancho Rocke BBQ
6th Notley Que
7th Punk Rock BBQ
8th 7 kinds of smoke
9th Rusty Barrel BBQ
10th Four Q
11th Rib Tickler BBQ, LLC
12th GrillaTactics BBQ
13rd Meteor Barbecue Wave
14th Soaked in Smoke
15th Emi

Pork Ribs

1st Notley Que
2nd Otis & The Bird
3rd Big Daddy's Q'n Crew
4th Porketeers
5th Slap Yo" Daddy BBQ
6th The Rub Company
7th Bird's Pit Crew
8th Burnt By The Best
9th Rib Tickler BBQ, LLC
10th 7 kinds of smoke
11th Cooks 'N Ladders BBQ
12th Smoke It All Night
13rd Southfork BBQ
14th California BBQ Smokers
15th Rancho Rocke BBQ

Pork:

1st Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ
2nd Notley Que
3rd Otis & The Bird
4th Rusty Barrel BBQ
5th The Q
6th Rhythm 'n Que
7th Porketeers
8th Big Daddy's Q'n Crew
9th Simply Marvelous BBQ
10th Get It While Its Hot
11th All Hogs Go to Heaven
12th AzBarbeque
13rd Bird's Pit Crew
14th 7 kinds of smoke
15th Get Your Rub On

Brisket:

1st Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ
2nd Notley Que
3rd Burnt By The Best
4th Otis & The Bird
5th Tropical Heat BBQ
6th Rhythm 'n Que
7th The Rub Company
8th Rib Tickler BBQ, LLC
9th California BBQ Smokers
10th Simply Marvelous BBQ
11th Four Q
12th When Pigs Fly
13rd Punk Rock BBQ
14th Rusty Barrel BBQ
15th Porketeers

Tri-Tip:

1st Freddy Ray's BBQ
2nd When Pigs Fly
3rd Rooftop BBQ
4th Big Jims
5th Sweet Surrender
6th Game Over Cookers
7th Porketeers
8th Rib Tickler BBQ, LLC
9th Punk Rock BBQ
10th Get Your Rub On
11th Simply Marvelous BBQ
12th Southfork BBQ
13th AzBarbeque
14th GrillaTactics BBQ
15th The Rub Company

Beef Ribs:

1st Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ
2nd The Rub Company
3rd Southfork BBQ
4th Tropical Heat BBQ
5th Soaked in Smoke
6th 7 kinds of smoke
7th AzBarbeque
8th Four Q
9th Rooftop BBQ
10th Cooks 'N Ladders BBQ
11th All Hogs Go to Heaven
12th West's Best BBQ Team
13th Rib Tickler BBQ, LLC
14th Game Over Cookers
15th When Pigs Fly

Four Q BBQ Team in the Top 10 at Viejas Comp

It was a very exciting weekend as Four Q BBQ Team were back together again for the Fifth Annual Viejas BBQ Competition in Alpine, California.

We took a 6th place in chicken and a 5th place in brisket which landed us overall in 9th place out of 52 top notch teams. The judges were not so kind to us in pork ribs nor pork though in our humble opinion, our turn-ins for these two categories were also excellent.

See below for overall results and photos of our brisket, chicken and rib turn in boxes. I did not get a picture of the pork. Hopefully one of my teammates has one. Click on overall results/ranking photo for enlarged print.










Flickr Photos of Viejas Comp

Viejas BBQ Competition Oct 16-17 Promo

Four Q BBQ Team will be competing this weekend at the Viejas Outlet Center. See the below link for a video describing what to expect at this event. (note: there is a quick advertisement before the BBQ segment plays).

To date there are 50 teams signed up to compete. With so many great cooking teams, placing anywhere in the top ten is an honor. Four Q plans to be at the top.

Smokin In The Park

Four Q BBQ At Viejas 2009

BBQ Comp

Four Q BBQ Team will be back together again at this competition in Alpine, California. Our last competition was in April 2009 and I have so missed being back. After being on the judging side, I am so so looking forward to hands on competing.

Stagecoach 2009

'Pin the Nipples on the Pig'


Four Q competed in this years event. One of the awards was for Best in Show where we took 1st place out of 60 teams. Voting was done by the public and our success was primarily a result of the above game we offered with team participation and crowd participation.

We also took 2nd place in People's Choice for best tasting Que and 7th place for Best Decorated booth. In the certified judging competitions, we placed in the top 10 for both pulled pork and ribs during Saturday's event and not so well on Sunday where overall we were in the middle of the pack of 60.

Four Q Site















Sylvie





















Pin the Nipples on the Pig Game




The L.A. Times also covered this event. Click here. Our Pin the Nipples on the Pig game made the picture photo album in addition to our head cook Neil.

More from the L.A. Times.

Stagecoach Music Festival and BBQ Competition 2009

April 25th and 26th, Four Q BBQ Team will once again be competing in California's largest BBQ competition at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio California.

This event includes three separate competitions. Two on Saturday, April 25th and one on Sunday, April 26th. This will be like the marathon of all BBQ competitions. Despite the hardwork in high desert temperatures, we are looking forward to this.

My New Toys

My BBQ Team- Four Q, will be competing in a number of events in 2009. Kristie's Place-Wishland May 9th and Stagecoach Country Music Festivsl April 25th and 26th. A number of other contests are also planned, however these two events will require a bit more equipment and tools of the trade.

Weber recently released a 22.5 inch WSM (Weber Smoky Mountain) smoker which I figured would meet my needs for pumping out lots of pulled pork. I could easily fit 8-10 pork shoulders in this baby compared to my 18.5 WSM which has a capacity of only 4. Didn't take much to convince me to buy this smoker. It meets my needs for ease of transport and I can lift the individual pieces by myself.

