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Probably won't take it to that level but who knows. May do something like custom cuts / patches w/ vests for judging day instead of the plain old polo shirts or t shirts like everyone else. Could be a fun way to win over judges. Who knows though... the concept is only 24 hours old.
Giant hardware for your soon to be open (or currently opened) restaurant.... plus a $12-15k check I believe.
Officer Pete Malloy said:
What seems odd?
Cool, well good luck.For MBN you compete in either Ribs, Shoulder, or hog. Rest assured the level of competition at this event is more than your average "Cul-de-sac championship"A win here can launch a successful restaurant. There are also ancillary contests that many teams compete in.. Beef, Seafood, Poultry, sauces (tomato, mustard, vinegar base), Beans, Slaw, etc etc etc. Those are quite competitive as well.
Lagunitas supposed to be shipping anywhere from 4 to 14 kegs of Lagunitas IPA to me right before the festival.
Word is, it's pretty tasty. Not yet distributed in Memphis so they're booking a special truck run from Nashville over to me.Pretty cool guys to deal wtih.
Lagunitas is a pretty great brewery. Not a surprise that you hicks have to go all the way to California to get your hands on some good beer. 
Yeah honestly there are a buncha micro breweries around here but none of them are churning out anything special. The hillbillies down here do know their bourbon/whiskey though.... which is niceLagunitas supposed to be shipping anywhere from 4 to 14 kegs of Lagunitas IPA to me right before the festival.
Word is, it's pretty tasty. Not yet distributed in Memphis so they're booking a special truck run from Nashville over to me.
We downgraded our 15 Free kegs of PBR to 10 kegs as well just because we didn't want to have that many shells lying around. Working on a large chest freezer to hold 4 kegs at a time. 2 in the True TDD-2 kegerator. Then have 2 keg icing stations for pre-chilling kegs as well (warm kegs going into a kegerator = foamy ### beer). Booze order is confirmed... 10 Cases of Sobieski Vodka again (Six 1.75L Handles per case) for a total of 60 handles, or ~2400 standard 1.5oz Pours. Red Bull is providing ~50 cases of product including a bunch of the new blueberry/etc flavors. Plus 4 hi-top tables, 2 redbull can ice bins, and a big ### redbull bar-top fridge. Starting off with 9 cases of 36ct 16oz water bottles behind the bar but we'll need to reload. Getting two 6gal water jerry cans for mixing batches of the Vodka Lemonade / Vodka Sweet Tea (in 5gal igloos w spouts).Bringing a small hydroponic pump with a length of hose to siphon water out of keg barrels since moving those things while full of meltwater is a PITA. Slowly but surely things are coming together... Gotta clean the backwoods smoker this weekend (been stored in my backyard unused for a few months) and get a clean burn in it to prep it for the festival.
We downgraded our 15 Free kegs of PBR to 10 kegs as well just because we didn't want to have that many shells lying around.
Unless that's not your idea of a good time... then it's not.
No matter how a person describes it, until you do it, it will never compare to being there.
I know Nikki from the Silly Goose. Sweet girl from Arkansas. ......wonderful breasts!
Valid point.. the problem is every square foot of space is infinitely valuable (reason why teams build 2 and 3 story booths out of scaffolding. The last thing I want to do is drink a lot leading up to BBQfest (need to go in with a clear head and liver) and the last thing I want to do is drink for at least a week after BBQfest. Leaves us in a tough spotSadly we just didn't have enough refrigeration for the 10 they were going to load onto a truck. Yes, that's right... we declined 3 free kegs of Lagunitas IPA. The beer nerd in me is kicking myself in the junk.
This seems like a solution in search of a problem.
General admission gets you into the park but not into the tents.
I know Nikki from the Silly Goose. Sweet girl from Arkansas. ......wonderful breasts!
Not from Mtown, but I've lived here for 13 years.[icon] said:Shawnky said:I know Nikki from the Silly Goose. Sweet girl from Arkansas. ......wonderful breasts!
Right on. Small world. You from around here or just came through town?
