The Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Big Chill Sun and Snow BBQ Competition
March 1^st 2003

 

Grand Champion: Mad Momma and the Kids
Reserve Grand Champion: Teddy Bear BBQ
1st in Chicken: Mad Momma and the kids
1st in Pork Ribs: Mad Momma and the kids
1st in Pork: Mad Momma and the kids
1st in Brisket: Teddy Bear BBQ

 

Overall Rankings:

1. Mad Momma and the Kids

2. Teddy Bear BBQ

3. Everybody loves Raymond

4. Big O’s 2 hot 4 you (first time in a competition)

5. Susie’s BBQ

6. Big Moose BBQ

7. Car Dogs Primo

8. Rocket Man

 

Chicken:

1. Mad Momma and the Kids

2. Big O’s 2 Hot 4 You

3. Rocket Man

4. Everybody Loves Raymond

5. Teddy Bear BBQ

6. Susie’s BBQ

7. Car Dogs Primo

8. Big Moose BBQ

 

Pork Ribs:

1.      Mad Momma and the Kids

2.      Everybody Loves Raymond

3.      Teddy Bear BBQ

4.      Big Moose BBQ

5.      Susie’s BBQ

6.      Big O’s 2 hot 4 you

7.      Car Dogs Primo

8.      Rocket Man

 

Pork:

1.      Mad Momma and the Kids

2.      Big Moose BBQ

3.      Big O’s 2 Hot 4 You

4.      Susie’s BBQ

5.      Rocket Man

6.      Car Dogs Primo

7.      Teddy Bear BBQ

8.      Everybody Loves Raymond

 

Brisket:

1.      Teddy Bear BBQ

2.      Everybody Loves Raymond

3.      Mad Momma and the Kids

4.      Car Dogs Primo

5.      Big Moose BBQ

6.      Big O’s 2 Hot 4 You

7.      Susie’s BBQ

8.      Rocket Man

 

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe and Harvey’s Lake Tahoe were fabulous sponsors the first Big Chill BBQ Competition. We had 8 teams from Southern California to Seattle Washington travel to compete at over 7,000 feet elevation and in some really cold weather. Friday the skies were partly cloudy and during the day the temp was at 35 degrees. Teams arrived throughout the afternoon and started setting up. Friday evening the snow started kicking in a little and by midnight it was coming down pretty good. By sun up the snow stopped and there was about 2 inches of snow on the ground around the cooking areas. But temps started to come back to reality after hitting about 15 degrees in the early morning, by 11:30 am it was a warm 36 degrees (reality?) and then the snow started misting again, this continued on and off the rest of Saturday. The teams had heaters and coats and braved the two days of cold temps and little oxygen in there fire boxes.

We had teams with years of experience, like Mad Momma and the Kids to a first time team Big O’s 2 Hot 4 You. Jim Minion and Jack Rogers had brand new Eggs from Primo, there new sponsor. Rocket man took this challenge on by himself and wore a tee shirt (no coat) all day Saturday, while Big Moose wore cut offs the whole weekend, these two are nuts! We had a good team of experienced KCBS judges and two great contest reps, Jim Mehl and Frank Boyer, both pros.

 

Thanks to all the teams that came up and competed and to the judges that helped eat all that meat.

 

Special thanks to Harrah’s Lake Tahoe and it’s Vice President of Marketing Skip Sayer and Assistant Marketing Director, Jay Dee. PGI’s  Jennifer Linale, Joy Leighton, Jonathon and their teams for putting this together on their end. Thanks to KCBS Carolyn Wells, KCBS Board of Directors, and to KCBS’s Stephanie Wilson (what a jewel). Also to CBBQA Gene Goycochea, John Hopkins, Frank Boyer, Jim Mehl, Bill Wight, Rick Jones, and Henry Joe Peterson for all your help, input, and assistance.

 

 

Thank you,

 

Jeff Jones

Big Chill BBQ Competition Coordinator 2003