08/01/2026
Awards at 5:30
We’ve made our way about an hour west to Hondo, TX for the Jerry Busby Memorial Cookoff! ❤️🔥
This incredible event is all about great BBQ, bringing the community together, honoring Jerry Busby’s legacy, and raising money to help local cancer patients.
There’s something for everyone this weekend:
🍖 BBQ Cookoff
⛳️ Golf Tournament
🎶 Live music all weekend
🎨 Face painting for the kids
🛍️ Lots of vendors to shop
🌮 Delicious food trucks
🍋 Ice-cold lemonade to beat the Texas heat
If you’re in the area, come out and enjoy a great weekend while supporting an amazing cause. We’re looking forward to firing up the pits and making another great weekend of memories! 🔥🤠
🥩 Steak – She was an absolute beauty! Perfect edge-to-edge doneness with a gorgeous sear and incredible flavor. Every bite was tender, juicy, and seasoned just right…at least the burner steak was! 🤣
Braden absolutely nailed this cook, and it was hard to imagine a better steak coming off the grill. We were thrilled with how it turned out! 🔥👏 🥔 We brought back the hassleback potatoes and kicked them up a notch this time with crispy bacon bits, melty cheese, and fresh green onions. They were the perfect side to go with an incredible steak! 🤤🧀🥓💚
🐔 Well… I think we got the twin sister of the chicken we had in Bandera, and she definitely wasn’t winning any beauty contests. 🤣 She wasn’t the prettiest "chick" today either, but she more than made up for it with incredible flavor and tenderness. 🔥 We are sure hoping the judges feel the same way today that the Bandera judges did a few weeks ago! 🤞🍗 Here’s hoping this “ugly chickling” has a winning personality! 💪🏆
🐷🦴 Ribs – These tasted exactly like we hoped they would… absolutely incredible! 🔥 The flavor was spot on, the texture was just where we wanted it, and they had that perfect bite we always aim for. They did come out darker than we’d planned, but we’ve found that from cook to cook, judges really don’t seem to put much weight on rib color. In the end, it’s all about the taste and texture—and we truly couldn’t have been happier with how these turned out! 🤞🍖 However, all I can see is that one spec of seasoning that is larger than life. Lord. 🤣
🐷 Pork – I’ve got to train myself to be more in tune with the money muscles! 😂 They can be a little crazy, and putting this many whole money muscles in one box is still new territory for us. We’re definitely still learning and tweaking. That said… our pulled pork was absolutely delicious today, and those money muscles were 💰 MONEY! Tender, juicy, and packed with flavor. Now it’s up to the judges!
🐮 Brisket – Wow… in our 👀, this brisket was as close to perfect as we’ve ever cooked. 💥 The tenderness, moisture, flavor, and slices were exactly what we were chasing.
Yes, Kevin Mypitsrburninbbq Hernandez new sauce, soon to be out, hit every protein. We also have been using a new seasoning he has coming out on our brisket! New things are a comin' and man, they are good!
We’re incredibly proud of this cook and truly hope the judges see what we saw and tasted. After two years of learning, tweaking, and putting in the work, it finally feels like maybe… just maybe… all the pieces are starting to come together. 🤞🔥
By the way, last night there was this enormous pizza here. Apparently it holds the Guinness Book of World Records for largest pizza.🍕
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