A HUGE THANK-YOU AND A WELL DESERVED HONORABLE MENTION
TO ALL THE AKBBQA MEMBERS WITHOUT WHO'S HELP THIS CLASS COULD NOT HAVE TAKEN PLACE .
 

THANKS TO MR. JOE ZIEGLER FOR THE USE OF HIS HUGE SMOKER. IT WAS ONE GIGANTIC HELP!

                                INSTRUCTOR: MR JIM MONIHAN
                       ( KCBS CERTIFIED BBQ JUDGING INSTRUCTOR )
              A REALLY GREAT JOB, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE HIM BACK AGAIN
                       
     FOOD PREP AND COOKING (WHICH WAS AN ALL NIGHT AFFAIR) WAS DONE BY
        MR NORMAN JONES, JEFF DECKARD, AND SHELLY DECKARD, NORMAN SPENT THE ENTIRE NIGHT COOKING AND TENDING THE SMOKER, GREAT JOB ALL OF YOU AND  NORMAN THE FOOD WAS JUST PLAIN GREAT( CHICKEN, RIBS, PORK, AND BRISKET )

      SHELLY DECKARD, AND MARILYN NIGRO WERE ON HAND TO REGISTER THE PARTICIPANTS,  FINE JOB

       PRE CLASS ROOM PREP. WAS DONE BY, MARILYN NIGRO, SHELLY DECKERD, HAYDEN JONES, AND BILL & ROSEANN GIBSON

  BY THE WAY ( HAYDEN JONES IS NORMAN'S GRANDSON AND HE WAS A GREAT HELP IN ALL AREA'S OF PREP. AND PRESENTATION, A BIG THANKS TO A FINE YOUNG MAN.)

 ALL OF THE PRESENTATION BOXES WERE PREPARED AND PRESENTED TO THE JUDGES BY: MARILYN NIGRO, BONNIE SHEFFIELD, HAYDEN JONES AND BILL GIBSON
 TALK ABOUT BUSY, BUT EVERYTHING CAME OFF WITHOUT A HITCH.

         A REALLY REALLY BIG THANKS TO JEFF AND SHELLY DECKARD FOR THE KITCHEN CLEAN UP

          BILL GIBSON TOOK THE PHOTO'S (THAT'S ME ), BUT ONCE THINGS GOT ROLLING THE CAMERA WAS REPLACED WITH A PRESENTATION BOX, SO I AM SORRY THAT THERE ARE JUST A FEW PIC'S.

  IT WAS A GREAT DAY AND  WE NOW HAVE 34 NEW KCBS CERTIFIED BBQ JUDGES,
 AGAIN THANKS TO EVERY ONE FOR THEIR HELP.

                           MARILYN AND NORM