Grand Champion @ 215 Ironman Competition
2021 KCBS BBQ Gives Back -PERFECT in RIBS, Day 2
2021 KCBS BBQ Gives Back – 1st Place RIBS, Day 1

5 top ten MIM Hogs 2nd,3rd,4th,6th, and 8th
Memphis in May World Championship Whole Hog- 2nd,3rd, and 6th place finishes.

Top 10 finishes in all meat and side categories
throughout competitions in the Pacific Northwest
2019 National Golden Ticket winner for SCA

2021- 180 Chicken (KCBS), 2019-2020 CBBQA TOY
Chicken 7th, Ribs 5th, Most winningest Sauce
and Rub manufacturer in Australia 2017-2020

Owen views cooking as more of an art than a science and as a way to express himself through food; he always strives to create something new and delicious

The Argentine asado king brings a delicious South American twist to Texas grilling, from the beautiful open fire grills he sells, to the amazing chimichurri seasoning mix he developed.

2021 Qualified and selected to compete at The Jack! 29 total KCBS Contests 1 GC, 1 RGC, 42 category top 10s, 2021 KCBS average scores all above 170

4 Grand Championships, 4 Reserve Championship, qualified for the KCBS invitational all 3 years and already qualified for the 4th. 2020 finished 5th & 15th in TOY FIR Brisket & Pork

Several KCBS Grand Championship, Reserve Grand Championships, and several Category Wins, Top 15’s & Top 25’s in KCBS Team of the Year Chase in 2019 and 2020

2nd Place Brisket & 5th Chicken earning Reserve Grand Champion at the Lonestar BBQ Association Elks Lodge Cook-off, 2nd Place Brisket at the Rattlesnake Cook-off in
Walnut Springs, TX

GC in 2021. 7th Place Ribs at the 2021 2nd Annual Royal Oak Invitational. Multiple top ten calls in all categories in the last 5 years

NVBBQA TOY 1st place (as of this writing) 2021
Perfect-Perfect 180 at the Royal Oak Invitational
Placed in the top 10 overall – 4 times (out of 5 competitions in 2021)

Grand Champion- 2023 OBA, Multiple RGC, Multiple first place in each meat category, Many top ten finishes. We’re a team of four great friends who like to cook and have a good time.

2022 Golden Ticket for Fort Worth, 2021 Praise the Lard MBN Grand Champion, 2021 2nd Place MBN Rib Team of the year standings, Winner of 2021 10th Inning Rib Shootout

In 33 KCBS contests (2017-2021), 3 Grand Championships, 18 Overall Top 10s, 9 Chicken Top 10s, 15 Ribs, Top 10s, 17 Pork Top 10s, 12 Brisket Top 10s, 2021 CBBQA 2nd place Team of the Year

Reserve Grand Camps, Hanor Smokin Red Dirt-2021
9 KCBS contests in 2019, 10 contests in 2021, 5 contests in 2019. 2019 was our first-year cooking Pro

Royal Oak Invitational. What I am most proud of is now I have both of my boys interested in competition BBQ and performing at a high level.

1st place chicken at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue, and 2nd in Ribs at Memphis in May. TV appearances on Chopped, “BBQ Brawl & Smoke & Ribbons: A DocQmentary

Competes Nationally with 1st brisket in 4 different states, and 1st rib in 3 different states

Won Golden ticket to the SCA World Championship every year, Won the opportunity to compete in the Georgia, Alabama, East Coast, Gulf Coast State championships, and the World Food Championship

Finished top ten in KCBS 2021, finished top 3 in IBCA 2020

SCA Steak Competition
4th Place Call Two Times
9th Place Call

2019 9th overall Boogie and Blues BBQ
2018 10th overall Atlanta BBQ Fest
2017 1st Rib Sam’s Tour Perfect Perfect 180

COME AND EAT IT is a competition team for Pinkerton’s BBQ, a Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ Joint featured on the Food Network and Cooking Channel.  Two-time Memphis in May Beef Grand Champion 2019 & 2021. Rib finalist at The World Championship BBQ Contest at the Houston Rodeo.

