My 1st Competition starts tomorrow

[mike johnson]

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• mike johnson
• Jul 12, 2015

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• mike johnson
• Jul 12, 2015

This is the Seafood that I made. It's a play in the abt but I used some of my home canned salmon with cream cheese for the filling. The peppers loked great for presentation, with the ends left in.

 

[mike johnson]

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• mike johnson
• Jul 12, 2015

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• mike johnson
• Jul 12, 2015

Here is me and my son preping the chicken I got third place in.

 

[mike johnson]

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• mike johnson
• Jul 12, 2015

Here is my chicken. I marinated it in beer and my rub for an hour before replacing the skin I removed and scraped clean. I dipped it in the sauce after this pic but somehow we missed that picture.

 

[mike johnson]

Here is my trophy and my two medals. I was still in shock and still am a bit.

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• mike johnson
• Jul 12, 2015

 

[mneeley490]

 Great job, Mike!

 

[mummel]

HAHA AWESOME!

 

[dougmays]

That's awesome Mike! Congrats! 

 

[humdinger]

Nice job Mike. That's a helluva finish for a comp rookie. Very inspiring. We have some fun comps around here, but I'm too afraid to enter b/c it might turn this smoking obsession of mine into a full blown addiction!

 

[daveomak]

2015 BackYard Joe GRAND CHAMPION. :first:


How cool is that..... Congrats Mike !!!!

 

[floridasteve]

Congratulations, Mike!

 

[jcbigler]

NICE! Congrats. 

That trophy is almost as big as your son  

 

[mike johnson]

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• mike johnson
• Aug 10, 2015

These are the prizes I won during the competition.

 

[daveomak]

Nice assortment of prizes.... Thumbs Up... .Thumbs Up


My Bride would say, "And just where do you think THAT stuff is going ??"

and then I'd have to promise to build a "All things smoking" addition.....

 

[mike johnson]

Oh believe me she is still asking where it's all going to go. I'm thinking about seeing if I can return most of it to cabelas to go towards a new smoker or pellet grill. I am keeping that dehydrater though.

 

[pit of despair]

Mike,

First off Congratulations!  It's guy's like you that keep guy's like me trying harder.

Nice trophy, good prizes and great son.

Teddy

 

[jcbigler]

Nice haul. 

The contest sponsors provided the other prizes I guess?

 

[mike johnson]

It was a 150$ entry fee with 50$ back if you clean all your stuff up. I believe entry fee went to prizes with a little thrown in.

 

[bmudd14474]

Thats a great haul of goodies. Congrats Mike

 

[intelops]

Amazing for first competition! Some nice prices too.

 

[floridasteve]

What happened to the food you didn't send to the judges? Were you allowed to sell it on site to offset your costs?