Bourbon & Blues BBQ

27/04/2025

It sure feels great to be back on the BBQ trail! After not being able to cook since January—and not on our own equipment since November—we had a little rust to knock off and some kinks to work out with a new setup. But pulling into the comp Thursday evening, reconnecting with the over dinner and exploring this lively little town complete with a very active train🚂 and a cool vibe-y craft brewery🍻, reminded us why we love this.

The cook itself went smoothly, though not without a few missteps. With limited practice lately, we were still optimistic for a solid showing—and while we turned in some good food, it just wasn’t quite enough to hear our name called this time around.

Results:
🍗14th – Chicken Springer Mountain Farms
🍖23rd – Ribs Villari Foods with Heath Riles BBQ
🐷24th – Pork
🐮20th – Brisket

Huge congrats to our friends who had a great weekend—especially my brother Poppa Pig BBQ on the GC and our awesome neighbors Swig-N-Pig BBQ Team on the RGC! Congratulations to everyone who heard their name this weekend!

Next up: we’re heading west where we’ll visit with some family and, of course, cook more BBQ. New Mexico here we come!

Thank you to our amazing sponsors for supporting our :
🥃 Heath Riles BBQ
🥃 The Good Charcoal Company
🥃 Springer Mountain Farms
🥃 Villari Foods
🥃 The BBQ Bus
🥃 The Atlanta BBQ Store

26/04/2025

BBQ and Boogie Awards

26/04/2025

Fired up and ready to go with The Good Charcoal Company and Cotton Gin Smokers.

24/04/2025

On our way to the BBQ & Boogie Festival in Calhoun, GA with the new Bourbon & Blues-mobile in tow. Glad to be cooking again! 🔥

04/03/2025

Enjoyed a delicious dinner with friends. Erik—Bro, you had me at tri-tip—doing it two ways was just flexing. 😂 Huge thanks to you, Mary, and Jeff (behind the camera) for a night full of laughs, incredible food, and even better memories. Here’s to many more! 🍽️✨

Cold Beer BBQ Competition Team

03/02/2025

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26/01/2025

Some competitions are just too special to miss, and I Love Lakeland Pig Festival is one of those for us. It’s where we earned our first GC and our first brisket call, so it’ll always have a place in our hearts. Huge thanks to Tiffany Taylor and the entire Pigfest crew for putting on an amazing event that keeps teams, judges, and the community coming back for more!

This weekend almost didn’t happen for us—our RV is still in the shop—but our stepped in to help make it possible. Big shoutout to Claude's Q Poppa Pig BBQ and Mad Dog BBQ for lending a hand and making it happen!

Cooking on borrowed equipment came with its challenges, but we’re proud of our effort. Pork ran a little over, and the judges noticed, but we’re still happy with our results:

🐓 8th Springer Mountain Farms Chicken
🍖 22nd Villari Foods Ribs with
🐖 29th Villari Foods Pork with
🐄 11th Brisket with

16th overall!

🏆 Huge congrats to Poppa Pig BBQ for an incredible 714 Grand Champion win! And congratulations to With a 180 on their RGC!

Thanks to our sponsors who support our :
🥃 Heath Riles BBQ
🥃 The Good Charcoal Company

🥃 Springer Mountain Farms
🥃 Villari Foods
🥃 The BBQ Bus
🥃 The Atlanta BBQ Store
🥃 Craig Rudzenski

25/01/2025

It’s a beautiful (and chilly!!!) morning here at I Love Lakeland Pig Festival! Let’s Go!!

09/01/2025

We're excited to be rolling with Springer Mountain Farms again in 2025! We ❤️ using their chicken for all of our home and competition cooking. Let's Go!!

03/01/2025

We’re fired up to announce that we’ve been selected to represent Heath Riles BBQ this year! 🔥 Their incredible rubs, sauces, injections, and glazes are key ingredients in creating the perfect bite, whether we’re competing or just cooking for friends and family. We’re ready to bring on the smoke, the flavor, and the fun in 2025!