Great, thank you for the information. I have always wanted to go to various bbq comps but figured I would not be able to do what I hoped. I will read up on the Kingsford Tour of ChampionsAre these rules you mentioned the same at most big BBQ competitions?[icon] said:
READ MORE... <--- Kingsford TOC
who eats it all?READ MORE... <--- Kingsford TOC
Generally speaking smaller festivals are more liberal with the sampling. The problem with a place like MIM BBQfest is you've got 100k people there... if they DID allow sampling, it would be next to impossible to provide samples anyway. Hell as it is the teams cook over 50,000lbs of food over the course of the 3 day festival. WITHOUT public sampling
250-300 teams 50-500 guests per team per night. 4 day/night long festival.culdeus said:who eats it all?READ MORE... <--- Kingsford TOC
Generally speaking smaller festivals are more liberal with the sampling. The problem with a place like MIM BBQfest is you've got 100k people there... if they DID allow sampling, it would be next to impossible to provide samples anyway. Hell as it is the teams cook over 50,000lbs of food over the course of the 3 day festival. WITHOUT public sampling
more pics imo250-300 teams 50-500 guests per team per night. 4 day/night long festival.culdeus said:who eats it all?READ MORE... <--- Kingsford TOC
Generally speaking smaller festivals are more liberal with the sampling. The problem with a place like MIM BBQfest is you've got 100k people there... if they DID allow sampling, it would be next to impossible to provide samples anyway. Hell as it is the teams cook over 50,000lbs of food over the course of the 3 day festival. WITHOUT public sampling
The day's shoulders
getting rubbed down >>
250-300 teams 50-500 guests per team per night. 4 day/night long festival.culdeus said:who eats it all?READ MORE... <--- Kingsford TOC
Generally speaking smaller festivals are more liberal with the sampling. The problem with a place like MIM BBQfest is you've got 100k people there... if they DID allow sampling, it would be next to impossible to provide samples anyway. Hell as it is the teams cook over 50,000lbs of food over the course of the 3 day festival. WITHOUT public sampling
The day's shoulders getting rubbed down >
Tipsy Mixing A Scratch Jambalaya for our "Slow" night on Wednesday
Everything is done to absolute excess.
Tipsy Mixing A Scratch Jambalaya for our "Slow" night on Wednesday
Everything is done to absolute excess.
No worries. You get to know people on a team and get invited in. For most folks it's by being friends/coworkers. Other people just come in town and hang out during the day. Ask to get in the right way, act the right way while inside, get invited back year after year. We have a couple who drives down from minnesota every year to come to our tent. They always have a spot on the list because they are pleasant to be around, always throw $50-100 in the tip jar for the weekend, and enjoy themselves. We enjoy "putting them up" for the fest every year. The right way to ask:
generally you'll be offered a beer. If you're offered a plate of food right off then consider yourself lucky. Don't just help yourself. Don't just ask for drinks/food. If nothing is offered and you're getting the impression you're not wanted, thank them politely and move on to another tent.Sure. I post tons of pics every year. I'll likely set up a twitter feed and document it extensively this year. YOu can also follow Slab Yo Mama BBQ on Facebook.
Not currently selling THIS YEAR'S shirts online... will do so after. Previous years shirts can be found on our website. NOTE: The 2012 shirts are VERY soft, high quality shirts that are FITTED. Think american apparel cut. If you're between sizes order one size larger.
Thanks...No worries. You get to know people on a team and get invited in. For most folks it's by being friends/coworkers. Other people just come in town and hang out during the day. Ask to get in the right way, act the right way while inside, get invited back year after year. We have a couple who drives down from minnesota every year to come to our tent. They always have a spot on the list because they are pleasant to be around, always throw $50-100 in the tip jar for the weekend, and enjoy themselves. We enjoy "putting them up" for the fest every year.The right way to ask:
Go during the day... not TOO early (11am or so, teams are still cleaning up from the night before and you'll just be in they way). Look inside, if they look like they're relaxing, go ahead and try to get someone's attention. Explain you're in from out of town, and are interested in the whole process. Ask to look around, see the smoker, ask if the pitmaster has a few mins to chat. Most of those guys LOVE talking about their meat.
