MORGAN HILL NO BULL COOK-OFF

May 7 - 8, 2010

Morgan Hill, California

Under the direction of Ben Lobenstein and Ric Gilbert the “1^st Morgan Hill No Bull Cook-off” was a great success with over 10,000 people in attendance!  The venue was a parking lot next to a city building and facilities.  The community really came out to support the teams and events.

Ted and Ardith left on Thursday and stayed at Casa de Fruita near Hollister.  Steve came early on Friday and we all had breakfast together.  We proceeded to the event around noon and were met by Ben and Ric.  Toni and Ron would fly up on Friday morning.  There were 52 teams for this 1^st time event, lots of new teams and some old favorites.  It’s always fun after dinner when the camp is set up, meat prepped, and dinner done to walk around and greet old friends and met new ones.  On Saturday, our webmaster, Julie Smith, came to help the All Hogs team, she is our good luck charm!  She made a dessert to try out on the team for future anything butt contests.   It was delicious!

We did excellent overall with a 7^th place finish out of 52 teams.  We received 11^th in chicken, 16^th in ribs, 3^rd in pork, and 26^th in brisket.  We wish to thank Ben and Ric for another great contest.  To Kelly and Kathleen McIntosh for the outstanding job they do in representing the teams.  They always bring professionalism to the judging contest.  We look forward to next year’s cook-off.