Great Ribs, Great Day!

Well the BBQ contest has come and gone, and I had a great albeit tiring day.

Camping out the night before was fun, and the bands were good. Morning came early.......

Team Pig Stop did well, people enjoyed our chicken wings, they had fun playin ladder golf, and they loved our ribs. The judges seemd to like them as well. We scored well enough to get Honorable Mention for Ribs (5th place). Not bad for the first competition, with 21 teams in total.

Funny how the things you compete in change as you get older. For me it is now Luge and BBQ.

Brookline is having a BBQ contest on Sunday, and I am entered. I will be doing ribs and wings.

I have grilled and smoked for a few years now, as well as tailgated at Patriots games, and this is my first competition. There are 20 or so entered and I hope to do well. I think I will hold my own. I am sure I will have fun. I will camp out the night before so I can get an early start on the smoking.

My new Luge sled should be shipping soon. It is a Latvian model, with a custom paint job. I hope to have it in time to take to Lake Placid on August 18. I am going to the Wheels and Start clinic at the Olympic training center. We are doing a track walk as well. This should all help me in my times next year. It will be nice to be off a training sled, and on my own sled, which I can get to learn. I am hoping to compete in the Empire State games and the Nationals for the 2006-7 season.