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2012 4th Annual Biggest Baddest Barbeque, Bakersfield Grand Champion - Big B's Down-N-Dirty BBQ Bill and Yvonne Souza

May 19, 2012

Bakersfield, CA

By

Steve Wilson

April 27 & 28, 2013

Thirty teams made there way to Indio, California for the Stagecoach Country Music Festival and BBQ Championship promoted by longtime CBBQA member Thom Emery. The Festival featured many of the hottest bands in country music with the headliners being The Zac Brown Band, Lady Antebellum and Toby Keith. This year, the teams had a great view of the “Mane Stage” from the front of their camps. It was very nice to sit back after the competitions and listen to the great music being performed live 200 yard in front of us.

Teams had to arrive on Thursday to move into the giant venue. We arrived about half way through the load in schedule and met Thom at the gate. You could tell things were stressful for Thom. Finally everyone was located in their spots and the friendly chit chat of the BBQ brotherhood commenced. Evening temperatures were quite pleasant. Daytime temps were downright hot for this fat dude. Inside my screened canopy on Sunday, my Thermapen recorded 112*.

Friday was the start of the 3 day festival and the start of the competitions as well. Teams broke out their cookbooks to cook some International Chili Society “Home Style” Chili. Got Smoke was the winner and received the Gold Record trophy for their efforts.

Saturday, Thom had lined up an International Barbecue Cookers Association (IBCA) three meat cook off. The comp meats were a ½ Chicken, Spareribs & Brisket. Chicken honor went to Meat, Inc. with 2nd and 3rd going to the split teams of Basement BBQ and Rooftop BBQ. The pitmasters, Joe and Andy, normally work together, but used the festival to gather friends and family, and put on two great performances.

Sparerib honors went to one of the hottest teams on the circuit right now, Smokin’ Mo’s. 2nd went to I.A.B. 30 and 3rd went to Dirty Harry BBQ. Brisket was the last category and Honors went to Dave Malone and his team All Sauced Up. 2nd went to John and Brad at Brazen BBQ. Tom & Paul from I.A.B. 30 took home 3rd place.

For the GC and RGC, there was a tie in points. And according to our IBCA Reps, K & K McIntosh, the tie was settled by the team who had the highest brisket score. I.A.B. 30 was 3rd in Brisket and Basement was 8th, thus I.A.B. 30 scored the GC and Basement BBQ was the RGC. Congratulations to all the winners.

Sunday was hot, and so was the KCBS Competition. Chicken honors went to Loot N’ Booty, followed by I.A.B. 30 and Brazen BBQ. All Sauced Up was 11th. Ribs honors went to I.A.B. 30 followed by Smokin’ Mo’s and Got Smoke BBQ. Brazen BBQ was 4th place and All Sauced Up was 11th. Pork honors went to Andy Soto of Master of Disaster BBQ followed by Grillatactics and Loot N’ Booty. All Sauced Up was 4th & Brazen BBQ was 5th and I.A.B. 30 finished in 11th.

As you can see it was a 4 horse race and it would come down to the brisket category for the Gold Record Trophies. All Sauced Up followed up their Saturday 1st place Brisket and repeated their domination with back to back honors in Brisket. All Sauced Up was followed by The Pit Crew BBQ and Rooftop BBQ. Brazen BBQ was 5th and I.A.B. 30 was 7th.

In the Overall, The Pit Crew BBQ was 5th, All Sauced Up was 4th, and Loot N’ Booty was 3rd. The Silver Record and RGC went to I.A.B. 30 and GC honors went to Brazen BBQ and took home the Gold Record.

Congratulations to all the participants and thank you to Thom Emery for his efforts, Carol & Merl Whitebook, our KCBS and ICS Reps and Kelly and Kathleen McIntosh, our IBCA Reps. I would also like to Thank the Concert Promoters for giving us the opportunity to have these three contests, at such a huge event. Golden Voice, Thank You.

A quick shout out to the BBQ vendors, who also competed. I talked with Dale Ginos several times and I understand they had a fabulous weekend both vending and all 3 competitions. Well done my friend.

