River City Round-Up Results

Nebraska won’t soon forget Iowa BBQ cooks as the Iowa teams that made the trip had a pretty strong showing at the River City Round-Up held in Omaha this past weekend.
This contest was held in parking lot D of the Qwest center and in conjunction with the Rodeo that was being held all weekend. We also had a great view of the new stadium being built for the College World Series.

Jay and I left my place around 8:30 Friday morning heading for Omaha. We could have done without the head wind that day but it started to die down as we got closer to Nebraska. We arrived at our spot for the weekend around 12:30 (we had a few stops to make). Since it was just the 2 of us it took a bit longer to set up but wasn’t too bad. We were ready to prep meat by 2, so we were right on schedule.

My buddy Rick showed up at 5 to stay with us and help out. He turned out to be the night watch and box runner. It started raining around 2:00 am and didn’t stop till 2:00pm. Since it was raining and he was having trouble sleeping, Rick decided to stay up after 2. Probably a good thing he stayed up to watch things as almost all our thermometers were acting up due to the rain. First time I have had that happen, or it’s the first time we’ve noticed it.

We also entered a side dish in this contest. We have a pretty good baked bean recipe that has won many ribbons so we thought we’d give it a shot again. Presentation was anything goes as long it fits in a 9x9 clamshell box so we got a small pumpkin, cored it out and placed it on a bed of dried pinto beans. We filled the pumpkin with baked beans, closed the lid and sent it in. The colors looked great, we just hoped the judges thought so too. Wish we had a picture of it.

Next we sent in the Chicken, Ribs, Pork and Brisket. At the end of the Rib turn in, my niece Nikki and her boy friend Wil and some other friends came out to see us. It was nice of them to stop and hang with us for the afternoon. We sent them home with a couple of big pans of food before they left.
The sun broke out just in time for the awards and when all was done, below is the results from a field of 51 teams.

• 2nd - Side Dish ( Baked Beans )
• 16th – Chicken
• 2nd – Ribs
• 5th – Pork
• 30th – Brisket
• 6th - Overall

As this looks to be the end of the year for us, we would like to thank our sponsors, friends and family for their support this year.

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