Vista Smokin' Q Classic

Vista, CA

August 5 - 6, 2011

On August 5th and 6th the Vista Village Business Association in conjunction with When Pigs Fly BBQ hosted Vista’s third annual “Smokin’ Q Classic” a California State Championship BBQ competition. The event was held in historic Downtown Vista, CA and welcomed Competition BBQ Teams from all over the tri-state area.

Vista’s great weather was a welcome change from our 100 degree days in the high desert.  When we arrived it was 75 degrees and it remained cool thru the weekend.

The awards ceremony at this event was one for the record books.  There was so much excitement because so many different teams took “the walk” in all categories.  The suspense continued through each category as Dale Ginos announced the winners.  It was anyone’s game up until the end, with Andy Soto from Master of Disaster taking the Grand Champion.

We placed 19th overall out of 41 teams, with a 37th in chicken, 11th in ribs, 2nd in pull pork, and 27th in brisket.  There was a dessert contest with 14 teams participating in a winner-take-all event.  All Hogs go to Heaven placed 1st in the dessert category, and also received a perfect KCBS 180 point score presented by Kelly and Kathleen McIntosh. 

It was truly an outstanding event and our thanks go to Dale and Tammy Ginos from When Pigs Fly for all of their effort in making this competition so successful.  Kelly and Kathleen McIntosh did an outstanding job, as always.