Results for the 2006 Harpoon Championships of New England Barbecue

Type: Announcements

The judges have eaten and the results are in for the 2006 Harpoon Championships of New England Barbecue

Day 1: Saturday July 22, 2006

Four categories (Chicken, Ribs, Pork, and Brisket) are competed on the first day of the championships, with the overall score combined to determine the Grand Champion. The Grand Champion is the state champion of Vermont and will represent the state in the National Championships. For complete rules and scoring, visit the New England Barbecue Society.

Grand Champion for 2006: I Smell Smoke!!

I Smell Smoke!! received 1st place in Ribs and Park, and 3rd place in Brisket to lead the scoring and become the 2006 Grand Champion.

Reserve Champion: IQue (2004, 2005 Grand Champion)

The top five in each category:

	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
1	Regal BBQ	I Smell Smoke!!	I Smell Smoke!!	IQue
2	Bare Bones BBQ	The Bastey Boys	Firefly's	Jack's Old South
3	Lunchmeat	Bourbon & Beale	Lunchmeat	I Smell Smoke!!
4	Crispy Critters	Central Pork West	Dr. Frank'n'Swine	Flaming Hog BBQ
5	Back 40 BBQ	Seabrisket	The BBQ Guru Cooking Team	Seabrisket

Day 2: Sunday July 23, 2006

The second day of the championships is the Harpoon Summer Sizzler. Four more categories (Chef's Choice, Chicken Wings, Pork Chops, and Sausage) are judged. For complete rules and scoring, visit the New England Barbecue Society.

Overall Summer Sizzler Champion for 2006:

Sunset Grill & Tap Room from Stowe, VT

The rest of the Summer Sizzler Top 5 teams:

2. Firefly's

3. Uncle Jed's BBQ

4. Yankee BBQ Boys

5. Feeding Friendz

The top five in each category:

	Chef's Choice	Chicken Wings	Pork Chops	Sausage
1	IQue	Lunchmeat	Sunset Grill & Tap Room	Firefly's
2	Uncle Jed's BBQ	Bourbon & Beale	Black Diamond Barbeque	Uncle Jed's BBQ
3	Black Diamond Barbeque	Bare Bones BBQ	I Smell Smoke!!	Sunset Grill & Tap Room
4	Yankee BBQ Boys	IQue	Lost Nation Smoke Co.	Firetown Smokers
5	Lost Nation Smoke Co.	Dr. Frank'n'Swine	Firefly's	Feeding Friendz

Everyone at Harpoon would like to thank all of the teams who participated and vended at this year's championships as well as all of the KCBS judges who made the trip to oversee the competition. We look forward to seeing everyone again next year.