Sure. I post tons of pics every year. I'll likely set up a twitter feed and document it extensively this year. YOu can also follow Slab Yo Mama BBQ on Facebook.Not currently selling THIS YEAR'S shirts online... will do so after. Previous years shirts can be found on our website. NOTE: The 2012 shirts are VERY soft, high quality shirts that are FITTED. Think american apparel cut. If you're between sizes order one size larger.
Goal will be to update quite a lot with images I find interesting.... assuming I have data coverage.
Great beer.Lagunitas supposed to be shipping anywhere from 4 to 14 kegs of Lagunitas IPA to me right before the festival.
Word is, it's pretty tasty. Not yet distributed in Memphis so they're booking a special truck run from Nashville over to me.
I'm following!Here you go guys...
I will try to remember to tweet updates/pics on this feed below:
TWITTER : FOLLOW MY SLAB YO MAMA UPDATES @MSAVARD
I will less frequently post updates to this thread as well.
Forgive me if I "go dark" for a bit.. cell coverage can be spotty due to crowds and my attention span can go spotty due to booze.
I tended bar all through college and have a pretty good idea of how traffic flows through these booths after 7 years of being on this team but I definitely like crowdsourcing stuff like this as there are some smart ####ers on this forum and you never know where you'll get someone throwing out an idea that makes a big difference.
I agree with this...Just feels like it will flow better and be a better setup for the people running the bar.
Keep us updated...I can't wait to see the late night twitter pics!Ugh load in time... everything is behind schedule due to the park being a mudpit from heavy rains at Musicfest last weekend. Then yesterday a scaffold worker fell from the top deck of BBQ Republic's construction and broke his elbow/shoulder, ribs, and back. WOrd is he will make a full recovery, but that shut down everything at the park for several hours as well. SO the schedule for the next couple days is:Tonight, Matt (team member / head guy from local scaffold company) will finish out our decking/flooring... then stain the lower level so it's dry tomorrow am. Tonight I'll also be hitting walmart/home depot/kroger to pick up all my remaining supplies that I've pre-ordered. Tomorrow at 6:30am a crew of guys are showing at my house with a trailer and we're loading the Kegerator, bar, and smoker onto the trailer. I'll be jumping in the shower and heading to work after that. They will head to the park and load it into the booth. Wednesday Morning, we'll load the rest of the bar supplies (vodka, mixers, keg barrels, drink dispensers, etc etc etc), then swing by the distributor to pick up the kegs of lagunitas and head down to the park to load everything in and set up the bar. Tipsy should be pulling into memphis around lunchtime or so I believe. Then... the games begin
Will do my best!
As long as it spares us from videos of Bree Olsen's cat (her actual cat, not inuendo).Will do my best!
Will try to capture a cross section of various things (food prep/service... late night parties/ladies... impressive booth setups....etc) to give everyone as good a feel of the festival as you can get without actually going.
Tipsy's first take from a year ago.... and he's coming back this year. Brace yourself GB! At least this year you have an idea of what you're getting yourself intoJust made it back home. I grossly underestimated the complete AWESOMENESS of what I was getting into. What a great week. Ill have more to discuss later...but i gotta play w my boys, get a shower, and pass the heck out.
Quick Notes:
Try to sleep next year. 1 hour for a 36 hour stretch was pretty dumb.
Don't accept a drink at every tent you visit during the overnight hours....Fireball Whiskey, Jager, beer, jello shots, and god knows what else DO NOT MIX WELL. Amazingly I still got pit fired & food going for competition that morning without even throwing up.
And Krista4...no fair being such a hottie when my wife is 400 miles away
Mad, mad, mad props to ICON for getting me to come up, house me, and let me eyeball his lady friend all week.
Speaking of cat's and pron stars... word from my buddy on the team next door (the one with the stripper poles) is that some dude on his team is tight with some porn star that lives locally and every year she shows up with her stripper friends and end up on the poles / bar for a bit. Yeah, i'll likely drop in for that...As long as it spares us from videos of Bree Olsen's cat (her actual cat, not inuendo).Will do my best!
Will try to capture a cross section of various things (food prep/service... late night parties/ladies... impressive booth setups....etc) to give everyone as good a feel of the festival as you can get without actually going.
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