5 GC’s in 2021
Finished top ten overall in IBCA for 2021
I have two top ten calls at the American Royal

2021 KCBS Backyard Overall Points Team of the Year, 2021 KCBS Backyard #2 Chicken Team of the Year, 2021 KCBS Backyard #2 Rib Team of the Year

SCA Oklahoma State Points Champion 2021, State Champion 2020, multiple SCA wins, Ranked top 10 in the nation in Steak and Ancillary. Finished ranked 3rd overall in KCBS in 2019 in 10 contests or less category.

Perfect 180 Score in 4 Categories

Grand Champion of the 2021 Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off, Grand Champion of the 2021 SC BBQ Shootout Day 1, Nominated to be a board member of the 2022 Georgia BBQ Championship (GBC)

2021 Grand Champion Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown Myrtle Beach, 2020 Reserve Grand Champion Darlington Speed and Feed

Chopped Grillmaster on Food Network
BBQ Pitmasters on TLC
Top 10 at 2017 International Rankings

2021 NEBS TOY, 15th place overall at 2021 Jack Daniels Invitational including 8th place Pork, 1st place, Brisket with a perfect 180 at the 2021 Royal Oak invitational 2021 Sun BBQFest grand champion & winner of World Food Champion Golden Ticked for 2022

75 contests with over 180 calls, 6 Grand Champions/4 Reserve Grand Champions, Inaugural Royal Oak Chicken Champion, Opened Fire Dancer BBQ & Supply carrying RO products, Produced & launched a successful BBQ Rub line

Grand Champion Keller Lions Club IBCA State Championship, Won SCA events in Roanoke TX, Graham TX, & have qualified for SCA World Championship, as well as the American Royal both of which I will be attending

9th Place Pork – Marietta River City BBQ 2021, 9th Place Turkey – Marietta River City BBQ 2021, #Traegergameday Grand Champion 2021, 5th place Beef Rub (Triple B) Rubs of Honor 2020, 6th place, Seafood Rub (Competition rub) Rubs of Honor 2020

2021: 1 GC (Smoke in the Park) and 2 RGCs, 2 180 Perfect Score Chicken (2nd Place Chicken at KCBS World Invitational) 15 Top 10 Overall Calls, 21 Top 10 Chicken, 12 Top 10 Ribs, 9 Top 10 Pork, 10 Top 10 Brisket, 4th Place KCBS Chicken Team of Year

4 perfect scores in prelims in 2021
2021 Delta BBQ battle pro champion
2021 MBN overall, whole hog, and Pulled Pork Team of the year

2021 #1 Food truck in America, 2021 BBQ Warrior Grand Champion, 2019 King of the Q series winner, Since 2015 we have 16 GC calls and 13 RGC calls, 2015 100 top 3 category calls

Royal Oak Invitational Top 10 Finish, Royal Oak Steak Contest 6th Overall, 1 Grand Champion, 3 Reserve Champions, 3 700s Overall, 16 1st Place Meat Category Finishes, 6 180s Brisket

The only person ever to win a dual MBN and KCBS Grand Championship on the same day at a double event, not once, but TWICE. Featured on the Food Network and Travel Channel network TV shows, Four-time MBN Team of the Year

3 Golden Tickets, 1st place in McDonough Georgia SCA, 1st Place in Evergreen, AL SCA, Invited and Accepted offer to Team Arkassippi, Started BBQ Supply Store online

16 GCs and RGCs: Nor’easter BBQ Showdown GC (2021), New Jersey KnoQ-out GC (2020), Kora Kare for Kids Ride-In & BBQ Competition GC (2019), Ribs and Rhythm & Blues GC (2019)

1st place Steak (Golden Ticket), 5th place Steak, 2nd place Ancillary (Golden Ticket), Reserve Champion (West Salem, OR)/2021 – SCA, 5th place Steak, 1st place Steak (Golden Ticket)

