Grill on the Hill BBQ Contest Results

Well folks, This was not our greatest showing. There were certainly some difficult challenges to overcome. The weather was cold and rainy all day Saturday. The over night low on Friday night was around 50 degrees. The competition was high as well, we had numerous teams who are nationally known names such as Smokin' Triggers, Otis and the Bird, Blakes BBQ and many others that have been winning national level awards for years. below is our standings for this contest:

Chicken = 17th place

Pork ribs = 11th place

Pork Shoulder = 17th place

Brisket = 12th place

Overall = 14th place

There were 27 teams competing. Overall it was a fun contest. I am glad we went and spent the weekend in the mountains cooking with friends.

Grill on Hill BBQ Contest Begins Today

Here we go. Shortly we will be on our way up to Snowbird Resort to pit our skills against some of the best in the KCBS Barbeque world. This will prove to be a great contest. I am excited to see how our new recipes will do when the big boys of BBQ are in the house. Stay tuned for more updates.

Chicken and Pork Practice

A partial practice for today. We are trying to dial in our chicken a little tighter and also cooking some pork shoulder marinated in Guinness beer. This recipe is very popular with my friends and family. Tomorrow we will do some chicken again.

Grill on Hill BBQ Contest

Preparation are already in progress for the next contest. This time next week the Dragon Smoke BBQ team will be in the beautiful mountains of Utah only hours away from starting the first meats for the all night cook. Court and Janelle Fruge will be here for this contest. Court and I were team mates when I started competitive barbeque. Our team, Smokin' with Willie was retired when he moved to Texas. It will fun to reunite the original cast and crew. Everyone is invited to attend the festivities.

Oh, and if the BBQ isn't enough to bring you up there, also included in the activities of the weekend is a brewfest. BBQ and beer what can be better???

Here is a link to the all the information about the event

http://snowbirdrc.org/2009-summer-events/grill-on-the-hill

Wild West Showdown at the Utah State Fair Grounds

We of Dragon Smoke BBQ won our greatest award to date this past weekend. This was a KCBS sanctioned contest. We won the following awards.

Chicken - 5th place

Ribs - 6th place

Pork - 3rd place

Brisket - 2nd place

and best of all, the reserve championship  (second place overall)

We have another contest on the 19th and 20th of June at Snowbird Ski Resort. This will also be a KCBS sanctioned contest. There will be quite a few of the great teams who cook in the west at this contest. It will be difficult and fun. I am looking forward to cooking this contest again this year.

Introduction to Dragon Smoke BBQ Team

Hi, Brian Baity here. I am the captain of the barbeque team called Dragon Smoke BBQ. The other members of the team are my wife, Nelly and my aunt, EVonne. Before this team was formed myself and Court Fruge made up the BBQ team known as Smokin' With Willie. When Court and his wife moved to Texas we retired the name.

We cook at local events as well as sanctioned contests by the KCBS (Kansas City Barbeque Society. In addition to being members of the KCBS we also belong to the Utah BBQ association.

September 2005 was the first time any of us competed. Rock 'N' Ribs was the event here in Salt lake City, Utah.  Back then we cooked on a custom offset pit designed by T owner of Q4U Barbeque Restaurant. Today we still use that cooker in addition to a number of WSM's )Weber Smokey Mountain cookers.

I will use this forum to provide updates to the happenings of Dragon Smoke BBQ Team