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RHYTHM - N - QUE APRIL 2010 COOKERS OF THE MONTH
I'M NOT SURE WHERE TO START.... FIRST THING I NEED TO SAY IS HAVE BEEN
CHASING THIS TEAM FOR A WHILE, LITTERALLY CHASING BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT SINCE I HAD THE PLEASURE TO FIRST COOK AGAINST VINCE
CARROCCI THE TEAM KNOWN AS "RYTHYM- N- QUE HADN'T QUITE BEEN FORMED. LET ME DIGRESS A
MOMENT, IN BOULDER CITY NEVADA AT "THE BEST DAMN BARBECUE CONTEST" IN 2006 I HAPPENED
TO BE COOKING IN MY SPOT ACCROSS FROM VINCE AND HIS FRIEND TIM HOFFMAN OF "BARBECUE BULLIES" AND BECAUSE I WAS A
ROOKIE(UNDERSTATEMENT) I WAS CRITICAL OF EVERYTHING I SAW THEM TWO FELLERS DOING AS I SAT THERE DRINKING BEERS AND RELAXING
THINKING I HAD THIS ONE ALL "WRAPPED UP" WELL I SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKING NOTES BECAUSE
ONCE THE TEAM OF ALEXA FAIRBAIRN AKA "THE GODDESS OF MAGIC FLAVOR" AND VINCENT -VQ- CARROCCI AKA " THE GLORIFIED
FIRE TENDER" FORMED THE TEAM "RYTHYM=N=QUE" IT HAS BEEN HARD TO CATCH UP!
FIRST PLACE DESSERTS THE JACK 2009 SECOND
PLACE CHICKEN THE JACK 2008 CALIFORNIA TEAM OF THE YEAR 2009 CALIFORNIA TEAM OF THE YEAR 2008 CALIFONIA CO-ROOKIE
TEAM OF THE YEAR 2007 THIRTEEN GRAND CHAMPIONSHIPS 11 RESERVE GRAND CHAMPIONSHIPS OVER 26 FIRST PLACE
FINISHES OVER 16 SECOND PLACE FINISHES OVER
TWENTY THIRD PLACE FINISHES IN 08 AND 09 OVER 18 TOP TEN FINISHES AND OVER TEN IN THE TOP FIVE ARE YOU UNDERSTANDING WHERE I AM GOING?
DESPITE THE ACCOLADES AND AWARD THEY SEEM TO BE STACKING UP AT A HARRIED PACE VINCENT AND ALEXA EMBODY
THE SPIRIT OF BARBECUE. MANY OF YOU AS I HAVE HAVE, NO DOUBT HAVE SEEN THESE TWO FINE PEOPLE
AT A CONTEST SOMEWHERE EITHER SUPPORTING CHARITIES, OR ACTING AS WELCOMING AMBASSADORS AND GENUINELY JUST BEING ALL AROUND
GOOD PEOPLE. I ALWAYS SAY "YOU NEVER MEET A BAD SOUL AT A BARBECUE" AND THESE TO
EPITOMISE THOSE WORDS TO THIER TRUEST FORM. IN FACT VINCE IS USUALLY ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO COME OVER AND GREET ME AT
MOST OF THE CONTESTS WE HAVE COOKED AT, AND AS ONE OF THE"YOUNG GUNS" IN THE FIELD THATS BEEN PRETTY COOL FOR ME. WHEN I FAINALLY CAUGHT UP WITH THEM WE SPENT TIME TALKING ABOUT SO MANY THINGS...
