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WELCOME TO THE CBBQA 2020 NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Craig Yeszin - pitmaster from Cynical BBQ wills serve his first term as a board member. Craig is also responsible for educational classes for the CBBQA.
Kevin Barteaux - pitmaster from Smokey Luv BBQ will serve his first term as a board member. Kevin has been a member of our distinguished organization for over a decade.
Scott Simpson - Contributing to California BBQ as a Master Judge. Scott brings a different perspective to the board of direc- tors; this will be his second stint as a board member.
Thomas Gearhart - Pitmaster of Mudville BBQ and this past American Royal's Invitational champion. Thomas brings a wel- comed administrative aspect to the CBBQA serving in his first term.
Kyle Casazza - Pitmaster from Nothing Compares 2 Q returns for his third consecutive term as a board member. Kyle has oversight
for our organizations' by-laws based on his extensive legal back- ground.
Sylvie Curry - Pitmaster from Lady of Q is serving in her fourth consecutive term as a board member. Sylvie has oversight for our charitable contributions committee and is in charge of getting trophies made for our Team of the Year recipients.
Jerry Aguilar - Pitmaster for Burnin and Lootin and the
2019 Team of the Year winner. Jerry is serving his third consecu- tive member of our board of directors in the capacity of webmas- ter and secretary. Jerry is also a member of the CBBQA Hall of Fame.
Steph Franklin - Pitmaster for Simply Marvelous BBQ, serving his third consecutive term ( previously was a board member for 2013 and 2014) as a board member. Steph has served this organi- zation for four years as president. Steph has oversight for our ToY sponsorships and award ceremony.
Rooftop BBQ Competition BBQ Class featuring Pitmaster, Andy Allen
I had the privilege of assisting, Andy with his class on December 7th at the BBQ Headquarters located in Simi Valley. Andy did a tell-all class on competition BBQ cooking. While a lot of teams tell you they are doing tell-all classes, Andy no doubt
delivered the detailed plan for his students on how to improve their competition scores and standings in the team of the year race.
Andy methodically went through the selection and brand of pro- teins he uses to compete. Additionally, Andy showed students how to trim each protein, what temperature he cooks each protein and his timeline for each. Moreover, I was impressed with Andy's willingness to share his wrapping methods for each protein and
Andy Allen, preps his pork butts using the Matt Dalton pork wrap from the squeeze bottle
present each protein for the judges at BBQ competitions.
Andy's class lasted about eight hours and no students left the class until all their questions were answered.
As a veterean in BBQ competitions, I even picked up a couple of nuggets (bits of critical information), that I plan on using this up and coming competition season.
Well done, Andy and keep spreading that wealth of BBQ knowl- edge to our community.
Steph
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Instructor, Andy Allen trims his pork butts prior to wrapping