The Pig Lebowski sent a teammate up to Moore, OK on Thursday, 5/23 to help out with the Operation BBQ Relief efforts going on. If you aren’t familiar with them, they provide hot meals to heavily affected areas following disasters. Jeremy went to help out for a week and deliver a truckload of canned goods we picked up in Atlanta:
If you want to help support this great organization, donate here: http://operationbbqrelief.org/donate
These guys may have something to do with the national bacon shortage crisis. They are also my heros..
We just added the Swine & Dandy Charity Cookoff to our contest schedule for this year. This is a charity BBQ competition that supports two local charities in Duluth, GA.
To ensure that we make our presence fully known, we are also signed up for their 9-hole golf tournament, which should be a good time.
I hope this is a sign of things to come. It has a ton of potential..
I came across this post on BBQ Brethren that caught my attention. It is worth a quick read. Sort of a fancy version of a fatty…with less fatty and more ribeye.
This year The Pig Lebowski will be participating in at least two of the Smithfield Rib Challenge (http://www.kcbs.us/smithfield.php?id=2) events. Just for registering, they will provide four racks of their ribs to “test” during a competition. They will be provided at the contest for no charge.
The two contests will be Pigs & Peaches (August) and The National BBQ Cup (November). Consequently, those are the two contests where we have decided to throw huge parties on Friday. I really enjoy adding pressure to our designated “rib guy” and this is a really easy way to accomplish that!
We have put together a rough schedule of contests for the 2012 season! Barring any major conflicts, it should go down like this (EDIT – Just added Cornelia..like a BOSS):
March 9-10 – Mobile, AL
11th Annual BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival
April 20-21 – Cornelia, GA
Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival
May 11-12 – Rome, GA
Roman Roast on the River
August 24-25 – Kennesaw, GA
Pigs & Peaches
September 14-15 – Atlanta, GA
Atlanta BBQ Festival
November 16-17 – Cumming, GA
National BBQ Cup
