Grand Champion – Smooth & SmOakey Salad Dodgers
The Verified Black Angus Beef BBQ competition was hosted at the Angus Australia office demonstrating the full paddock to palate experience for consumers and allowing Angus producers to experience first-hand preparation of the premium Angus product they contribute to.
The competition saw 15 of the best pitmasters from around Australia go to head-to-head preparing cuts from Verified Black Angus Beef brands, NH Foods Australia’s Angus Reserve, Jack’s Creek Black Angus and Macka’s Australian Black Angus Beef, for the 260 punters in attendance.
Shannon Walker from Foxtel’s Meatstock Butcher Wars Competition was MC for the day and kept attendees entertained sharing tricks of the butcher trade and interviews with the brand owners and competing teams.
Meat & Livestock Australia Corporate Butcher, Doug Piper was also on hand with demonstrations of a whole rump breakdown, whole blade breakdown and rib set breakdown.
Angus Australia’s Commercial Supply Chain Manager, Liz Pearson said that the event is run to allow producers to taste the amazing Angus beef that many producers in attendance would have contributed to the production of and allow producers to gain insight from the brand owners and the pitmasters about the beef traits they are chasing.
COMPETITION RESULTS
ANGUS RESERVE BEEF CHEEKS
1st – Country Boys
2nd – Smoked Beyond Smoked
3rd – Jack’s Creek BBQ Team
4th – Signature Smoke
5th – Smooth & SmOakey Salad Dodgers
ANGUS RESERVE PICANHA
1st – Meat Graffiti BBQ
2nd – Pit Crew BBQ
3rd – Jack’s Creek BBQ Team
4th – Butterbeard BBQ
= 5th – Lamb Shank Redemption
= 5th – Smooth & SmOakey Salad Dodgers
JACK’S CREEK BLACK ANGUS TRITIP
1st – Smooth & SmOakey Salad Dodgers
2nd – Jack’s Creek BBQ Team
3rd – Smokin’ Hot N Saucy
= 4th – The Raw Meat Experts
= 4th – Big GC’s BBQ
MACKA’S AUSTRALIAN BLACK ANGUS BEEF BRISKET
1st – Big GC’s BBQ
2nd – The Raw Meat Experts
3rd – Smooth & SmOakey Salad Dodgers
4th – Meat Graffiti BBQ
5th – Country Boys
DESSERT
1st – Country Boys
2nd – Smokin’ Hot N Saucy
3rd – Signature Smoke
4th – Lamb Shank Redemption
5th – Big GC’s BBQ
GRAND CHAMPION – Smooth & SmOakey Salad Dodgers
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION – Jack’s Creek BBQ Team
3rd – Meat Graffiti BBQ
4th – Country Boys
5th – Pit Crew BBQ
6th – The Raw Meat Experts
7th – Smoked Beyond Smoked
8th – Butterbeard BBQ
= 9th – Big GC’s BBQ
= 9th – Smokin’ Hot N Saucy