Hello BBQ Gang! Here's what's going on in the world of the Illinois BBQ Society... ~ Quau Wins The Great BarbeQlossal! ~ St. Jacob, Illinois Contest a Hit ~ Jacksonville Bragging Rights Contest Announces Winners ~ The Pickled Pig's KCBS Power Rankings ~ New BBQ Joints Listed ~ Upcoming Non-Sanctioned/Backyard Contests... ~ Upcoming KCBS Contests... ~ Upcoming Classes... For additional information on these stories, and more, be sure to visit the Illinois BBQ Society online at http://www.ILBBQS.com . x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x This eNewsletter brought to you by: 6th Annual King City Barbeque Showdown - Mt. Vernon, Illinois Thousands of bucks on the line for the best barbeque cooks in the land...Teams from several states are planning their attack...Southern Illinois will be a buzz with Amazing Music and BBQ as the 6th Annual King City Barbeque Showdown opens up June 13th & 14th in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. The excitement has never been greater as this year's event will feature great music both Friday and Saturay night, a KCBS Sanctioned, Illinois BBQ Society Recognized, Governor Proclaimed State Championship BBQ Cook-Off. For additional information, visit their website at www.SouthernIllinois.com. x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x Quau Wins The Great BarbeQlossal! Grand Champion Quau 670.8572 Reserve Grand Champion Iowa's Smokey D's BBQ 670.8566 Remaining Top 10 3. Feeding Frenzy BBQ 661.1430 4. Dodge County Purple Pork 5. Sugar in the Raw 6. TheSlabs.com 7. Hawgeyes nation 8. Jeanie's got wood 9. SugarGroveCars.com 10. Slaughterhouse Five Whole Hog 1. Feeding Frenzy BBQ 2. Douge County Purple Pork 3. 4 Mile smokin crew 4. Slaughterhouse Five 5. Jeanies Got Wood 6. SugarGroveCars.com (aka Jumpin Jim) 7. Rock River BBQ 8. Iowa's Smokey D's BBQ (Shad and Clone together) 9. Quau 10. Harley's Fencing Crew Ribs 1. Toad Hollar BBQ 2. Feeding Frenzy BBQ 3. Iowa Outlaws BBQ 4. Jeanies Got Wood 5. Quau 6. Iowa's Smokey D's BBQ 7. TheSlabs.com 8. Hawgeyes Nation (Scottie, Yankee BBQ and Tucker) 9. 4 mile smokin crew 10. SugarGroveCars.com Shoulder 1. The Que Crew 2. Pork Pullin Plowboys 3. Douge Country Purple Pork 4. The heat is on 5. Bingo Pete's 6. Sugar in the Raw (Fast Eddy and Dr. BBQ) 7. TheSlabs.com 8. Slaugherthouse Five 9. Daddy's Smokin It 10. PDT Loin 1. Ponderosa BBQ (way to go Big Moe) 2. Quau 3. PDT 4. Iowa's Smokey D's BBQ 5. Hawgeyes Nation 6. Farm Boy BBQ 7. Sugar in the Raw 8. Classy Cookers 9. Pork County BBQ 10. Meadow Valley BBQ Amazing results for an amazing team! Congrats to Mike & Beth of Quau! For additional information, visit http://www.ILBBQS.com *************************************** St. Jacob, Illinois Contest a Hit Though not a sanctioned contest, and falling just shy of their 15 team minimum for the big leagues, the "On Your Mark! Get Set! BBQ!" contest, held in St. Jacob, Illinois, was well done for a first year event. Organizer Mayor Ray Muniz is already planning for 2009 and is looking to make this contest the premier Metro St. Louis event of the year! Here are the first year results for the St. Jacob, Illinois contest... Overall 1 H*Que 2 Brewmasters 3 Rick's Pit Stop 4 Bandit BBQ 5 I-Que 6 St. Jacob Fire Fighters 7 Chesterfield Valley Meats 8 Ed's BBQ 9 Hog's Wart School of BBQ 10 Piggy's BBQ 11 McGrail BBQ 12 Big O' Dang O' BBQ 13 Big Papa's Backyard BBQ Chicken 1 Brewmasters 2 I-Que 3 Bandit BBQ 4 H*Que 5 Chesterfield Valley Meats 6 St. Jacob Fire Fighters 7 Hog's Wart School of BBQ 8 Rick's Pit Stop 9 McGrail BBQ 10 Big O' Dang O' BBQ 11 Big Papa's Backyard BBQ 12 Ed's BBQ 13 Piggy's BBQ Ribs 1 Rick's Pit Stop 2 H*Que 3 Brewmasters 4 Bandit BBQ 5 Ed's BBQ 6 I-Que 7 Piggy's BBQ 8 St. Jacob Fire Fighters 9 Hog's Wart School of BBQ 10 Big O' Dang O' BBQ 11 Big Papa's Backyard BBQ 12 McGrail BBQ 13 Chesterfield Valley Meats Pork 1 H*Que 2 