metalmarty
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Went to the World Barbecue Championship in Gronau, Germany yesterday on a whim. And what an AWESOME party it was! 88 teams from all over the world, even a team from Congo. The competition itself is today, yesterday was a kind of warm-up where you got to taste all kinds of EXCELLENT food. Had bbq-smoked sturgeon for the first time for example from a very friendly Polish fellow.
There were bbq's the size of a truck there. One team had a insanely big Mack truck with a bbq the size of a ballistic missile on the back. Saw a big block V8 converted to a bbq and a little Fiat 500 car they turned into a smoking chamber
. Hung out with a totally cool team of Norwegians that stayed at my uncle's hotel and had a blast. Beer, deer, pig and beef galore. Got some really nice tips on how to marinate the hickory woodchips with apple-juice and whiskey too. Glad the summer is coming cause I got the BBQ-bug real bad. Soo many tasty new ideas to treat dead animals
I was silently hoping to see a Big Poppa's Smokers team but alas. If anyone is in the neighborhood I can totally recommend going today, really fantastic atmosphere. All the teams are very friendly and willing to share meat/beer/secrets and there are bands playing everywhere
There were bbq's the size of a truck there. One team had a insanely big Mack truck with a bbq the size of a ballistic missile on the back. Saw a big block V8 converted to a bbq and a little Fiat 500 car they turned into a smoking chamber
. Hung out with a totally cool team of Norwegians that stayed at my uncle's hotel and had a blast. Beer, deer, pig and beef galore. Got some really nice tips on how to marinate the hickory woodchips with apple-juice and whiskey too. Glad the summer is coming cause I got the BBQ-bug real bad. Soo many tasty new ideas to treat dead animals I was silently hoping to see a Big Poppa's Smokers team but alas
. If anyone is in the neighborhood I can totally recommend going today, really fantastic atmosphere. All the teams are very friendly and willing to share meat/beer/secrets and there are bands playing everywhere 
