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National Barbecue & Grilling Association Under New Leadership
NBBQA board unanimously vote to restructure 32-year-old organization.
April 6, 2022 - A unanimous vote of the Board of Directors of the National Barbecue & Grilling Asso- ciation (NBBQA), provided an opportunity for The Phelps Family of Douglas, GA, to acquire the name and assets of the 30-plus year-old trade association.
The Phelps Family represents two generations of NBBQA supporters and avid BBQ
enthusiasts of more than 30 years. It all began with Joe Phelps and Dr. Donald Gillis, who created The Smoke House BBQ Cooking Team in the 80’s that led to the publishing of the National Barbecue News in 1990 and continues as the Barbecue News Magazine.
The team of Phelps-Gillis was on hand in Las Vegas when NBBQA was born in 1991. Both Joe Phelps and his youngest son, Kell, have served terms as president of the association and also served as long term board members.
For more than 30 years, the NBBQA has been the most inclusive barbecue association welcoming anyone with an interest in barbecue and grilling. Kell Phelps, and his wife Janet, will now assist in the direction of the NBBQA Family of enthusiast and businesses into the future.
More information about the organization is available at www.NBBQA.org.
AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE TOP 5 WINNERS
NBBQA Awards of Excellence Top 5 Winners
Every year the NBBQA hosts the Awards of Excellence. To win an award here is so prestigious, we re- ceive emails throughout the year requesting information about entering (which is why it is so impor- tant to stay up to date here and on our social). The past two years we were regulated, as many associations, to doing the AOE (Awards of Ecellence) virtually. PowerPoints and videos became our friends, but nothing could replace being together. This year that all ended as we once again gath- ered in person in Ft. Worth, TX.
Below are the Top 5 winners in each category. If you know them, shoot them a message to congratulate them and even if you don’t, we are a family, so let’s celebrate together.
This return to face-to-face celebration has us very optimistic for what the future
holds for the NBBQA, especially when it comes to the beloved Awards of
Excellence. Search through the list to find your name, the name of a friend or just to pick out which category you will enter next year.
Sauce Category
Fruit BBQ Sauce
Key foundation ingredient must be a fruit, and this be reflected in the product ingredients and flavor. Tomato is not considered a fruit, and tomato-based entries entered in the appropriate alternate category.
1st - Eroc's Rasberry Chipotle Mild - EROC'S LLC
2nd - Smokehouse Blues - UrbanQ Smokehouse
3rd - Grapefruit Jalapeno - Motley Que
4th - Croix Valley The Rhu Barbecue Sauce - Croix Valley Foods 5th - House of Q - Apple Butter BBQ Sauce - House of Q Foods, Ltd
All Photos Credit to Daren Proctor The key foundation ingredient must be mustard, and this be reflected in the
product ingredients and flavor.
1st - Fat Boy Apple Cider Honey Mustard - Fat Boy BBQ
2nd - Jack Cawthon's Carolina Bar-B-Que Sauce - Jack Cawthon's Bar-B-Que, Inc 3rd - The Redneck BBQ Lab Pop's Mustard Sawse - RBL Provision Company
4th - Sweet & Sassy - Hoosier Daddy BBQ
5th - Smokin' Coals Original Mustard Sauce - Smokin' Coals
Tomato Mild BBQ Sauce
The key foundation ingredient must be tomato, and this is reflected in the product ingredients and flavor. It should have a mild disposition.
1st - Old Arthur's Barbecue Sauce Orginal - Old Arthur's 2nd - Sweet & Savory - Wellspring Components, LLC
3rd - The Redneck BBQ Lab Competition Sawse - RBL Provision Company 4th - House of Q Five Star BBQ Sauce - House of Q Foods, Ltd
5th - All Q'ued Up All Sauced Up Original BBQ Sauce - All Q'ued Up BBQ & Grilling, LLC
Tomato Spicy BBQ Sauce
Key foundation ingredient must be tomato, and this is reflected in the product ngredients and flavor. It should have a spicy disposition.
1st - Sweet with a Little Heat - Memphis Original BBQ 2nd - Haunted Heat - Smokin Ghost BBQ, LLC
Mustard BBQ Sauce
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