What a ridiculous name for a competition BBQ team.

True, it is a ridiculous name for a competition BBQ team. But here's the thing - the way I figure it, if we come in dead assed last place, then it's no big deal - after all, we're Too Ashamed to Name.

On the other hand, anyone scoring lower than us - well then! They just got beat by Too Ashamed to Name!!!

It's not like we don't know what we're doing. I've been cooking bbq for a little while now and have attended classes and workshops from highly accomplished competitors. As of 2009 we're a second year team with a handful of nice walks/trophies/cash under our belt already.

Producing high quality backyard BBQ is one thing. Doing it with four different meats - ready at turn in time is a little bit more tricky.

The Barbeque Bug - or so it's called:

Here's how this kind of obsession starts out - Any one who likes to cook BBQ can benefit from taking classes from accomplished competition pit masters. A while back (2007), my Q stepped up after taking a bbq class by Konrad Haskins - the Teddy Bear out of Washington state. Producing a fine product for friends and family was the objective, and it was a good, high value class.

Come winter 2008, and QN4U, California State Champs for 2007 were giving a class at Casa De Fruta Ca. But this was not a 'friends and family' back yard BBQ class, this was a competition BBQ class - something I really had no interest in stepping into at all - only the techniques of fine BBQ were of interest.

Well, that's BBQ bug bites. The 'friends and family back yard BBQ' thing forks off, and an entirely new world opens up - the world of competition BBQ. An entire community of new friends and acquaintances - all of them very friendly and welcoming. We enjoy a network of friends that we compete with/against through out the state, and always look forward to the next time we can cook together.

Fact is, no matter how many award walks we take (or not) in future competitions - none of it would be worth if it weren't for all the great friends we've made in such a very short amount of time - seeing old friends and making new ones at each and every event - that's the main reason we do this - the comradery and brethrenship of our friends and fellow competitors - brothers in smoke (and sisters too).

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