February 22, 2010 Hello BBQ Gang! Welcome to the unpredictable Illinois BBQ Society's Weekly(ish) eNewsletter. Thanks to your double-opt-in subscription; you're now receiving regular to semi-regular emails from ILBBQS. Perhaps even a random delivery or two to keep you on your toes. You might want to alert your spam nanny so that valuable information and critical news release information are not unduly delayed. Now to the good stuff. Here's what's going on the world of the Illinois BBQ Society... ~ ILBBQS...Gone Social ~ Results from the 2010 Winter Burnoff in Des Plaines, Illinois ~ New BBQ Classes Coming Soon! ~ CancerSucksChicago BBQ Team Cooking Class Review ~ Upcoming Non-Sanctioned/Backyard Contests... ~ Upcoming KCBS Contests... ~ Upcoming MBN 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-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x This eNewsletter brought to you by: The BBQ Throwdown & Jam Backyard BBQ Cook-Off - http://www.TheBBQThrowdown.com One Day. Saturday, August 7th, 2010. Three Categories. Are you up for the challenge? This one-day backyard event will feature live music, a 5K Run/Walk, Cooking Demonstrations, amazing scenery, and great friendship. This 4th year event is sure to have something for everyone. Check out http://www.TheBBQThrowdown.com for more information. x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x ILBBQS...Gone Social Now keeping 'connected' has just been made a little easier as the Illinois BBQ Society has upgraded our Social Networking status with an all new Facebook Fan Page. If you're a member of the Facebook Community, be sure to add Illinois BBQ Society (ILBBQS) to your Fan page list. In doing so, you're helping to stay connected to news, information, contest results, and (more importantly) to other members and fans of the ILBBQS. We have set-up an easy link to the fan page; simply surf over to http://www.BBQFace.com, sign-in to your account (or create a free account), and click the 'Become a Fan' link at the top of the page. Once you're a fan, be sure to post your pictures from contests, events, or even your backyard cooking adventures! While you're there, take a minute to click the 'Suggest to Friends' button (under the logo on the left) and suggest to your friends that they become members too! Please feel free to use the site as a way to keep in touch with ILBBQS, post contest/event info, and to stay in touch with other ILBBQS members and fans. ************************************************************** New BBQ Classes Coming Soon! Be sure to check out the "BBQ Classes" button at the top of the ILBBQS homepage to stay up-to-date with cooking and judging classes that we find out about in Illinois! Online at http://www.ILBBQS.com ************************************************************** CancerSucksChicago BBQ Team Cooking Class Review by Steve Abrams a.k.a. Da Burnt Food Dude Saturday, February 20, 2010 - The Dudette (Pat) and I just spent an enjoyable weekend at a barbecue cooking class taught by Scottie Johnson and Mike Wozniak. Scottie is the head cook of the CancerSucksChicago.com BBQ Team. Mike Wozniak is the head cook of the Quau (pronounced Q-Wow) BBQ Team. Scottie started the class by giving us his background in competition barbecue. Then he went into the sad reason on how he named his BBQ team. His wife Corliss died from cancer 7 years ago this month, leaving him with 2 young daughters. On the eve of his winning the Jack Daniels World Invitational BBQ contest his Father died from cancer. Through out the years, Scottie has dedicated his free time to raising awareness and money for cancer research. Mike is a perennial top 10 cook in the Kansas City Barbecue Society team standings. A few years ago Mike tied for team of the year with Mike Davis of Lotta Bull BBQ Team. Unfortunately KCBS says there can be only one number 1. So Quau lost to Lotta Bull. The object of this class was to raise money for cancer research, share information to help everyone cook better, network and have fun. I believe the class achieved all its objectives and then some. Friday evening started with us being served dinner by Uncle Bubs Barbecue in Westmont. The