Red Beards BBQ

What a great weekend at the Idaho BBQ Association Smoke on the Prairie BBQ Contest

Lydia and I had the honor of being table captain for the amateur backyard BBQ contest, and it was awesome seeing so many teams getting after it and putting out some great food. Buddy Darwin did and all involved did a great job.

Before the contest, we stopped by Kuna High School to visit with their BBQ team. I was blown away by everything they have going on. They have a full-fledged culinary program, passionate students, and a team that’s already making noise in competition BBQ. To top it off, they walked away with 1st Place Chicken at the contest! Congratulations to those students and everyone involved in building such a great program. I was happy to hook them up with goodies from and &bcharcoal to help fuel their future cooks.

One of my favorite moments of the weekend was spending time with my buddy Ronnie Johnson of Ronnie Johnson BBQ. Ronnie shared that he recently celebrated 76 days sober and competed in his first BBQ contest sober. He told me he’d been watching Heath Riles BBQ videos on repeat and couldn’t wait to get back behind the smoker. A few hours later, he was walking away with a 2nd Place Ribs call. Proud of you, brother and Heath Riles BBQ will be super pumped for you as well!

Between seeing students excited about BBQ, watching Kuna high bring home a chicken win, and seeing Ronnie get a call in his first contest sober, I’d say Smoke on the Prairie was a pretty good day!