Crossed Rifles BBQ

Let's go TRO

Crossed Rifles BBQ ventured out on the BBQ trail for a few weeks, making our way to TN, MO, OK and finally TX... home! 😉

Not all the cards played in our favor on this excursion, but we do have one to brag about... Thank you to Mark and crew at Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge Saint Robert for the hospitality and well run event. Those donuts were on point, too!

We competed against a hornets nest of 27 KCBS bbq cooks and were blessed to take home 💥 Reserve Grand Champion! 💥 and share the stage with Kermit's Ex BBQ as 💥 Grand Champion 💥! Congratulations, y'all and to everyone who heard their name called!

5th 🐔
1st 🐖 Ribs
5th 🐖 Butt
13th 🐄

Thanks to our sponsors and partners!





Royal Oak Charcoal
Smoke This BBQ
Heavy Smoke BBQ
Boars Night Out Championship BBQ
LC BBQ
Loot N' B***y BBQ
Blues Hog
Sweet Swine O' Mine Smoker and Grill Superstore
Razorracks BBQ
Chicken Fried BBQ

A special shout out to Korte Meat Processing for taking such great care of us on our last minute requests. Impecible service!

Well, I've been hemmed up all week with catering and haven't had a moment to reflect on last weekend, but here it goes... Last weekend we traveled to Roswell, Georgia to compete in the 6th Annual Royal Oak Invitational. Let me tell you, no-one... and I mean no-one... rolls out the red carpet like Craig Verhage and the team at Royal Oak Charcoal. This was our second year to be invited, and this year was just as good as the last. The words "bbq family" get thrown around alot; however, at Royal Oak, it truly is and we love each and every one you guys and gals. Saturday we turned in 3 good boxes and 2
great boxes.
🐔 16th no call
🐷 17th no call
🐷 1st place 🔥180🔥 baseball bat
🐄 well let's not talk about that.
🥩 5th place ribeye steak with a burgundy demi-glace paired with parmesan cheese grits
💥 12th Overall 💥
Thank you to all the staff at Royal Oak Charcoal for treating us like gold and believing in us. Thank you to our sponsors for believing in us and keeping us in the winners circle.







Congrats to my Texas boys for showing up and showing out for the Lone Star State!
Awesome job to ALL of the top 10 teams with overall scores of 700+!
Congrats to Meat Candy Q on RGC!
Huge Congrats to Rooters-n-Tooters BBQ on an awesome GC!

Good luck to all of our that have a bung/bungs in the draw today.

Hands down the best thing about summer right here. What's your favorite way to make a mator sammich?
Mine involves Boars Night Out Championship BBQ and Sociedad Mexicana de Parrilleros ain't nothing better.

This weekend, we decided to end our 3 month break from bbq comps. So, we packed up and headed to "THE COWBOY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD", aka Bandera, Texas for the Bandera Chamber of Commerce State Championship Cookoff ran by Champions Barbecue Alliance. I was also giving a shadow class this weekend so that added another element to our cook. We ran into a few snags because it's been awhile; however, we made it work and turned in what we felt were 3 good proteins. The judges agreed and we ended the day with...

17th place LC BBQ Chicken Fried BBQ 🐓
1st place Sweet Swine O' Mine Smoker and Grill Superstore Loot N' B***y BBQ 🐖 (perfect 200 score)
8th place Sweet Swine O' Mine and Boars Night Out Championship BBQ Texas Tornado 🐄
Giving us enough points for GRAND CHAMPION 🔥🏆🔥

Congrats to everyone who heard their song play. Thank you to CBA, Brenda Waters and her team on a well run event. Winning was great but sharing the stage for the first time with my great friend Sergio Carol Chapa with Kyotee Kookers was the highlight of my weekend!