October 27, 2008 Hello BBQ Gang! Here's what's going on in the world of the Illinois BBQ Society... ~ Casting: Grilling Gurus can be on Dear Food Network! ~ Barn Burner BarBQ - Libertyville, Illinois ~ Dr. BBQ Stopping by for a Book Signing... ~ 2009 Contests Announcement ~ We need your help! ~ Upcoming KCBS Contests... ~ Upcoming Non-Sanctioned/Backyard Contests... ~ Upcoming Classes... For additional information on these stories, and more, be sure to visit the Illinois BBQ Society online at http://www.ILBBQS.com . x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x This eNewsletter brought to you by: The Backyard Barbeque Store ~ Wilmette, Illinois Mark your calendars! November 2nd, 2008...we're having a Tailgate Party with DR. BBQ - RAY LAMPE at our store in Wilmette, Illinois! Dr. BBQ will be available to sign copies of his new book The NFL Gameday Cookbook. This is going to be one party you will not want to miss! For additional information and details, visit us online at http://www.backyardbbqstore.com x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x Casting: Grilling Gurus can be on Dear Food Network! Love to watch the Food Network but can't cook as well as your favorite star? Now's your chance to have your Grilling question answered, possibly even in-person! Inspired by letters from fans, Dear Food Network features top chefs answering your cooking concerns, problems and challenges. Have a question about global grilling (Mexican, tandoori, Italian, Korean), improving an All-American dishes (hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken), seafood, or how to make a tasty dessert on the grill? Our Food Network stars are here to help improve your recipes and grilling skills! We're looking for fun, creative 20-second videos (DVD or MiniDV) to incorporate into the show. For video guidelines please contact me at foodnetworkseries@gmail.com. Also send us your stats (name, age, city/state, living situation, contact info) plus a recent photo, a little about yourself, and your cooking questions. Does your chicken always come out burnt, maybe you're a baker who wants to take it to the backyard or perhaps you want to learn how to make ribs that will wow your whole family? The best questions/videos will be used on the show and some people will get to have their question answered in person by his or hers favorite chef!   Please send your DVD or MiniDV to: Embassy Row Att: Dear Food Network 110 Leroy Street 7th Fl. New York, NY 10014 All entries must be received no later than Monday December 8th. *************************************** Barn Burner BarBQ - Libertyville, Illinois STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Grand Champion: CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM Reserve Champion: SMOKIN' SCOTSMAN Overall: 1 CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM 2 SMOKIN' SCOTSMAN 3 DR PORKENSTEIN 4 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 5 SMOKEY JOELS/CUBBY BEAR 6 KRE SMOKERS 7 PORKRASTINATORS 8 QUAU 9 CHURCH OF SWINETOLOGY 10 SMOKE HUNTERS 11 TIPPY CANOE BBQ CREW 12 CAPTAIN RON'S BREW -N-Q 13 MA & PA'S KETTLE 14 STAR-B-QUE 15 DR DECKLE & MR HIDE 16 BREW-B-Q 17 BEAR CAT SMOKERS 18 MEDIEVAL SWINE 19 LOGJAMMIN' BBQ 20 HOSSY'S BBQ 21 PAPA'S SMOKIN' SEVEN 22 BIG DADDY 23 HAPPY PORK-A-PALOOZA 24 Low (dough) B-QUE 25 FAT BOYZ BBQ 26 SLY FOX BBQ 27 SCOTTS DOGS 28 Q-TOPIA 29 STOCKCAR BBQ 30 THE RIB ROCKETS 31 HAWG WASH BBQ 32 BIG PAPPA'S BARBEQUE Chicken: 1 QUAU 2 MA & PA'S KETTLE 3 CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM 4 DR DECKLE & MR HIDE 5 SMOKIN' SCOTSMAN 6 DR PORKENSTEIN 7 CHURCH OF SWINETOLOGY 8 SMOKE HUNTERS 9 PAPA'S SMOKIN' SEVEN 10 KRE SMOKERS 11 TIPPY CANOE BBQ CREW 12 PORKRASTINATORS 13 BEAR CAT SMOKERS 14 CAPTAIN RON'S BREW -N-Q 15 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 16 STOCKCAR BBQ 17 LOGJAMMIN' BBQ 18 SCOTTS DOGS 19 STAR-B-QUE 20 HAPPY PORK-A-PALOOZA 21 HOSSY'S BBQ 22 MEDIEVAL SWINE 23 FAT BOYZ BBQ 24 BIG PAPPA'S BARBEQUE 25 BREW-B-Q 26 Low (dough) B-QUE 27 BIG DADDY 28 Q-TOPIA 29 THE RIB ROCKETS 30 SMOKEY JOELS/CUBBY BEAR 31 HAWG WASH BBQ 32 SLY FOX BBQ Ribs: 1 CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM 2 SMOKEY JOELS/CUBBY BEAR 3 KRE SMOKERS 4 CHURCH OF SWINETOLOGY 5 SMOKIN' SCOTSMAN 6 DR PORKENSTEIN 7 HAPPY PORK-A-PALOOZA 8 CAPTAIN RON'S BREW -N-Q 9 DR DECKLE & MR HIDE 10 BREW-B-Q 11 HOSSY'S BBQ 12 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 13 MA & PA'S KETTLE 14 LOGJAMMIN' BBQ 15 STAR-B-QUE 16 MEDIEVAL SWINE 17 PORKRASTINATORS 18 BEAR CAT SMOKERS 19 PAPA'S SMOKIN' SEVEN 20 QUAU 21 TIPPY CANOE BBQ CREW 22 SMOKE HUNTERS 23 SLY FOX BBQ 24 BIG DADDY 25 BIG PAPPA'S BARBEQUE 26 SCOTTS DOGS 27 HAWG WASH BBQ 28 Q-TOPIA 29 THE RIB ROCKETS 30 Low (dough) B-QUE 31 FAT BOYZ BBQ 32 STOCKCAR BBQ Pork: 1 PORKRASTINATORS 2 SMOKE HUNTERS 3 CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM 4 SMOKEY JOELS/CUBBY BEAR 5 SMOKIN' SCOTSMAN 6 DR PORKENSTEIN 7 STAR-B-QUE 8 FAT BOYZ BBQ 9 TIPPY CANOE BBQ CREW 10 SLY FOX BBQ 11 THE RIB ROCKETS 12 CAPTAIN RON'S BREW -N-Q 13 HOSSY'S BBQ 14 KRE SMOKERS 15 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 16 Low (dough) B-QUE 17 HAWG WASH BBQ 18 LOGJAMMIN' BBQ 19 BREW-B-Q 20 MEDIEVAL SWINE 21 DR DECKLE & MR HIDE 22 MA & PA'S KETTLE 23 Q-TOPIA 24 BIG DADDY 25 STOCKCAR BBQ 26 BIG PAPPA'S BARBEQUE 27 BEAR CAT SMOKERS 28 CHURCH OF SWINETOLOGY 29 QUAU 30 PAPA'S SMOKIN' SEVEN 31 SCOTTS DOGS 32 HAPPY PORK-A-PALOOZA Brisket: 1 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 2 QUAU 3 TIPPY CANOE BBQ CREW 4 SMOKEY JOELS/CUBBY BEAR 5 CHURCH OF SWINETOLOGY 6 SMOKIN' SCOTSMAN 7 CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM 8 BIG DADDY 9 DR PORKENSTEIN 10 BEAR CAT SMOKERS 11 KRE SMOKERS 12 PORKRASTINATORS 13 SMOKE HUNTERS 14 CAPTAIN RON'S BREW -N-Q 15 MEDIEVAL SWINE 16 BREW-B-Q 17 PAPA'S SMOKIN' SEVEN 18 MA & PA'S KETTLE 19 SCOTTS DOGS 20 STAR-B-QUE 21 Low (dough) B-QUE 22 STOCKCAR BBQ 23 LOGJAMMIN' BBQ 24 Q-TOPIA 25 HAPPY PORK-A-PALOOZA 26 SLY FOX BBQ 27 DR DECKLE & MR HIDE 28 FAT BOYZ BBQ 29 HOSSY'S BBQ 30 HAWG WASH BBQ 31 THE RIB ROCKETS 32 BIG PAPPA'S BARBEQUE Huge Congrats to All in the Call and all teams! *************************************** Dr. BBQ Stopping by for a Book Signing... ILBBQS member Dan Marguerite of The Backyard Barbecue Store, in Wilmette, Illinois, has announced that the one and only Dr. BBQ - Ray Lampe will be at the store on November 2nd for a tailgate party and book signing. Dr. BBQ will be signing copies of his new The NFL Gameday Cookbook. Good times are sure to be had by all who attends, so mark your calendars to attend this event! For additional information, visit the Illinois BBQ Society online at http://www.ILBBQS.com . *************************************** 2009 Contests Announcement With the 2008 season officially behind us, some teams and many organizers are already plotting their course for 2009. The 'Contests/Events' page of the ILBBQS website is starting with virtually a clean slate for 2009. When checking it