2008 Competitions Page

Welcome to our competitions page. This page will provide information on past and future competitions that we have or will be competing in. We compete in KCBS sanctioned-contests which have four main categories, including chicken, pork, brisket, and pork rib. Medals/trophies/plaques are awarded for the top positions in each category. Additionally, an overall grand champion and reserve grand champion are crowded based on total points. The KCBS competitions utilize "blind box" judging where each participant submits a box with each category to the judges for blind judging (judges do not know which submission belongs to which participant). Points are awarded for appearance, tenderness, and taste. Although you might think it would be easy to put the food in the box, you'd be surprised at the level of effort that goes in to just preparing the boxes. From time to time individual competitions will include additional categories that are no factored into the total grand champion points, but typically offer their own awards. Check out our pictures from the various competitions. Feel free to stop by and visit if a competition is in your area!

2008 Contests

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Pork in the Park, Salisbury, MD (April 18th-19th)

We were very eager to start off the 2008 season after what seemed like a long break (since October). 3 Eyz was joined by a fellow cooker (Dan M. aka Mutha Chicken) who brought along a pig cooker, alot of energy, and great company. Dan M. cooked his first competition whole hog and wound up in 5th place out of 14 teams. A great job since he beat some experiences whole hog cookers! Dan M. also helped us out with the other categories, including the Anything Butt and Purdue Chicken categories. We are looking forward to having him join us in Danville in May! Overall, we thought we cooked some good food, and scored a 4th in Ribs out of more than 80 teams! Our other scores weren't so good and made us just eager to get to Danville and improve on them. Weather was fantastic and the competition was well run as usual. See ya at the next one!!!!

Jason and Dan with the 4th place Ribs Trophy

(Thanks to Bill the Grill Guy for the photo)

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Pigs in the Park, Danville, VA (May 16th-17th)

After hearing great things about this event, we decided to make the 6-7 hour drive down south to check out this competition. Once again, Dan M. joined us for the cook. Erik from White Dog BBQ made the trip down as well to hang out with us. We cooked what we thought was really good BBQ, but the judges didn't quite see it that way. We finished in the middle of the pack of some good teams. A total of 54 teams were there. The venue was great with plenty of shade, large spaces, and friendly/helpful people. Unfortunately, we didn't take pictures at this event, so not much to show.

Charter Tech's Art of BBQ, Atlantic City, NJ (May 30th-31st)

Dan was once again joined by Dan M. for this contest, as Jason was up north visiting family. The result: GRAND CHAMPION!!!! 3 Eyz scored a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in the 4 KCBS categories. The win helped us get some funds to help with some purchases and get us geared up for the season.

Dan and Dan with the Check for Grand Champions

Dan hard at work

Beltway BBQ Battle, Landover, MD (June 6th-7th)

BBQ on the Farm, Yardley, PA (June 7th-8th)

National Capital Barbeque Battle, Washington, DC (June 21st-22nd)

Chesapeake Bay BBQ Cookoff, Stevensville MD (July 25th-26th)

Maryland BBQ Bash, Bel Air, MD (August 8th-9th)

New Holland Summerfest, New Holland, PA (August 22nd-23rd)

Pickin in the Panhandle, Hedgesville, WV (September 5th-6th)

Diamond State BBQ Championship, Dover, DE (October 17th-18th)

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