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Ultimate Tailgaters BBQ We are a catering & competition BBQ cooking team. Proudly sponsored by Royal Oak Charcoal, Heath Riles BBQ, & Fireside Kitchens.

10/14/2026

Thank you & Gamecock Football! Incredibly humbled & appreciative of this! Honored to call you a great friend Shane. Big shout out to Justin King & his team for this video! Best in the business!!

Travelled up to Bessemer City, NC for the 5th annual Brew and Que BBQ Festival. Definitely one of our favorite contests ...
10/04/2026

Travelled up to Bessemer City, NC for the 5th annual Brew and Que BBQ Festival. Definitely one of our favorite contests on the SBN BBQ Trail! Jo D Franklin always does a great job organizing this event and all the folks with Bessemer City make all the cookers feel very welcome. We had another solid cook although our Ribs let us down again on this cook.

1st Place Chicken
6th Place Ribs
4th Place Pork
3rd place overall

Congrats to our good friends Big Wallys Barbecue-Stephen Strong on his GC and Steve Hampson on RGC + everyone that had their name called!

As always, big thanks to our great sponsors who supply us with excellent products on the BBQ trail!!





Off the BBQ trail this week, then off to Roswell, GA for the . Awesome event that we always look forward to seeing BBQ family!

Set up in Bessemer City, NC at the SBN &Que Festival. Awesome contest held right in the downtown area. Great crowd toni...
10/03/2026

Set up in Bessemer City, NC at the SBN &Que Festival. Awesome contest held right in the downtown area. Great crowd tonight for the contest + big crowd listening to the band ! Best of luck to everyone competing this weekend!!

Royal Oak Charcoal
Heath Riles BBQ
Outdoor Kitchens and Appliances • Augusta, GA • Lake Oconee, GA


Weekend worked out great for us competing in Columbia at the then getting to see my Gamecocks play tonight! We had ano...
09/13/2026

Weekend worked out great for us competing in Columbia at the then getting to see my Gamecocks play tonight! We had another solid cook although our Ribs let us down.
We finished with
1st Place Pork🏆
5th place Ribs
3rd place overall
Congrats to Scott Inabinet on his GC and In The Army Que on RGC and 1st Place Ribs + everyone that had their name called!

As always, big thanks to our great sponsors who supply us with excellent products on the BBQ trail!!
Royal Oak Charcoal
Heath Riles BBQ
Outdoor Kitchens and Appliances • Augusta, GA • Lake Oconee, GA

Off the BBQ trail a couple of weeks then we'll be back at the first of October.

Set up in Columbia, SC at the SouthernBBQNetwork event. Nice crowd tonight for the Friday night contest. Nice contes...
09/12/2026

Set up in Columbia, SC at the SouthernBBQNetwork event. Nice crowd tonight for the Friday night contest. Nice contest that benefits a great cause!! Best of luck to everyone competing this weekend!!

09/04/2026

Excited & honored to be invited back to this awesome event!! 🔥🔥 The memories we've enjoyed meeting teams from all over the country + the Royal Oak Charcoal family rolling out the red carpet creates an experience you'll never forget! Congrats to all the teams & we look forward to seeing each of you in October.

Back home from the SBN . This is one of our favorite venues + lots of great people that put on & support this event. We...
08/30/2026

Back home from the SBN . This is one of our favorite venues + lots of great people that put on & support this event. We had another solid cook this week finishing with:

3rd Place: Anything Butt (Friday night)
3rd Place: Ribs
5th Place: Butts
3rd Place Overall

Congrats to on their GC, Steve Hampson on RGC + everyone that had their name called!

Taking next week off to kick off college football with my Gamecocks then back on the BBQ trail the following week.

As always, thankful for our great sponsors for their support!


Grills



Set up at the SBN at the . This is one of our favorite venues on the BBQ trail that has great people & great views! N...
08/29/2026

Set up at the SBN at the . This is one of our favorite venues on the BBQ trail that has great people & great views! Nice turnout for the Anything Butt last night. We prepared some . Butts & Ribs have been turned in today - we'll see what the judges think.

Best of luck to everyone competing today!

Back home from the 2-6 Barbeque Throwdown in Fayetteville, NC. First off, hats off to Bruce Yeomans for a great job putt...
08/24/2026

Back home from the 2-6 Barbeque Throwdown in Fayetteville, NC. First off, hats off to Bruce Yeomans for a great job putting on this event!! Despite all the rain on Friday it was a great turnout of some of the top pitmasters from SC & NC.

We were very pleased with our Rib & Chicken boxes, not so much with Brisket. We ended up with:

Ribs: 5th
Chicken: 5th
Brisket: 7th

This landed us 5th overall in a very good field of cookers. Congrats to our good friends Jason Singletary on GC & Big Wallys Barbecue-Stephen Strong
on RGC + everyone that had their name called! It was great seeing some of our BBQ family + meeting new ones as well! As always, thanks to our great sponsors who supply us with great products:

Royal Oak Charcoal
Heath Riles BBQ
Fireside Kitchens & Grills

Back on the BBQ trail next weekend at another SBN event at Smoke on the ShrineLake. This is a great event put on by the .



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