Golden State Championship BBQ (IBCA)

Hesperia Civic Plaza Park

June 27 – 28 2008 

This was the first annual Golden State Championship BBQ (IBCA) held in Hesperia, California. The event was to celebrate the City of Hesperia’s 20 year anniversary. The day was filled with community activities including a parade for the kids with decorated wagons and strollers. The BBQ competition was in conjunction with all of these activities. Steve, Ted, and Ardith left Lancaster around 1:30 pm on Friday as it’s an hour and 20 minute drive to Hesperia. We arrived around 3:00 pm to see that Tom Emery had everything totally organized.  We parked with power ready for our use, and soon Kathleen and Kelly came by to inspect the meat. The wind was blowing, but coming from Lancaster where the wind is the norm we felt right at home. 

Toni and Ron came later in the evening and Ron helped Steve prepare the meat for the next day. Toni and Ardith made preparations for the dessert contest. Since this was a new dessert that we hadn’t entered before there was lots of planning going on. The next day went well even if the wind was blowing about 25 miles per hour. We put up the tarp for some shade as the temperatures were getting high, and hoped that it wouldn’t get blown over. 

At the awards we received 6^th overall out of 21 teams. We received a 1^st in chicken, 8^th in ribs, 9^th in pull pork, and 7^th in brisket. Dessert took a 2^nd place. We wish to thank Tom Emery for the great job in organizing this event, Kelly and Kathleen Macintosh for their professionism in running the BBQ contest, and also the City of Hesperia for all the time and effort they put into making the BBQ contest and the day a great success.