2024 NBBQA Awards of Excellence Top Five Winners Announced

Posted By: JANET PHELPS NBBQA Latest News, Press Releases,
The 2024 NBBQA Awards of Excellence have soared to new heights, boasting a remarkable turnout of over 600 entries. This year, the competition has transcended borders, with submissions pouring in from Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada. We're ecstatic to unveil the top 5 finalists in each category! A heartfelt thank you extends to all participants whose contributions have made this achievement possible. We also extend special gratitude to Success Seasonings for their generous sponsorship, which has truly elevated the event. Let's come together to celebrate the remarkable excellence, diversity, and unwavering passion within the BBQ community.
 
RUB CATEGORY
Place Beef_Rub_Name Company_Name
1 Aces Wild High Steaks Aces Wild BBQ Concierge
2 Rib Rub Smoke ‘n Magic 
3 Ewe Butter Clucker King Louie's Meat Apostles, LLC
4 Umami  Cool Smoke
5 SmokinGhost All Purpose Rub SmokinGhostBBQ
Place Poultry_Rub_Name Company_Name
1 Meat Hammer All Purpose That's The One Barbecue LLC
2 The Redneck BBQ Lab Chicken & Rib Rub The Redneck BBQ Lab
3 MST Dry Rub MST Sauce Company
4 Chicken Rub Smoke ‘n Magic 
5 Steak Tank "Attack" Steaktank.com
Place Pork_Rub_Name Company_Name
1 Steak Tank "Vinnies" Steaktank.com
2 Top Secret Dust Sofa King Awesome BBQ  Products
3 Sweet Heat Dry Rub Croix Valley Foods
4 MST Dry Rub MST Sauce Company
5 Smokin' Coals Competition Rub Smokin' Coals
Place Seafood_Rub_Name Company_Name
1 Comeback PitGrit Pit O'Heaven PitGrit Seasonings
2 Carolina Dry Rub Croix Valley Foods
3 Kickin' PitGrit Pit O'Heaven PitGrit Seasonings
4 Midwest Dust Boars Night Out
5 MST Dry Rub MST Sauce Company
Place Spicy_Rub_Name Company_Name
1 Midwest Dust Boars Night Out
2 White Lightning Double Garlic Butter Boars Night Out
3 Hot Cajun Luv King Louie's Meat Apostles, LLC
4 BBQ Rub Boars Night Out
5 Texas Chili Pequin "Hot Garlic Sea Salt" Texas Select Seasonings
5 Scorpion Rub Blazing Star BBQ
Place Original_Rub_Name Company_Name
1 Maple Candy Rub Prairie Smoke & Spice BBQ
2 Fresh Grind Ancho Coffee Rub Prairie Smoke & Spice BBQ
3 MST Dry Rub MST Sauce Company
4 MST Social Burn Dry Rub MST Sauce Company
5 White Lightning Double Garlic Butter Boars Night Out
BBQ SAUCE CATEGORY
Place Fruit_BBQ_Sauce_Name Company_Name
1 Raspberry Chipotle BBQ Sauce Motley Que
2 Cherry "La Bomba" Habanero BBQ Sauce Porky's Place BBQ
3 Apple Jalapeno BBQ Sauce Hey Grill Hey
4 Nectarine Barbeque Sauce Kevin MacDonald
5 Cranberry BBQ Sauce Hey Grill Hey
Place Vinegar_Mild_Sauce_Name Company_Name
1 Loot N' Booty BBQ Apple Cherry BBQ Sauce Loot N' Booty BBQ
2 Fat Boy Copperhead Sauce Fat Boy BBQ
3 Meat Mitch Whomp Naked BBQ Sauce Meat Mitch
4 Southern Twang Smoke ‘n Magic 
5 WV Red Sauce GWB Hot Sauce
Place Tomato_Mild_BBQ_Sauce_Name Company_Name
1 Sweet Sticky Icky Bow Valley BBQ, Inc.
2 The Redneck BBQ Lab Grand Chanpion Sawse The Redneck BBQ Lab
3 MST Honey BBQ MST Sauce Company
4 Patriot Sauce Code 3 Spices
5 White Peach Serrano Pepper Barbeque Sauce Kevin MacDonald
Place Mustard_BBQ_Sauce_Name Company_Name
1 Mustard Bold Gold Mack's Barbecue Paint, LLC
2 Motley Mustard Motley Que
3 Original Mustard Sauce Duce's Wild BBQ
4 The Redneck BBQ Lab Pop's Mustard Sawse The Redneck BBQ Lab
5 MST Fusion Q MST Sauce Company
Place Original_BBQ_Sauce_Name Company_Name
1 Polly Savannah's Peach BBQ Sauce Polly Savannah's, LLC
