I unintentionally hijacked firerescueman's thread about his fundraiser for the volunteer fire department and for that I truly apologize. If anyone is down in the Jackson TN area, hometown of Carl Perkins "Blue Suede Shoes" fame, please go by and get some great BBQ from those guys!
In Paducah KY officially starting tomorrow is a big BBQ festival. 50+ teams both amateur and pros fire up their smokers and smoke 60 tons of butts, ribs and chickens and it's ALL for charity. I am so fortunate that where it takes place one of my good friends has a condo directly across the street that I have access to all weekend. We were down there tonight sitting on the balcony watching all the teams getting ready and it looked like Mt. Saint Helen's erupting with all the teams burning hickory wood and nothing but hickory (did I mention we're in KY)to get the coals to start smoking. Lots of these teams will start selling BBQ tomorrow at lunch.
Great weekend to be in Paducah. If you're in the area come on down.
KyNola
Sounds like a great time, but I'm a little far away.
Sounds like great fun. If you pick up any secrects bring em back and postem. Take some pics.
Have fun and be careful.
CRG,
Trust me when I tell you NONE of these folks are revealing any tips at all. Even the amateur teams are danged serious about this. There is this one guy who has been here almost every one of the 15 years that it has been going on. He smokes nothing but ribs. His set up is unreal. His smokers are huge! I've seen motorhomes smaller than his smokers and they are all digitally controlled. Talk about supersizing a BDS. They don't allow electric fired smokers but his digitals control the heat by damper control, ventilation etc.
Good time, great food, cold beer, great music.
I asked Jan what she wanted to eat tonight. She said "let's go home and get a vac sealed pack of butt out of the freezer and open a jar of Ice's sauce". I am SO keeping this woman. ;)
KyNola
You better treat her right Larry don't want that one to get away. By the way she makes an awesome rub!! Just in case I forgot to tell her. Had it on grilled Burgers the other day over the top they was.
Seriously, take some pics if you can and remember.....would make a nice post.
Quote from: KyNola on September 23, 2009, 08:35:55 PM
CRG,
His set up is unreal. His smokers are huge! I've seen motorhomes smaller than his smokers and they are all digitally controlled. Talk about supersizing a BDS.
I asked Jan what she wanted to eat tonight. She said "let's go home and get a vac sealed pack of butt out of the freezer and open a jar of Ice's sauce". I am SO keeping this woman. ;)
KyNola
Hey Ky. I would love to see a picture of that set up even from a distance.
I agree with 10.5, Jan makes a great rub.
HR
My cooking buddy (he bought me my OBS - so he can play with it) and his wife are transplants from Paducah, and we talked about going down to this... But other things have come up, sick critters, job uncertainties, etc. So we won't be making the trip. Planning on it next year, though!
That sounds like a good time
I don't see no pictures?
Sorry CRG. It pretty much rained off and on ALL day yesterday and my wife had some minor outpatient surgery so I wasn't at the BBQ. Work until 6:00PM this evening and then off to see Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain so won't be at the BBQ tonight either.
One thing kind of interesting did happen today. Kevin Skinner, the recent winner of America's Got Talent was walking around down there today. His home is only about 30 minutes away from here. I think he created a bit of a stir for a while. He's doing a free concert for his hometown tomorrow night in the high school gym before he heads to Las Vegas.
Maybe I'll get down there tomorrow but honestly, it's so crowded I'll be content to watch it from the third floor balcony of my buddy's condo. Much closer to the beer that way! ;)
KyNola
Update from the BBQ on the River. It was insane. Remember we're in Kentucky where there is nothing and I mean NOTHING but pork smoked. So Jan I go walking down one of the boulevards and see this little shed of a looking place selling BBQ shrimp. Now I'm thinking cajun BBQ shrimp so I say let's check this place out. As I walk up to place the order I see something that looks foreignly familiar, like a brisket. Brisket in Kentucky? I'm thinking "hell no". I ask the guy "brisket"?. He smiles and says try it. I order me a sandwich. So we sit. Stupid me offers Jan a bite of my brisket sandwich. The shrimp went to the trash and I had to go buy another brisket sandwich! Now, here is where it gets interesting. We go back to the condo and the whole time I'm muttering cuss words because they were selling brisket by the pound and I bought none. Looking at the sky, yet another rain coming and severe so I turn to Jan and say "Head to Cohen's (bar) I'll be there shortly. So I sprint back to the brisket place, wind is blowing like a M.. It was blowing. "y'all want to sell a whole brisket?". "Let me go ask Lennie". Bought a whole big ass packer straight off the smoker. Lennie brings it to me. He is a Guy Fieri look alike, spike blond hair and all.
