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Those Crackers Were Smokin’ At The BBQ Fest


By GARY PINNELL

The grand champion Saturday at the Central Florida BBQ Festival was HomeBBQ.com of Dothan, Ala., but Sebring and Lake Placid teams smoked the rest of the competition.

Smokin’ Cracker-Creative Printing won the People’s Choice award, and was the reserve champion. The Sebring team also won for best sauce, best chicken, second best beer-can chicken, and third best ribs.

Smokin’ Cracker also was named the Highlands County Rib Champion, and the Highlands County Home Boy.

Other Local Winners

People’s Choice: Smokin’ Cracker; first; McGruff’s-Glades Electric, second.

Anything But: McGruff’s, first.

Hog Calling Contest: Ceil Pearman of Sebring.

Highlands County Rib Champion: Smokin’ Cracker, first; Woodhouse Grill-Heartland Motors of Lake Placid, second; FL Cracker BBQ, third.

Highlands County Home Boy: Smokin’ Cracker, first; Woodhouse Grill, second; FL Cracker BBQ, third.

Chicken: Smokin’ Cracker BBQ, first; Scruffs, fifth.

Beer Can Chicken: Smokin’ Cracker, second; Florida Boys-Budweiser of Sebring, third.

Pork: FL Cracker BBQ, third.

Ribs: Smokin’ Cracker BBQ, third; Woodhouse Grill, fourth.

Brisket: Woodhouse Grill, first.

Chili: Florida Boys, first; McGruff’s, second.

Top 10 Grand Champion teams: Woodhouse Grill, fourth; FL Cracker BBQ, 7th.

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