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CBBQA 101/102/competition classes, Kids Que contests, and sponsorship of the Sharpe Gourmet Cooking Wood Competition BBQ team.
Head solo cook Sylvia Curry of Lady of Que became a Hall of Famer for her work as web editor of the CBBQA front page, serving the board, heading the charitable contributions committee and serving the HoF commit- tee.
River Farms meat, all benefitting the CBBQA.
The contest awards ceremony returned to the same spot as the night before, under a large pavilion. First place in chicken went to Steve and Pam Biggs of Bull Market BBQ. First place in ribs went to Eric Gorham of Smokeshow. First place in pork went to Brett McKinney of B’Mackin BBQ. First place in brisket went to Bull Mar-
The second
half of the
weekend
began with
the close of
the Friday
night awards
ceremony.
Forty-six
teams from
across the
state com-
peted making
it one of the
largest con-
tests of the
year. “Cali-
fornia’s tem-
perate
climate puts
us in the en-
viable position of competing in January if we want to. And so we do”, said CBBQA President Steph Franklin. Teams were well taken care of as 6 of California’s home based KCBS representatives were working the contest. Teams could
Golden State Battle II, Reserve Grand Champion, Curtis Trigueiro of Ridge Route Boys BBQ
ket BBQ. Frist place in dessert went to Kimberly Robles of B’Mackin BBQ.
The Kids Que 6 to 10 year old winner was Daniel Son of Smokin’ Mokers. The Kids Que 11 to 15 year winner was Emma Yeszin of Queen of the Que.
The Reserve Grand Cham-
   Golden State Battle II, Grand Cham- pion and 1st place ribs; Eric Gorham of Smokeshow.
conveniently
sleep in hotel
rooms within
a short walk
of their cook
site. Kids
cooking in
the Kids Que
could sit
comfortably
on sunny
benches
preparing
their SRF
sponsored
steaks. If you
had some
money to
spare, there
was a two-
day raffle
with gift baskets for free entries to Disneyland, a Yeti cooler, rubs/sauces, cooking classes, contests and Snake
onship and to all the folks who took a walk in January. Congratula- tions as well to the CBBQA award recipi- ents, our new Hall of Famers and to the ToY sponsors who made the award cere- mony possi- ble. May there be many more walks on the west coast
pion was solo cook, Curtis Trigueiro of Ridge Route Boys BBQ from Bakersfield. The Grand Champion was also a solo cook, Eric Gorham of Smokeshow from Lafayette, CA. Congratulations to Eric on his first Grand Champi-
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Golden State Battle II, 1st place chicken and 1st place brisket; Steve and Pam Biggs of Bull Market BBQ
Golden State Battle II, 1st place pork with 180 points and 1st place dessert with 180 points; B’Mackin BBQ.
and throughout the country this year.
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