Bare knuckle BBQ

08/23/2026

My brisket shopping partner today ! I think he picked us out a good one !

08/11/2026

So first and foremost, my apologies to our sponsors in not posting/hashtaging/shout outing earlier. I headed to Effingham to cook over the weekend kinda by myself as Dave had a family issue that made him unable to attend. He usually runs the Bare Knuckle cook at this comp and I assist both him and Bryan Odom in their cooks. When I found out Dave wasn’t going, I called Bryan and said “Bare Knuckle isn’t going to enter, I will just come out and help you..” Bryan being the man he is said “No way, you enter and cook it, and we will try to help each other as much as we can” So I did, and entered all 6 categories solo… To say it was difficult would be an understatement, it was hot and I was worn out… my typical over preparedness went out the window and I had to do a lot “on the fly”… I forgot to bring a couple things that I needed. As usual, the BBQ family came through with what I forgot. Pretty sure I got some beef broth from TDawgs, and BBQ Pit Bros, got some turbinado sugar from BBQ Pit Bros, and something else from them, but I don’t remember what. I’m sure Jordan does though…Anyway, what most people don’t realize, is that as competitors we help each other out. In the end we are “competing against each other” but in reality we are trying to impress 6 total strangers, so with that said and trust I could say a lot more… I in all the chaos of turning in etc, didn’t get a chicken or brisket pic, but did on the other categories…my results were as follows ( idk how many teams were there, like 13-14)
Chicken - 9th
Ribs - 11th
Pork - 6th
Brisket - 4th
Sausage - 1st (By 12 points)
Dessert - 7th
Not the results I was hoping for, but it’s all good !!
Congrats to Bad Influence on the GC
T Dawgs on the RGC
And congrats to (in no certain order)…Sofa King, Crooked Que, Smoke Sargent, BBQ Pit Bros, and Poppin Smoke and I hope I didn’t forget anyone ..
Thank you to all our sponsors for everything you do and supplying us with your products

07/26/2026

Test hit #2 on dessert…. Only made 3/4 of it last weekend, because I didn’t know if it would hold up like I had hoped. Well, it did, soooo full run on it today, sauce and all, to be determined…..

07/19/2026

I am beyond excited to say that a smoked dessert that has been “rattling around in my head for the last 3 years “ has come to fruition…. I’m not going to tell you what it is yet, but it is one of my absolute favorite desserts… I was always worried about the “presentation” of said dessert, but I will say, I ran a test hit on it today, and I think it’s turn in quality… we will see in a few weeks

07/02/2026

Uh Oh, we may be in trouble !

06/28/2026

This box got 4 8’s and a 7 for appearance? Please help me understand how to up our appearance score !!

06/28/2026

06/28/2026

So after the turn ins at the Lenexa BBQ Battle, this is how we placed
132nd in chicken.. we knew it, and were just glad to make the turn in (poor planning on my part)
91st in Ribs….
33rd in Pork
47th in Brisket
Landing us at 67th overall….
Out of 160 some teams, we are not disappointed with this at all
Thanks again to our sponsors for believing in us and helping by supplying us with your fantastic products !

06/27/2026

At the Lenexa BBQ battle shout out to our sponsors