Getting ready to hit the road!

I gave a lot of thought into how to "brand" the BBQ life that Christine and I live. While I guess I could be considered a "pitmaster", I am not a trained Chef. When I think of Billie Mays, the "original" pitchman, he could sell just about anything. Each year we have new and additional sponsors and I get the pleasure of selling their product to the masses. BBQ Pitchman just makes sense...

Columbus, Mississippi is the first stop on the Great American BBQ Tour this year. If you look at our schedule kcbs.us, you will notice some new stops and four fewer than years past. Christine and I will be going to 21 stops with the flexibility to add new locations. Along with these 21 stops, we will do retail stops between the events. The plan this year is to not only recap events but gather more information for a book about the tour. My vision is part travel book and part recipe book. I want to highlight the cities that these events occur in, the history behind the BBQ competition, BBQ joint reviews along the road and asking winners to contribute recipes. Not only looking for chicken, ribs, pork and brisket recipes but since there is sauce, dessert, drink and side contests, I would like to include some of them all with the only criteria is the recipe must come from a 1st place category win team or Reserve or Grand Champion.

I hope you come back often and I will share tidbits along the road.
Mike