Looking for Park Avenue BBQ & Grille ?

Recently, a few of you have stopped by our blog looking for a BBQ Restaurant in Florida. If you live along the coastal side of Florida, and came by here lookin' for Park Avenue BBQ & Grille, you should probably click here to check out their web site or here to check out there blog.

We aren't affiliated with Park Avenue BBQ & Grille, nor have we had a chance to eat at their restaurant, but the next time we get to Florida, we may just check it out.

Whole Hog !

After more than 3 years of competition BBQ, we finally entered our first Whole Hog cooking event this past weekend in Springfield. Our newest team member Jesse led the charge on the Whole Hog entry, and so we feature him with the finished product, which was good for a 2nd Place ribbon, in the photo above.

Cookin' the Whole Hog is a lot of fun, but something we definitely will need some additional practice at in order to perfect. This little guy (about 35 pounds) was supplied to us by the contest, but he was bone chillin' cold when we first picked him up so we had to get him thawed a little before we could season him and get him into the cooker.

The Springfield contest was organized well, and other than sweltering heat, there wasn't a single thing to complain about at this event, definitely one we'll be looking to do again next year.

For those that might have often wondered how a Whole Hog ends up as bacon, ribs, pork chops, etc, this video from Protein University does a pretty good, albeit dramatic, job of showing how it's done.

Special Thanks to Midwest Scuba Q

BBQ Folks are truly a sharing and helpful bunch. We knew we were going to be without electricity at the upcoming Lenexa contest, and thought we might need to use a generator for an hour here or there over the coming weekend.

Not finding a decent rate on a weekend rental, we put some feelers out, and Ryan from the Midwest Scuba Q team came through for us even though he had never even met us. As a matter of fact, due to schedules that we couldn't get to line up (and a major wreck on I-435 that tied traffic up for 45 minutes), I ended up getting the generator from him, filling it with gas, and returning it to him without ever even meeting him myself.

Regardless, a big shout out to Ryan and the Midwest Scuba Q team, hope to run into you at a contest sometime soon.

Thanks!