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Slap Yo’ Daddy BBQ Team makes KCBS history
By Kathleen McIntosh
Smokin’ Times Editor
kathleenbbq@gmail.com
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Photo by Pat Brandon
Mark Tung & Harry Soo of Slap Yo’ Daddy BBQ with their 1st place ribs, 1st place chicken, 1st place pork, 1st place brisket, and Grand Champion trophies at the Stockton, CA Way Out West BBQ Championships.
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It’s only been done once in KCBS history, but it’s never been done at a KCBS sanctioned State Championship.
That’s right. It’s a clean sweep of the four KCBS contest categories.
Harry Soo and Mark Tung of Slap Yo’ Daddy BBQ made KCBS history and California BBQ Association (CBBQA) history on the 4th of July weekend in Stockton, CA, at the Way Out West BBQ State Championship.
They won all four KCBS categories and scored over 49 points more than the Reserve Grand Champion team. Not a small feat by any means.
Mind you, they did this in what Harry Soo describes as a “rare winning streak,” of the four past contests with three consecutive California State Grand Championships and a Reserve Grand Championship amid 162 teams at the Great American BBQ in Kansas City.
These boys are hot! They are on fire! They are also very smart when it comes to BBQ. Harry and Mark had gone back to compete at the Great American BBQ on the invitational and open sides. Their first day, the fellas didn’t do so well against their Southern competition. Tastes were obviously a little bit different than in Southern California. You’ve heard Dorothy say, “We’re not in Kansas anymore.” Well Slap Yo’ Daddy was saying, “We’re not in California anymore.”
But that didn’t slow them down. They got their smokers going. By the way, this team uses just two Weber water smokers, i.e. bullets, and travels in a mini-van. They cooked up samples for their competitor neighbors and the passers-by. As people tasted, Harry and Mark took notes and gathered information about people’s likes and dislikes in this area of the country. Then they went back and re-formulated their recipes overnight to fit the local tasting profile. Those of you who have been around BBQ for awhile and have attended any of the high priced star studded BBQ classes will know that this breaks the major rule of “Never change your standard operating procedure or recipe during a competition.”
The fact is Harry and Mark did just that and the next day took Reserve Grand Champion in the open division at the Great American BBQ. No California team has ever won Reserve Grand or higher at the Great American BBQ.
Needless to say, CBBQA is exceptionally proud of this team that started just two years ago at a backyard BBQ event in Los Angeles. Harry participated as a judge at that event and was so inspired that he was a cook at the next CBBQA competition.
The team hasn’t forgotten how they started and regularly gives free demonstrations at contests at which they compete to show new teams how to do “Slap Yo’ Daddy Lazyman Boxes” with limited garnish. Harry also volunteers as the new team mentor with CBBQA. At competitions you will see him take time out to greet new teams and welcome them to competition BBQ and the CBBQA. He answers their questions and assures the teams that you don’t need to be rich or famous to do well in competition BBQ. You do need to be dedicated and work hard. “BBQ is not about luck,” says Harry. “It’s about hard work.”
Slap Yo’ Daddy not only works hard, they work smart. CBBQA is proud to have such great ambassadors for BBQ. They have set the bar high for KCBS contests across the country and competitions throughout the state of California. We congratulate them on making KCBS history and California history.
Way Out West BBQ Championship, Stockton, CA
July 3-4, 2009 ? KCBS
Chicken
1) Slap Yo’ Daddy BBQ
2) Wahoo n KJ’s
3) Too Ashamed to Name
4) Smok’d Chi’s
5) Que Que Kachoo
Ribs
1) Slap Yo’ Daddy BBQ
2) The Smokepranos
3) All Hogs Go to Heaven
4) BLQUE Cuttin Edge Qn
5) Ribs A Rockin
Pork
1) Slap Yo’ Daddy BBQ
2) Smokin Yankees BBQ
3) Mar’s Mobil Grill
4) Ric’s Righteous Ribs
5) Big O’s BBQ
Brisket
1) Slap Yo’ Daddy BBQ
2) All Hogs Go to Heaven
3) BLQUE Cuttin Edge Qn
4) The Smokepranos
5) Smok’d Chi’s
Grand Champion
Slap Yo’ Daddy BBQ
Reserve Champion
All Hogs Go to Heaven
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