2 Original Arkansas Red Mack's Barbecue Paint, LLC
3 SofaKing Awesome Booyah Sauce Crooked Que BBQ
4 DQ Glaze Duce's Wild BBQ
5 Smokin' Coals Original Sauce Smokin' Coals
Place Vinegar_Spicy_BBQ_Sauce Company_Name
1 Meat Mitch Stay Hot Sauce Meat Mitch
2 Meat Mitch Whomp BBQ Sauce Meat Mitch
3 Steak Tank Tactical Sauce Steaktank.com
4 Sweet Heat Wing Glaze Hey Grill Hey
5 Fireman John's 3 Alarm Vinegar Fireman John's BBQ
Place Tomato_Spicy_BBQ_Sauce Company_Name
1 Mantis Ghostly Glaze Mantis BBQ
2 Drunken Mango Scorpion Crooked Que BBQ
3 Polly Savannah's Spicy Peach BBQ Sauce Polly Savannah's, LLC
4 Spicy BBQ Sauce Smoke ‘n Magic 
5 Patriot Spicy Code 3 Spices
BBQ FOOD CATEGORY
Place BBQ_Gift_Pack Company_Name
1 Smoked Turkey Brine & Seasoning Kit Hey Grill Hey
2 Aces Wild Gift Pack Aces Wild Porky's Palace
3 Wing Night Smoked and Fried Wing Kit Hey Grill Hey
4 BBQ Sauce Original 3 Pack Dutch Oven Smokehouse
5 Red Beard Gift Box Red Beard Seasonings
Place BBQ_Snacks Company_Name
1 Meat Mitch Whomp Corn Meat Mitch
2 MST Dry Rub Chips MST Sauce Company
3 Smokehouse Poppers Salsa Spices Smokehouse
4 Rack Masters Oyster CRACK ers Seasoned with Big Rack Rub Rack Masters BBQ
5 Smokehouse Crackers Cinnamon Spices Smokehouse
Place BBQ_Marinade Company_Name
1 CockaDoodle Q Doodle Q
2 Caribbean Sweet The Rib Doctor, Inc.
3 Southern Tangy The Rib Doctor, Inc.
4 BBQ Marinade Bow Valley BBQ, Inc.
5 Aces Wild -Wicked Pig Marinade Aces Wild Porky's Palace
BBQ EQUIPMENT CATEGORY
Place BBQ_Tool_Accessory Company_Name
1 VacMaster VP95 Chamber Vacuum Sealer Machine VacMaster
2 Boost Your BBQ Disposable Cutting Boards Boost Your BBQ
3 Mister Brisket Competition Box Mister Brisket
4 Tribal Tinder Tank Norris Thermal Technologies dbs Tribal Fire Grill
5 GrillGun - Propane Torch for Lighting Charcoal Grills/Smokers and Searing Meat GrillBlazer
Place Apparel Company_Name
1 Tribal Fire Grill Tshirt:  George Washington Norris Thermal Technologies dbs Tribal Fire Grill
2 Spooky The Ghost Shirt SmokinGhostBBQ
3 White Lightning Apparel Boars Night Out
4 Meatlover Hat Aces Wild Porky's Palace
5 Prairie Fresh Pit Crew I ❤︎  BBQ T-shirt 2023 edition Prairie Fresh
Place Product_Label_Design Company_Name
1 Cucamonga Cattle Co Trail Boss Cucomonga Cattle Co. BBQ
2 Wing-A-Lings "Our Own Chicken Wing" Label Wing-A-Lings Dry Rubs & Seasonings
3 Beer's Black Dog BBQ Sauce Label Beer's Blackdog BBQ Sauce
4 Hot Apple Pie Label King Louie's Meat Apostles, LLC
5 Cucamonga Cattle Co Prairie Dust Poultry Seasoning Cucomonga Cattle Co. BBQ
BBQ DIGITAL MEDIA
Place BBQ_Blog Company_Name
1 www.heygrillhey.com Hey Grill Hey
2 Steak Tank:  TankTok.com Steaktank.com
Place BBQ_Website Company_Name
1 www.heygrillhey.com Hey Grill Hey
2 https://www.cucacattleco.com Cucomonga Cattle Co. BBQ
3 janssenslakefront.com Steaktank.com
4 sbrcatering.com Sweet Baby Ray's Catering
5 https://www.gamechangersmoker.com  Norris Thermal Technologies dba Tribal Fire Grill
Place BBQ Audio Series Name Company_Name
1 Grab'em in the Brisket Grab'em in the Brisket
2 BBQ Life American Fire BBQ & Grilling Supply
3 The Dude Network Podcast The Dude Network
Place BBQ_Video_Series Company_Name
1 HeyGrillHey You Tub Tuesday Video Series Hey Grill Hey
2 BBQ Like a Boss Sweet Baby Ray's Catering
3 Grab'em in the Brisket Grab'em in the Brisket
4 https://www.gamechangersmoker.com/recipes - Norris Thermal Technologies dba Tribal Fire Grill