May

• 11 (KCBS) 2nd Anuual West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach

• 18 (KCBS) Biggest Baddest BBQ, Bakersfield

• 24 (KCBS) 3rd Annual Blues Brews & BBQ, Brentwood

June

• 8 3rd Annual Wagon Train Rib Cook Off, Placerville

• 15 (KCBS) 1st Annual California Honey Harvest Festival, Filmore

• 22 Feather Falls Casino 3-Meat Series #1, Oroville

• 22 (KCBS) 2nd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship, Temecula

• 29 (KCBS) 2nd Annual Silicon Valley BBQ Championships, Santa Clara

July

• 13 (KCBS) 3rd Annual Wine Country Big Q BBQ Championship, Santa Rosa

• 21 (KCBS) 4th Annual Smokin' For Gold, Placerville

• 27 (KCBS) 2nd Annual Siskiyou Beef Country Cook-Off Montague CA

August

• 3 (KCBS) 5th Annual Vista Smokin' Q Classic, Vista

• 17 Feather Falls Casino 3-Meat Series #2, Oroville

• 17 (KCBS) 2nd Annual Ribs, Pigs and Watermelons, Huntington Beach CA

• 24 (KCBS) 5th Annual Smokin' on the Water, Lakeport

September

• 14 (KCBS) 1st Annual Rubstock BBQ Championship, Cameron Park, CA

October

• 5 Feather Falls Casino 3-Meat Series #3, Oroville

• 5 (KCBS) 3rd Annual Dana Point BBQ Championship, Dana Point CA

• 18 (KCBS) 2nd Annual Cowboy Up Rodeo and BBQ, Lancaster CA

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• 20 High Desert Music Festival & BBQ Showdown, Victorville, CA
• 21 2nd annual Smoke on the Mountain, San Jose
• 4th annual The Ultimate BBQ Showdown East vs West IIII, Wildomar, CA
• 1st Annual Kings of the Que BBQ Championship, Sacramento, CA
• 2nd Annual Santa Anita Park Winners' Circle BBQ Championship, Arcadia
• Backyard on the Lake 2013, Patterson
• 3rd 2nd Annual PAL Super Bowl Cook Off Fundraiser (3 meat), Brentwood
• 8/9/10 QFest at East Shore RV
• 3rd Annual Wild Wild West BBQ State Championship, Lake Elsinore
• 2nd Annual Little Engine that Could State BBQ Championship, Vista, CA
• 2012_Butcher's BBQ Tell All BBQ Class in Orange Co Ca 'CBBQA Endorsed'
• 3rd Annual Wild Wild West BBQ State Championship, Lake Elsinore
• 1st Annual Needles Rt. 66 Music Brews and BBQ Championship, Needles
• Santee Car Show & BBQ Championship, Santee
• 1st Annual Win-River Casino BBQ Championship, Redding

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2013 STANDINGS

1- Knock UR Sox Off BBQ 307

Ryan Moore ~ Fontana, CA

T2- Ridge Route Boys 300

Curtis Trigueiro ~ Bakersfield, CA

T2- Simply Marvelous 300

Stephen Franklin ~ Ventura, CA

4- Left Coast Q 285

Matt Dalton ~ Banning, CA

5- Hog Island Pitmasters 282

John Hendrickson ~ Discovery Bay, CA

6- Burnin and Lootin 274

Jerry Aguilar ~ Cornoa, CA

7- All Sauced Up 256

Dave Malone ~ Valencia, CA

8- Butchers Daughter 211

Donna Fong ~ Alameda, CA

9- Big Poppa Smokers 208

Sterling Ball ~ Coachella, CA

10- Smokin Mo's 205

Mike Lindley ~ Yucca Valley, CA

11- Smokin' Yankees BBQ 203

Chris Juencke ~ Stockton, CA

12- Porketeers 194

Dennis McGrath ~ El Cajon, CA

13- Loot N' Booty 190

Sterling Smith ~ Scottsdale, AZ

14- Big B's Down & Dirty BBQ 185

Bill Souza ~ Pacifica, CA

15- Wild Willys Smokin Hot BBQ 184

William Wilson ~ Riverside, CA

16- Rooftop Barbeque 181

Andy Allen ~ Menifee, CA

17- Bowling Over Pigs 180

Chuck Collondrez ~ Brentwood, CA

18- All Hogs Go to Heaven 176

Steve Madaule ~ Lancaster, CA

19- Funtime BBQ ~ 159

Benny Adauto ~ Whittier, CA

20- Lady of Q 157

Sylvie Curry ~ Ramona, CA

21- ZZYZX Bar B Q 147

Jason Miranda ~ Rancho Cucamonga, CA

T22- Who's Smokin Now 146

Raymond Porter ~ Banning, CA

T22- My Smokin Grillfriend 146

Jeff Pollock ~ Bakersfield, CA

24- Too Ashamed To Name 143

Scott Hares ~ San Jose, CA

25- Patio Pitmasters 130

Lance Miller ~ Corona, CA

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