2006 Awards
Grand Champion – Red, Hot & Wild, Topeka, KSGrand Champion – Great American Barbeque Invitational, Kansas City, KS
Grand Champion – Heartland BBQ Cook-off, Joplin, MO
Grand Champion – World Pork Expo/BBQlossal, Des Moines, IA
Grand Champion – Smokin’ In Hell Creek, Sylvan Grove, KS
Grand Champion – Cabela’s World’s Foremost BBQ Challenge, Kansas City, KS
Grand Champion – Great Pacific BBQ & Blues Festival, Pacific, MO
Reserve Grand Champion – Crossroads BBQ Cook-off, Cameron, MO
Reserve Grand Champion – Grill Kings Long Island BBQ Cook-off, Elmont, NY
Reserve Grand Champion – Atchison Elks Smokin’ Good Time BBQ, Atchison, KS
Reserve Grand Champion - Smokin’ Ribs at the Rock, Little Rock, AR
Brisket Champion – Fire Up your Grill, Bentonville, AR – 58 teams
Brisket Champion – Oklahoma Joe’s, Kansas City, KS – 88 teams
Brisket Champion – Smokin’ in Hell Creek, Sylvan Grove, KS – 15 teams
Brisket Champion – Great Pacific BBQ & Blues Festival, Pacific, MO – 24 teams
Brisket Champion – Blue Springs BBQ Blaze-Off, Blue Springs, MO – 75 teams
Brisket Reserve Champion – BBQ & Music Festival, Ft. Rucker, AL – 67 teams
Pork Champion - Cabela’s World’s Foremost BBQ Challenge, Kansas City, KS
Pork Champion – Cherokee Strip BBQ, Ponca City, OK – 26 teams
Pork Reserve Champion – Smokin’ In Hell Creek, Sylvan Grove, KS – 15 teams
Pork Reserve Champion – Atchison Elks Smokin’ Good Time BBQ, Atchison, KS
Pork Reserve Champion - Smokin’ Ribs at the Rock, Little Rock, AR – 29 teams
Ribs Champion – Heartland BBQ Cook-off, Joplin, MO – 33 teams
Ribs Champion – Smokin’ In Hell Creek, Sylvan Grove, KS – 15 teams
Ribs Champion - Great Pacific BBQ & Blues Festival, Pacific, MO – 24 teams
Ribs Reserve Champion – North Kansas City BBQ Championship, Kansas City, MO
Ribs Reserve Champion – Great American Barbeque Invitational, Kansas City, KS
Ribs Reserve Champion – Grill Kings Long Island BBQ Cook-off, Elmont, NY
Ribs Reserve Champion – American Royal Invitational, Kansas City, MO – 87 teams
Well over 3,000 unique teams competed in barbeque contests across the country in 2006. The final team of the year standings is as follows:
National KCBS Team of the Year Standings
(1271 teams with points recorded):
Brisket: Reserve Champion
Pork: 6th place
Ribs: 8th place
Chicken: 37th place
Overall: 8th place*
* Two of our seven wins this year were not eligible to be counted in the KCBS TOTY standings. Substituting these two wins would have propelled Pellet Envy into 4th place overall.