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Here's the link for On Twenty http://www.ontwenty.com/ My boss had a 17 course tasting menu there and said it was one of the best meals of her life. Only lunch though, no dinner.

Hill Country's new place on 26th place is getting rave reviews from the competition BBQ community. http://www.hillcountryny.com/home.php

Here are some of our turn in boxes for the competition: 1st Place Steak (4 of 6 judges gave this a perfect score of 9-9-9) 3rd place Blueberry Dessert, crepes (yes, we cooked them over charcoal!) Chicken Wings (I was stunned these didn't score well) 7th place Pulled Pork 8th Place Ribs Bacon Wrapped Lobster, 14th place (hard to compete with teams turning in 6 baked stuffed tails!

MAINE GRILLING CONTEST - SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2007 Overall Grand - Doze Guys Reserve - I Smell Smoke!!! 3. Q Haven 4. Transformer BBQ 5. Swine Dinin Chicken Wings 1. I Smell Smoke 2. Doze Guys 3. Transformer BBQ 4. Buck's Naked BBQ 5. Lakeside Smokers Sirloin Steak 1. Q Haven 2. K.C.'s Rib Shack 3. Swine Dinin 4. Feeding Friendz 5. Doze Guys Pork Tenderloin 1. The Pokey Smokers 2. Q Haven 3. Buck's Naked BBQ 4. Doze Guys 5. Transformer BBQ Pizza 1. Buck's Naked BBQ 2. Transformer BBQ 3. Swine Dinin 4. Doze Guys 5. Puddledock Porkas Blueberry Dessert ( DOES NOT COUNT TO KCBS & NEBS TEAM POINTS) 1. I Smell Smoke 2. Yabba Dabba Que 3. Q Haven 4. Feeding Friendz 5. K.C.'s Rib Shack KCBS CONTEST - SUNDAY AUGUST 5, 2007 Grand - I Smell Smoke!!! Reserve - The Anchormen 3 Lakeside Smokers 4 Yabba Dubba Que 5 The Bastey Boys 6 Q Haven Chicken 1. K.C.'s Rib Shack 2. Que - Ball 3. Yabba Dabba Que 4. Purple Turtle Catering 5. Feeding Friendz 11. Q Haven Pork Ribs 1. The Bastey Boys 2. Buck's Naked BBQ 3. Transformer BBQ 4. The Anchormen 5. I Smell Smoke 8. Q Haven Pork 1. Puddledock Porkas 2. Headless Hog 3. The Bastey Boys 4. The Anchormen 5. I Smell Smoke 7. Q Haven Brisket 1. Casual Smokers 2. I Smell Smoke 3. Lakeside Smokers 4. Beef Rubbers 5. Purple Turtle Catering 12. Q Haven Chef's Choice (DOES NOT COUNT TOWARDS KCBS & NEBS TEAM POINTS) 1. Full Belly Pit Crew 2. Feeding Friendz 3. Beef Rubbers 4. I Smell Smoke 5. The Bastey Boys 14. Q Haven :-( The first rib picture, the 2nd brisket picture and the bacon wrapped lobster picture above were all ours. I'm most proud of the 1st place steak! We didn't fare well in the BBQ competition. 6th overall out of 21 teams, but finished out of the $$ in all categories.

It was great meeting you at the competition John. If you would like to see more pictures from the event, including all of our turn in boxes from the grilling and BBQ competitions, click the link below, or visit our web site at www.qhavenbbq.com. http://picasaweb.google.com/tedlorson/TheG...rillingFestival For all you New Yorkers out there, the biggest BBQ compeition and festival in the Northeast will be held in less than two weeks in New Paltz, NY. There are more than 60 teams will be competing. If you attend, be sure to stop by our site and say hi! http://hudsonvalleyribfest.org/