McGrail BBQ 3 Bandit BBQ 4 Brewmasters 5 Rick's Pit Stop 6 St. Jacob Fire Fighters 7 Piggy's BBQ 8 I-Que 9 Big Papa's Backyard BBQ 10 Chesterfield Valley Meats 11 Ed's BBQ 12 Hog's Wart School of BBQ 13 Big O' Dang O' BBQ Brisket 1 H*Que 2 Rick's Pit Stop 3 Brewmasters 4 St. Jacob Fire Fighters 5 Ed's BBQ 6 Chesterfield Valley Meats 7 I-Que 8 Bandit BBQ 9 Hog's Wart School of BBQ 10 Piggy's BBQ 11 Big O' Dang O' BBQ 12 McGrail BBQ 13 Big Papa's Backyard BBQ HUGE CONGRATS to All in the Call, and especially to those ILBBQS members who came out and supported this first year event! For additional information, visit http://www.ILBBQS.com *************************************** Jacksonville Bragging Rights Contest Announces Winners Jacksonville, Illinois played host to 26 teams for the Two Rivers BBQ Association braggin' rights contest over the weekend. (Drum Roll Please) And the winners are... Pork: 1st      5-0 BBQ - Matt Doss/Bill Peter  Jacksonville 2nd     West Point Porkers - Randy Shearburn/Kent Bozarth   Jacksonville 3rd      Beardstown Elks - Archie Stagner  Beardstown Brisket: 1st    Lion Bout the Q - Peter Wright/Mike Span  Pittsfield 2nd    Buckbrush BBQ - Steve Hurrelbrink/Mike Neff/Terry Brown   Winchester 3rd    5-0 BBQ - Matt Doss/Bill Peter  Jacksonville Ribs: 1st   T. Bower   Quincy 2nd   Fleischli #2 Jacksonville 3rd   Gilly’s - G. Taft/D. Kennedy  Taylorville Open: 1st   Fleischli #1  Jacksonville 2nd  Lion Bout the Q - Peter Wright/Mike Span  Pittsfield 3rd  Buckbrush BBQ - Steve Hurrelbrink/Mike Neff/Terry Brown   Winchester (tie) Shed Gourmets BBQ #1 - Garry & Laura Thomas   Jacksonville People’s Choice: High On The Hog - Nathan Hart/Travis Logue/John Clayton/Jason Jumper   Jacksonville Congrats to All in the Call! For additional information, visit http://www.ILBBQS.com *************************************** The Pickled Pig's KCBS Power Rankings Alright all you KCBS teams...HOW DO YOU RANK? If you've placed in the top 10 (in any category) at an officially sanctioned KCBS contest, you are ranked; and you can be found on The Pickled Pig website in their Power Rankings. They even have a cool little 'widget' that can be customized for your website that updates as the rankings change. For a cool little tool, be sure to surf over to their site to check it out! For additional information, visit http://www.ILBBQS.com *************************************** New BBQ Joints Listed It's a slow process, but there are a couple of new BBQ joints that have been listed on the "Illinois BBQ Joints" page of the website. We now have 30 listed...check 'em out! If you know of others, send the contact info our way. We'll get them listed A.S.A.P! For additional information, visit http://www.ILBBQS.com *************************************** Upcoming 2008 Non-Sanctioned/Backyard Contests... (All info & web addresses are posted on http://www.ILBBQS.com -> Contests/Events) ~ June 14, 2008 - 4th Annual Smokin' in the Park - Contact: Hap & Becky Zook at 309-266-5078 or Jim & Anita Allen at 309-962-9388 - E-mail: bjzook@verizon.net or jaallen@msn.com ~ June 21, 2008 - 175th Anniversary Street Fair & BBQ Cook-Off, Contact: Dawn Lakenburges at Phone: 618-523-4243 ~ Fax of 618-523-4273 ~ E-mail: vilgtown@charter.net ~ June 28, 2008 - 2nd Annual Galesburg Railroad Days Jaycees Rib Cook-Off - Contact: Sherry M. Kincaid - E-mail: ribcookoff@galesburgjaycees.org ~ June 28, 2008 - The Urbana Blues, Brews and BBQ Festival, Contact: Fluid Events at Phone: 217-552-3984 or 217-552-3947 ~ E-mail: fluidevents@live.com ~ July 12, 2008 - Prince Pig Cook-Off ~ Two Rivers BBQ Association Contest, Contact: Peter Wright, 1243 West Washington, Pittsfield, IL 62363 ~ Phone: 217-285-4076 or 217-248-3638 ~ E-mail: wrightplace@casscomm.com ~ August 9, 2008 - Holy Smoke Backyard BBQ Cook-Off, Contact: Jim Reincke, PO Box 924, Salem, IL 62881, Phone: 618-407-3300 ~ E-mail: