06/15/2026
We are home and recovered from cooking at the Barbecue Capital Showdown in Lockhart, Texas yesterday! It was a scorcher for sure!
The promoters Gabe and Shawna did an amazing job putting this event together! We will definitely be back next year.
The judging room was ran smoothly by Mrs. Brenda and Will with CBA.
As for us we started the cook off on Friday night by turning in some of Heather Kirk Kramer green tomatillo salsa and her creamy tomatillo salsa. 
We started our chili and beans then ended the night judging bartenders choice!
Saturday morning we got up and got the Outlaw BBQ Smokers rolling smoke with some Texas Original Charcoal Co. and seasoned our meats!
Got our beans turned in and Everything was running flawlessly until it was time to pull chicken off and box it. Our step that we use in front of our trailer decided to break right as I was going into the trailer with both of our chicken halves.
Picture me stepping down and the step breaking chicken going flying in the air, and me going down, chicken landing skin down on the rugs and being covered in dirt/grass/sand. With less than 2 minutes to turn in I quickly get up and grab the wings off the pit and throw them in the box and make my way to turn in.
The rest of the day went smoothly and we were able to get everything turned in and then it was up to the judges and they some what liked what we gave them.
25th chicken
26th ribs
At this point into awards I was ready to sell everything then boom 2nd pork(found out afterwards that I tied for 1st)
5th brisket
17th creamy salsa
19th green salsa
14th beans
6th overall
It was our very first time cooking a sanctioned chili cook off and we walked away with 7th place chili!! Huge shout out to David Lindquist for the recipe!
At the end of the day we couldn’t do it without the love and support of my wife and kids!
Thanks to our sponsors for their continued support!
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