Crossed Rifles BBQ

10/21/2026

10/21/2026

The 180 Club had an impressive showing this weekend! 16 teams earned a score of 180, demonstrating the skill and precision it takes to compete at this level.

A 180 reflects exceptional barbeque, with teams delivering across every attribute and earning top marks from KCBS Certified Barbeque Judges.

Congratulations to everyone joining the 180 Club!

10/19/2026

🏆🔥 CHAMPIONS AT THE ROYAL OAK INVITATIONAL! 🔥🏆
What a weekend for Crossed Ri**es BBQ! We brought home the WIN at the Royal Oak Invitational BBQ Competition, and we're still fired up! 💪🔥
🥇 1st Place Brisket — PERFECT!
🏅 4th Place Ribs
🍗 Kiss Your Sister Chicken
🐖 Pork hung on and helped push us to an overall score of 705.7032!
This year's event was extra special, happening in collaboration with Mossy Oak! 🇺🇸🔥 The excitement surrounding the Mossy Oak bag collaboration, along with some NEW products dropping soon, made the entire event absolutely ELECTRIC! The energy, the competition, and the people made this one to remember.
We want to congratulate everyone who heard their name called. Congrats to Chicken Fried BBQ on RGC.We want to thank Craig Verhage and the amazing team at Royal Oak Charcoal on hosting this premier event. It truly is a one of a kind experience and we enjoy it every time we get invited.
From a perfect brisket to bringing home the overall win, all the hard work and long hours paid off. Huge thanks to everyone who supported us, cheered us on, captured videos we're still rewatching and helped make this weekend such a success!
Crossed Ri**es BBQ came to compete, came to represent, and came home CHAMPIONS! 🏆











Gateway Drum Smokers
Boars Night Out Championship BBQ
Sweet Swine O' Mine with Mark Lambert
Loot N' B***y BBQ

10/09/2026

"LONG POST ALERT"
First and Foremost, all glory to our Lord and Savior, none of this is possible without Him!
Last weekend started out very wet at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue, but as we say in the MARINE CORPS, "if it ain't raining we ain't training". So we buttoned down the hatches and got at it... Well, kind of! First, we had to go see and give any assistance we could to our bbq family over at Boars Night Out Championship BBQ and Sweet Swine O' Mine with Mark Lambert. These guys are what BBQ is all about and we are happy to be a part of their family. With that said we went a little hard on thursday prepping hogs, talking sh** and rapping to Three 6 Mafia word for word.
Friday morning we got moving. We knew the next 2 days were going to be long, and they were. But, worth it all the same.
Saturday morning came fast. We got at it and closed what we felt like were 4 great boxes and the judges agreed.
Invitational results:
18th place 🐖
19th place🐄
17th place overall 💥 💥 💥
Congrats to Be's Que Crew on GC and Munny's Stove on RGC.

Sunday morning, Bobbi had to kick me out of bed because I did not want to get up. After reading a motivational quote she wrote on my dry erase board, I knew I couldn't let her down. At the end of that day we closed the lid on 4 more excellent boxes and the judges agreed.
Open results:
8th place 🐖
26th place🐄 (wildchild) 💰💰
The rest were extremely consistent
6th place overall with a respectable 💥705.1084💥
Congrats to our friends with Smokey Bey's on GC and to our fellow Texans, Rachel and Mr. Rachel, on RGC.

This 7th place overall came with a little unexpected surprise!! We were met at the 6th place plackered by "Mr. Big-hat" himself running up to snap a photo and yelling "You're going to Vegas, Baby!". With 2 of the top 5 teams already into the BWC, we were next in line to receive the qualification. 😲
Now onto the category that I was most proud of... the one I have nothing to do with, usually... Dessert. This time I had to be a voice of reasoning and motivation, because if it could go wrong, it did. Bobbi improvised, adapted, and overcame every bit of adversity. She set out to achieve one goal this year and she achieved it!.
🥁🥁🥁🥁 please...
7th place PERFECT PERFECT 180 🍰 💥

Congrats to all who heard their names called!
Congrats to my BBQ MENTOR, Mark Lambert on his induction into the BBQ Hall Of Fame. Congrats to fellow Royal Oak Charcoal bada** Malcolm Reed with How To BBQ Right on his induction as well.




Ponyxpress Puro Tejano Cook Off Team
Smoke This BBQ
Korte Meat Processing
Razorracks BBQ
Heavy Smoke BBQ
Blues Hog
Chicken Fried Bbq
Smoking Wizard BBQ Products

09/18/2026

Anyone is Wisconsin coming to the royal? If so i need a favor.

06/29/2026

WTG TEAM ROYAL OAK!!!
Whether you are the king of your cul de sac, a backyard warrior, or a professional pitmaster royal oak will keep your pits burning clean and hot. Go get you some and see for yourself why Royal Oak Charcoal is the

06/27/2026

Not cooking this weekend, instead we are enjoying the show me state. Good luck to all our bbq family wherever you are at this weekend. May your name, song, or ticket number be called often.

06/21/2026

Rose Festival in State Center, IA is a wrap. We're pleased with our results and are putting an already lessened learned back at the forefront of our minds. Thanks to all of our sponsors and partners for supporting us on this journey.

Our results:
2nd place 1️⃣8️⃣0️⃣ 🐔
8th place 🐖 ribs
2nd place 🐷 butt
14th place 🐄 ... 😡
3rd Overall

Congrats to Wags Backwoods BBQ on RGC and Hot Daddy's BBQ on GC!

Our little tag along, Hendrix, got 2nd in Pork Chop! Way to go bud!
PS - he placed 5th in Pork Loin last weekend and we forgot to mention it. So proud!

Now it's time to pull a card out of our good luck charm, Cay's, recipe book and rest up. 😆





Royal Oak Charcoal
Korte Meat Processing
Korte Meats Competition Bbq
Loot N' B***y BBQ

06/20/2026

Praise the lord in everything you do. Good luck to all of our cooking today.

06/17/2026

06/17/2026

Anyone coming from Wisconsin or through Wisconsin to state center Iowa. I need a favor.