Steve Madaule, Ardith Richardson. Toni Hoch, Ron Hoch, Vince Madaule

CLOVISFEST RED HOT & REAL BBQ CHAMPIONSHIP

28 and 29 September 2007

The ClovisFest Red Hot & Real BBQ Championship was held in cooperation with the Clovis Chamber of Commerce and the annual ClovisFest. This annual event draws over 70,000 people of all ages and this year it had the second annual Red Hot & Real Barbeque Championship Cook-off. This event is sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbeque Society.

What a week before the ClovisFest we had!  We not only had to prepare to go to the Clovisfest, but because of the date being the weekend before the American Royal, made for double planning.  Ted wasn’t able to attend this event, because he was getting ready for a Classic 57 Chevy show in Temecula which would start on Monday the day after the ClovisFest.  Steve, Vince, and Ardith left Lancaster early Friday morning for the drive to Clovis, and Toni and Ron would follow later in the day. ClovisFest is always a great contest with lots to do, so many crafts, the balloons, and BBQ friends.  We practiced our side dishes for the American Royal on Friday eve.  We had to see if we could coordinate all 4 dishes using the space available.  It was really fun to see the pizza contest on Sunday, who would have thought you could fix a pizza on an egg cooker at a BBQ contest?  They were delicious! 

In the contest we finished 3^rd overall out of 37 teams.  Results in each category were Chicken 10^th place, Ribs 5^th place, Pork 16^th place, Brisket 3^rd place.  In the special event on Sunday we finished 11th overall out of 14 teams.  Results in each category were Chicken 3^rd place and Tri Tip 13^th place. 

It was a great contest and was great to see all of our many BBQ friends at this event.  We look forward to next year’s competition!