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Written by Larry Roeder, Editor May 15, 2013
Mother Nature may have sent a few showers our way last Friday and Saturday but that didn’t stop the grillers from grilling, the eaters from eating or the visitors from visiting the 2013 edition of the Smoke in the Valley BBQ competition. For the second year in a row, more than 2,000 people and nearly 60 competitors attended the Kansas City Barbeque Society sanctioned contest. The quest for barbeque bragging rights, and prizes, began Friday as hundreds of people began infiltrating Green Lane’s Isaac Smith Park in a culinary quest for the best ribs – grilled to perfection in the competitor’s traveling kitchens. The number of visitors signing up to judge Friday night’s “People’s Choice” contest exceeded all expectations. It was an early indication that the event would have another successful year.
A carnival-like atmosphere greeted those who meandered through an assortment of vendors and displays and made their way to the food court where they lined up to enjoy merchants’ ribs, pork and chicken.
Friday night’s shower arrived just as the early folks were leaving and the late folks were arriving. After hunkering down till the downburst moved on, people emerged from their temporary shelters to enjoy the smooth blues tunes offered up by the Little Red Rooster Blues Band.... PREVIOUS ARTICLES May 08, 2013 April 24, 2013 April 11, 2013 April 04, 2013 March 28, 2013 March 17, 2013 March 13, 2013 March 07, 2013
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