TWYFORD BARBECUE AND CATERING FOOD SO
GOOD WE PUT OUR NAME ON IT!
OKAY SO MANY OF YOU PROBABLY MET "THE REV" THE SAME WAY I DID...... A
GOOD OL' BOY IN A RED SHIRT( WE'LL GET INTO THAT LATER) AND A PAIR OF COVERALLS BOBBLES UP TO INFORM YOU THAT THE TRADITIONAL
"SHOT" AND BLESSING WILL BE AT TEN IN THE MORNING ON SATURDAY.
WELL I MET RANDY AND MARLA IN MURPHYSBORO AT THE "APPLE CITY" COOKOFF PUT ON BY MIKE MILLS AND
SEVENTEENTH STREET BARBECUE EVERY YEAR IN SEPTEMBER SO I COULDNT THINK OF A BETTER TEAM TO HIGHLIGHT THIS MONTH. HE AND ANOTHER
FRIEND RUEBEN GOMEZ TEAMED UP AND WERE COOKING TOGETHER. THE SHOT AS MANY OF YOU KNOW WAS GENTELMEN JACK, PERFECTLY CHILLED
AND THE BLESSING WAS GIVEN BY RANDY HIMSELF, AN ORDAINED MINISTER IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND WAS A GREAT WAY TO PART
THE FOUL WEATHER AND KICK OFF A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR BARBECUE. OF COURSE AT THE TIME THEY WERE
" ULCER ACRES BARBECUE" NAMED AFTER THE FAMILY FARM IN JACKSONVILLE ILLINOIS. ABOUT LAST NOVEMBER THEY HAD CHANGED
THE NAME AND DECIDED THAT THEIR BARBECUE WAS SO GOOD THEY WANTED TO PUT THEIR NAME ON IT- GOOD MOVE RANDY!
LETS BACK UP ABOUT SIX YEARS... AFTER TAKING RAY LAMPES QUE-ING CLASS
THEY GOT THEIR FEET WET AND WERE HOOKED ON COMPETITIONS.LOGGING TEN TO TWELVE SHOWS IN THE FIRST YEAR.RANDY TOLD ME EVERY
CALL FEELS LIKE THE FIRST ONE!AND HE IS ALWAYS PROUD AS A PEACOCK EVEN WHEN THEY FINISH SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK. HE TOLD ME ABOUT THEIR FIRST GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP WIN AND HOW THE "LITTLE PIG TROPHY" HAS BECOME ONE OF HIS
MOST PRIZED POSSESIONS, AFTER HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, AND PARTNER MARLA, WHO HE CREDITS AS BOTH THE "CHEMIST" AND THE
BRAINS BEHIND THE OPERATION. THESE TWO ARE STAYING PRETTY BUSY LATELY, BESIDES A FULL CATERING
OPERATION THIS YEAR THEY MADE IT TO ABOUT THIRTYONE SHOWS, WOW! " ONE IS GOOD FOR THE OTHER" RANDY STATES "
OUR CATERING BUSINESS HAS FLOURISHED AFTER SOME OF OUR AWARDS HAVE GIVEN US SOME STREET CRED." WELL THEY WERE AT THE
JACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR THE FIFTH STRAIGHT, AND TALKING ABOUT HEADING TO DEGAQUE
AFTER THAT. YOU GOTTA GET GOOD ABOUT BRAGGIN ON YOURSELF ,BUT AFTER WINNING A SHOW LIKE THE
ONE IN QUINCY ILLINOIS, ALL THE LOCAL TV AND RADIO SURE HELPS.
LETS GET TO THE NITTY GRITTY- I MENTIONED
THE RED SHIRT, WELL I WOULDN'T SAY RANDY IS , UUHM... SUPERSTITIOUS BUT THAT SHIRT IS HIS SO CALLED "LUCKY SHIRT"
AND HE WEARS IT EVERY CONTEST SATURDAY. HE HAS HAD THAT LOWES RACING GOLF SHIRT FOR FIVE YEARS AND ITS STARTING TO WEAR ANYWHERE
THE COVERALLS ARN'T COVERING IT UP. ALSO THERE IS A COOLER NAMED "WHITEY"
THAT "WE DON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT THAT IN THE GEAR PILE. ITS KINDA BECOME THE TEAM MASKOT... " I BET THERE ARE SOME
STORIES ATTACHED TO THAT! I MENTIONED "THE CHEMIST, THAT WOULD BE MARLA
"... WE DON'T LET RANDY KNOW WHATS IN THE SAUCES AND STUFF, "CAUSE HE GETS LIQUORED UP AND STARTS TO BLABBIN!"
YEAH THAT OL' BROWN LIQUOR WILL DO THAT TO YOU. I ASKED WHAT MOTIVATES RANDY
THE MOST, "A GOOD ASS WHOOPIN" HE SAYS "WHY THEM S.O.B.'S" AND GETS BACK TO WORKIN HARD AT WINNIN! WHEN
I ASKED FOR SOME ADVICE HE SAID..." GET A GOOD BANKER, KEEP IT SIMPLE, AND ENJOY THE TIMES WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY!"
SOUND LIKE GOOD ADVICE REV. "THREE SHOWS WE WOULD NEVER MISS... HMMM...MASON
CITY IOWA. THE ROYALE AND MURPHYSBORO ILLINOIS.I LOVE SITTIN AROUND AND B.S'EN WITH MIKE MILLS , I COULD TALK TO HIM FOR DAYS.
PLUS HE THROWS A GREAT PARTY." TWYFORD BARBECUE HAS BEEN A KNOWN MENACE
IN THE CHICKEN CATEGORY YET THIS YEAR PORK HAS BEEN THEIR STRONGEST CATEGORY. HE TOLD ME AFTER ABOUT FOUR SHOWS IF SOMETHING
AINT WORKING THEN WE MIGHT CHANGE IT UP A BIT OTHERWISE LEAVE IT ALONE AND KEEP THINGS SIMPLE. RANDY COOKS ON AN OLD HICKORY CTO MODEL HE HAS PACKED INSIDE A FORTY FOOT RACE CAR HAULER PULLED BY A 1 TON
DODGE DEISEL TRUCK. WELL I HAVE COOKED NEXT TO SOME GREAT FOLKS AND YOU GET
TO MAKE SOME GREAT FRIENDS, I GUESS THATS A BIG PART OF WHY WE LOVE THIS SPORT HEY REV.? BEST OF LUCK TO YOU AND TRAVEL SAFE
SO WE CAN SHARE SOME MORE GOOD TIMES!
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