2nd Annual Way Out West BBQ Competition

July 2 - 3, 2010

Weber Point Events Center, Stockton, California

What better way to celebrate the most American of holidays than with a good old fashion BBQ competition.  The celebration began on July 2nd as competition BBQ teams from across the Western United States converged at Weber Point Events Center to compete for cash, bragging rights, and a State Championship BBQ title.  

This is a great event that we participated in last year and were looking forward to again this year.  Ted and Ardith left on Thursday and spent the night with their daughter Julie and son-in-law Rick in Discovery Bay.  Steve would leave early on July 2nd and meet Ted and Ardith at the BBQ site.  We were in place and set up by noon.  Toni and Ron also drove and arrived later in the day.  At our BBQ site we had a BBQ steak dinner on Friday eve along the Sacramento River. 

The next morning everyone was at their appointed tasks getting ready for the turn-ins.  Julie and Annette, Ted and Ardith’s daughters, and their two granddaughters, Taylor and Jordyn, also attended the event. 

At the end of the day the overall results were 7th overall out of 40 teams, with a 4th in chicken, 30th in ribs, 5th in pull pork, and 7th in brisket.  This finish put us in 1st for team of the year in chicken and 1st in pull pork for the California BBQ Association TOY competition.

Thanks go to Ben Lobenstein and Ric Gilbert for a very successful contest.  Also, to Kelly and Kathleen McIntosh for an outstanding job!