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[August 26, 2013] 
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Saturday, downtown Lincoln was
filled with the sweet smells of terrific food as the Up in Smoke
Kansas City-sanctioned barbecue competition and the Backyard
Barbecue brought in dozens of teams with their smokers and grills.
Saturday evening, after
much deliberation by the team of judges, winners were announced in
each competition.
For the Up in Smoke
competition, the grand champions were Shad and Angie Kirton of Grimes,
Iowa. The Kirtons are known in the barbecue world as A Boy &
His Barbecue.
The reserve champion was Twyford's Barbecue and Catering, with Marla Twyford cooking solo this
year. Twyford usually partners with her husband, but this year
he was attending another competition at the same time. Twyford
not only competed but also had one of the food vendor trailers on
the square this weekend. After taking reserve, some of her
fellow contestants joked that perhaps Twyford should leave her
husband at home more often.
The top three finishers for
each class in the Up in Smoke competition are as follows:
| |
Chicken |
Ribs |
Pork |
Brisket |
|
1st Place |
Bone-Head
Competition BBQ; Rich Jones |
A Boy &
His BBQ; Shad & Angie Kirton |
Gilly's
BBQ; Gil Taft |
One2BBQ;
Steve Hayden |
|
2nd Place |
Chilley
Water Smokers; Brian & Neely Petty |
Twyford's
BBQ & Catering; Marla Twyford |
Gateway
Drum Smokers; Jeff Brinker |
Twyford
BBQ & Catering |
|
3rd Place |
Pork
Patrol; Don & Dennis Truckinbrod |
It's 5
O'clock Somewhere; Bryan Luke |
Smokin'
Butts |
All in Que;
John Laflen & Judy Woodard |
Pictures by Lisa Ramlow |
