Busy day yesterday... I wandered out early in the morning while the teams were firing up ribs & chicken and who knows what else.
Paducah is pretty town. Lots of neat old buildings.
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Ok, enough architecture, let's bring on the food!
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I love the 2 old Aussie charcoal grills in the center there.
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Got around on the back side..
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Look at all the hickory piled up!
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At this point, a guy comes walking up to me and asks point blank - "are you with the media??"
Uh, no..
"Ok, come over here and you can get some meat shots!"
So he unlatches the lid so I could get some action photos..
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I'll have to go back there today and get something to eat.
More to come later..
I bet it is smelling real good around there!!
Cool Pics, cant wait for more!!!! When you get somethin to eat I'd stay away from that Q that has 4 quarts of startin fluid on the table ;D ;D ;D
Thanks for the great pics, you always do good work. I will be looking forward to the next instalment.
cool pics squirt. more plz. i didn't see any maks or fec 100 out there.
Really nice presentation of pic's squirt...wish we were there...
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A few of the guilty ....
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Nice report, thanks!
I would know them white shoes anywhere!!
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Want to thank you for taking the time to post pictures. I like the behind the scenes ones alot.
Very cool.
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I'll upload another batch in the morning... And the rest when we get home.
Good times! (and meat overload)
Ok, day 1 continued.
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Our unofficial headquarters..
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Base camp.
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Mark is almost here by now, so KyNola and I wrestle the cambo out of the car and I bring it upstairs.
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Mark shows up and we unload his vehicle and sit around swapping & chit-chatting until the BBQ vendors were open for business. Sonny was starving by this time so we cut it short and hit the streets.
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There is a team from Louisiana called The Boudin Boys, so KyNola and I had to try out their jambalaya.
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Lines are forming now.
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Smoke Signals for Nepas!
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We take Mark and Sonny down to the floodwall to check out the murals. It's really cool..
(Larry and Hal will have to jump in with the narrative here)
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We wander out to check out the river.
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This is where the Ohio and Tennessee rivers come together.
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Serious conversation about something-or-another. ::)
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More smokers..
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Lenny's pig roasting pit. ;D
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Some of his ribs, foiled up and waiting to be served.
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Time to take a break and have an adult beverage or 2.
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More goodies from Mark.
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And something from Sonny. An itty bitty measuring spoon set.
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;D ;D ;D
Sonny wanders off with Mark and they come back with fried boudin balls. WOW were they good.
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I get a call from Mark that they are delivering hogs for the Whole Hog competition prep. I wander down to Lenny's place for a few shots.
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Meanwhile... Are you guys still here??
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People watching. Nepas needs a hat like this.
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A band sets up about 3 feet from us and that about wraps up the evening.
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Getting crowded now at the BBQ fest, we head the other direction for a nice dinner.
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Awesome pictures Pat....
Cathy and I went back down to the murals and took some pictures too.
We had a great time!
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I stepped away from the table for a couple of pic's...Here is the round table meeting at the unofficial headquarters.
Sonny, Hal, Larry and Pat.
Uploading another 105 shots now... Will pick through and post some more tonight/tomorrow AM. Everything wrapped up here last night, and most of the teams are long gone. They start knocking down at 10PM last night.
It's pouring down rain now, so that is good timing. By tomorrow afternoon, it will look like nothing ever happened here!
Cool pictures. Thanks.
Sure looks like you boys had a good time.
Very cool!
The 17th Annual BBQ on the River comes to a close. Let me start by thanking Hal and LaDonna, Pat and Rachel, Mark and Cathy, and Sonny for coming. I had so much fun visiting with everyone. What great friends. Latest news flash, our buddy and infamous Lenny took first place in Circuit Whole Hog competition. I was on one of the 4 judging teams for whole hog but Lenny was not on our list of competitors to judge. Judging Whole Hog is really fun because we went to them rather than a blind box judging. The teams go all out to impress the judging team. One team escorted us into an enclosed tent with "security" guards. We got inside the tent. A bar has been constructed but no hog. They remove a partition and there is the hog, STANDING!!! The team captain had literally built a metal frame that he ran through the hog and welded the pieces together before putting it in the smoker. Pretty impressive but he should have worked more on cooking a hog instead of the frame. ;) One other team served us on china, crystal, silver, candles lit and champagne chilled. For the record none of us drank anything alcoholic while judging although it was offered many times. The judging is hard work. I tasted 5 different sections of each of 6 hogs. By the time I was finished I was full to the point of almost being sick and ate nothing for the rest of the day. :P I have judged before and know you take one bite and make it a small one because you have so many things to taste but I was still miserable by the time I got to the end.
