Good luck at the American Royal Competition this weekend Brother. I'll be rooting for you, Chris and team Dizzy Pig!!!

Cheer him on guys! This is big for BOWHUNR Mike!! Chance of a lifetime for sure.

Go Coop!!

A big ten four!

Don't know you, but.......GET 'ER DONE BRO!!!!!!

Good luck! Maybe one day you Mid-Westerners will learn how to do BBQ

Perry, while I agree with that statement I can tell you that Mike know BBQ!!

And he sure knows how to cook on the BGE.

We have to get these cow boys off the hoof and onto the pig!!

David, for sure.

I actually keep a notebook of Mike's know-how on BGE items.

Ever been to egg-fest? I think it's coming up on the 11th.

Good luck this weekend BOWHUNR.

the team is skilled, and motivated. I'm pulling for them.

Wow!! I logged in to the Fire this morning and this was the first thing I saw. Many thanks for the well wishes everyone (you too Hoop) ! I received the invitation to join Team Dizzy Pig in April, so needless to say it's been a long summer waiting for this. To be honest I'm a little nervous and feel like a rookie quarterback about to start in the Super Bowl.

I head down to KC tomorrow to meet up with Chris and the rest of the guys and start prepping for the invitational on Friday and Saturday. After turn in on Saturday we start prepping for the open which turns in Sunday at noon. I already know I'll be the "overnight guy" Saturday so I'm sure come Sunday I'll be beat.

I'll post photos (hopefully of trophies) when I get back home on Monday. Thanks again everyone!


Mike

Anytime judges are involved, they tend to go with their own likes.

Do it your way, and "Dance with who brong you".

Cut a fat hog in the ass and win it all!!

Best of luck Mike, kick some KC BBQ ass.

Good luck

I'll be down there on Friday night. I've got a good friend who has a small time italian sausage company (Caldarello Italian Sausage) that about 5 teams will be using for the competition. Probably be running around with him and I'll see if I can find ya.

Good luck, and if you've never been there before, prepare yourself for a good time.

Game on!

More to follow.

Mike

I don't see no cookin' goin' on there.

keep us posted with pictures!!!!

Wow good deal Mike you made the big time! I feel like Di Nero in Good Fella s when Pesci was gonna get "made" hopefully you fare better than he did!

Mike tell that ugly guy in the light blue t-shirt trying to appear in charge, that I just ordered a hundred bucks worth of his stuff. All thanks to his 10% off Royal Promo.

Hopefully, y'all are egging some awesome duck breasts tonight.

Break a leg brother!! We're all pulling for you guys!!!

smack talk and beer 1st ....then cooking... beers to ya mike ...

Mike I have been out in the field since the 30th. Just back in and saw this! Best of luck to you all!

Well??? How did you finish???

He's probably still in bed.

Between the booze and the all-nighters it takes about 3 days to get right!!

Snork!

First or last, I still want to sample his cooking!

Mike,

Did you and Chris get hammered and set the team trailer on fire or something?

You're not in jail are you? Believe me I have seen it happen.

Does the Fire Red Team need to come down there and rescue??

Wow....what a weekend! Now that the fog has cleared it's time for a report. I had a great time with team Dizzy, but cooking two contests back to back is exhausting and hard on the liver. The first contest was the Royal Invitational made up of 165 teams. To qualify for the Invitational you have to win a state championship, be a past grand champion or a hall of fame team.

We had a good cook and finished 55th of 165 with a final score of 676.5944. The second cook was the Royal Open which had 551 teams competing. We had another good cook (we all thought better than the first), but only came away with a 93rd of 551 with a final score of 674.7544. We obviously had hoped for better but if you look on the KCBS site and see some of the teams we beat it is much more impressive.

Big picture, we finished in the top 30% in the invitational and top 17% in the open. Not bad for a bunch of drunk guys! I got to meet some great people and if invited, will do it again in a heartbeat. Thanks again to all for pulling for us and providing positive energy.

Mike

Myself and "Big Moe" Cason.



You see all kinds of funny stuff, but this one made me laugh out loud.

Great stuff Mike!

Mike you are taller and darker than I pictured
Great job and glad you had fun

Moe Cason would be a fun guy to learn from.

Glad you had such an awesome experience! WTG!