Competition Style Barbecued Pork Barbecuing a pork shoulder or butt (the top portion of the shoulder) is really one of the easiest thing...

Applying a liquid to the surface of meat while it is being barbecued is a long held barbecue cooking practice. Originally, sticks with cl...

KCBS Representative Al Bowen in front of the Judge's Tent It was a beautiful day this past Saturday, May 19, 2012 in Chesapeake,...

Henry Perry's newspaper advertisement, The Kansas City Sun, December 22, 1917 According to the biography written by Daniel Coleman ...

Sliced Brisket Point Cooked Texas Style Aaron Franklin, Pitmaster/Owner of Franklin Barbecue in Austin, TX If you have never had th...

Illustration from The Evening Herald, August 18, 1906 The following is excerpted  from an article that appeared in The Washington Post,...

Tootsie Tomanetz, Pitmaster, Snow's BBQ in Lexington, TX There is an old saying among KCBS barbecue competition cooks that goes ...

Here is a photo of my recent competition brisket practice cook. There is no sauce applied in the photo. Doesn't it look delicious? ...

This is a photo of a recent chicken practice cook. In a real KCBS competition, cooks are required to turn in 6 pieces of chicken. Becaus...

An 18 Gallon Metal Trash Can Makes Dealing with Leftover Coals and Ash Safer and Easier How do you deal with the leftover ash from lump ...

I have been working on a checklist to make sure I have everything I need while competing at the BBQ Jamboree coming up on May 5, 2012 in Fre...

This is a photo of some spare ribs I cooked during one of my competition practice cooks. Here is pretty much how I barbecued them. 1....

Here are the results of a practice cook I did today of a pork butt. It wasn't my best effort but it turned out fair to middlin'. ...