2017 Awards of Excellence Winners
The 2017 BBQ Awards of Excellence Winners
BBQ Gift Pack
1st place - BBQ Gift Pack - 3 Taxi Guys
2nd place - Gift Pack - Southern Belles BBQ
3rd place - Complete Gift Pack - Rufus Teague
Best Book
1st place - Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue by John Shelton Reed, Dale Volberg Reed & William McKinney
2nd place - BBQ Owners Grilling Manual by Ben Bartlett
3rd place - Meathead The Science of Great Barbecue & Grilling by Meathead Goldwyn
Best Apparel
1st place - Veteran Owned- American made - Loot N’ Booty
2nd place - Old Southern Slap, Slather & Sauce - Old Southern BBQ
3rd place - Let the Pig Fly - Jack Cawthon’s Bar-B-Que
Best Tool/Accessory
1st place - Chop’s Full Power Injector - Barbeque Kansas City
2nd place - 1st Commercial Store &
3rd place - 2nd Chop’s Power Injector 1 gal - Barbeque Kansas City
Best Label
1st place - What’s Your Beef? - Rub Loot N’ Booty BBQ
2nd place - Smokin Willy - 3 Taxi Guys
3rd place - Deez Nuts Pecan Rub - Meat Church BBQ
Best Marinade
1st place - Guava-Jalapeno-Pineapple Rum Island Marinade - Soggy Sandals, Inc
2nd place - Croix Valley Garlic n Herb Marinade - Croix Valley Foods
3rd place - Chili Bill’s BBQ - Chili Bill’s
Hot Sauce
1st place - Budda Bing Wing Sauce - 3 Taxi Guys
2nd place - Williamson Brothers Hot Sauce - Williamson Brothers BBQ Sauce
3rd place - Cookies Wings-n-Things Hot sauce - Cookies Food Products, Inc
White Sauce
1st place - Peg Leg Porker White Sauce - Peg Leg Porker Restaurant
2nd place -Alabama White Gold - Duce’s Wild
3rd place - Smokey C’s Spicy White Sauce - Smokey C’s BBQ, Inc
Mustard Sauce
1st place - Williamson Brothers BBQ Classic Carolina - Williams Brothers BBQ Sauce
2nd place - Captain Carolina - Company 7 BBQ
3rd place - Carolina - Jack Cawthon’s Bar-B-Que
Fruit Sauce
1st place -
2nd place - Ms. Mango - Southern Belles BBQ
3rd place - Willy Competition BBQ Glaze - 3 Taxi Guys
Vinegar Mild
1st place - Memphis Mop BBQ Sauce - BBQ Buddha
2nd place - Competition Sauce - Duce’s Wild
3rd place - Riley’s Triple R Sauce - CRC BBQ
Vinegar Spicy
1st place - Spicy Vinegar - The Shed BBQ
2nd place - Smoky Jon’s Fiery Gourmet Supreme Smoky - Jon’s #1 BBQ Smoky
3rd place - Budda Bing Wing Sauce - 3 Taxi Guys
Tomato Spicy
1st place - Victory Lane Spicy BBQ Sauce - Victory Lane BBQ
2nd place - Blue Ribbin’ Sweet Sauce - Prairie Smoke & Spice
3rd place - Full Boar BBQ Sauce - Full Boar BBQ, LLC
Tomato Mild
1st place - DQ Glaze Duce’s Wild - Duce Raymond
2nd place - Kansas City - Jack Cawthon’s Bar-B-Que
3rd place - Raider Red Meats Original BBQ Sauce - Raider Red Meats
Caribbean/Jerk/Mediterrean/Herb
1st place - Eroc’s U- Betcha Shake Me Silly -
2nd place - Gold Star Chicken Rub - Loot n’ Booty BBQ
3rd place - Hot Booty Shake - Swimmin’ In Smoke
Southwest/Cajun Rub
1st place - Grub Rub Juniors - Up In Smoke
2nd place - Hot Radical Rib Rub - Swimming n’ Smoke
3rd place - The Gospel All Purpose BBQ Rub - Meat Church BBQ
All Purpose Rub
1st place - All Purpose Rub Victory Lane Cherry Bomb BBQ Rub - Victory Lane
2nd place - Croix Valley Memphis Dry Rub - Croix Valley Foods
3rd place - Tumbleweed All Purpose Rub - Prairie Smoke & Spice