Back-to-Back When Pigs Fly Indoor BBQ Champions
2021 Border War Booze-B-Que Champion
Multiple Perfect 180 wins in Dessert

Grand Champion 2015 Stand by Your Grill
Grand Champion 2016 Variety Club’s BBQ Contest
Grand Champion 2016 Smokin’ in the Forest BBQ Contest

Competed and Qualified in the World Food Championship in 2016, 2017, 2018 as one of the top 5 Lady Pitmasters in the US, Consistently top 10 California team since 2015

KCBS 2021 13th Overall in TOY, 2021 3rd Overall in Ribs TOY, 2021 8th Overall in Pork TOY, 2021 11th, Overall, in Chicken TOY, 2021 Banjo-B-Que Grand Champion, Over 40 Grand/RGC

2021 1st place IBCA Region 1, 2021 3rd Place IBCA overall, 2021 4 Grand Championships, 3 Reserve Grand Championships, 9 other Top 10 finishes in the calendar year 2021

1st GC in August, Cooked 24 contests plus the KCBS Open, 38 top 10 calls, plus a 16th in chicken call at the American Royal (our 4th call at the Royal), 180 in chicken the weekend before in Gardner

MBN Top 10 Team of the year Hog 2021, MBN Top 20 Team of the year Ribs 2021 Memphis in May 2021 14th Rib, 1st Place chicken, 4th Place turkey, Multiple Finals and top 10s in MBN circuit 2019-2021

2021 19th place in the KCBS Master series Chicken (1600 teams), 2021 2nd place in the 11-15, KCBS contest grouping for Chicken (150+ teams), 2021 KCBS 1st Place Chicken out of 81

2021 Chicken Team of the year in California, 2021 Pork Team of the year in California, 2021 3rd place overall in California, 2021 3rd Place overall in Ribs for California

 Memphis in May World Beef Champion
Memphis in May World BBQ sauce champion
Kansas State Grand Champion

Multiple GC, RGC, and 700 awards, 2021 14th place rib TOY, 2021 American Royal Sausage Champion, Calls in both the Invitational and Open American Royal

2017 American Royal top 10 overall (invitational), 2016 American Royal Reserve Grand Champion (open) with 3 top 15 calls, Top 75 overall rankings in 2017 (KCBS), 5 700+ scores with a high of 711

Countless top 10 finishes in Steak (SCA), 3rd in my very first KCBS was amazing! Grand Champion 2017 Delta BBQ Battle

RGC 2021 Royal Oak Charcoal Invitational, 1st place pork 2019 American Royal Invitational, RGC 2019 Royal Oak Charcoal Invitational

2021 4th Place Chicken American Royal Oak with a 180, 2021 Grand Champion Laurie Hillbilly BBQ with a 706, 2020 KCBS World Invitational 6th Place Chicken, 7th Place Ribs

 2015 Memphis in May World Championship, earning both the 1st Place Poultry and 2nd Place Whole Hog titles as part of team Salty Rinse

Multiple Grand Champions and Reserve Grand Champions, Top 15 Overall at the 2021 American Royal Invitational, Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational BBQ Team

2021 on the MBN Circuit, Top 10 finish in ribs twice at the Memphis in May Competition the last 8 years, 2019 Pulled Pork Team of the Year MBN

RGC 2021 Royal Oak Charcoal Invitational, 1st place pork 2019 American Royal Invitational, RGC 2019 Royal Oak Charcoal Invitational

2 World championships 5 National Championships, Grand Champion at 20XX Florida BBQ Fun Cook
Grand Champion at 2017 Sam’s National

3rd place overall at 2021 Jack Daniel’s Invitational, 2021 #14 overall KCBS TOY, #10 brisket, and pork TOY, #24 chicken TOY, 2019 #13 overall KCBS TOY, #11 rib TOY, #8 brisket, and pork TOY

