Sugar Creek MO 4-23 and 4-24

Our next contest is in Sugar Creek MO. This is another 1st for Sticks-N-Chicks and we were excited to be there. Will dropped the trailer on Thursday afternoon and both Matt and myself got a phone call on his way home, stating how frustrated he was with this contest already. I was like, "dude we have not even cooked it". Turns out there is a limited amount of space and it was a very tight fit getting the trailer dropped in our spot. I will admit I was concerned for what the weekend would bring after hearing that. Will went out Friday morning and since Matt and I do not have the luxery of having 10,000 hours of PTO days, we had to work and come out in the afternoon.

The concern Friday was the weather. This is the start of Tornado season in the midwest and we were in a decent risk of a tornado outbreak. Thankfully someone was looking out for all the contestants at this contest. We dodged a huge bullet and for whatever reason we were spared the sever weather. We did get rain but nothing severe.

The highlite of the weekend was, a very dear friend of ours and many in the BBQ community, decided to come out not only Friday but again Saturday and hang out with us. "Snail" is the "Godfather of BBQ." Snail has cooked BBQ before all of us were born. He is the manufacturer of the "Trash Cans" we cook on, and his knowledge of BBQ is unreal. From a personal stand point he makes me think outside the lines when it comes to cooking BBQ. The hours Will, myself, and Matt have spent with Snail are irresplacable. He truly is a blast to hang out with and to sit and not only cook BBQ but hear his stories are beyond words. Snail thank you for all your insight and hours you have spent with us helping us in our journey.



Overall we finished 16th out of 52 teams. Chicken killed us again, 39th overall. Ribs we finished 7th, Pork 16th, Brisket 19th and Sausage we finished 7th.

This was an awesome contest overall. Spending time with Snail was a treat and finishing the way we did was awesome. We have ideas on chicken that are in the works and we will debut that in 2 weeks, May 7th and 8th in Platte City MO.