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Meet Your 2020 Board of Directors
Stan Dobosenski- President
I was elected to the MBS in 2015, and now have the privilege to serve as President. I believe leadership is the capability to translate a vision into reality. The team of Board members I work with are extremely hard working and second to none in their efforts for the MBS. Col- lectively we will look for opportunity in every difficulty rather than seeing difficulty in every opportunity. We have made a lot of fresh changes to the MBS, and there are more ex- citing things to come!
My first experience with Pro BBQ came in 2001 when I was trained as a judge for the ABA
event, “Great Northern” in Brainerd MN. I was blown away by the detail, and level of com-
petitive spirit the teams put forth with their efforts. On a Alabama vacation a couple years
later, a pro team named Smoke Me Tender was kind enough to let Tonia and I hang with
them on Saturday as they competed at Smoke in the Wiregrass in Dothan. That was amazing and I knew immediately that I wanted to compete rather than judge.
RUB MY RACK BBQ team began in 2013 when the Great Northern re-emerged as a KCBS event in Brainerd. Having never competed ever before in BBQ so we were pretty clueless, and loaded in looking like the Clampets! But we earned a chicken call, got to know the MN BBQ community, we were hooked. With 53 contests under our belt the rest is history.
Jeremy Dockendorf- Vice President
I've been passionate about barbeque since I built my first pit in 2011. The passion grew when I started my barbeque team, The Docfather BBQ. I started out competing in backyard contests and eventually made my way to competing on the KCBS Master Series circuit five years ago. With my teammate/son, Wes, we've traveled all over Minnesota and surrounding states to compete and we couldn't do it without the awesome support of my wife, Melody, and daughter, Madeline. We live on a farm in Princeton, MN where we enjoy everything about the outdoors: riding horses, hunt- ing and fishing, and of course grilling and smoking! I enjoy serving on the MBS Board of Direc- tors because it allows me to take all the great ideas I hear from fellow Q'ers and put them into action. It's awesome to see the Society grow and flourish as we strive to always improve.
Allen LeCuyer- Treasurer
In May of 2016 I went to visit my in-laws in Appleton, Wisconsin. That same
weekend there just happened to be this odd sounding event called Masters in May
just down the road from them. We decided to swing by and see what in the heck a
BBQ competition was. When we got there a charismatic stranger to me named
Myron Mixon was there talking about his line of smokers. Right off the bat I could
feel the passion in the way he spoke and how the entire crowd was buzzing with
excitement. In another complete coincidence my wife's coworker came up from
Chicago and was competing in the contest. He welcomed me to sit with his team to
see what a BBQ competition was all about. He gave me samples of everything he
cooked and I was blown away at how good everything was. I knew right then and
there, BBQ restaurants just couldn't hold a candle to what these teams were cooking. His food was so good I thought there is no way anyone else could cook something better than this — He finished somewhere around 40th. I thought if this is only the 40th best food I just have to give this a try myself. My wife bought me a midsize Weber Smokey Mountain for Father's Day and I started practicing at home. I eventually entered my first backyard contest at B-Dale in Roseville and the rest is history. I've been hooked ever since!
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