However I have to make this special announcement right now because I'm so excited!
A couple weeks ago I saw an ad on my Facebook page to join the "Smithfield Hog Wild Throwdown", so I went to check it out. For the contest you submit an original recipe for grilling pork like a steak. I figured I could do that, challenge accepted!
Prizes include a shot at a Ford F-150, a trip to Kansas City for the American Royal BBQ Competition, and maybe even meet some BBQ superstars like Tuffy Stone and "Big Mo" Cason, so that would be pretty cool. At the very least I could try an original recipe and see if anyone liked it.
Well today I got the email that I was a semi-finalist! One of ten! Needless to say I am very stoked! The second part of the challenge, that will move someone to the finalist stage are votes for the recipes so now I gotta find everyone I can to go to the website and vote for MY recipe so I can go to Kansas City in October.
To vote, you must be 21 or older, and go to http://www.smithfieldthrowdown.com/contest/vote and register and vote for "Mike C" in the "Backyard BBQ-er Division". You can vote every day (PLEASE DO!) until 8/25. Every vote you cast gives YOU a chance to win a Ford F-150, and there is also a daily "Spin and Win" contest on the site that can give you a prize as well as an additional entry to win that truck.
My recipe was truly an "original," made up on the spot just for this contest and uses my Bourbon Sauce/Glaze recipe as well. Had I thought I had any kind of a chance to get this far I'd have written it up a little better, and good grief, made a better picture of the steaks! It looks like the other 8 or 9 competitors are women and their plates look amazing! I'm sure I lost a bunch of points on appearance and write-up of the recipe so the only way I'll advance is if I get a ton more votes. (Hint-Hint)
So help me out and vote for my recipe. In fact, try it out too, I know I and my family really enjoyed it. I'll post it here soon, but for now you can see it when you vote for it. ;)
Keep on Grillin and Chillin!
