We start training Saturday for the Oklahoma State BBQ Championship on July 25. This will be the first time our team has cooked together as a team. Gonna be fun. We spent several hours the other night with Joe "Oklahoma Joe" Davidson getting some competition tips.

Sunday turned out to be an almost completely dry day. Smoked two Briskets, a Pork Shoulder, slab of ribs, Pork Tenderloins and a chub of bologna. At the same time I did a beer butt chicken on the grill (that was for my wife for mothers day). It ended up spitting rain all day and my wood was wet to damp. Tough getting the heat with wet wood.



I am still living on borrowed time since the big smoker is on loan from my wife's boss. He bought it but does not know a thing about smoking. So,… Continue

Day 100 of rain... well at least it feels that way. This is putting a heavy damper on the early Spring smoking and grilling.