![]() ![]() I bet you (we turned away) a hundred teams." "(But) we had over 80 teams, and we had a huge waiting list to get into our contest. "We're not as big as Lakeland (Pigfest), and I don't ever want to be as big," said Csomos, pronounced SHMOSE. Turns out Polk County has no shortage of barbecue fanciers.ĭespite the previous weekend's Lakeland Pigfest, Saturday's event at the club's Winter Haven headquarters attracted a crowd estimated at 23,000 and raised as much as $80,000, said event coordinator Frank Csomos. The teams walked off with $2,000 and $1,500 in prize money, respectively. Second place in the Krieger Electric professional category went to Forrest Fine Foods of Cottondale in North Florida. We're hoping to make it back again next year, this time with a smoker in tow.WINTER HAVEN - Big Papa's Country Kitchen of Naples took top honors at last weekend's eighth annual Budweiser Smoke on the Water barbecue competition, a fundraiser of Citrus Center Boys & Girls Clubs. However, this gives Myron just a bit more steam to continue to promote this great sport and venue. Not sure if rigged or not, as the crowd was about 50% for and against this win. The Overall Grand Champion was of course the hometown favorite, Myron Mixon from Jack's Old South. DANG! That must be one good cake!Īlthough we stuck around for the judging, they paid out the top ten places, and really there were just too many teams to pay attention too. I wondered over right on time to see a double chocolate German fudge cake go for $450. From a distance, I kept hearing the auctioneer describe the cakes, then start the bidding. The local farming kids were having a pig sale, amongst other things, and auctioning off cakes. And the BBQ was done.Īs a side note, I couldn't help but notice the side events that were going on right next door. Soon, everyone's concentration turned from BBQ to football. But wait, oh yeah, Mac's Speed Shop had four big screen tvs connected to a satellite. Awards weren't until 7:00, and here it was only 2:00. ![]() We headed back over to the Mac's Speed Shop pit to see how the guys had done. As the finalists for each category were called out over the loudspeaker, you could hear distant cheers from around the grounds. Many team members hadn't even been to sleep yet. They had done their share of work over the past 24 hours. Help he had this weekend, and made sure he introduced each of his teamĪfter all the judging was finished, the teams started to relax. Thoroughly explaining everything they do, from building their ownĮquipment, to where they get their wood, why they use that flavor and And they had to tell about their teams, sauces and the methods Their food in a short amount of time, teams (and judges) scrambledįrantically to get ready for each visit. Since each team had to have three on-site judges tour, view and taste Dude, if these fat legs were able to run faster, I'd of had a bite of it all. This was the best part of the whole weekend, and allowed me to see the end result of each team's hard work. And making sure the meat stayed warm while it was tenderly placed inside. Each team built their boxes with the utmost care. With the blind boxes starting to get turned in, we got to see a lot of box building. And as the camera crew would set-up shots, Myron would come over and sneak a piece of meat from Micheal's pile, and declare "tastes just like mine!". And grateful that he had just as big of a crowd at his setup as his daddy did at his. You could tell from the get go that Michael had been The similarities between these two BBQ masters was They were wearing a trail out between the two camps. We ventured on down the line to see how the competition was goingīetween Jack's Old South and Jack's New South. ![]() They'd take pity on me thrown me a rib, or two. I was thinking to myself that if I just hung out long enough, maybe The teams still had turn-in and on-site judging to do. The juicesįilling the cavity and dripping off of the 180# beast was wanting me to Lonnie opened that puppy up, well, WOW! That's all I can say. Wanted to see that whole hog after drooling over it yesterday. First stop through the gate was back down at Bubba Grills. ![]()
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