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The Hot Dawg Truck Team Bar~B~Que has finished our first monthly team practice for next years NY State Championship with outstanding results! Briskets, Ribs, Sausage & Whole Chicken were smoked for many hours this past weekend. Team Bar~B~Que is made up of several members from Long Island who share a passion for Barbeque done the right way, "Low & Slow" The Hot Dawg Truck Team Bar~B~Que is getting ready for The Grill Kings Cook Off 2007 where we will be entering 3 categories Pork Chop, Chicken Wing and BBQ Sauce. For the New York State BBQ Championship 2007 we will be entering 4 categories, Brisket, Ribs, Whole Chicken and Pork Shoulder or Butt. We will keep you updated of our progress as the year rolls on. We are also looking for Sponsors that would like to help Team Bar~B~Que in our quest for the Grand Championship. If you or your company is interested in sponsoring Team BBQ you can contact us by e-mail or stop by The Hot Dawg Truck. We will have a Sponsor Board posted at our site the weekend of the meet that will include all who have helped us along the way. The Hot Dawg Truck Team Bar~B~Que is a competition BBQ Team that is registered with the Kansas City BBQ Association Team Name Data Base in Kansas City, MO. ID#3727 8/12 - 8/13/2006 Our Second Team Practice came together better than the first. All the meat came out fantastic!!! If you were one of the lucky people that got to try some of our BBQ that weekend then you know what where talk'in about! We are getting ready for the 3rd practice of the year. Labor Day weekend is all about BBQ. So you know what that means... we're gonna have BBQ as the special on The Hot Dawg Truck the Tuesday after Labor Day. First come first serve!!! 9/29 - 9/30/2006 Team practice went real well. As any of you that tried our BBQ this past weekend already know! We have a new sponsor on board and had some of the sponsors present for the practice. They got to see our operation first hand and experience what BBQ is all about... We did some grill'in practice and BBQ practice. We will try to squeeze in one more practice before the winter sets in. 12/01/2006 - Sad news! Rumor has it... The Long Island Grill Kings BBQ Competition will NOT be happening in 2007. Have not seen it on there site yet but it has been brewing for the last few months. Sorry to see it go! HDT Team BBQ will be looking to enter a few of NEBS competitions this coming year. We will post which events we will be attending. 12/25/2006 - Merry Christmas! This year we decided to fire up "c3p YO!" and smoke us some ribs on Christmas Day! Man oh man they were good. Used a mix of pecan wood and mesquite chunks. Nice early morn'in dry rub, the smell of smoke all day and a home made bbq sauce for dippin. Now that's worth celebrating! 2007 6/2/2007 - We had our first official team practice of the year 2007, which just happened to be HAMC Long Island's 12 Annual Pig Roast & Rib Fest. The Hot Dawg Truck Team Bar~B~Que had the honor of doing the cooking for about 300 hungry men, women & children! We cooked several pigs, pork shoulders, racks of ribs, chorizo sausage and even threw in some beef briskets for the beef lovers. Not to mention the Hell's Kitchen Crew did a bang up job dishing it out! Each dish came with home made baked beans & home made cole slaw and of coarse Big Rod's Bad Ass BBQ Sauce. We used every cooker in the arsenal for maximum fire power. The weekend was a success even tho the rains came all left with a full belly! click here to see some of the pics from the day. 7/14/2007 - We held a meeting and practice. We have decided to enter the Hudson Valley Rib Fest August 17, 18, 19 in New Paltz New York. See the events page for more details. Practice went well. We cooked 50lbs of Beef Brisket for a party the next day also did steak, lamb, sausage and fish on the grill. Those are the categories for the grill competition. Very good results on all the meats. 7/24/2007 - We held a grill'in practice and meeting to get ready for the Hudson Valley Rib Fest. We grilled steaks, sausage, lamb and fish again. Fine tuning our grill'in technique. Team BBQ is ready!!! Looking forward to the rib fest. 7/30/2007 - Can you say Chicken? WOW! Team BBQ put out a slam'in BBQ Chicken tonight!!! We have added a new Weber Kettle and a old Fire Box Smoker to our arsenal this week to get ready for The Hudson Valley Rib Fest. We hear there are going to be some big names at the competition. Looking forward to it! 8/6/2007 - Practice, practice, practice, 11 days until the rib fest. We have been trying some last minute ideas and getting equipment ready for the trip. We are ready!!! 8/13/2007 - We held our final practice & meeting before the Hudson Valley Rib Fest. The Team is pumped and looking forward to having a good time! We have picked up a new sponsor Chris Cross Vending. Thanks and welcome aboard!!! 4 more days. 8/15/2007 - AAAUUUGH! 1 more day until we leave! We are just about loaded and ready to roll. Another new sponsor for the Team - Archer Associates. Thanks and welcome to the Team. 8/16/2007 - Last post before the big gig! A BIG THANKS to all of our sponsors! You helped us pull threw. Hopefully we come home with some ribbons & trophies! Either way we are going to have a blast and do our thing. We will post some pics and the standings when we get back. If your looking for something to do this weekend take a trip to New Paltz and check it out yourself. A BIG THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS - The Hot Dawg Truck, Ger's Provisions, Pelegrini Meats, Fuzzy's Wolfrose Bar, Chris Cross Vending & Archer Associates. 8/20/2007 - Back from the Rib Fest. What a Great Weekend we had! Despite the traffic to get there, the micro tornado that ripped threw the fair grounds Friday night wrecking camp sites, the golf ball sized hail and having no power for 12 hours, Team BBQ had a Blast!!! We met some great people, ate some excellent food, and barbequed all weekend long! We can't wait for next year's Rib Fest. Out of 57 Teams, we got an 8th place finish in the Steak category, 13th place finish in the Beef Brisket category, 19th place finish in the Sausage category, 19th place in the Apple category. Again a Big Thanks to our sponsors and friends. Some came to visit, some were calling on the phone to cheer us on. Click here to see pics from the weekend. Top 5 Results click here