01/01/2025

Happy New Year, Everyone!

What a fun start to the new year at the Myron Mixon and Michael Mixon New Year’s Eve The Hog Drop Competition! 🔥

This year, 25 incredible teams gathered in Unadilla, GA to cook BBQ and ring in 2025!

We’re thrilled to share that we finished 6th Overall with 4 great calls:
🍗 6th Springer Mountain Farms chicken
🍖 9th Villari Foods ribs with
🐖 9th pork with
🐄 9th brisket

A huge congratulations to Bad Rooster BBQ for taking home the GC 🏆 and Optimus Swine 757 for the RGC! 🥈

We weren’t sure we’d make it with our RV in the shop, but the came through! Massive thanks to Claude's Q, Mad Dog BBQ , Bad Rooster BBQ, Rooters-n-Tooters BBQ, Optimus Swine, Hold Your Horses BBQ, and Rum Runners BBQ for lending a hand. 🙏🏿

Looking forward to more competitions and BBQ good times in 2025!

Special thanks to our amazing sponsors:
🥃 Heath Riles BBQ
🥃 The Good Charcoal Company
🥃 Springer Mountain Farms
🥃 Villari Foods
🥃 The BBQ Bus
🥃 The Atlanta BBQ Store
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31/12/2024

The Good Charcoal is lit and just like that, we’re fired up for the New Year! Turn-ins start at 5pm!

The Good Charcoal Company

29/12/2024

Next stop: Unadilla, GA!

Big thanks to my buddy Cliff Claude's Q for loaning us his trailer while ours is in the shop for repairs.

We want to send a special THANK YOU to our sponsors who supported our 2024 ! Looking forward to an amazing 2025!
🥃 Heath Riles BBQ
🥃 The Good Charcoal Company
🥃 Springer Mountain Farms
🥃 Villari Foods
🥃 The BBQ Bus
🥃 The Atlanta BBQ Store
🥃 Cotton Gin Smokers
🥃 Craig Rudzenski

04/12/2024

This is the pork that earned us 4th place at the American Royal. Best pork on the planet!

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05/11/2024

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04/11/2024

This was our first year cooking The American Royal Association World Series of BBQ on the infield of the Kansas City Speedway and with 444 teams competing it was nothing short of epic. We managed 10 turn-ins — 3 side dishes, dessert, turkey, sausage, and the open competition — over two intense days. Competing alongside so many of the top names in BBQ was motivating, and we just hoped to hear our name called at least once.

Open Competition Results:
41st Overall out of 444 teams!!
🐓 121 (173.7256) Springer Mountain Farms Chicken
🍖 136 (172.56) Villari Foods Ribs Heath Riles BBQ
🐖 4th (178.8572) Pork
🐄 165 (169.68) Brisket

🫶Big thanks to Villari Foods for providing the best pork on the planet and helping us get that amazing call at The Royal!

🏆 We love to see our friends win! Congratulations to Sunday’s Open winners Chunky BBQ on the Grand Champion and Chris Webb of Bushmaster BBQ on the Reserve Grand Champion! And congratulations to Saturday’s Invitational Grand Champion Hot Daddy's BBQ and Reserve Grand Champion Smoke Central BBQ!

The best part of the weekend? Sharing it all with our BBQ family. We had a great time at the The Atlanta BBQ Store Halloween get together, hanging out at the The Good Charcoal Company tent on pit row, dinners and drinks with friends, and catching up with all the teams we’ve met throughout the year. This weekend was exactly why we love BBQ.

Tired doesn’t even begin to cover it. We’re taking the next few weeks off to regroup for the 2025 season!

Thanks to our sponsors who support our :
🥃 Heath Riles BBQ
🥃 The Good Charcoal Company
🥃 Springer Mountain Farms
🥃 Villari Foods
🥃 The BBQ Bus
🥃 The Atlanta BBQ Store
🥃 Cotton Gin Smokers
🥃 Craig Rudzenski

31/10/2024

Ticking off those checklist items for the American Royal Association! It’s almost go time.