8/23/2008
4th Place Chicken!
New Holland Summerfest - New Holland, PA
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the Pictures Here
8/9/2008
4th Place Ribs!
Maryland State
Barbecue Championship - Bel Air, MD
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Pictures Here
7/13/2008
Last Place Sauce!
NJ State BBQ
Championship - Wildwood, NJ
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Pictures Here
Pig BBQ Barbeque - NJ State BBQ
Championship - Wildwood, NJ 2008
About Blind Pig BBQ
It all started for me
in August 2005 with a phone call from my friend
Steve from the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame. He
asked me to help cook ribs at a competition charity
event run by Garry Maddox at Citizen’s Bank Park - I
agreed. This was the first time I ever cooked “real”
BBQ. We used two $30 brinkman smokers and finished
in the top 5!
We are now the greatest BBQ’ers in the world ...
in our own minds. We upgraded our equipment to a
couple of Weber Smoky Mountains and a Big Green Egg
smoker, then planned our KCBS debut in 2006.
Our first competition was at “BBQ on the Farm” in
Bristol, PA. We finished 8th in ribs and dead last
in brisket and had a great time. We also gained a
new member to the team, Jack
Rhubright, who I still cook with today. Mid-way through our
2006 season Jack and I officially changed our team name to
Blind Pig BBQ. -Tom Bera
The origin of the name "Blind
Pig" stems from the prohibition days in Chicago. A "Blind
Pig" was an establishments that illegally provided alcoholic beverages.
The saloonkeeper would charge customers to see an attraction
(such as an animal), and provide a "complimentary" alcoholic
beverage, thus circumventing the law.
Our first full BBQ competition season has
come to an end.
Withdrawal is already setting in! We had some ups and downs,
met some great people and learned a lot. We picked up our
first awards at the New Jersey Sate BBQ Championship in
Wildwood, we lived through the tornado–force winds at the
Diamond State BBQ competition in Delaware, and ended up
ranking 350 nationally out of 1310 teams that made the list
on the National BBQ Rankings. Check it out at
www.nationalbbqrankings.com.
We had the privilege of hanging out with some great folks,
eating some awesome food and consuming some excellent
“beverages”. I think I only gained 30 pounds… Not bad.
We have some plans for next season which include upgrading
the equipment and possibly doing a little catering.
Thanks to everyone who supported us! See you in 2008.