rhino@banditbbq.com ~ This 2nd year event will be at the scenic Orchard View Winery! ~ August 31, 2008 - Kewanee Hog Days - Contact: Janie Metscaviz - Phone: 309-856-6160 - E-mail: mtscvz@yahoo.com ~ September 13, 2008 - Beardstown, Illinois Cook-Off ~ Two Rivers BBQ Association Contest, Contact: Kyle, E-mail: kylemax2@casscomm.com ~ September 20, 2008 - Griggsville, Illinois Cook-Off ~ Two Rivers BBQ Association Contest, E-mail: cgengler1@hotmail.com ~ October 5, 2008 - Maschhoff's Pork Farm Backyard BBQ Cook-Off - Contact: Julie Maschhoff, 7475 State Route 127, Carlyle, IL 62231 - Phone: 618-594-2125 - E-mail: juliem@pigsrus.net **NOTE** This contest is only open to 'local' teams...those teams from Marion, Clinton, and Washington Counties in Illinois. *************************************** Upcoming 2008 KCBS Contests... (All info & web addresses are posted on http://www.ILBBQS.com -> Contests/Events) ~ June 13-14, 2008 - King City BBQ Showdown - Contact: Troy Heitmeyer, 104 N. 9th Street, Mt. Vernon, IL 62864 - Phone: 618-242-4020 x 15 ~ Fax: 618-242-3383 - E-mail: troy@cmacsoft.com ~ June 13-14, 2008 - Elk Grove Rotary Ribfest - Contact: Ron Nunes, 701 E. Irving Park Rd, Ste. 200, Roselle, IL 60172 - Phone: 630-307-8744 ~ Fax: 630-307-8755 - E-mail: rnunes9457@aol.com ~ July 11-12, 2008 - Illinois State Championship & Butt to Butt Pork Invitational - Contact: Connie Smith, 301 E. Sunrise Drive, Shannon, IL 61078 - Phone: 816-864-2542 ~ Fax: 815-864-2825 - E-mail: rrribs@frontiernet.net ~ September 12-13, 2008 - The BBQ Throwdown & Jam - Contact: Jim Reincke, PO Box 924, Salem, IL 62881 - Phone: 618-407-3300 ~ E-mail: bbqthrowdown@gosalem.com ~ September 19-20, 2008 - - Carbondale Main Street Pig Out - Contact: Meghan Cole, 121 S. Illinois Avenue, Carbondale, IL 62901 - Phone: 618-529-8040 ~ Fax: 618-529-8041 - E-mail: info@carbondalemainstreet.com ~ October 10-11, 2008 - Central Illinois Bragging Rights - Contact: George Fritz, 136 S. Vine Street, Arthur, IL 61911 - Phone: 217-543-2181 - E-mail: bbq@arthuril.com ~ October 10-11, 2008 - Super City Blues & Ques, Contact: Priscilla Abell, 106 W. 5th Street, Metropolis, IL 62960, Phone: 618-524-1696 Fax: 618-524-2582, Email: metropolisparks@verizon.net ~ October 17-18, 2008 - Barn Burner BBQ @ Lamb's Farm - Contact: Claudia Stevens, 14245 W. Rockland Rd, Libertyville, IL 60048 - Phone: 847-990-3750 ~ Fax: 847-362-0742 - E-mail: crs@lambsfarm.org *************************************** Upcoming Certified BBQ Judge's and Certified Table Captain's Classes... (All info posted on http://www.ILBBQS.com -> BBQ Classes) ~ None Scheduled (That we know of...if you know of an upcoming class, let us know!) *************************************** Upcoming BBQ Cooking Classes... (All info posted on http://www.ILBBQS.com -> BBQ Classes) ~ Briskets & Butts BBQ Cooking Class - Wilmette, Illinois ~ Date: Saturday - 06/28/2008 ~ Instructor: Chris Marks (8 Time American Royal Grand Champion) ~ Location: The Backyard Barbecue Store, 1147 Greenleaf Avenue, Wilmette, IL 60091 ~ Contact Information: Dan Marguerite ~ info@backyardbbqstore.com *************************************** These stories, and more, can be found online at http://www.ILBBQS.com . Most of the stories online have active links for ease of finding more information...be sure to visit the website for your full ILBBQS experience! If you have a BBQ related news item you would like to share with the group, be sure to send it in! There is an easy-to-use 'Submit News' button on our website at http://www.ILBBQS.com ...use it often! As always, if you have any pictures, stories, news items, comments, suggestions, questions, or ideas, let me know! Well folks, that's gonna do it for this year's news and updates. I hope you have a most wonderful, and safe, New Year! I'm looking forward to seeing a lot more of you down the BBQ trail of 2008! Carpe 'Que, Jim Rhino