5 American Fire BBQ & Grilling Supply/BBQ Life American Fire BBQ & Grilling Supply
Place Single_BBQ _Focused_Video Company_Name
1 Winged Buffalo Focused Video Bow Valley BBQ, Inc.
2 Hey Grill Hey "The Grill Squad" Brisket Pitmaster Class Hey Grill Hey
3 American Royal "What does BBQ mean to you? Addicted to the Q Youtube Channel Sofa King Awesome BBQ  Products
4 Reverse Sear: Santa Maria Rubbed Tri Tip / Porter House - Certified Angus Beef X Game Changer Smoker Norris Thermal Technologies dba Tribal Fire Grill
5 Al Pastor Sweet Baby Ray's Catering
BBQ PUBLICATIONS AND LITERARY WORKS
Place BBQ_Book_of_the_Year Company_Name
1 Barbecue Fusion Adam Roberts
2 Croix Valley's Better Burgers Croix Valley Foods
3 British & Australian BBQ Secret Ben Bartlett
Place Marketing Material Company_Name
1 Grill Squad Patches Hey Grill Hey
2 Shelf Talker King Louie's Meat Apostles, LLC
3 Foolproof Flavor Ideas Croix Valley Foods
4 Chef Mantis Plushie Mantis BBQ
5 Wipes/Recipe Card Wing Night Kit Hey Grill Hey
Place BBQ Focused Article Company_Name
1 https://heygrillhey.com/buying-meat/ Hey Grill Hey
2 Competition BBQ Ribs with Kansas City BBQ Sauce  Ray Sheehan
3 Canada Food and Drink Bow Valley BBQ, Inc.
Place Educational Writing Company_Name
1 https://heygrillhey.com/guide-to-bbq-smoking/ Hey Grill Hey
BBQ PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
Place BBQ Character Photo Company_Name
1 Meatlover Aces Wild
2 Big Jav Whole Steer Rolling Smoke Productions
3 Turn In Time Now! Norris Thermal Technologies dba Tribal Fire Grill
4 Bow Valley BBQ Boys Bow Valley BBQ, Inc.
5 Wing-A-Lings "Rooster_The Big Roost" Character Wing-A-Lings Dry Rubs & Seasonings
Place BBQ Blog or Personal Photo Company_Name
1 Pichana Red Beard Seasonings
2 "Adobo Burnt Ends with Spanish Rice and Grilled Veggies Amigos Spice Company
3 Rib at the Royal/Image 1747 VacMaster
4 Big Jav Steer Searing Rolling Smoke Productions
5 Bothertons BBQ Pitmaster Rolling Smoke Productions
Place Live Fire Photo Company_Name
1 Whole Steer Live Fire Rolling Smoke Productions
2 Sugba (Cebuano Language) Sugba Smokehouse BBQ LLC
3 Flaming Seagrass with Smoker Mantis BBQ
4 Alligators Over the Fire Carlos De Los Santos
5 Getting Tribal Norris Thermal Technologies dba Tribal Fire Grill
Place BBQ_Food_Photo Company_Name
1 Exotic BBQ National High School BBQ Association King Louie's Meat Apostles, LLC
2 Wagyu Picanha King Louie's Meat Apostles, LLC
3 Hot Apple Pie Pork Belly King Louie's Meat Apostles, LLC
4 Texas Blend, Texas Beef, Texas Burger Amigos Spice Company
5 Shrimp Crostini King Louie's Meat Apostles, LLC
Place BBQ Commercial Photograph Name Company_Name
1 Prairie Fresh USA Prime Imagine the Porkabilities Hickory Smoked Ribs Prairie Fresh
2 The Rib Doctor NBBQA Ad The Rib Doctor, Inc.
3 Harvest Time Aces Wild
4 Turkey Kit Hey Grill Hey
5 Smoked Ham Kit Hey Grill Hey