2011 BBQ Contests are concluded.

The final Contest of 2011 was in Florence CO and we finished 8th Place overall!

I had a GOAL of being one of the top 100 Teams in the Country for 2011. At the time of my last contest, I was 98th overall and 20th in pork.

2011 Was a great season with lots of awards. I would like to thank My 2011 Sponsors Oakridge BBQ, SI Piping and RSG Properties

for their awesome products and support and would like to welcome them back to the starting line-up for 2012.

In 2011 I Maintained and finished in the top 2% in the country and in the top .005% in Pork out of 5600 BBQ teams.

I know that sounds hard to improve on, but that is my goals for this year. Backdraft BBQ won six first places out of 24 contest!

I am currently wanting to add some more company names to my list of supporters in 2012, and hopefully some big names to come.

Current 2012 Sponsor Line-up

Oakridge BBQ: Rubs and Spices

SI Piping: Smoker development, maintenance and funding

RSG Properties: Trailer maintenance and funding

New for 2012....

Savoy Color: Banners and Printing

Baileegrob.com: Graphic Design (New Backdraft BBQ Logo on the way) 

2011 season results

1. 2/11 – 2/12 Winter Q in Great Bend, KS  1st in Appetizers, 26th overall out of 60
2. 2/24 - 2/26 Hava BBQ in Lake Havasu City, AZ  4th in Chicken, 29th overall out of 84
3. 4/8 – 4/9 Osage City BBQ in Osage City, KS  did not attend
4. 4/22 - 4/23 Sam's Club BBQ Series Local Qualifier in Sante Fe, NM  10th place Pork, 22nd out of 28
5. 4/30 - 5/1 Sam's Club BBQ Series Local Qualifier in Loveland, CO  29th place out of 30th, Yikes!
6. 5/6 – 5/7 Honky Tonk BBQ in North Platte, NE  1st Sauce, 2nd Sauce, 7th Brisket, 8th Pork, 19th overall
7. 5/13 – 5/14 Wild West BBQ in Lamar, CO  1st Chicken, 3rd Ribs, 10th overall
8. 5/20 - 5/21 Smoke on the Water US BBQ Championship in Las Vegas , NV 24th Chicken, 42nd Ribs, 41st overall
9. 6/3 – 6/4 Holly Smoke BBQ Showdown in Canyon City, CO 4th Pork, 5th Chicken, 11th ribs, 18th overall
10. 6/10 – 6/11 Pueblo, CO 2nd place Sauce, 3rd place Sauce, Ethan 4th place
11. 6/17 – 6/18 Frisco BBQ in Frisco, CO 1st place Pork (179.462 out of 180) 14th out of 64 overall, Ethan 2nd place
12. 7/1 – 7/2 Rocky Mountain Freedom Festival in Castle Rock, CO 6th place Pork, 14th overall
13. 7/8 – 7/9 Loveland loves BBQ in Loveland, CO 6th place Brisket, 14th overall, Ethan 1st place
14. 7/15 – 7/16 Grillers Cup in Laramie, WY 1st place Sauce, 1st place Pork, 16th overall
15. 8/12 – 8/13 Dillon, CO 6th place Chicken, 5th People's Choice. Ethan 2nd place
16. 8/19 – 8/20 Worland, WY  did not attend
17. 8/26 – 8/27 Craig, CO 5th place Ribs, 11th Brisket, 12th Pork and 7th overall
18. 9/2 – 9/3 – 9/4 Smokin Brew BBQ in Parker, CO 1st place Pork, 9th Brisket, 11th overall and "People's Choice" Champion for the 3rd year in a row!
19. 9/9 – 9/10  Scott City, KS 5th in chicken, 7th in pork, 8th in brisket and 7th overall
20. 9/16 - 9/17 Jesse James BBQ contest in Kearney, MO 9th in Pork and 13th overall
21. 9/23 – 9/24 Praise the lard BBQ cook off in Murphysboro, IL (my home town) 2nd Wings, 3rd Chicken and 6th in Pork 
22. 9/29 – 9/30 – 10/1 – 10/2 American Royal "Open" & "Invitational" in Kansas City, MO Congrats to Ethan! he placed 3rd in Kids Q
23. 10/14 – 10/15 Kick in the Butt BBQ in Florence, CO 10th place chicken, 10th place brisket and 8th overall

2012 season subject to change

1. 1/27 -1/28 Lake Havasu City, AZ under "Bite me BBQ" Team Colorado  
2. 2/24 - 2/25 Winter Q in Great bend, KS 
3. 3/29 - 3/31 Smoke on the Water USA BBQ Championships in Las Vegas, NV 
4. 5/4 - 5/5 Sam's Club BBQ Series Local Qualifier in Thornton, CO  or
5. 5/4 – 5/5 Honky Tonk BBQ in North Platte, NE  
6. 5/11 – 5/12 Wild West BBQ in Lamar, CO  
7. 6/1 – 6/2 Holly Smoke BBQ Showdown in Canyon City, CO 
8. 6/8 – 6/9 Pueblo, CO 
9. 6/15 – 6/16 Frisco BBQ in Frisco, CO
10. 6/29 - 6/30 Rocky Mountain Freedom Festival in Castle Rock, CO
11. 7/6 - 7/7 Pork and Brew BBQ in Rio Rancho, NM 
12. 7/13 – 7/14 Loveland loves BBQ in Loveland, CO
13. 7/20 – 7/21 Grillers Cup in Laramie, WY
14. 8/3 - 8/4 Colorado State BBQ Championship in Craig, CO 
15. 8/10 – 8/11 Krystal 93 BBQ at the Summit in Dillon, CO 
16. 8/31 – 9/1 – 9/2 Smokin Brew BBQ in Parker, CO 
17. 9/7 – 9/8 Colorado Pork and Hops Challenge in Grand junction, CO   
18. 9/14 - 9/15 Showdown on the plains in Scott City, KS 
19. 9/21 – 9/22 Skys the limit BBQ Classic in Garden City, KS  
20. 10/5 - 10/7 American Royal "Open" in Kansas City, MO 
21.  10/19 – 10/20 Kick in the Butt BBQ in Florence, CO

As Founder - Chef/Pitmaster of Backdraft BBQ, I Ryan W. Grob will be painting the picture of how Backdraft BBQ has become what it is today.

I started my BBQ history by bartending at World Famous "17th Street Bar & Grill" in my hometown of Murphysboro Illinois back in 1991. While working there for the owner and BBQ legend Mike Mills, my BBQ interests were piqued. I started traveling to a few of their contests just to help with the grunt work. With another BBQ legend Pat Burke(Tower Rock BBQ) being Co-Captain of the Apple City BBQ Team, I would have been silly to not learn as much as I could as fast as I could. It was beneficial to see them at work, talking to judges, maintaining the Pits and getting called up to the stage to get their trophies, all very addicting! Well I got hooked. After several World Championships, Apple City BBQ called it quits to do even bigger things. It was time to start cooking on my own. I had formed my own BBQ Sauce(original) by the age of 18 and it was time to cook some meat to put it on.

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