Steve, Vince, Ardith, Toni, Ron, Ted (not pictured - Vicki)

ALL HOGS GO TO HEAVEN WINS DESSERT CATEGORY AT THE AUTRY 

The first competition of the year for the California Barbecue Association (CBBQA), “BBQ’n at the Autry”, was held April 13 and 14 in Los Angeles, California. This event was sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbecue Society (KCBS) and featured the 4 meat categories of chicken, ribs, pull pork, and brisket, as well as an “Anything Butt” category. The “Anything Butt” southwest and dessert categories are a fun event in which you can let your creative juices flow. The rules state you can garnish and decorate as needed but can only use a 12” by 18” tray. The team practiced a lot to get the decorations and presentation to fit the category as well as perfect our lemon squares and taco salad recipes.   

This was the first time we entered the “Anything Butt” dessert category and what a thrill when Arlie Bragg, event coordinator, announced, “1^st place out of 18 teams goes to All Hogs go to Heaven”. The award was a beautiful engraved cutting board and a check for $500. We also entered the southwest category and received 10^th place out of 20 teams.   

In the meat categories we were called back on to the stage for 5^th place out of 32 teams in chicken and a $50 check. In ribs we finished 16^th, pull pork 30^th, and brisket 22^nd for an overall placing of 23^rd.  

We would like to congratulate all of the other BBQ winners and to thank Arlie and all of the individuals that made this event at the Autry a huge success.  It was a great contest and a lot of fun to see all of our many BBQ friends and families! We had a great time.