Callie's Chatterbox: Kan't Smoke Us

It's the 3rd year in a row that these boys have participated in the Cure of Ars BBQ competition. Which makes it probably 4 years since Heath joined the church so they could participate. Kidding. Kind of.

There's about 40 teams that participate, and the last 2 years the boys have done pretty well. This year they decided to change it up a bit. Everyone switched meats. I was thrilled b/c I was over Tony's sausage. (that's what she said). Meat jokes never get old, especially around the BBQ crowd.

The gals help with the set up, side dishes, and running to pick up anything the guys forgot. There's a spirit award at the competition, and we are all about that. Hence the coozies we decided to make this year. Last year we got second place, and we were FOR SURE this would be our year to get 1st on the spirit end. That is, until a plane flew overhead with another teams banner on it. It's a little hard to compete with a real plane. We are now in the market for skydivers for next year... any takers??

So we got 2nd in the spirit. AGAIN. So close, yet so far away.

The announcing of the winners goes through each category of meat, naming the top 5 teams. Our team has never been called. We were always sure that we were probably #6.

So here's how the turn of events happened.

Sausage- 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 not us
Ribs- 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 not us
Pork- 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 not us

By this time everyone was starting to think we must have done terrible. And then...

Briskett- 5, 4, 3, 2, US

Andy's brisket was #1. And the crowd goes wild!! We all jumped out of our chairs and ran up to the stage like we just won the lottery. Yes, the girls did too even though we didn't really contribute to the meat.

After calming down a bit. The announcer continued with the final places overall. Starting with #10.

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, what the hell...
#1 - Kan't Smoke Us

Grand Champions! I still can't believe it to this day. It's a pretty big deal and the guys were so so happy. You can bet the rest of the night we all celebrated heavily.

Turns out the rest of the boys categories all placed 7th and with our spirit award being 2nd, our points added up to first place. Beating the 2nd place team by about 30 points.

Pictures for your pleasure...
(I have NO idea why some are turned sideways, but I've already spent 2 hours trying to upload them, so you'll just have to tilt your head)