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• Albums: 31
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2008 HLS&R Cookoff : It's All Good!!
Well another year passed and another year we managed to keep our names off the top 100 - go team!! However, it would appear that we managed to throw the best party once again! As you can see, there was no shortage of smiling faces - can't figure out if it was the BBQ or if it was the sheer Wild West hospitality...
The weather was fantastic all three days and even managed to hold out past tear-down.
The first round of pictures will be up this evening and the remainder of pictures will trickle in over the next couple of weeks. If you have any pictures or if you want to publish an article, feel free to submit either.
Many thanks to our fantastic sponsors and we all look forward to next year in Houston!
Please come back often to see new articles and pictures.
...and remember: It's All Good!
As the pictures get uploaded, they can be found in the gallery See all the pictures here: 2008 HLS&R World Championship Bar-B-Que Cookoff
Posted by Gravedigger on Monday, March 03, 2008 (01:16:24)
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Editorials : The ole girl gets a face lift!
Well, the ole girl finished up getting her face lift. The old girl you say? Yes, the pit. She was quite contrary and needed a good whipping...into shape. After six full weekends, 4500 lbs. of blasting sand, four gallons of paint...some wood and some sweet talk and TLC she looks like new...right down to the new custom oak "WWC" engraved door handles and cedar plank fence.
You're in store for a treat. The pit was blasted down to the metal and repainted with six coats of high-temp paint. The entire trailer had the metal repainted. The floor was painted with non-stick oil based paint. A new cedar fence was installed around the prep area of the pit, the wood counters were routed round and polyurethaned. A handle was put on the back gate, new downspout pipes were cut to size and installed under the grease drain ball valves. The barrel doors had bigger bars installed and custom oak handles - new oak handles and brass bolts were installed on the tower doors. The tail lights had some new wiring done to give a solid ground (and they were tested). The hole in the front barrel was welded closed (this is no excuse Reggie!). And last but not least, the inside of the pit was completely cleaned (some ten or twenty gallons of grease, carbon, sand and part of Reggie's brickset {spelling intentional} from last year was removed)...I am sure that there were other items that were done but not noted, but that is the major stuff.
A big thanks to Mel who stuck it out with me for most of the job...honorable mentions to Mike and Princess for putting up with me and the mess I made...and to Mitch, Jim, Dava and Marty who came out and helped when they could. Also thanks to Rueben (aka Piss Ant) for doing a super pro welding job on the hole and welding a roof support for us. For some reason, we also had this jackass hanging around every time I was out in Bellville working on the pit.
You can see all the pictures in the phone gallery. Click here: 2008 A Pit Raising - Again!
I hope everyone enjoys the "new" look as a great deal of time and effort went into making this happen.
If anyone sees it and thinks something should have been done a different way or if they don't like the way part of it came out, please feel free to...
Posted by Gravedigger on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 (01:31:50)
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The Wild West Cooker Story
Once upon a time there was a cook-off team that honored a pig. Our story starts with a young man joining that team and helping in the worshiping. Eventually, our hero became one of the team leaders. However, he soon became disenfranchised with the entire pig worshiping and headed out to sea...creating a band of pirates from the former pig worshiping crew, adding a few more and a whole new cook-off team was formed. This team sailed along until it hit the rocks a couple years back. It seems that some of the crew wanted to be the biggest cook-off team in the world and invite the masses to board the ship. However, our hero, now the Captain of this ship, wanted to get back to the roots and have a smaller and friendlier cook-off atmosphere.
Therefore our hero resigned his commission, left the sea and headed out West to ponder his choices. While riding his horse under the stars on a warm Texas night, the idea for Wild West Cookers was formed. A team where the emphasis is on Team members and not the masses. A team where all can be friends and enjoy the company of each other while consuming mass quantities of adult fermented malt beverages and gorging on roasted meat products.
And so, the Captain became a Trail Boss, rounded up his true friends, got a cooler of beer, threw some meat on the fire and set out for the cook-off world. Our story ends for now as the future will determined if this rough and rowdy group of renegades can compete in the cook-off world and enjoy themselves while doing it.
If you are interested in joining this group, fill out the requested form located on the website and we will contact you soon. But please note, you must be willing to work hard, play hard and not whine, as we do have branding irons and whips!!
Posted by rufini on Sunday, January 22, 2006 (00:30:59)
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