2007
Madison Ribberfest
Taylorsville,
Ky., team wins
KCBS cooking competition
Moonswiners
squeak out victory
in record 63-team competition
Staff
Report
(August 19, 2007) – Chad Hayden
figured two times might be a charm after having earned Reserve
Grand Champion, or second place overall, at last year’s
Madison Chautauqua pro division cooking competition. He
was right. The Taylorsville, Ky., resident returned to this
year’s event and captured the top trophy – earning
Grand Champion on Aug. 18 for his team, Moonswiners.
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Photo
by Don Ward
KCBS
Chairman Shawn Auxier (far right)
presents the Grand Champion trophy
to Moonswiners team members
(from left) Josh and Chad Hayden.
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He did it by capturing first place in pork
ribs and second in chicken to edge out second-place team,
Dr. Porkenstein. Last year’s winner, Quau, earned third
place this year.
Sanctioned and operated by the Kansas City Barbeque Society,
the competition this year featured a record 63 teams and
by winning earned Hayden an automatic trip to the society’s
national competition this fall in Kansas City, the American
Royale. He also garnered bragging rights to the Madison
Ribberfest crowd.
“We love Madison; it was our first ever competition
so we have come back ever since,” said Hayden, 37.
“This was our fourth trip here.”
Hayden and his partner, Jason Hayden, earned their second
Grand Champion trophy of the year after winning an earlier
contest. It will be their first trip to Kansas City to compete
in the American Royale.
“We are excited; this is a lot of fun and it’s
great to actually win one,” he said.
KCBS teams set up Thursday and Friday and cooked throughout
the evening Friday and into Saturday morning. Turn-ins began
at 11 a.m. and judges spent the day tasting and examining
the entries in side the Brown Gym. The results were announced
at the awards ceremony late that afternoon.
The Haydens never heard of barbecue competitions until 1997
when they were visiting Memphis, Tenn. They decided it looked
like a fun activity, so they entered their first competition
– the Madison Ribberfest – in 2004. Now they are
hooked. They plan to enter the competition in Owensboro,
Ky., in September. Then it’s off to Kansas City in
October.
“We threw away a lot of food when we first started
out, but we practiced a lot and we finally figured this
thing out,” Hayden said.
2007 Madison Ribberfest
Results of the Kansas City Barbecue Society
pro division cookoff
Aug. 18 at Madison, Ind.
Overall Winners
1. Moonswiners 671.4282
2. Dr. Porkenstein 659.9994
3. Quau 658-2854
4. Pork of the North 657.7138
5. Buttrub.com 654.2852
6. Ulcer Acres 651.9996
7. Double D’s BBQ 646.8570
8. All Day Smoke 646.2850
9. Hog’s Head BBQ 640.5714
10. Tarheel Smokers 633.7140
Chicken
1. All Day Smoke 173.1428
2. Moonswiners 173.1428
3. Quau 172.0000
4. Making Meat BBQ 166.8572
5. Double D’s BBQ 166.8572
6. Fumo Comedo 165.1432
7. ZZ-Cue 165.1428
8. Hog’s Head BBQ 164.0000
9. Pork of the North 163.9998
10. Show Me Your Bones 163.4288
Pork Ribs
1. Moonswiners 173.1428
2. All Day Smoke 171.4286
3. Double D’s BBQ 169.7142
4. Rib Runners 166.2858
5. Quau 165.1430
6. Ulcer Acres 165.1428
7. Pork of the North 163.9998
8. Buttrub.com 163.9998
9. Hog’s Head BBQ 163.4286
10. Bird’s Smokehouse 163.4284
Pork
1. Pork of the North 173.7142
2. Buttrub.com 169.1428
3. Hog’s Head BBQ 168.5714
4. Hoosier Crawdaddy 168.0000
5. Rolling Smoke BBQ 168.0000
6. “R” Gang 167.4286
7. Ulcer Acres 167.4286
8. KC’s Pork Pitt 167.4284
9. Tarheel Smokers 165.7142
10. Getta Que 165.1428
Brisket
1. Smokin’ Irish 174.2856
2. Dr. Porkenstein 174.2856
3. Smokin T’s 172.0000
4. Snake Pit BBQ 166.8572
5. Indiana BBQ.com 165.1430
6. Buttrub.com 164.5714
7. Eagle River BBQ 164.5714
8. Ulcer Acres 164.5714
9. Pepperitaville 163.4286
10. “R” Gang 162.8572
Sauce
1. Rinky Dink Smokers 166.2856
2. Rib Runners 162.8574
3. Smoky River BBQ 162.8570
4. Double D’s BBQ 162.2860
5. Bird’s Smokehouse 162.2860
6. Jimmy’s Hog Pen 162.2856
7. Smoked Signals-Re/Max 162.2854
8. Stink-Eye BBQ 162.7140
9. Bibe’s Old-Fashioned BBQ 162.1430
10. Divine Swine 1621.1428
Anything But
1. Quau 176.5714
2. Pit Sniffers 170.8572
3. Zack’s 170.2856
4. Wildcat BBQ 168.5716
5. Light My Fire BBQ 168.0000
6. Show Me Your Bones 168.1430
7. Dr. Porkenstein 165.1426
8. Aunt Moo Moo’s BBQ 164.5712
9. Pepperitaville 164.0002
10. Hoosier Crawdaddy 163.4286
Dessert
1. Pepperitaville 177.1428
2. Shigs in Pit 176.0000
3. Fumo Comedo 174.8572
4. J.D.’s Smokers 174.2856
5. Tarheel Smokers 173.7144
6. Rinky Dink Smokers 173.7142
7. Quau 172.0000
8. Smokin’ Irish 172.0000
9. Ulcer Acres 169.7142
10. Rib Runners 167.4286
2007 Madison Courier Backyard Blast
Amateur Division Winners:
Chicken: DNA Hog Farms
Rib: Bad Boys BBQ
Pork: Shue-B-Que
Beef: ButtRubbers BBQ
Game/Other: Shue-B-Que #2
Best Sauce: MoDog BBQ
Best Rub: Big Butt BBQ
Best Team: Hog Rock BBQ
