The BBQ Report

Ok, you’ve had enough Tivo lag to have watched the final episode of OLN’s All Star BBQ Showdown, so I’m going to talk about it now.

The top prize went to one of the amateur teams, the female three-some “Squeal of Approval”, who beat out pro Mike Davis and a couple of Alabama backyards calling themselves team “En Fuego”.

Surprisingly both of the amateur teams that made it into the semi-finals progressed on to the final round, knocking out a number of top BBQ pros in the process. Semi-finals were ribs (spare or baby back, chef’s choice).

En Fuego had top score in ribs, while Squeal of Approval barely beat out Eddie Maurin in a tie breaker to progress to the finals, which was pork butte.

In the end I guess, it was Squeal of Approval’s beautiful buttes really wowed the judges.