Dillard BBQ Competition and Bluegrass Festival

Tab and Greg competed in their 1st BBQ competition this weekend in Dillard, GA. There was a lot of preparation and excitement leading up to it. The Dillard BBQ Competition is one of the biggest in Georgia and they were excited to get in at the last minute. There were definitely some serious BBQers there ... I had no idea that people took it this serious! And I had no idea that there would be a majority of professional and commercial BBQ teams!

The guys got there bright and early on Friday morning. The smoker was fired up and meat added that night. They were up all night cooking pork, chicken, ribs and brisket. The turn in for each meat was around 12 - 1pm on Saturday so they had a lot of work to do leading up to that time.

My mom, dad, Ryland, Codi and I all drove over from Highlands on Saturday afternoon to see them and be there for the awards ceremony. Everyone was so exhausted when we got there and were all relived that all of the cooking was over.

The weather was really hot on Saturday ... and the sun was definitely bright! Ryland ended up getting more sun that afternoon than the entire time that we were at the beach last month!

Tab and Greg did a great job. There were no prizes this time but we are all so proud of them!

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It was really hot! Everyone was sweating ... including Ryland!
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Everyone came out to cheer on and support Tab ... even Codi!
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The competition! The Buttrub.com team took home the grand prize ... I guess they can now go and promote it on their nationally sold commercial butt rub!
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GT's BBQ area with all of their supporters!
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Ryland was definitely not in the mood to be held for a picture ... much too hot!

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The GT BBQ crew!
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