This smoker is in demand across the country. Amazon orders take 1 1/2 to 2 months to ship. I ordered mine in early January. My order indicated that it would ship sometime around the end of February to the end of March. I received it early (this past week) and I noticed a number of folks on the web indicated their's also arrived this past week. You can get an idea of it's size compared to my two 18.5 inch WSMs in the photos.


















My urge to shop didn't end with the WSM. I'm doing my part for the economy. I found out at our last competition in Palm Desert that I didn't have the right tools to cook the chicken entry the way I felt was most competitive. One of our other team members usually does the chicken but he is intermittently available this year. I don't have a portable grill, so of course I went out and bought the 22.5 inch One Touch Weber Gold kettle. It's such a pretty blue.

Now to practicing with these new additions. I see a lot of "Q" in my future.

Four Q BBQ Featured on America.gov

Four Q on America.gov

Last month Four Q BBQ participated in a competition at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, California. We had the honor of being filmed by the U.S. State Departments's America.gov production crew because of our team's diversity representing what America is about. Released this 4th of July Independence weekend, this production shows a segment of our country's love of BBQ.

Please see the link above for a view of BBQ competition Four Q style.

Stagecoach BBQ Competition May 2-4, 2008

Sylvie's Photo Set

Bummer- Rain Postpones Backyard BBQ

Call us Southern Californians a little wimpy when it comes to rain and I'd forgive you. The forecast this weekend has been for showers and more showers, slightly heavy at times. As a result our Backyard Super Que Saturday has been postponed until a later date probably in March.

Part of the fun of backyard events is the socializing with other teams, tasting site to site with a competitive spirit and all this outside with only an EZ Up for cover. With rain and wind added factors and cool temps (50ish), it all makes for a not so comfortable environment. Thus the decision to postpone.

Backyard At The Rocke III- Praticing My Ribs

Next weekend Four Q BBQ will be joining 14 other teams in a little get together where we all prepare three meats (chicken, tri tip and ribs) and an "anything but" category, get judged by official CBBQA judges, taste each others food, and just have a good time as one big BBQ family.

Sorry for the tease, but this one is not open to non-competitors. However, we have a number of open competitons coming up for 2008 which I will definitely keep you all informed of.

Anyway, you all know I am the pork butt queen. However, for this event, we switched things around and I will be doing the spare ribs. This is our opportunity to have constructive feedback and judging of varying prep techniques and seasonings.

Ribs with about another hour to go.


Ready to eat.



I am also going to prepare the "anything but" category. What is "anything but"? Well, just simply not ribs, not chicken and not tri tip. Could be meat, could be a dessert. To keep the other teams from stealing my idea, I can't post my practice run on this category yet, but I will say it is a "throw back" to a dessert popular in the 80's and experienciung a surge in popularity over the last year and no- it is not Fondu.

Reserve Grand Champions -La Quinta 2007

Reserve Grand Champion = 2nd Place overall. More later. Too tired to write. Go Four Q BBQ!

Viejas 2007 Competition Results

It was a wonderful weekend and good time had by all at the 2007 Viejas, 3rd Annual "Smokin' In the Park" BBQ Competition. 37 seven teams competed. Some new, some experienced and some on their way to the top.

Four Q did finish 15th overall out of 37 which is pretty darn good considering the competition. It seems all the teams hit or missed in each category which resulted in some surprises for the Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champrions.

Four Q Results:
8th Pork
9th Chicken
21st Ribs
24th Brisket

See my Flickr site for photos of the event

BBQ Junkie's Photos

Big Mista's Photos

Big Brother Smokes Pictures

Official Overall Results:


Yea, I know this print is very small. Click on results photo to view a larger. picture.

Smokin' In The Park- Four Q BBQ

Four Q BBQ will be competing this coming weekend at the Viejas Outlet Center sponsored "Smoking In The Park.

KCBS BBQ Contest

October 19 & 20, 2007

Viejas Outlet Center, Alpine, CA

This is a big one with 41 teams signed up todate. If you are in the area stop on by and say hello.

More Photo Links to Moorpark Competition 9-8-07

BBQ By Dan

Survival Gourmet

Results From Moorpark Family Festival BBQ Competition

I know I was supposed to let you all know when Four Q BBQ (4Q) was competing again. Well we did a competition yesterday at the Underrwood Farms, Walnut Grove in Moorpark. It was a small competition (6 teams) with this being the first attempt by the Moorpark Chamber of Commerce at a BBQ cookoff.


Pork butt Presented by fingerling versus shredded and no garnish per IBCA rules

See more pictures from the event on my Flickr site.


Also see photos by my Four Q teamate Luis from his Flickr site.

Next comp will be October 20th at the Viejas Shopping Outlet in Alpine, CA. 50 teams expected at this one. I promise more info later.

We did ok with the highlight being a 1st Place in Brisket. Our good friends Tropical Heal took Grand Championship (yeah!).


Four Q 1st Place Brisket

Results

Tropic Heat and BBQ by Dan Tie
Tie Breaker Tropical Heat

Half Chicken
1 Tropical
2 OU8 BBQ (Todd Eves)
3 BBQ by Dan
4 Pit Stop
5 Papa Smoke House

Spare Ribs
1 Dan
2 Tropical
3 OU8 BBQ
4 Pit Stop
5 4Q

Pork
1 Dan
2 OU8 BBQ
3 4Q
4 Tropical
5 Pit Stop

Brisket
1 4Q
2 Tropical
3 Papas Smoke House
4 Dan
5 OU8