Our daughter, Beth and her husband Mark Lenz, competed in the NM State BBQ competition in Rio Rancho this weekend. They won Grand Champion out of 67 teams. What an incredible win! This gives them an invite to the World Championship in Lynchburg, Tennessee this fall. At the competition in Rio Rancho, several former World Champions were there. Many of who you would know from the Food Network if you were a “cooking show” junkie! These teams come from all over the United States to compete in this event. I won’t go into their winnings, but it made it all worthwhile (and some!!). The kids compete in several categories, including pulled pork, chicken, beans, beef brisket, ribs. Sometimes they do oddball things like desserts, soups – all at the discretion of the host. This event is not something that is widely known, so few understand the effort, time and money it takes to do this. But many people have gained fame from this start. Many great BBQ sauces got their start here!
We may have to attend the World Championships, take motorhome and all! Beth and Mark – we are proud of you!! Congratulations.
In other bragging about this daughter, she works for the Council of Governments (Upper Arkansas Area) and was recently named program manager. Huge promotion! Yea Beth.
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