Rhythm
'n QUE was invited to appear on the KPHO CBS 5 Morning Show
with host Paul Horton on Friday, February 3rd! We presented
grilling recipes, tips & techniques that folks can use
to throw a delicious Super Bowl party. Our segment ws
scheduled for 5:50am which just goes to show that it's never
too early to fire up the grill!
Thanksgiving
is fast approaching! Which will your turkey be?
<< October 22:
Another 180 dessert at the Jack! However, not a
*perfect* 6-judge 180, so it landed in fourth place.
Nevertheless, we're very pleased to have another little Jack
statue come home with us, to join his brothers.
>>
September 5:
RnQ finally gets the hang of
cooking on blistering blacktop in
Mesquite, Nevada, turning in 3rd
Ribs and 1st Brisket for overall
Reserve Grand Champion.
<< August 8:
For the fourth consecutive year, Rhythm 'n QUE will compete
in the Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational
Barbecue. Confirmed today, RnQ's Grand Championship in
Boise, ID met all criteria as the only qualifying contest in
that state and provided the golden ticket. We'll see
you in Lynchburg!
>>
July 23:
Back to beautiful Ann Morrison Park for the 2nd Annual Boise
Music Festival, where RnQ repeated as Grand
Champion.
<< July
2:
Up to beautiful Williams, AZ to escape the heat! At
the 2nd Annual Northern Arizona BBQ Festival, RnQ turned in
1st chicken, 2nd ribs, 10th pork and 7th brisket and were Grand
Champion.
Oh, and there were first place dessert and potato salad
entries too. All in all, a pretty good day at the
office!
>> May
14:
At the 33rd Annual YCCA Home
& Garden Show and 1st Annual
BBQ Cook-Off, RnQ threw down
7th Chicken, 1st Ribs, 1st Pork
and 5th Brisket to secure our 20th
Grand
Champion in three
years.
<<
March 26:
Picture-perfect weather and ten thousand BBQ fans were on
hand for the 2nd Annual Arizona BBQ Festival, where RnQ was Reserve
Grand Champion. Photo with Scottsdale Mayor Jim
Lane courtesy of Rick Phillips. Check out our radio
interview on Into
the Soup at the 15:15 mark!
>>
Happy New Year!
"Start out as you
mean to go on" -- and Rhythm 'n QUE did just that
at
the second Tom's Farm contest in Wildomar, CA on New Year's
Day.
RnQ turned in
1st Ribs, 2nd Pork and 1st Brisket (with a score of 177!)
to rack up a 22-point margin and start out 2011 as Grand
Champion.
That's right, for a few shining moments we're the #1 team in
BBQ for 2011 -- at least until Lakeland rolls around! Photo courtesy Gene
Goycochea.
Year's End 2010
There they are, our own
little lineup of monoliths, the awards for KCBS
Team of the Year categories. Rhythm 'n QUE finished in
7th place Overall
among a field of over 4000 scored teams, and 10th in
chicken, 7th in ribs,
7th in pork and 15th in brisket. There aren't many teams in the country that
have a matched set of five of
these this year, and we're quite proud of ours.
Here's the collection from
the 2010 season, or at least a good part of it.
27 contests in 9 states
8 Grand Champions: Scottsdale, AZ; Rock Springs, AZ;
Boulder City, NV; Pueblo, CO; Williams, AZ; Boise, ID;
Midwest City, OK; Buckeye, AZ
6 Reserve Grand Champions: Chandler, AZ; Durango, CO;
Vista, CA;
Valley Center, CA; Lancaster, CA; Tucson, AZ
11 additional Top Ten finishes, 9 in the top five
Not pictured: the priceless
memories gained
along the way, spending time with our fellow teams.
2010 World Champion
BBQ Sauce
Yes, the sauce that we've used since the beginning was awarded
First
Place Sauce
at the Jack Daniel's
Invitational
World Championship BBQ.
You'll be able to get some of it for yourself soon -- stay
tuned!
Based in Phoenix, Arizona, RHYTHM 'N QUE ventures from the
Ninth Ring of Hell into BBQ heaven by beating a nine-state path to
KCBS-sanctioned BBQ contests -- Arizona, Nevada, California, New
Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Oklahoma and Tennessee in 2010.
With three full seasons of competition now
behind us,
we've gone up against the big boys and their fancy
top-dollar rigs
with our backyard equipment and homemade rubs, and
brought home some hardware and great
memories.
Browse around, follow some links, learn a little, even email us
(but be prepared to hear far more about BBQ than you ever really
wanted to know).