Here's the best part of this whole lengthy(sorry) story. Lennie's BBQ is local! About 45 minutes due south. Caneyscud, South Fulton TN! Lennie's is a true father and son place. It gets better for these guys. At this festival they don't judge briskets because we are in KY after all. No problem for Lennie. He took FIRST place in ribs for the professionals. BTW, only the second time Lennie and family have ever competed.
Now I know what CRG and WTS have been talking about.
Sorry for the long post but we had a great time.
Larry & Jan
Long......wasn't long enough. You scored on a spot no one was looking at. Sounds like alot of fun. I&*&^#@$%!@$%*(*&)&$
Again no pics...That's ok... Houston Rodeo is comin to my area soon. And I have a camera. I usually help sponsor a team.
I will post pictures. Glad ya'll are havin fun and thanks for the update.
So you took the whole packer brisket right off the smoker to Cohen's and...
(empty handed now?)
probably
Took the brisket to Cohen's and handed it to Alan and said put this in your walk-in and don't you dare open the box. The brisket is now resting comfortably in my frig.
Just for you CRG.
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that's a beast.
Nice score there Ky. And to think you have butts cooking to now! What time is dinner? ;D
CRG,
I just sliced it and vac sealed away. I got 7 bags weighing about 2 pounds each. That was a beast! Man is it good.
Hawkeye, the butts in the smoker on the other thread was back over Labor Day.. About 10 pounds vac sealed and tucked away in the freezer.
KyNola
My daughter flew from Nashville to attend her wedding shower last nite and I am doing some BW/Shrimp with cheese(jack) jalapeno slice of onion, BW boneless chicken thighs the same way, Bw drummies, syracuse potatoes red lobster cheddar biscuits steamed broc,greenbeans,carrots and probably a pot of beans
Sounds good CRG. She sure isn't going to go hungry!
KyNola
Great story and the brisket looks terrific Ky. That must have taken a huge hunk of foil and some beach towels for the FTC. :)
In simple English WOW.
Great, hope you enjoy every last morsel.
HR
Thats a good looking brisket there Ky....Any pics of it sliced?? I think its time to do some brisket! ;D Cause I'm hungry now! ;D....They did use mesquite....Right!! ::)
C
Nice looking brisket, KyNola!
Sorry WTS. Sliced and vac packed away this morning. Didn't think to take pics. I think I might have had a bit of fogginess this morning.
Unless they have started growing mesquite inside of hickory trees, I'm fairly certain that brisket was not smoked using mesquite given the pile of hickory logs I saw at that guy's smoker. :D
Tonight one of the competition teams asked me to join their team next year. I am so in on this! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
KyNola
KN, Congrats. Now you can get the skinny on the secrects.
Quote from: KyNola on September 27, 2009, 05:51:51 PM
Tonight one of the competition teams asked me to join their team next year. I am so in on this! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
KyNola
Very cool Ky!!!! :)
Quote from: KyNola on September 27, 2009, 05:51:51 PM
Tonight one of the competition teams asked me to join their team next year. I am so in on this! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
KyNola
Geat News Ky. I guess they figured it would be better to have you on their side rather than running against them next year. ;)
HR
We'll have to see if they remember their offer this time next year. If they remember, I'm going to do it but it is a LOT of hard work and long hours.
KyNola
I hope you get to do it next year Ky. It should be a real experience.
I see it like this.
Cost of being on a cook-off team.
Team T-shirt: $12.00
Team Apron: $20.00
Amount of sleep over the 4 days: minimal
Adult Beverages consumed: I forgot
Other misc money spent: I forgot that too
The fun and Thrill of competing with the big boys: P R I C E L E S S ! !
That's the way I see it CRG. :D
KyNola
So, when are you going to start your Kentucky Brisket practice?
Quote from: squirtthecat on September 28, 2009, 07:34:00 PM
So, when are you going to start your Kentucky Brisket practice?
Ky, it's never too early to start practicing. Brisket may not be a favorite there in pork land, but it's worth a shot. I'd suggest you try one out every couple of weeks or so. Then, cut off a pound and send it to me. I'll give you a fair and honest opinion on how you're doing, after I've eaten it. This might take a while so keep trying! ;D