CLUB AFFILIATIONS...AZ BARBECUE, AND CBBQA SAUCES AND RUBS...WE MAKE OUR OWN FAVORITE CONTEST... CLOVIS CALIFORNIA, SO MANY
REASONS- MOST MEMORABLE....MODESTO MAY 08- 1ST GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP MOST
DREAMLIKE FINISH- THE JACK BOTH TIMES HIGHEST SCORE...PERFECT 180 IN DESSERTS AT THE JACK
IN 09 TOUGHEST GOAL...2009 CHASING 7 GRANDS TO GET BACK TO THE JACK BEST PIECE OF TEAM GEAR.... THEIR"STOKERS" THANKS TO THEIR SPONSORS "ROCKS BARBECUE" SUPERSTITIONS....EVERYTHING FAVORITE MUSIC...THE BLUES HOW
MANY SHOWS PER YEAR....26 IN 09 14 SO FAR THIS YEAR OVER 53 TOTAL SO FAR ROAD TRIP RITUALS...$5
FLAME SUNGLASSES AND "THE DEAD SKUNK SONG" I TELL YOU THESE TWO HELD NOTHING BACK, THEY CREDIT SO MUCH OF THEIR SUCCESS TO
THREE THINGS. 1. FRIENDS AND MENTORS BRENT AND KIM WALTON AND ALL THEY LEARNED IN TAKING
THEIR BARBECUE CLASS ( "A BUNCH A TIMES...") 2. THE FACT THAT THET HAVE BECOME AN
INTERCHANGABLE TEAM- RESPECTING EACH OTHER AND FOLLOWING EACH OTHERS LEAD INTO BATTLE AND BEING ABLE TO DO EACH OTHERS PART
WHEN NEEDED. AND 3. ABOVE ALL ELSE CONSISTENCY....EVEN GOIN
SO FAR AS TO STATE THAT "NOT CHANGING" SAVED THEM WHEN THEY WENT THROUGH ABOUT A 6 GAME DROUGHT LATE IN 09 WHEN
THEY WERE CHASING THAT SEVENTH GRAND THEY SO DESPERATELY WANTED TO GET THE AUTO CALL FOR THE JACK.
WHEN I ASKED HOW THEY PICK OUT A CONTEST IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET THE ANSWER, "ITS
REALLY TOUGH" ALEXA TOLD ME" WE WANT TO DO THEM ALL, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE FOR CHARITY, AND WE WANT TO BE
LOYAL TO ALL OUR FAVORITES AND HAVE TO GO TO OUR LOCAL ARIZONA SHOWS, WE LOOK AT OPEN DATES AND OUR OWN STAMINA" LIKE
MOST OF US IT ALSO HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH ECONOMICS, AND OR TIME FRAME."FOR US BARBECUE NEVER STOPS, PEOPLE DON'T SEE
ALL THE PRACTICE TIME WE PUT IN" VINCE TOLD ME THAT IN 2007 THEY PRACTICED OVER 20 MOCK COOKS AT HOME, AND IN FEBRUARY
THE TOOK QN4U'S COOKING CLASS WHERE THEY "REALLY TAUGHT US TO THINK ABOUT BARBECUE" WOW WHAT A PRESEASON! WE STILL COOK ON OUR WEBER WSM SMOKERS WITH OUR "STOKERS' PROVIDED BY "ROCKS BARBECUE"
IN PHEONIX AZ. AND PACK ALL OUR GEAR INTO OUR LITTLE ENCLOSED TRAILER PROVIDED BT OUR SPONSORS AT "TRINITY LASER RENTALS"
IN THE PHEONIX AZ. AREA "WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT THE HELP WE GET FROM OUR GRACIOUS SPONSORS"VINCE STATED MORE
THAN ONCE AND YOU KNOW THEY STILL GET A "CHARGE OUT OF HEARING THEIR NAMES CALLED ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON" IF YOU HAVENT MET THE "RYTHYM-N- QUE" TEAM YET I HOPE YOU DO SOMEDAY! LOOK FOR THEM
IN THEIR BRIGHT FLAME COVERED SHIRTS, AND VINCES PERFECTLY COIFFED HAIR, MOST LIKELY GETTING EVEN MORE CALLS ON A SATURDAY
AT A BARBECUE NEAR YOU... IF YOU LIVE IN THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES.
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RHYTHM-N-QUE...ROCKIN A CONTEST NEAR YOU!
