(9/8/2007) - Big Creek BBQ celebrated their first ever Reserve Grand Champion finish at Blue Springs this weekend! They finished poorly (30th) in chicken but strong in all other categories to finish second overall to Smoke on the Water. Big Creek's 662.2854 total score was 0.5718 points out of first place! Tammy's mom and dad and Jeff's mom were present at the awards to witness the announcement. Also this day, Taylor took 3rd place in the age 5 to 10 Kids Q. This gave her 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th place finishes in 2007!
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(8/13/2007) - Big Creek BBQ traveled to Dillon, Colorado to compete in the BBQ at the Summit contest. Dillon is at 9,100 feet elevation! Our neice Ashley came in from Michigan to go with us to help as we were vending BBQ to the public. Taylor and Ashley entered the Kids Q as well with Taylor taking Reserve Grand Champion (2nd place) in the 5 to 10 year old group and Ashley took 3rd place in the 11 to 15 year old age group! Big Creek finished 10th in pork and 34th overall out of 67 teams. We took a much-mneeded break and stayed another day in Colorado to relax and do some sight-seeing before driving home on Money. Serious injury was avoided when Jeff's BBQ van blew a tire going 75 mph on I-70 in eastern Colorado on the trip home. Luckily, he was able to get the van out of traffic ands over to the shoulder without losing control and after a sweaty job of changing the tire, the trip home continued with no further incident!
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(6/16/2007) - Taylor captured her second Grand Championship in Kids Q in as many seasons with her title at the Missouri Blues and Barbeque Festival in Sedalia, Missouri. This contest required kids to enter two categories, sausage and hamburger. Taylor took first place in hamburger to propel her to the title!
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(5/27/2007) - Big Creek had a successful contest at the Great American BBQ held Memorial Day weekend at the Woodlands Race Track in Kansas City, Kansas. Jeff and Tammy finished 16th place in brisket and in the top 60 in the other three categories to finish 12th overall out of 212 teams.
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(4/28/2007) - The 2007 season continued for Big Creek BBQ this weekend when we competed at the Osage River Bottoms BBQ and Blues Festival in Warsaw, Missouri. Big Creek finished 2nd in brisket and 4th in ribs. This was the first time in Big Creek history that we finished top five and earned team of the year points in ribs. Previous best was 6th place at Columbia last October. We finished 7th place overall.
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(4/24/2007) - Big Creek BBQ gained it's second KCBS Certified BBQ Judge when Tammy attended the CBJ class in Sugar Creek, Missouri tonight. the class was taught by Rich and Bunny Tuttle and the cooking was done by Rick Kline (Road Hogs BBQ).
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(4/13/2007) - Big Creek BBQ fired up the pit and got 2007 rolling in a wet and cold way at the first annual Capital City Cook-Off in Jefferson City, Missouri. This event drew the biggest names in BBQ outside of Mike Davis and it showed. Big Creek BBQ came in a respectable 25th out of 66 teams entered. The weather didn't help. we experienced rain, sleet, cold, snow and wind all within a 36 hour period. Check out the photo gallery for some shots of just how miserable it was.
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(9/9/2006) - Big Creek BBQ took home first in chicken and fourth in pork at the Blue Springs BBQ Blaze-Off in Blue Springs, Missouri. We finished 12th overall out of 76 teams. Our ribs and brisket scored too low to finish higher overall. Tammy also scored first place in the mild salsa category.
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(8/5/2006) - Taylor scored the big one! She placed first out of 18 kids in the 5 to 10 year old age group Kids Q at the Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Contest in Laurie, Missouri. She received a blue ribbon, a trophy and a $50 savings bond. Big Creek could do poorly all year and this would have made our season a success. Talk about a proud dad and mom! Congratulations to Taylor!
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(7/15/2006) - Big Creek BBQ traveled to Grand Rapids, Michigan this weekend for the Taste of Grand Rapids BBQ Competition. We scored a 10th place finish out of 56 teams with our highest places being 3rd in pork and 8th in ribs. The contest itself was a little disappointing in that water and ice were far away, the few restroom facilities they had were filthy with no paper products and not much attentiveness to teams by organizers.
