Results for the 2007 Harpoon Championships of New England Barbecue

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The judges have eaten and the results are in for the 2007 Harpoon Championships of New England Barbecue

Day 1: Saturday July 28, 2007

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 2007: Lunchmeat

Lunchmeat received 2nd place in Ribs to lead the scoring and become the 2007 Grand Champion.

Reserve Champion: The Anchormen

TOP 5 RESULTS
Grand Champion		Lunchmeat
Reserve Champion		The Anchormen
3rd place		I Smell Smoke! (2006 Grand Champion)
4th place		iQue (2004, 2005 Grand Champion)
5th place		Purple Turtle

The top five in each category:

	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
1	iQue	Bastey Boys	Anchormen	Pokey Smokers
2	Giggling Pigs	Lunch Meat	Bad Bones BBQ	I Smell Smoke!!!
3	Uncle Jed's BBQ	iQue	Transformers	Bad Bones BBQ Crew
4	Q Ball	Flaming Hogs	I Smell Smoke!!!	Champlain Pit Crew
5	I Smell Smoke!	Anchormen	BBQ Guru	Howling Hogs

Day 2: Sunday July 29, 2007

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 Harpoon Summer Sizzler Champion for 2007:

Transformer Barbecue

The rest of the Summer Sizzler Top 5 teams:

TOP 5 RESULTS		Harpoon Summer Sizzler
Grand Champion		Transformer Barbecue
Reserve Champion		The Slabs.com
3rd place		Giggling Pigs BBQ Co.
4th place		iQue
5th place		Yabba Dabba Que

The top five in each category:

	Chef's Choice	Chicken Wings	Pork Chops	Sausage
1	Howling Hog BBQ	Lunchmeat	Sunset Grille & Tap	Giggling Pigs BBQ
2	Transformer Barbecue	The Bastey Boys	Black Diamond BBQ	I Like Smoke-N-Lightning
3	The Purple Turtle Catering Co.	iQue	Transformer Barbecue	iQue
4	Lost Nation Smoke Company	Yabba Dabba Que	Big Boned BBQ	Firetown Smokers
5	Dr. Frank 'N' Swine	Dr. Frank 'N' Swine	The Slabs.com	win State Smoke Co.

Best Booth Competition

All festival attendees were asked to select the winner of the Best Booth Competition, sponsored by White River Toyota. The BBQ Team that received the most votes won $500. The winner of the inaugural Best Booth Competition is Sunset Grill & Tap Room from Stowe, VT.

Guess The Payload Contest

You may have entered the Toyota Tundra Guess the Payload Contest while at the Festival this weekend. We wanted to let you know that from the thousands of entries, we had 3 winners who all submitted guesses within 7 pounds of the total payload in the truckbed of the Toyota Tundra. The 10 full-sized kegs and 15 smaller kegs had a total weight of 2,857 pounds.

Harpoon and White River Toyota would like to congratulate the winners of the Guess the Payload Contest:

Dan from North Pomfret, VT
Jerry from Hoboken, NJ
Bill from New York City

They will each receive a lunch package for 4 at the Harpoon Brewery Beer Garden and a Harpoon Gift Box for each guest.

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.