It doesn’t take a financial whiz to figure that being a barbecue competitor can get expensive. With entry fees on the West Coast pushing … Read More
4th Annual Dana Point BBQ Championship by Donna Fong
For the 4th year in a row, Harry and I participated in the Dana Point championships in southern California. Without a doubt, Dana Point is … Read More
You might be a competition pitmaster if …
Once you have a few years of competition cooking under your belt, you’ll notice that you’ve developed some unusual habits. That is, these behaviors … Read More
Competition Barbecue – A journey of inspiration and reconciliation
Forward by Donna Fong, Butchers Daughter BBQ Harry is fond of saying that why you barbecue is more important than how and what … Read More
Judging Competition BBQ – Part 3 by Donna Fong, Butchers Daughter BBQ
<Part 1>, <Part 2> BBQ judges have to travel many miles to get to contests and all at their own expense. Judges are … Read More
Judging Competition BBQ – Part 2 by Donna Fong, Butchers Daughter BBQ
<Part 1>, <Part 3> My barbecue judging journey started almost ten years ago when a cook shared a competition rib with me. We were … Read More
Judging Competition BBQ – Part 1 by Donna Fong, Butchers Daughter BBQ
<Part 2>, <Part 3> The most common question I hear when I tell people I am a certified BBQ judge is “How do you … Read More