Thanks again for everyone who came and especially thank you for all of the goodies you brought! Let's do it again next year.
Looks like a great weekend!
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great pictures pat. really like them. 8)
Had a fantastic time---Made it home alive. Very TIRED.
It was great to finally meet Mark and Cathy --- Great people!!!!
(Thanks for all the goodies!)
Pat, you get meat market pictures (???)
Before I get in the door good, Sonny's already behind the counter like he owns the joint, yanking CASES of beef out of their freezer...
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Check the sign out on the left. $5.00
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Brothers from another mother!
That same $5 today will get you a brisket sammich from Lenny!
Quote from: hal4uk on September 25, 2011, 03:31:37 PM
Had a fantastic time---Made it home alive. Very TIRED.
It was great to finally meet Mark and Cathy --- Great people!!!!
(Thanks for all the goodies!)
Pat, you get meat market pictures (???)
Before I get in the door good, Sonny's already behind the counter like he owns the joint, yanking CASES of beef out of their freezer...
Ditto! I'm exhausted. More pictures to come in the morning... 8)
Some really great pictures have been posted! To think we lived less than 100 miles from Paducah and never got there! >:(
Ok, on to Saturday morning. Whole Hog judging time, and it is pouring down rain. :o
I got to this one late, as they already started to cut the samples out for the judges. (it was a Arkansas Razorback theme)
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Their hog cooker.
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KyNola having the first of many many many samples of pork.
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Off they go to the next pig..
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Here was the judges tent.
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Meanwhile, the food vendors were ramping up for a busy day of sales.
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Hey, some pellet poopers!
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I couldn't get anywhere near where KyNola was judging after this, but I was able to snoop on another team setting up their hog.
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Going for a Thanksgiving theme.
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Purdying up the pig.
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I wandered back later while they were judging. More on that in a bit.
(first I had to have a pulled pork sandwich, as I was STARVING by this point)
More strolling..
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Turbo tater cutter.
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Another hog.
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And another. The cook was giving his spiel on how they prep it, etc.
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Hmm.. Still hungry. Pulled pork nachos sound good..
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Back to the Thanksgiving Feast Pig.
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By this time, Hal had drug Sonny out of bed and it was time for a tour of Paducah and a little field trip to KyNola's butcher.
A quick tour of 'Lower Town'. (Hal used to live in this neighborhood when it was all ratty and ran down)
It's beautiful now. Lots of art galleries, etc.
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Sonny wanted to stop and see Chief Paduke.
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The Chief and The Monkey. ;D
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Off to Starnes!
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Sonny tried to order brisket, but the rest of the counter talked him out of it.
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Good stuff.
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Hal bought us some goodies to take home.
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At the Meat Market..
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Like Hal said, we weren't in there 3 minutes and Sonny is talking to the butcher's son - and this comes out.
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76 pounds of tri-tips!
After some wrangling over the price, we pick up a couple more things and head out. The butcher's Dad "Punch" works the cash register.
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Driving back into town... Umm, yeah. :o :o
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Sunday morning... Pouring down rain off and on, but they are knocking down quickly.
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220 miles and about 4 hours later, we get home and start unloading.
Goodies from Mark. "A Taste of Kentucky with a hint of Cincinnati".
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Sonny brought me a few things to tinker with.
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He was in Nashville on Thursday, so he picked up some gifts for all of the ladies in the group.
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Case O' Starnes.
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Cambro full of meat.
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Veron's, snack sticks and summer sausage.
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Some Paducah Boudin.
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Jumbo chicken wings.
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And a cryovaced slab of tri-tips..
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Rachel and I had a great time, and we are looking forward to next year..
What a fantastic event and a beautiful setting.
All I can say is:
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:D :D
STC thank you so much for the photos. You really did a great job of documenting and I felt like I was there. Maybe next year.
Nice job STC,I think the wife spent an hour looking at your pictures last night ;) Then I get the dreaded " How come we never do anything fun like that". So maybe next year or the year after that and so on ;D
Great job on the photo essay Pat. I don't think you could have captured it any better.
Loved the last photo for a special reason. ;)
Great pictures!
Looks like a great time and some really cool lookin scenery.
Thanks for the pictures!
Almost like I was there ;D
Here I have goodies from Pat...
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Thanks Pat - I can't wait to jump into the seasoning and breading.
and from Sonny.
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There were two packages of the Pork & Crawfish Sausage but one didn't make it home. When I arrived at the comp in Owensboro.....Well do I need to say more!
Yes, yes I do.....The sausages were the best every!!!
Thanks Sonny.