out, note that the 2008 schedule has been duplicated for next year, but all contests that have yet to be confirmed by the contest organizer has been grayed out. Contests that are listed in color are confirmed and scheduled. If you are a contest organizer (KCBS, MBN, or otherwise) and would like to have your contest and/or event listed for free, LET US KNOW! Keeping with tradition, we will list every barbeque related contest, festival, event that we know about in the state for free. Upgraded listings are available as well...contact us for details and additional information. For additional information, visit the Illinois BBQ Society online at http://www.ILBBQS.com . *************************************** WE NEED YOUR HELP! If you know of anything barbeque related going on in the state, know of anything newsworthy regarding any of our members, or have a little story, recipe, or idea you would like to share with your fellow cooks, judges, and enthusiasts, please email them to us. We are starved for info to place on this page and in our eNewsletter. Thanks for your continued help in pushing the barbeque movement forward! Onward & Upward! For additional information, visit the Illinois BBQ Society online at http://www.ILBBQS.com . *************************************** Upcoming 2009 KCBS Sanctioned & ILBBQS Approved Contests... (All info & web addresses are posted on http://www.ILBBQS.com -> Contests/Events) ~ May 1 - 2; Wamac, Illinois; The Southwestern Illinois Spring Festival; State Championship; KCBS Sanctioned / ILBBQS Approved; Contact: Shane Swartzlander, Phone: 618-532-5703; Email: 2chubby@sbcglobal.net ~ June 19 - 20; Elk Grove, Illinois; Elk Grove Rotary Ribfest; State Championship; KCBS Sanctioned / ILBBQS Approved; Contact: Ron Nunes, Phone: 630-307-8744; E-mail: rnunes9457@aol.com ~ July 10 - 11; Shannon, Illinois; Illinois State Championship & Butt to Butt Pork Invitational; KCBS Sanctioned / ILBBQS Approved; Contact: Connie Smith, Phone: 816-864-2542; E-mail: rrribs@frontiernet.net ~ Ocdtobe 9 -10; Metropolis, Illinois: Super City Blues & Ques; KCBS Sanctioned / ILBBQS Approved; Contact: Priscilla Abell, Phone: 618-524-1696; Email: metropolisparks@verizon.net *************************************** Upcoming 2009 Non-Sanctioned/Backyard Contests... (All info & web addresses are posted on http://www.ILBBQS.com -> Contests/Events) ~ None Scheduled (That we know of...if you know of an upcoming class, let us know!) *************************************** Upcoming Certified BBQ Judge's and Certified Table Captain's Classes... (All info posted on http://www.ILBBQS.com -> BBQ Classes) ~ None Scheduled (That we know of...if you know of an upcoming class, let us know!) *************************************** Upcoming BBQ Cooking Classes... (All info posted on http://www.ILBBQS.com -> BBQ Classes) ~ None Scheduled (That we know of...if you know of an upcoming class, let us know!) *************************************** These stories, and more, can be found online at http://www.ILBBQS.com . Most of the stories online have active links for ease of finding more information...be sure to visit the website for your full ILBBQS experience! If you have a BBQ related news item you would like to share with the group, be sure to send it in! There is an easy-to-use 'Submit News' button on our website at http://www.ILBBQS.com ...use it often! As always, if you have any pictures, stories, news items, comments, suggestions, questions, or ideas, let me know! Carpe 'Que, Jim Rhino