Madison
Ribberfest KCBS Contest
Getta Que
of Ohio
is tastiest KCBS team
Schneiders
have been competing
in Madison since 2005
By
Helen E. McKinney
Contributing Writer
MADISON, Ind. (September 2012) When barbecuing
is in your blood, you know youre going to win. As winners of this
years Madison Ribberfest pro barbecue cooking competition, Getta
Que moves on to more national events and more prestige with their
barbecue know-how.
2012
Madison Ribberfest
KCBS Pro Cooking Results
Aug.
18, 2012 in Madison, Ind.
Overall
Top 10
1. Getta Que
2. Pappy Q
3. Iowas Smokey Ds BBQ
4. Velvet Smoke
5. Shigs In Pit
6. Squealers Award Winning BBQ
7. Bronze Star BBQ
8. ZZ-QUE
9. Moonswiners
10. Scramblin Eggs BBQ
Chicken
Top 10
1. Yellow River BBQ
2. Pig Pak
3. Retired and Rubbin It
4. Scramblin Eggs BBQ
5. Bronze Star BBQ
6. Weiskracks BBQ
7. EAT MOR BUTT BBQ
8. ZZ-QUE
9. Pappy Q
10. Iowas Smokey Ds BBQ
Pork
Ribs Top 10
1. Retired and Rubbin It
2. Getta Que
3. ZZ-QUE
4. Hoosier Favorite BBQ
5. Hickory Flats BBQ
6. 2 Fat Boys & a Grill
7. Pappy Q
8. Bronze Star BBQ
9. Rob-a-Que
10. Hot Racks and BBQ Stacks
Pork
Top 10
1. Getta Que
2. Fowl Butt BBQ
3. Flying Pig & Sons BBQ
4. Blue Dog Barbeque
5. The Smokin Irish
6. Squealers Award Winning BBQ
7. Pappy Q
8. Big JTs Smokin BBQ
9. KEggs Over Easy BBQ
10. Moonswinners
Beef
Brisket Top 10
1. Velvet Smoke BBQ
2. Iowas Smokey Ds BBQ
3. Hoosier Favorite BBQ
4. Shigs In Pit
5. Squealers Award Winning BBQ
6. Derby City Smokers
7. Pappy Q
8. Scramblin Eggs BBQ
9. Fowl Butt BBQ
10. Able Acres BBQ
Sauce
Top 3
1. Governors BBQ
2. Velvet Smoke BBQ
3. Hoosier Favorite BBQ
Anything
But Top 3
1. Bronze Star BBQ
2. Zacks - Century 21
3. Dbl-D Bar-Be-Que.Com
Dessert
Top 3
1. Fall City Smokers
2. Pig Pak
3. House of Swine
Madison
Courier Backyard BBQ Blast Amateur Cooking Results
Chicken: 1. Bobs Sittin Chicken, 2. Sweet Blaq Ash,
3. Cue You BBQ.
Ribs: 1. Beach Dog BBQ, Reddiculous BBQ, 3. Smokin
Q Balls
Pork: 1. Smokin Q Balls, 2. Double J, Bobs Sittin
Chicken
Beef: 1. Sena family Smokers, 2. Smokin Q Balls, 3. Bobs
Sittin Chicken
Game: Nicks Pit, 2. Roosters Smokin Butts, 3. Next
Senaration
Best BBQ contraption: Roosters Smokin Butts
Best BBQ Rub: Next Senaration
Best Sauce: Little Sisters BBQ Best BBQ Team: Half
Fast BBQ
Pigmania Pig Decorating Contest Results
1. Hoboken Eddies, 2. Mane Attractions, 3. River House II.
Peoples Choice Award went to Midtown Motors, which raised
$500 in voting.
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Getta Que is comprised of husband and wife team Buddy
and Cheryl Schneider of Fairborn, Ohio. At some competitions they get
a helping hand from daughter, Brandi, and Cheryls sister.
Buddy Schneider, 56, said it felt incredible to have been
chosen as the overall winner of the Kansas City Barbeque Society-sanctioned
competition. It was our first time for winning a Grand Champion
anywhere, he said.
You get a lot out of winning the competition, said Schneider.
In addition to money and trophies, the team was invited to participate
in another contest in Las Vegas and was put in a drawing for a chance
to compete in the Jack Daniels World Competition in Lynchburg, Tenn.
Tom Hillmans Pappy Q team of Fisherville, Ky., placed
second overall to earn the Reserve Grand Champion trophy. Iowas
Smokey Ds BBQ, which won here in 2009, placed third overall. The
team is from Des Moines.
Getta Que has entered the Madison Ribberfest several times since 2005.
When they were declared the 2012 Grand Champions, Everyone that
we competed against was very happy for us, he said.
A lot of things have to come together for you to be a Grand Champion,
said Ken Schneider, KCBS competition chairman for the Ribberfest who
is no relation to the winners. If you place in the top 10, youre
having an awfully good weekend.
When it comes to the judging portion, it is a blind judging pro cooking
competition. Youre judged at 11 different tables,
said Ken Schneider. No table judges a contestants meat more than
once.
The total cash amount given out to winners was more than $12,500, he
said. The Grand Champion also received a handcrafted cutting board trophy
in the shape of Indiana. There were 58 teams competing from seven states.
Buddy and Cheryl Schneider, 43, have competed as a team since the first
time they entered the Madison Ribberfest in 2005. The team entered five
competitions that year, and now enter eight to 10 each season.
Before teaming with his wife, Schneider helped a friend for four years.
That is all it took to get him hooked on professional barbecuing.
Ive made so many good friends over the years, he said.
I see a lot of the same people at each competition we go to.
Getta Que has traveled all over Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Michigan
to compete professionally. Theyll enter any competition that is
no more than a four or five hour drive.
Professional barbecuing is a hobby for Schneider an expensive
one, he joked. Both he and his wife work full-time, Schneider as a software
engineer and Cheryl as a pharmacist. They have lived in the Dayton,
Ohio, area for 25 years. Schneider is originally from around Akron,
Ohio.
Getta Que competed in all four categories: Chicken, Pork, Pork Ribs
and Beef Brisket. You more or less have to, to win Grand Champion,
said Schneider.
A lot of teams were pleased they finally won, said Ken Schneider.
There were several teams competing for the first time,whose members
took this as a learning experience, he said.
All of the pro competitors are serious about what they do. They
have to buy the meats, pay a $250 entry fee, pay for travel expenses
and for a motel or campsite, said Ken Schneider. They are
likely to have around $800 to $1,000 wrapped up in a weekend just to
come to a competition.
At home in Fairborn, Cheryl does most of the cooking, said Buddy Schneider.
I dont want anything to do with cooking after a competition
is over.
Despite all of the hard work, Schneider said he would hate to
miss the Madison Ribberfest. The setting is great and you get blues
music with it. You cant beat being along the river.
He said this competition is the best I go to. Many of the people
competing have turned into some of my best friends.
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