It has been an exciting week for the blog and me that will culminate in a big announcement next Wednesday! While I don't want to let the cat completely out of the bag yet, the announcement will involve the addition of a third weekly post. I thought I'd throw in a Wednesday post this week, since my new posting schedule will be new recipe/product reviews on Monday and Friday and something totally different yet very related on Wednesdays. That's not vague, is it?
A Saturday morning in May, I was relaxing with a cup of coffee when I saw Lauren and Dustin Gersch of
Paleo Powder tweeting about and posting pictures to facebook of beautiful barbecue. I knew from learning about Paleo Powder that they participated barbecue contests and thought it would be fun to actually taste some of their award winning barbecue. Before I knew it, I was on my way to Giddings, TX to judge brisket in the
Lee County Fair Charcoal Challenge.
What are my judging credentials? I'm a native Texan and was raised on barbecue. My father would barbecue nearly every Saturday at my house growing up. He had an old barrel pit that he refused to replace until it had pretty much rusted through. Weddings and family reunions on my mom's side of the family from Brenham, Texas pretty much all included barbecue. I'm picky about brisket. Though, really, all you needed to judge was an empty stomach.
I knew I was in the right place when I saw rows and rows of pick-up trucks to the right and then what looked like a small town of RV's and barbecue pits to the left.
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Yes, this is Texas. |