Thanks for the update Guys everything looks Great. Will have to see if I can swing coming down next year as well.
I pulled into the House today about 2:00.
Will post what few pics I have later or in morning.
Working on unloading truck in shifts.
WHAT A GREAT TIME !
Glad to hear you made it home! Thanks so much for all the goodies you hauled 800+ miles up to us..
Here are few more pics of Paduacah weekend...
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Hal telling a large story to Sonny...
I meant he was enlighten Sonny on this mural.
Fantastic pictures, y'all!
Awrighten.
Very nice event with some good friends. Pat the pics are great.
Next year we will be there.
Quote from: NePaSmoKer on September 27, 2011, 11:53:45 AMNext year we will be there.
Better get out the wheelbarrow.
Great bunch of pictures guys!
Thanks.
I didn't take many Photo's cause we had the resident Forum photographer with us.
Before I left I had to feed the outside dogs and well I had an uninvited guest waiting for me.
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Took a post hole digger and snatch him up and did some cosmetic surgery
on his head and turned him loose. I don't think he will come back.
Finally got away and made a stop in Texarkana to meet up with EZSmoker.
He had had an accident in his OBS and I had some parts he needed. After
some chitchat with Him, I packed his arms up with Starnes, OBS parts, snack
sticks, summer sausage, veron's seasoning, and sweet bread rolls.
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Back on the road, I went thru Little Rock,. Memphis, and finally into Nashville, Tenn.
about 10 at nite. Met up with Daughter next morning and we went touring Nashville.
First stop was Loveless Cafe on the outskirts of town.
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Loveless is visited by all the great and wannabe country music stars.
Had some great Fried Chicken and some of the BEST bisquits I have ever eaten.
Took the scenic route back into town and came across this little place.
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Saw Vanderbilt, and the Titians Stadium, downtown, etc. Left daughter around
two o'clock for the two hour drive to Paducah.
Where dat farm? Dat's purdy!
Quote from: classicrockgriller on September 27, 2011, 06:18:45 PM
Quote from: hal4uk on September 27, 2011, 06:13:09 PM
Where dat farm? Dat's purdy!
Edge of Nashville.
Cool... EZ try that Starnes yet? ;D
I'm gonna have wifie make me some of those BISQUITS this weekend!
Quote from: hal4uk on September 27, 2011, 06:32:53 PM
Quote from: classicrockgriller on September 27, 2011, 06:18:45 PM
Quote from: hal4uk on September 27, 2011, 06:13:09 PM
Where dat farm? Dat's purdy!
Edge of Nashville.
Cool... EZ try that Starnes yet? ;D
I'm gonna have wifie make me some of those BISQUITS this weekend!
Got a 4 page PM telling me about every bite of the stuff I gave Him
and he the Starnes is out of this world. Which we already knew.
I need some BBQ sauce too, hun...
THREE CASES...
You notice that she didn't even bat an eye?
I think they're used to people coming in backing up their trucks and asking, "How much sauce you got?"
Quote from: classicrockgriller on September 27, 2011, 02:53:04 PM
First stop was Loveless Cafe on the outskirts of town.
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Loveless is visited by all the great and wannabe country music stars.
Sonny, when our area was hit with tornadoes in April, we were told we would be without power for 5-7 days. The wife and I figured we wouldn't survive that time with nothing to do but talk to each other so we headed north to Franklin TN. When we woke up the next morning we asked the hotel clerk for a good local place to eat. She sent us to Loveless Cafe, said George Jones, Wynnona and others ate there. They must have eaten early cause they were gone by the time we got there. ;D ;D The town was having a street festival that weekend and it was a good time.
Let me know the next time you are going to Nashville as we are only an hour and 40 minutes away and if the timing is right maybe we could meet for lunch or whatever. Spent a lot of time up there when the daughter went to school there.
Gus, I didn't plan to go there till the morning I left.
Daughter gave me a guilt trip and I drove on to visit her.
Quote from: classicrockgriller on September 27, 2011, 07:40:08 PM
Gus, I didn't plan to go there till the morning I left.
Daughter gave me a guilt trip and I drove on to visit her.
Tell her to put a "guilt trip" on me!!!
(Gus, Sonny's daughter ain't never even SEEN an "ugly stick"!!)
Quote from: hal4uk on September 27, 2011, 06:54:29 PM
I need some BBQ sauce too, hun...
THREE CASES...
You notice that she didn't even bat an eye?
I think they're used to people coming in backing up their trucks and asking, "How much sauce you got?"
Hal, I got the very same reaction when I went in there before the MWSO II and bought 4 cases.
Trust me, they're used to it. ;)