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(7/1/2006) - Big Creek BBQ took another step in our growth on Saturday with our first ever first place finish in a category. At Cameron's Crossroads BBQ Cook-Off, Big Creek scored a first place finish in brisket with a score of 172. Additionally, we scored a 172 in pork to receive our first ever 2nd place award. Overall, we were very honored to have finished in 4th place out of 35 teams, including several very successful and respected names.
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(6/3/2006) - In what has been our biggest success to date, Big Creek BBQ came away with third place overall at Platte City, Missouri, trailing only Smokin' 101 and Smokin' Guns in the final tally. We received three ribbons (chicken, ribs and pork) with pork (5th place) being our highest finishing category.
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(5/27/2006) - With the big guns showing up from all across the country, Big Creek BBQ went up against some of the best barbeque folks and finished 63rd of 217 teams in the 2nd Annual Great American BBQ at the Woodlands grayhound and horse racetrack in Kansas City, Kansas. Our best showing was 29th in pork and 54th in brisket. The contest is a very well run event with volunteers catering to every need of the teams. It included a balloon rally/glow and an incredible fireworks display. Our team hosted a dinner on Friday night for family and friends.
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(4/29/2006) - Big Creek BBQ continued to be on a roll to start the 2006 season. At the Osage River Bottoms BBQ and Blues Festival, Big Creek finished 3rd in chicken, 3rd in brisket and 6th overall out of 34 teams. The weather was horrible as we saw lots of rain but everyone survived and had fun.
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(4/15/2006) - Big Creek BBQ got our first call at Osage City. In only our fourth contest and third KCBS sanctioned event, we placed 4th in Chicken, good for a trophy and a paycheck. Overall, Big Creek BBQ finished 21st out of 65 teams entered.
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(4/11/2006) - The Big Creek BBQ smoker is now home! Jeff picked it up in Columbia today. It is a beautiful piece of equipment, although Jeff lovingly refers to it as his baby. The Spicewine single axle trailer smoker has 23 square feet of cooking space and an large water pan that replenishes itself from a reserve as levels drop in the cooker. It's double walled and insulated to hold the heat and gets up to 4 hours on a single load of charcoal. For photos, visit our smoker page on this Web site.
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(3/25/2006) - Big Creek BBQ participated in the Kookers Kare Charity Cook at the Wyandotte County Fairgrounds in Kansas City, Kansas. This is the 10th year for Kookers Kare, a 501(c)3 organization that raises money all year and purchases meat to cook at this event. The meat is donated to Harvesters who distributes it to needy families and shelters throughout the Kansas City area. As our smoker isn't quite ready, we took part by volunteering our services to help with the fish and fries dinner served to all volunteers on Friday evening, clean up, wrapping of cooked meat and whatever need there was. Aproximately 20 teams came out to help the cause.
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(2/11/2006) - The "contest-mobile" rolls into our driveway on Saturday afternoon, February 11. Jeff has purchased a 2002 Ford Club Wagon van to haul contest supplies and pull the new smoker that will be arriving in a month to six weeks. It's a good running vehicle with fairly low mileage and lots of space for equipment and sleeping at contests. The plan is to have Big Creek BBQ Competition Team, Pleasant Hill, Missouri and the Web site address placed on the side rear windows and some sort of personalized license plates ordered.
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(2/10/2006) - Big Creek BBQ launches new Web site featuring the newly designed logo by Patrick Carlson at www.bbqlogos.com. It also contains our 2006 schedule of contests and an online team store. It will be updated with news, recipes and photos as the season progresses.
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(1/29/2006) - Head Cook Jeff Stith traveled to St. Louis, Missouri on January 28, 2006 to complete the KCBS Certified BBQ Judge (CBJ) class taught by Ed Roith at St. Richard's Catholic Church.
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(1/22/2006) - Jeff and Tammy Stith attended the 2005 KCBS Awards Banquet at the Clarion Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri on January 21, 2006. KCBS Team of the Year Twin Oak Smokin' Crew accepted their honor to highlight the evening. Also, friends from Squeal of Approval were awarded 10th place for 2005 in Chicken.
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(1/20/2006) - The order has been placed! Big Creek BBQ Head Cook Jeff Stith has selected the Spicewine Smoker as the "weapon of choice" for 2006. Jay Curry, owner of Spicewine Ironworks in Columbia, Missouri, makes outstanding quality insulated cookers that are fast becoming a big name in the BBQ world. The smoker will be built and ready by mid to late March, plenty of time to practice with it before Osage City, Kansas.
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