Grand Champion 2018 Big BBQ Bash Maryville, TN
Reserve Grand 2016 Smokin’ in the Valley
Reserve Grand 2014 Grills Gone Wild Contest

All members qualifying for the Steak Cookoff Association (SCA) World Championship in our 1st year of competing, Jason made the final round of cooks at the SCA World Championship event

Best BBQ black hills, 3 top ten finishes Memphis in May 2021, Two top-ten finishes 2020. 3rd place ribs Southaven Springfest 2021

Four time winner of SCA Steak events. Numerous top 10 SCA steak and ancillary awards. Two time qualifier for the SCA World Championships. World Food Championships participant in both BBQ and Burger.

2021: KCBS TOY 5th Overall, 3rd Chicken, 11th Ribs, 1st Pork, 12th Brisket, 2020: KCBS TOY 4th Overall, 5th Chicken, 12th Ribs, 2nd Pork, 1st Brisket, 2019: KCBS TOY 13th Overall in Chicken

5th runner-up American Royal Invitational 2019, numerous American Royal calls, numerous GC’s, numerous stage calls, Sams finals appearances, TV show participation

Several GC’s and RGC. Minnesota team of the year 2020, South Dakota rookie team of the year 2018, many category and overall top 10’s

Multiple category top 10s in FBA and KCBS and 4th place ribs at the Royal Oak Invitational

15 Grand and Reserve Grand Championships, appeared on BBQ Crawl, All You Can Meat, and won HCCO’s Big Bertha Brisket Trophy

Misty combines her creative and engaging talents with her love of smoke and meat.  Her mission is to share her journey and to inspire more women to step up to the grill.

Invited to compete in the World Foods Championship, Competed in the World Steak Championship 4th year in a row, Qualified for the 1st 2022 SCA Ancillary Championship

American Royal open Pork Champion 25+ Grand Champions and Reserve Grands, American Royal Open Grand Champion, Finalist at the Houston Rodeo World Championship, Former KCBS Team of the Year

Competed in the Memphis in May, Won Golden Ticket to compete at the World Championship Steak Competition for SCA, Cooked on the team at the Jack Daniel Invitational, Competed on a television outdoor barbecuing show

Over 50 top 10 finishes in BBQ competitions in last 5 years, 8 BBQ Grand Championships, 5 BBQ Reserve Grand Championships, Pacific Northwest BBQ Association (PNWBA) 2021 Team of the Year

10 Grand Champions, 2 Reserve GC, 5 top 10 calls at The American Royal, Competed at 2016 Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational

MBN Reserve Team of the year 2021, Memphis in May 4th place whole hog 2021, 4 Grand Championships on the MBN circuit, Memphis in May 2nd place whole hog 2019

Won 4 State Championships, 4th at the Jack Daniels World Championships in Brisket & finished 10th overall, Memphis Hot Wing Champs, South Carolina BBQ Assoc. 2019 State Champion, South Carolina BBQ Assoc.

11th Ribs KCBS TOY (2020), Competed in 105 contests in the past 5 years & had 12 GC’s and 5 RGC’s, 60 top 10 overall finishes, 210 Top Category Finishes, Top five in Ribs KCBS TOY(2018,2019)

Many top 10 calls, Won Championships, SCA World Championships, Qualified to Cook in the Oklahoma State Championships

2019 SCA top 15 Teams, Cooked 45 SCA Events 20 top 10 calls and 11 top 5 calls 2019 SCA number 1 team in Oklahoma

2021 Royal Oak Invitational Grand Champion (October), 2021 SC BBQ Shootout Grand Champion (Day 2) (October), 2021 Pitmaster Challenge at Rutherford College, NC Grand Champion (Sept)

Member of Myron Mixon’s 2021 World Championship Team, on The Discovery Channel Moonshiners Smoke Ring cooking a whole hog, Appeared on Beat Bobby Flay & Rematch

Appeared on Beat Bobby Flay & Rematch
Appeared on Food Network’s Burgers, Brew ‘n Que
World Food Championship 2018 World’s Best Sandwich

Specializes in Live Fire Cooking and owns SuperSkewer, LLC  that manufactures Stainless Steel Skewers. Currently, he travels around the Pacific Northwest and participate in BBQ events to showcase and teach the art of Live Fire Cooking.

