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Carrie keeps every score sheet, and these numbers come straight out of her binder, so if there's a mistake it's mine for typing it
in, not hers. Places are out of the number of teams that cooked that category, which isn't always every team at the contest. A dash
means we didn't win money in it.
| 1. SMOKE ON THE SQUARE · West Tennessee · April 16-17 · 31 teams |
| Shoulder | 9th of 29 | - |
| Ribs | 4th of 31 | $100 |
| Chicken | 12th of 24 | - |
| Overall | 7th of 31 | - |
| Contest total | $100 |
Our first contest of the year and we were rusty. Bobby's chicken was rubbery. He knows. He's fixed it.
| 2. HICKORY DAYS COOK-OFF · Western Kentucky · May 14-15 · 42 teams |
| Ribs | 1st of 42 !!! | $500 |
| Shoulder | 3rd of 40 | $200 |
| Chicken | 6th of 38 | - |
| Brisket | 15th of 30 | - |
| Overall | 3rd of 42 | $300 |
| Contest total | $1,000 |
The best weekend of our lives. Charlie's ribs. Two judges wrote "perfect bite" on the sheet. Carrie had
them laminated.
| 3. DELTA SMOKE-OFF · North Mississippi · June 4-5 · 27 teams |
| Whole hog | 5th of 11 | - |
| Ribs | 8th of 27 | - |
| Shoulder | 11th of 27 | - |
| Overall | 10th of 27 | - |
| Contest total | $0 |
The night it rained (see the front page). This one only paid the top three. The hog
was our first ever at a contest, and it was good. Next year.
| 4. FIREWORKS & FIREBOXES · West Tennessee · July 9-10 · 24 teams |
| Whole hog | 2nd of 9 | $300 |
| Shoulder | 5th of 24 | $75 |
| Ribs | 6th of 24 | - |
| Overall | 4th of 24 | $150 |
| Contest total | $525 |
Still 91 degrees at 9 p.m. The hog came off beautiful. Dad got his picture in the local paper standing next to it, and he
has bought eleven copies.
| 5. LAKE COUNTRY Q FEST · Western Kentucky · August 13-14 · 38 teams |
| Ribs | 2nd of 38 | $250 |
| Chicken | 3rd of 36 | $150 |
| Shoulder | 7th of 38 | - |
| Brisket | 9th of 33 | - |
| Overall | 5th of 38 | $100 |
| Contest total | $500 |
Bobby's chicken, third! See, Bobby? Greg's brisket went from 15th to 9th. He called Texas about it twice that week.
| 6. PIGS IN THE PINES · Mississippi · September 17-18 · 35 teams |
| Ribs | 3rd of 35 | $150 |
| Shoulder | 4th of 35 | $100 |
| Whole hog | 6th of 12 | - |
| Overall | 6th of 35 | - |
| Contest total | $250 |
Last weekend. Solid all around. The hog was a little dry, and we know exactly why: I opened the door too many times.
| Category | Our places | Top 5 |
| Ribs | 4, 1, 8, 6, 2, 3 | 4 |
| Shoulder | 9, 3, 11, 5, 7, 4 | 3 |
| Chicken | 12, 6, 3 | 1 |
| Brisket | 15, 9 | 0 |
| Whole hog | 5, 2, 6 | 2 |
| Top-five finishes in a category | 10 |
| THE MONEY (CARRIE MADE ME) |
| Prize money, six contests | $2,375 |
| Entry fees | - $900 |
| Meat | - $2,100 |
| Hickory, charcoal for starting, propane for the cook stove | - $300 |
| Gas for the truck | - $450 |
| 1999 so far | - $1,375 |
Carrie says that's our best year yet, and she's right: in 1998 we were $2,040 in the hole, and in 1997 we didn't
keep track, which she says is "how men do it." Nobody gets into this to make money. You get into it for the 3 a.m. coffee by the
firebox, and the people at the next site who lend you a pair of tongs, and the sound of your team's name over the loudspeaker.
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