food was great! As we ate Scottie showed us how to trim briskets and pork butts. I did learn a different way to trim pork. Then Mike and Scottie talked to us about chicken and its preparation. Scottie showed us his trimming of pork ribs. The class ended Friday evening about 10pm with Scottie putting the briskets and pork butts in his FEC100 cooker. The morning began at about 6:30am with it snowing. Scottie showed us how he wraps his briskets and butts. Then Mike took over the class and show us his custom "Quau" cooker. It is one slick cooker. Then he worked on chicken and Cornish hens. Mike and Scottie tried to do the class in "contest" time. They gave everyone in attendance the feel and flair of contest timing. Not everyone attending the class were contest cooks. There were some amateur or backyard cooks. Knowledge, fun and food was shared by all. By the way, this class raised over $13,000 for cancer research. For additional articles written by Steve, check out his blog at http://dadudebbq.blogspot.com . To find out more about how you can help Scottie raise awareness, and money, in this fight against cancer, visit his website at http://www.CancerSucksChicago.com . ************************************************************** Results from the 2010 Winter Burnoff in Des Plaines, Illinois Thanks to We just got home from the burnoff, here are the top ten results and finals. We had something of a celebrity in our midst today, Fred Williams of the Chicago Bears came out and did his first contest at the burnoff as team "Getting Warmer"! Diane and I judged this year as we decided not to face the single digit temps at 6AM, but it ended up being a really nice day! Great Job by all to raise money for NOAH http://www.albinism.org . Great Job by Doug and Lara who organized and oversaw all the judging and awards. Overall 1-Grand Champions - Porkrastinators 2-Reser ve Grand Champion - Brew-B-Q 3-Mike Rib 4-KRE Smokers 5-Butt Smokers 6-Ma & Pa's Kettle 7-Smoke Rings 8-All Night Smokers 9-Dig The Pig 10-Hogs & Hotties Sausage 1-Porkrastinators 2-Butt Smokers (last year they competed as Los Porquitos) 3-Smoke rings 4-KRE Smokers 5-Brew-B-Q 6-Duce's Wild 7-MikeRib 8-Dig The Pig 9-B&D BBQ 10-Smokey Joel Chicken 1-Porkrastinators 2-Brew-B-Q 3-KRE Smokers 4-Mike Rib 5-B&D BBQ 6-Smoke Rings 7-All Night Smokers 8-Won't Get Smoked Again 9-Butt Smokers 10-Ma & Pa's Kettle Ribs 1-Mike Rib 2-Won't Get Smoked Again 3-Kre Smokers 4-Smokey Joel 5-Butt Smokers 6-Brew-B-Q 7-All Night Smokers 8-Porkrastinators 9-Ma & Pa's Kettle 10- Dig The Pig Pork 1-Porkrastinators 2-Brew-B-Q 3-Ma & Pa's Kettle 4- Hogs & Hotties 5-Beal Street Ribs 6-Smoke Rings 7-Burnt Food Dude 8-KRE Smokers 9-Duce's Wild 10-Dig The Pig Great time was had by all I think. See everyone soon on the trail. Dann and Diane (Boland) 2 Skinny Cooks ************************************************************** Do you know of some barbeque event, contest, class, or function going on in Illinois, or the surrounding areas? Let us know! bbq@ilbbqs.com ************************************************************** Upcoming 2010 Non-Sanctioned/Backyard Contests... (All info & web addresses are posted on http://www.ILBBQS.com -> Contests/Events) ~ May 29th - Harvard, Illinois ~ 5th Annual Milk Days Outdoor Grilling Competition ~ Contact: Doug Hawthorne ~ Phone: 815-943-4614 ~ Email: foodman52@aol.com ~ June 5th - 6th ~ St. Jacob, Illinois ~ On Your Mark! Get Set! BBQ! ~ Contact: Dawn, 213 N. Douglas, St. Jacob, IL 62281 ~ Phone: 618-644-5666 ~ Fax: 618-644-9431 ~ E-mail: stjacob@hometel.com ~ June 12th ~ LeRoy, Illinois ~ 6th Annual Smokin' in the Park ~ Contact: Hap & Becky Zook ~ Phone: 309-397-1815 ~ Email: bjzook@verizon.net ~ August 7th - Alma, Illinois ~ 4th Annual Holy Smoke Backyard BBQ Cook-Off @ Orchard View Winery ~ Contact: Jim Rhino ~ Phone: 618-407-3300 ~ Email: rhino@banditbbq.com ~ September 18th - Glen Ellyn Backyard Barbeque Cook-Off - Contact: Tom Koprowski, Glen Ellyn, Illinois - Phone: 630-890-0465 - Email: koprowski1@sbcglobal.net ~ Please check http://www.ILBBQS.com for current updates. ************************************************************** Upcoming 