Howdy ya'll from the Home of the Pony Express
Let's see here .... I am 53 getting on fast to 54, disabled Paper Work and lifetime Union Member of whatever the UPIU has transformed into ... anyway ..... I have been grilling and smoking most of my life and no matter where I have lived when I fired things up seemed the yard got full fast, specially on Saturdays when them Dawgs Dominated wherever they be that day with a gathering of the expatriated late Oct to include tents in the back yard and Oysters to roast .... Lawd I get homesick at times.
Well we have been out c'here in StJoe Mo fer 5 years or so and I need a life as I do nothing that can generate friends not working and all .... so I got to surfing the web and low and behold the area I now reside is a Nirvana for those seeking to leave Humbleness behind and compete in something I love to do ...... Cook over fire/charcoal/engulfed in smoke or buried in the ground... Love to camp and travel ..... so in a Zenful blinding of enlightenment I approached the Love of my life and Dept of War about competing in some of the contest in the area which I explained that from arround April to October we could attend contest every weekend if desired all within a 2 to 3 hour drive ........ Gulp
To my amazement she got excited about it as did my 10 year old daughter who wants to compete too ..... Thus did we decide to become:
Buddha Belly's Bar-B-Que
Zenfully Southern Que
There is but one little problem:
We have never attended a BBQ competition in our 20 odd years together nor the 30 or so before we Karma united us.
We have no Idea just what is really entailed as to equipment and expenses.
We would like to get our feet wet at something new or still small but have no clue as to which is which ... thought about breaking out at the Apple Blossom Festival here in StJoe .... plus it is just a few blocks down the road ... like 6 to 8 blocks.
We Home school and hope to get our act together this coming year so we can go on the road for a history and hands on geography lesson fer the Girlly Girl while competing all over the west then south or northeast then south but we going fer a Hogvalley retreat as soon as possible. I have dreamed of living in ther Marrion County area most of my life and my Dad has a lot I can stay on fer awhile.
That brings us to here .... where I hope to make a friend or two .... pester anyone who has competed for information and tips they are willing to share and in general talk about food as my 330 pound 5'6" person will attest is a serious vice/love of mine ... fact is I used to tell the Boy's at work that Eating and Cooking was better than sex ..... it is more sensuous, last longer and ya aint gotta beg fer it.
Hope to hear from Ya'll and one day share some Que as we admire my Trophies ..... as I wake from the dream.
ZenMasterSid Neophyte Pitmaster
Let's see here .... I am 53 getting on fast to 54, disabled Paper Work and lifetime Union Member of whatever the UPIU has transformed into ... anyway ..... I have been grilling and smoking most of my life and no matter where I have lived when I fired things up seemed the yard got full fast, specially on Saturdays when them Dawgs Dominated wherever they be that day with a gathering of the expatriated late Oct to include tents in the back yard and Oysters to roast .... Lawd I get homesick at times.
Well we have been out c'here in StJoe Mo fer 5 years or so and I need a life as I do nothing that can generate friends not working and all .... so I got to surfing the web and low and behold the area I now reside is a Nirvana for those seeking to leave Humbleness behind and compete in something I love to do ...... Cook over fire/charcoal/engulfed in smoke or buried in the ground... Love to camp and travel ..... so in a Zenful blinding of enlightenment I approached the Love of my life and Dept of War about competing in some of the contest in the area which I explained that from arround April to October we could attend contest every weekend if desired all within a 2 to 3 hour drive ........ Gulp
To my amazement she got excited about it as did my 10 year old daughter who wants to compete too ..... Thus did we decide to become:
Buddha Belly's Bar-B-Que
Zenfully Southern Que
There is but one little problem:
We have never attended a BBQ competition in our 20 odd years together nor the 30 or so before we Karma united us.
We have no Idea just what is really entailed as to equipment and expenses.
We would like to get our feet wet at something new or still small but have no clue as to which is which ... thought about breaking out at the Apple Blossom Festival here in StJoe .... plus it is just a few blocks down the road ... like 6 to 8 blocks.
We Home school and hope to get our act together this coming year so we can go on the road for a history and hands on geography lesson fer the Girlly Girl while competing all over the west then south or northeast then south but we going fer a Hogvalley retreat as soon as possible. I have dreamed of living in ther Marrion County area most of my life and my Dad has a lot I can stay on fer awhile.
That brings us to here .... where I hope to make a friend or two .... pester anyone who has competed for information and tips they are willing to share and in general talk about food as my 330 pound 5'6" person will attest is a serious vice/love of mine ... fact is I used to tell the Boy's at work that Eating and Cooking was better than sex ..... it is more sensuous, last longer and ya aint gotta beg fer it.
Hope to hear from Ya'll and one day share some Que as we admire my Trophies ..... as I wake from the dream.
ZenMasterSid Neophyte Pitmaster
