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NOVEMBER 23, 2016 ISSUE
National BBQ Association presents "The Bib" The catch all for Best in Barbecue.
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BBQ and grilling legends, celebrities, authors, restaurateurs, caterers, competitors, suppliers, product retailers and backyard enthusiasts from all over the country and as far away as Japan will convene in Fort Worth, TX in the stockyards for 4 days of indoor and outdoor industry power sessions, peer-to-peer learning, competitions, award ceremonies, cooking, food tours, a very special public BBQ Bash and more.
Visit www.iambbq2017.com to register or learn more about the NBBQA Annual Conference & BBQ Bash in Fort Worth, TX, March 29 - April, 2017
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Compete in the 2017 NBBQA Awards of Excellence
Do you have a righteous commercially available rub or a sauce that simply stands out?
NBBQA's Annual Awards of Excellence
recognizes the very best barbecue products across 17 unique categories. This is your chance to share your inspiration with the rest of the barbecue world and be recognized for your outstanding contribution to our industry!
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - NBBQA Board of Directors
We are heading into NBBQA's bi-annual election cycle for Officer and Director roles on the NBBQA Board of Directors.
The NBBQA Nominations Committee is seeking nominations for:
President-Elect* Secretary, Treasurer, East Region Board Member**,
Central Region Board Member**, West Region Board Member** and three (3)
Board Members-at-Large.
All candidates must be active members of NBBQA in good standing. Our electronic ballot link will be sent to all NBBQA members in good standing on
December 29th and all votes must be cast by
January 31st.
All elected Officers and Directors will be required to attend our one-day Board Orientation and Board Meeting on Wednesday, March 29
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in Fort Worth, TX prior to I Am BBQ 2017 - The NBBQA Annual Conference & BBQ Bash.
Per NBBQA Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors do not receive any compensation or travel reimbursement for our annual in-person meeting. Participation on monthly Board of Director conference calls is mandatory.
To nominate yourself, please send an email to
[email protected], which should include:
- Your full name.
- The Board position for which you are nominating yourself.
- A 100 word bio, which must include a personal statement as to why you are interested in serving on the NBBQA Board of Directors.
The deadline for nominations is
December 1st, 2016. Each candidate will be verified to ensure they meet the requirements outlined above.
* Nominees for the role of President Elect shall be currently serving or have previously served a minimum of two (2) years on the NBBQA Board of Directors
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** Nominees must reside within the region for which they seek election. To view our regions map, click here
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MEAT + POULTRY
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Protein - red meat, poultry and egg - supplies are ample and seemingly increasing while prices are falling or already at multi-year lows, according to the US Dept. of Agriculture.
FINDER.COM
The humble turkey dinner on Thanksgiving is a staple for most households across America. In fact, 85 percent of Americans will consume 45 million turkeys on Thanksgiving day, according to a 2015 report by the
National Turkey Federation
.
AMAZINGRIBS.COM
This is no ordinary turkey preparation, pilgrims. Digest these logical concepts and you will never again have a dry, stringy, cardboardy, boring bird.
PEOPLE
Take 5 is a
PEOPLE Food series with a mission: Get a star-worthy meal (or dessert or cocktail) on your table in either 5 minutes or using only 5 ingredients. Each recipe has been bravely tested, tasted and approved by our food editors for your eating pleasure. If you're hungry for more recipes, we've
got you covered.
LOS ANGELES TIMES
These days, when you see Adam Perry Lang cooking, you're more likely to see him inside a weather system of barbecue smoke on Jimmy Kimmel's backlot than you are basting a roasting turkey with a Home Depot spray bottle.
mySA.COM
2M Smokehouse opens Dec. 3, showcasing the works of pitmaster and San Antonio native
Esaul Ramos, who studied under
John Lewis, arguably Austin's best barbecue pitmaster before Lewis left that city's La Barbecue last year to launch his own Lewis Barbecue in Charleston, South Carolina.
THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Participants in this past February's barbecue cook-off at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo may have noticed something different among the accents and languages heard and spoken by the competitors.
Learn how to brine and smoke a turkey with Aaron
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BLOOMBERG NEWS
China is looking to hedge the cost of its pork addiction.
In a country that consumes half the world's pork, price swings have become so large that they hurt the ability of domestic producers to keep up with demand, even with a herd of 450 million pigs. Imports are the highest ever and exceed all other buyers.
AG WEB, POWERED BY FARM JOURNAL
China's WH Group Ltd, the world's largest pork supplier, said recently Chinese private equity investor CDH Investments plans to sell an aggregate HK$10.6 billion ($1.37 billion) worth of shares in the company to unidentified third-party investors.
CNN
Nqobani Mlagisi grew up on a farm in Zimbabwe, where grilling, smoking and curing meats was such a part of everyday life that he didn't really notice it was happening.
KANSAS CITY BUSINESS JOURNAL
The Kansas City Business Journal's quest to find the area's best barbecue restaurant yielded a plethora of amazing contestants.
NEWS & OBSERVER
Renowned eastern North Carolina barbecue pitmaster Ed Mitchell is launching a food truck, which can be booked for upcoming holiday events, according to a press release sent out Sunday night.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
If you're near Harrisburg, make a pit stop for sandwiches at the well-hidden
ShakeDown BBQ
(668 Firehouse Road, Grantville, Pa.;
shakedownbbq.com
). The menu changes regularly, but the sausage is always good. It is open all day Friday and Saturday and for lunch only on Thursday and Sunday.
THE LOCAL TOURIST
Famous Dave's of America Founder Dave Anderson, one of Chicago's original pitmasters, is joining forces with the Windy City's "Who's Who" in barbeque on an insider's bus tour of the city's rich barbeque history. The tour will be broadcast on Facebook Live.
HOME + GARDEN
Chef Alyssa Wilen teaches hands-on cooking classes in South End's Atherton Market.
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National Barbecue & Grilling Association
P.O. Box 9686 | Naperville, IL 60567-9686
www.nbbqa.org
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