We Will Rock 'Que Competition BBQ

We Will Rock 'Que Competition BBQ We Will Rock 'Que started competing in Kansas City BBQ Society events in 2016.

05/27/2026

Home and recovered from a long weekend in Lebanon, TN for the KCBS World invitational BBQ which included a Friday night invitational Chicken and Rib contest, a Saturday Open and a Sunday invitational. We had a few great moments, and plenty of not quite enough to even be in the middle of the pack, which makes for some initial frustrations, until you look at the calculated scores. Generally the top third of each category were scores that would normally win a competition, with less than a 100th of a point between places, and plenty of ties that get broken with mathematical and digital coin flip decisions. To good at these type comps, you need to be at the top of your game and then some.

Friday night
Chicken 65th out of 74 teams.
Ribs 47th out of 79 teams.

Saturday Open with 117 teams
Chicken 30th (I made some seasoning changes to bump up taste scores)
Ribs 70th
Pork 100th (taste and tenderness not appreciated)
Brisket 2nd with a 180. We agreed
38th overall

Sunday Invite with 82 teams
Chicken 66th
Ribs 46th
Pork 9th (what a difference a day makes)
Brisket 72rd (ditto)
65th overall

Thanks to Lisa Skiroock for her help and especially box running through rain and puddles on Saturday.

As always, we had fun hanging and joking with friends.

Next, a two month break, as there are no comps within a few hours of home. Gas is too expensive to run eight to ten hours each way for a single day competition. Plus, I am going backpacking at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico that has me gone for the first half of July. Come August and September, I'll be competing all but two weekends.

Have a good summer everyone!

Another midwest comp weekend, this time at Rockin' BBQ in Warsaw, IN. Due to recurring conflicts, I haven't done this c...
05/17/2026

Another midwest comp weekend, this time at Rockin' BBQ in Warsaw, IN. Due to recurring conflicts, I haven't done this comp in a few years, but Kevin still works as hard as ever to keep the event running smoothly.
Friday night, I did the optional chicken contest, getting 6th out of 25 teams.
On Saturday morning, I woke up to and invasion of midge flies from the nearby lake. They invaded my back porch wall and dozens snuck into the trailer. They look like big mosquitoes but are harmless.
The cook went really smooth and I liked everything I turned in. Thankfully, the judges agreed.
35 teams
7th in chicken
2nd in ribs (having great luck with Wichita Packing lately
3rd in pork (trying some new pork from The BBQ Maestros
8th in brisket
Reserve Grand Champion with a 706.9028 score
Congrats to Scuffletown Smokers BBQ Team on their astounding GC.

It was great being surrounded by teams I consider good friends and family, though my neighbors heard from me on Saturday morinng about them blasting Michael Jackson's hits when I was trying to get to sleep Friday night.

This upcoming coming weekend is a return to Lebanon, TN for the KCBS World invitational BBQ, with cooks on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Had a great weekend at Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition, in Westland, MI at the VFW 9885 "BOVA". This VFW has a grea...
05/03/2026

Had a great weekend at Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition, in Westland, MI at the VFW 9885 "BOVA". This VFW has a great field to set park a bunch of teams, stable power hook up's, and a great garden bar set amongst numerous memorials and military recognitions.
Thursday night was party night. Friday featured a ribs only competition. I made some sauce changes after doing a taste test with Keith and Jason from DB BBQ. I rolled with our top choice and thought they were great. Unfortunately, I was on a table of judges that didn't like most of the ribs they had, which yielded an 18th place finish out 24 teams. After a bit of grumbling and reflection, I decided to shake it off and run the same ribs again on Saturday.
It was in the mid 30's cold at 4am on Saturday morning, but the space heater in the trailer did well and my cook went without issues. Out of 34 teams, the results were:

20th Chicken
1st Ribs with a 180 (big flip from the night before)
9th Pork
2nd Brisket

2nd overall for Reserve Grand Champion!
Congrats to Buddy Hammett with Shiggin Ain't Easy on his GC.

Thanks to Jim Hart and his crew that work really hard to put this excellent competition together. Jim announced he was stepping back from the lead, but I hope he keeps being the awards presenter, as he is really fun.

Next up, Warsaw, IN in two weeks.

The other day, I posted about this past weekend, but it seems to have vanished. We'll try again.This past weekend was t...
04/21/2026

The other day, I posted about this past weekend, but it seems to have vanished. We'll try again.

This past weekend was the Great Lakes BBQ Association's Spring Fling competion in Coldwater, MI. It was one of the comps where you are happy you have a trailer to take shelter in from the wind and rain.
48 teams
4th in Chicken
23rd in Ribs (a little tough)
28th in Pork (not sure)
4th in Brisket (finally doing better after a year of not)
9th overall

Congratulations to Que-U on the GC and Smokin' E's on their RGC.

Next up is Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition, back in Michigan, on May 1-2.

Good morning from Gadsden, AL for Smoke on the Falls.
04/04/2026

Good morning from Gadsden, AL for Smoke on the Falls.

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