2010 KCBS Contests... (All info & web addresses are posted on http://www.ILBBQS.com -> Contests/Events) ~ April 23 & 24 ~ Hazelwood, Missouri ~ 2010 Kick-Off Cookoff Classic ~ Greg Wilkinson, 2680 Narraganset, Florissant, MO 63033 ~ Phone: 314-955-1104 ~ E-Mail: gawilk@swbell.net ~ May 14 & 15 ~ Steeleville, Illinois ~ The Randolph County Pig Party ~ Contact: Curt Jeffers or Jason Vallett, 402 E. Broadway, Steeleville, IL 62288 ~ Phone: 618-965-9615 or 618-965-3414 ~ Fax: 618-965-3177 ~ Email: Curt @ curtislo@egyptian.net or Jason @ jason@gregvallettautosales.com ~ May 29 & 30 - Red, White & Bar-B-Q - Contact: Jim Addington, 337 E. Traube Street, Westmont, IL 60559 - Phone: 630-443-2013 Fax: 630.443-2017 - E-mail: jaddington@ambankqc.com ~ June 4 & 5 - Taylorville Main Street Barbeque Blues and Cruise - Contact: Paul Mizeur, 108 W Market / PO Box 350, Taylorville, IL 62568 - Phone: 217-287-1876 Fax: 217-287-1876 - Email: paul.mizeur@usbank.com ~ July 2 & 3 - The Best Dam BBQ Cookoff Benton-West City, IL - Contact: Charles Cockrum , 211 N Main St., Benton, IL 62812 - Phone: 618-927-6157 - Email: bestdambbq@gmail.com ~ July 9 & 10 - 20th Annual Illinois State Championship & Butt to Butt Pork Invitational - Contact: Connie Smith, 301 E. Sunrise Drive, Shannon, IL 61078 - Phone: 816-864-2542 ~ Fax: 815-864-2825 - E-mail: connieroethesmith@yahoo.com ~ September 10 & 11 - Smoke on the River Quincy, IL - Contact: Mel Dillman, 523 South 8th St, Quincy, IL 62301 - Phone: 217-228-1208 - Fax: 217-228-1976 - Email: mdillman5905@sbcglobal.net ~ September 10 & 11 - Wabash Ribber Fest Barbecue Championship Mt. Carmel, IL - Contact: Colette Grigsby, 9403 Sand Barrens Lane, St. Francisville, IL 62460 - Phone: 618-262-4339 -Fax: 618-262-4339 - Email: gcysmith@shawneelink.net ~ September 24 & 25 - Murphysboro Barbeque Cook-Off - Contact: Gary Strothmann, PO Box 382, Murphysboro, IL 62966 - Phone: 618-684-8902, Fax: 618-687-4311 - Email: becky@17thstreetbarbecue.com ~ October 8 & 9 - Super City Blues & Ques - Contact: Priscilla Abell, 106 W. 5th Street, Metropolis, IL 62960 - Phone: 618-524-1696 Fax: 618-524-2582 - Email: metropolisparks@verizon.net ~ Please check http://www.ILBBQS.com for current updates. ************************************************************** Upcoming 2010 Memphis BBQ Network Contests... (All info & web addresses are posted on http://www.ILBBQS.com -> Contests/Events) ~ September 24th to 25th - Murphysboro Barbeque Cook-Off - Contact: Gary Strothmann, PO Box 382, Murphysboro, IL 62966 - Phone: 618-684-8902, Fax: 618-687-4311 - Email: catering17@egyptian.com ~ Please check http://www.ILBBQS.com for current updates. ************************************************************** Upcoming Certified BBQ Judge's and Certified Table Captain's Classes... (All info posted on http://www.ILBBQS.com -> BBQ Classes) ~ April 1st ~ Belleville, Illinois (Near St. Louis) ~ Instructor: Mike Lake ~ Contact Information: Dennis Keck, Phone: 618-277-4444, keckjewelers@gmail.com ~ Please check http://www.ILBBQS.com for current updates. ************************************************************** Upcoming 2010 BBQ Cooking Classes... (All info posted on http://www.ILBBQS.com -> BBQ Classes) ~ Rend Lake, Illinois ~ 07/02/10 to 07/03/10 ~ ***ONLY ONE SPOT REAMAINS!*** ~ "In the Heat of Battle" Competition BBQ Boot Camp @ The Best Dam BBQ Cookoff ~ Instructor: Jim 'Rhino' Reincke ~ Contact Information: Jim Rhino ~ Phone: 618-407-3300 ~ Email: rhino@banditbbq.com ~ Online: http://www.TheBBQBootCamp.com ~ Kansas City, Missouri ~ 10/02/10 to 10/03/10 ~ ***ONLY FIVE SPOTS REMAIN!*** ~ "In the Heat of Battle" Competition BBQ Boot Camp @ The American Royal BBQ Contest ~ Instructor: Jim 'Rhino' Reincke ~ Contact Information: Jim Rhino ~ Phone: 618-407-3300 ~ Email: rhino@banditbbq.com ~ Online: http://www.TheBBQBootCamp.com ~ Please check http://www.ILBBQS.com for current updates. ************************************************************** 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! As always, if you have any pictures, stories, news items, comments, suggestions, questions, or ideas, let me know! Carpe 'Que, Jim Rhino