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9:22 – Saved By a Gift Bag
Many companies have been financially impacted this year and unable to offer sponsorship or gifts for events. We totally understand. Thanks to our gracious sponsor, Croix Valley, the gift bags ma- terialized! Croix Valley provided all the teams with their own individually sealed Bloody Mary cocktail to toast with. The 9:22 morning tradition was saved! Cheers were offered up to the BBQ gods, and the contest was officially under way!
Race to the Turn-In:
As most everyone knows, turn-in rules have changed a bit this year. Masks up. Gloves on. And there is a sanitizing station before the turn-in table. Tom and Cindi Juhl did a great job of en- suring all the teams were following the new protocols. Everyone was doing their part to
keep each other safe.
The turn-ins flowed like clockwork, until the final lap. The brisket deadline was a mere minute away, and the box walkers turned to see Smokey D’s kick off his flip flops and begin to sprint. He was about as far away from turn- in as one could get. He had a 3 minute walk to complete in under 60 seconds. As he ramped up his sprint, the sea of people on the road cleared to the sides, just like for the Boston Marathon. Teams cheered him on, as he sprinted past. He made the turn-in table
with a whole second or two to spare! A tri- umphant finish to the Pro contest.
Not to be Out Done
The backyard contest went into full swing
right after the Pro contest finished. The backyard was stacked with 30 teams all gun- ning to be number one. Many teams were
fresh off their mentoring sessions the night before. I had taken a walk around the back-
yard area the night before and remarked on
how many talented teams were getting ready for battle. The reigning champs from last year were trying to defend their titles and lots of new teams were trying to hit the board.
Awards
Awards time. And...There it was. A trailer bed full of bags of Royal Oak charcoal. The bags were piled taller than the tallest pit master. Charcoal Nirvana! At last, we had found all the charcoal. The organizers and announcers must have felt like Oprah handing out all those bags of charcoal! Here’s a bag for you, here’s a bag for you, and “Here, take a bag for your 2-week old
baby!” Ah, everything is right with the world again.
Congratulations to our Winners: 🏆🏆Pro Division;
GC: Rum N' Smoke BBQ with a 700.5716!! RGC: Spitfire
🏆
GC: The Great Pig In The Sky RGC: The Meatyo-Q'rs
Compart Family Farms🐷 Kids Q; GC: Brandon Yuker
RGC: Colton Sandmeyer
Congratulations to all the teams that heard their names called. It was a tough contest!
Last but Not Least
MN in MayAugust was worth all the twists and turns to get there. The day was amazing and it was so great to see all our fellow BBQ friends. Thanks to everyone who came out to the event - the Organizers, Committee Members, Board Members, Fair Board, Judges and Teams!
And a special thanks goes to all our fantas- tic sponsors, who believed in our event and supported us even in a year that’s been fi- nancial hard on everyone:
• Compart Family Farms for always being there with great product and support for MBS. Overall prizing, breakfast meat, gift bag sausages, Kids Q pork.
• Isanti County Fair for being such great hosts this weekend, your service at your fa- cility is impeccable.
• Traeger Grills for the raffled 780 with all the accessories.
• Royal Oak Charcoal raffle & giveaway packages of clean burning fire horsepower!
• Northern Fire raffle knives, gift bag items, and overall prizing solo stove awesomeness!
• Whitewater BBQ raffle drum smoker
• Popped Corn gift bag & Kids Q treats
• Snake River Farms $200 raffle certificate • Croix Valley gift bags and 9:22 kit
• Blues Hog gift bag items
• Thermoworks gift bag coupon
• Saints and Sinners raffle gift basket
• Smoking Ghost backyard gift bag rubs
• MN Equipment Isanti gator use
• Ribalizer Co (2)units, mentor program
• Fireplace Pros/BBQ Heaven mentor gifts
Backyard Division;
Rum N Smoke
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Spitfire
The Great Pig In The Sky
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