9/17/2007 - Team BBQ has entered the New York State Championship - Battle BBQ Brethren Long Island. It is October 20 & 21 at Gillette Park in Sayville Long Island. See event page for more details 10/15/2007 - 4 more days until the New York State Championship - Battle BBQ Brethren Long Island. The Hot Dawg Truck Team BBQ is ready!!! We just had our final meeting before the competition. If your coming out to visit us at the cook off please bring a non-perishable food or canned goods to donate for a local food shelter. We have taken on several new sponsors since our last competition and several team boosters (individuals not business sponsors). We would like to thank all of you for helping us in our quest for the New York State Championship! A BIG THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS - The Hot Dawg Truck, Ger's Provisions, Pelegrini Meats, Fuzzy's Wolfrose Bar, Chris Cross Vending, Archer Associates, 24 Hour Bagels, Hydronic Solutions, Elements a fine Salon, Bill President Queensboro Motorcycle Club, Franklin Petroleum, S&P Rubbish Removal. Also a BIG THANKS TO OUR BOOSTERS - Mike & Stella, Jimbo & Barbara, Maa & Paa Hartin, Charon & Wayne 10/17/2007 - 2 more days to BBQ Battle Long Island Starts!!! 10/19/2007 - Team BBQ is heading out! We will fill you in when we return! 10/22/2007 - We are back with some medals around our neck and a great weekend under our belt. 5th Place Fruit, 8th Place Steak, 10th Place Fish, 14th Place Ribs. We had a blast this past weekend! Thanks to all of our friends, family & sponsors for coming out and visiting us at Camp Hot Dawg Truck Team BBQ. It was good BBQ'in with Y'all. Click Here for some of the pics from the weekend. More to come. 2008 3/30/2008 - Team BBQ held our first meeting of the year and welcomes 2 new members to the Team Jimbo & Barbara. That brings the team to 9 members who are ready to take on the 2008 season. Paulie is the proud pop of his first Weber bullet! We are preparing for the 81 Thunder Run & First Annual Chili Cook Off. 4/09/2008 - Team practice and meeting. Had some good beef chili made by Bob also another good mixed meat chili made by Barbara, Rose & Jimbo. 2 completely different chili's both were great tasting. Good Job 4/14/2008 - Team practice and meeting. We added a new cooker to are arsenal of cookers. It is a heavy duty roll'in coal grill designed for dutch oven cooking & a 12 quart cast iron dutch oven. We will call the grill "von DUTCH". Well of course we had to test all the equipment at tonights practice and what better to make, a Chili. It was a Team effort Chili that came out fantastic!!! We are ready for the chili competition and can't wait! Thanks to our sponsors again for jumping on board this season to back us! 4/21/2008 - Team Practice and meeting. We fired up "von Dutch again tonight for one last chili practice before the big gig on Sunday. Team BBQ is ready! What fantastic chili the team pumped out tonight! We will see what the judges think on Sunday... 4/26/2008 - Team BBQ competed in a crock pot cook off at Pub 454 today and took a 2nd Place finish home with a beef goulash dish! 4/27/2008 - Team BBQ competed in The 81 Thunder Run & Chili Cook Off today. The Team had a blast as we competed against 15 other chili teams. We took home a 5th place ribbon for peoples choice and finished 9th place in the judged. The event was a great time and we look forward to doing it again next year. 6/1/2008 - We cooked for the 13th Annual Pig Roast. Team BBQ had the arsenal of smokers in full swing! We smoked 3 - 45lbs pigs, 4 pork shoulders, 18 racks of ribs, 4 beef briskets and 5lbs of churizo sausage not to mention 50lbs home made mac & cheese, 50lbs home made baked beans & 60lbs home made cole slaw. We fed over 400 people and nothing was left to speak of. Excellent job TEAM BBQ! 8/10/2008 - Team BBQ is getting ready for this coming weekend. August 15,16,17 is the Hudson Valley Rib Fest. We have not posted our happening on here in a while but rest assure we have been practicing weekly. This week we have our final meeting and practice before we head off to compete. We will be in town and have our camp set up on Friday. We will also be making a chili with some pasta and some jalapeno jump off's for anyone who would like to come by and say hello. We would like to extend a BIG THANK YOU to our team sponsors who supported our team big time!
Team BBQ Arsenal of Cookers - The Ulta-deluxe pig cooker - 275 gallon oil tank sliced, diced & welded for our cook'in needs Cadillac Cooker (Big Blue)- double pack, duel stack, firebox with a ladder rack A.T.B. - All Terrain Barbeque - firebox cooker with monster tires 1 Fire Box Smoker 4 WSM - R 2 BBQ, c 3 p YO, Foxy Brown, Baby Paulie 3 Weber Kettles - webbie, Bravo, Foxtrot 1 Brinkman stand up - ol'faithful 1 Small Weber Kettle - Mini Me 1 Heavy Duty Chili Rig (made for Dutch oven cooking) - von Dutch
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