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grateful he had something to turn in. Ryan then thanked Joey and Craig again and of- fered to pay. Joey happily replied, "Don't worry about it brother. This is what the BBQ Fam- ily does!" Smoking Hooks went back to their site, and Joey went back to the FOGO Charcoal site. Joey Machado said, "Little did we know that those two racks would wind up being the best ribs in the park on Sun- day." Smoking Hooks won 1st place in ribs at the American Royal Open. After the number one rib call on Sunday, Ryan and team went to find Joey to thank him for personally for taking him around to introduce him to so many great people who all were willing to help them "go from no ribs at all to the World Champion ribs at the 2019 American Royal Open!" Joey Machado made sure to point out, "They were cooked on FOGO Charcoal, of course!” L to R is Joe Soto, Jim Compart, Ryan Deal, and Eric Villarreal. OCTOBER 2019 BarbecueNews.com - 43