43 contests in 9 years (plan to do 15-20 more this year), 20 overall walks, 18 chicken walks, 20 rib walks, 17 pork walks, 18 brisket walks, Appeared on Beat, Bobby Flay & Rematch

2nd Place Ribs at The Shed Showdown 2022, On 2021 Memphis in May 1st Place Ribs & 2022 Memphis In May 2nd Place Ribs, 9th Place Ribs KCBS-IGDC, Numerous top 5 ancillary awards, Ranked #1 in LA for SCA Ancillaries 2022

12th Place in Chicken among 467 teams at the 2021 American Royal Open, 1st Place in Pork at the 2019 Bikes, Boats & Bones in Kimberling City, MO., Beat three-time KCBS Team of the Year Gettin’ Basted who was 2nd place

2021 SCBA State Champion in Ribs and Butts, 2021 highest score in the history of the SCBA with 22 ’16+” scores in butts and 19 “16 +” scores in ribs, 2019 SCBA Team of the Year

KCBS-146 contest, 3-GCs, 5-RGc, numerous category wins and calls, 5 Times cooking American Royal, 3rd overall in 2018, numerous top 10 Calls in Meats and sides, 3-time KCBS World Invitational Qualifier, 1st in Ribs

Finished in the top 10 in 20 out of 29 contests from 2019-2021, 2020 had 3 Reserve grand KCBS finishes and a non sanctioned Reserve Grand, Achieved our 1st KCBS Grand Championship this year at the Hoosier Classic in Franklin, IN

Finished KCBS Season Ranked 9th overall in the Team of the Year points race, 6 GC’s & 2 RGC’s, Finished 1st overall, Ranked top-5 in each of the 4 main categories (chicken, ribs, pork & brisket), Competed in both the Jack and the Royal this past season

Placed in The Shed Ribs in 2019, Starting a Daily Food Service and Event Catering business that uses Royal Oak only!

Brandon Crain & I both are invited to the Steak Cookoff Association World Championship for 2021 held in Ft. Worth, TX in March 2022, Team Arkassippi and Brand Ambassadors for All QUED UP Seasonings

I’m a top 10 Ancillary Cook and a top 30 SCA cook, I cooked with your team 3 Hog Night at the Royal and took 5th in Sausage

Grand Champion 2018 Mississippi State Championship

Competition Smoker Builder
Social Media Content Creator

Southern BBQ Network Team of the Year 2020 & 2021, Southern BBQ Network Invitational 2019 Grand Champion, Southern BBQ Network Invitational 2021 Reserve Grand Champion

9 Grand Champions
DC Battle Grand Champion
3-time Grand Champion at the NJ State BBQ Competition

2021 Jack Daniels invitational, 2021 SCA world championships qualified for top 40, 2021 WFC Burger 11th place, 2021 Famous Dave’s Put in on the Menu champion, 2021 SCA Dixon California winner, 2020 Reserve Grand Champion Outdoor cooking

Spanning 40 years with 5x World Grand Championships and 23x World Championships in individual categories at Memphis in May, The American Royal and the Jack Daniels Invitational, and 100s of top 10 finishes across our team career history.

MABA team of the year for 2016 to 2021. Top 25 in KCBS for the last five years. Inaugural Royal Oak Invitational Grand Champion. Over 50 GC’s and RGC’s combined in our career history with too many 1st place category finishes to list.

Grand Champion at 2020 GBC Throwdown with 700+ Score, 1st place Chicken with 180 scores at Papa Joe’s Banjo B Que 2021, Yes, Dear BBQ Red & Yes, Dear BBQ Competition Sauce was on the 2019 1st place Memphis In May Ribs