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Forrest Cooked 'em in Cocoa
| Hammering a solid 10-point win with 1st Place in Pork and Brisket, Forrest Dilmore, head cook of Forrest's Fine Foods walked with the Grand this past weekend in Cocoa Beach, FL. Swamp Boy, Rub Bagby, who took 1st in Chicken, has promised to give Forrest some poultry pointers at the Funcook. |  |
Florida Boys, led by Jady Hill, was Reserve in this first year FBA Sanctioned event. Despite some scorching temperatures the crowd came out and had a great time. Special thanks to all the FBA Reps and Judges who participated in this event for enduring some unusually tough conditions. Full results and photos of the winners are here. |
We Got Ourselves a Horse Race!
| It's been five years since the Team of the Year battle had a race this close. With just ten contests left in the season, Forrest and Big Papa are running neck and neck. And while there's over a hundred points separating 2nd and 3rd, the rest of the field has an equal chance to win right now. | 
Sorryboys, Gary and Chip, our 1st TOTY |
Rumor has it that in this, the ninth running of the FBA Team of the year, several Vegas betting parlors have us up on the board! You can follow the race, down to the wire, from the TOTY page, but even better, come on out to an FBA contest and see it firsthand! |
Who Are These Guys?
Unknown BBQ | They're the team that just jumped into 6th Place in the Team of the Year race. They're the team that took 1st Place in three out of four categories at Live Oak, FL and the Grand, their first of the |
year. Jason Whitcomb is the head cook, but with a team this big, he's more of a commander-in-chief of a small army.Terry McKay, Git R Smoked, was Reserve, almost 16 points back, but proving that consistent scoring works every time. Even before the awards were announced on Saturday, postings were popping up from cook teams wired into the net from the contest site, saying what a great event this was for everyone. Congratulations to Damon Wooley for another successful contest! Photos of the winners and complete results are here. |
The Funcook is Coming!
 | The 2010 FBA Funcook is this weekend! Registrations have ended and both The "No Holds Barred" Cooking Class and FBA Judges Seminar are full. This year's Funcook is already larger than any in the ten year history of the FBA with over 60 cook |
teams. We're currently looking at $3500 in prize money from the 35 teams who will be cooking the main event on Sunday; a record payout! A complete list of the registered cook teams for both the cooking class and Funcook contest are posted here and the Funcook Judges are here.This year's Funcook is all about learning to cook competition barbecue. Some of our best cooks are going to reveal their secrets and show you how it's done. The folks who take the Judges Seminar at the Funcook will have their first taste of competition product from those new cooks! And the Pot Luck Dinner on Saturday night has some interesting dishes already promised. The complete Funcook Agenda and all the details are here. Hope to see you all there. |
Hobe Sound, Florida and
Big Papa versus Friendly Forrest
| Talk about a barbecue battle, here was one for the books - Hobe Sound, Florida with Dana Hillis - Big Papa's Country Kitchen and Forrest Dilmore - Forrest's Fine Foods, fighting it down to the last drop of sauce. Forrest nailed a solid 1st place in Brisket, but it was no match for Dana's 1st place in Pork and 2nd | 
Masters of Ceremony, Mo and Sally
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place in every other category! And when the smoke cleared, it was Dana with the Grand and Forrest in Reserve.Sure it was hot, but it's Florida in July and everyone was prepared for the heat. Thirty Pro and six Backyard teams filled a solid quarter mile of A1A in Hobe Sound for this first year contest. Congratulations go out the entire staff of the Hobe Sound Chamber of Commerce for this great event. Pro and Backyard scores along with photos are here. |
Big Papa - Back to Back Grands!
Janet and Dana Hillis,
Big Papa's Country Kitchen. | Well, they were at it again this weekend in Anniston, AL. - Big Papa's Country Kitchen and Forrest's Fine Foods, but it seemed that for every step closer to Grand Forrest took, Dana jumped past him. And for a second week in a row, Big Papa held the Grand Champion's trophy at the end of the day, making it his third Grand this year. Congratulations to Buddy Goodwin, |
head cook of Big Pig Inc., with a first place in both Chicken and Ribs. 2 Men and a Pig, the only team to score over 190 in Pork, took Reserve. It was a small contest for their first year, but according to everyone there, they can see success in the years to come.Scores and photos of the winners are here. |
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