The BBQ Times “For the Folks That Want A Little Smoke In Their Life”
Volume 5 • Number 9
Inside this Edition 20 Pages
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July 2014
Rescue Smokers Wins Battle of the Beach
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Robby Royal and Raymond Poore of Rescue Smokers are pictured here with Jay Robertson, Parks and Recreation Manager of Fernandina Beach, Florida after winning Grand Champion at the Battle of the Beach. They received a nice engraved bottle of Jack Daniels, banner and a check.
By Audrey Evans Editor & Publisher
There’s always those contest throughout the year that you just don’t want to miss. The Battle of the Beach is one that is for sure to stick out in your memories of best BBQ events to attend. It is literally at the beach in Fernandina Beach, Florida. Jay Robertson, the Parks and
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Recreation Manager for Fernandina Beach puts on one heck of a contest in the middle of Wolf Park. This year, 33 teams competed in Ribs, Pork, Brisket, Pork Loin, Chicken Wings and Steak. As a non-sanctioned event, it rose to the top of the competition. Overall Grand Champion came to be Rescue Smokers out of Sycamore, Georgia. Rescue Smokers is made up of Robby & Stephanie Royal, and Raymond & Amy Poore. This team recently won Grand Champion on BBQ Pitmasters TV show and is for sure one of the top in the nation. Rescue Smokers took home second place in ribs, fourth place in Pork, first place in brisket, first place in pork loin, ninth in wings and tenth in steak. Jim Elser, Sweet Smoke Q,
took home Reserve Grand Champion with his ninth place ribs, fifteenth place pork, third place brisket, fifteenth place pork loin, fourth place wings and seventh place steak. Captain Jack’s BBQ took home first place ribs, ninth place pork, twenty first place brisket, twenty ninth place pork loin, seventh in wings and second in steak making eighteenth overall. Budmeister’s, Josh, Zola and Thomas Henry, took home first place pork at no surprise. They also pulled a seventh place in ribs, fourteenth in brisket, eighteenth in pork loin, tenth in wings and first place in steak
leaving with third place overall. Fourth Place overall went to Wink and Robin Yelverton, Wink’s Barbecue, with a first place in wings, eighth place in pork loin, second place in brisket, sixth place in pork, twenty fifth in ribs, and fifth in steak. Finishing out the top five overall was Git-R-Smoked, Terry McKay. Terry took home a seventeenth place rib entry, tenth place pork, fifth place brisket, and a seventeenth place pork loin. A great time was had by everyone enjoying the beautiful beach landscape and the cool ocean breeze while cooking. After awards, Grand Champions Robby Royal and Raymond Poore took a run down the huge water slide set up on the beach for the weekend carrying their Grand Champion banner.
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Photos by Audrey Evans
Jim Elser, Sweet Smoke Q takes home Reserve Champion at the Battle of the Beach.
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