Double Barrel BBQ-OK

10/01/2025

We know we are a little late with the traditional American Royal map location pictures but we are super excited for our new spot this year ( #387). We have some great neighbors even if some of them are from Arkansas 😉😂. Just kidding of course, this looks like the best spot we have had yet!. Cant wait until November, it’s not to early to start wishing for some decent weather either!!

09/28/2025

Had a fun weekend in Miami Oklahoma for the Smokin on the Route BBQ contest. We have attended this event every year and they do a great job! I had some extra help this weekend as Harper came along and it was great having her even though she spent most of the time playing with her friends 😂. As for the cook we thought it was pretty good and liked everything but pork.
We ended up with
4th Place Pork-
8th Place Brisket-

Congrats to Take It Easy BBQ on the GC and Smoked & Furious BBQ Team on RGC! Also a big congrats to CEO BBQ Cheryl N Eddie Oates on a first place rib!

This was a bittersweet contest for us as we wrap up our competition BBQ journey with this being our last contest in Oklahoma….its been so much fun for the past seven years and we have one more left at the Royal World Series of BBQ in November !

Snake River Farms
Prairie Fresh
Butcher BBQ
Heath Riles BBQ
Gateway Drum Smokers

09/27/2025

09/23/2025

Honored to be on this list again with so many great teams! Congrats to everyone on this list! We have been blessed to have a few perfect scores but never two in the same contest!

09/20/2025

Had a great weekend at the Cherokee Strip Cook Off in Ponca City this is always one of our favorite contests. The weather threw us a curveball this morning but we powered through and turned in 4 decent entries. We were fortunate enough to find some good tables
Chicken- 1st Place with a 180!
Ribs- 5th Place
Pork- 1st place with a 180!
Brisket- 19th place….ouch this one is on me
Overall 3rd Place with a 704!
Congrats to Bull in the Ring BBQ on a monster first GC and Smoked & Furious BBQ Team on RGC!

Heath Riles BBQ
Snake River Farms
Butcher BBQ
Prairie Fresh

09/20/2025

Ponca City KCBS awards

09/14/2025

We ventured out to Moore, Oklahoma for BBQ & Music Festival. They really go above and beyond to make sure the teams are well taken care of. We had a pretty smooth cook and liked everything except pork….the judges only liked the brisket and we walked with a sixth place call. We are struggling to figure out what the judges want so far but this was just our second KCBS this year so we will keep trying!

Congrats to Razorracks BBQ on GC and Bull in the Ring BBQ on RGC and to everyone who heard their name! Until the next one…..

Heath Riles BBQ
Prairie Fresh
Butcher BBQ
Snake River Farms

09/07/2025

Took a little trip to Columbia Missouri this weekend for the second annual , Blues & BBQ contest. It was a fun event and our first KCBS contest not only of the year but without a trailer. Things went really smooth and even borrowed Wyatt’s drum for the brisket. We turned in 4 good boxes and the judges hated two and liked two…we are happy just to hear our name.
3rd Place Pork- Razorracks BBQ
2nd Place Brisket- Snake River Farms

Congrats to Hugh of Q on his first GC! Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy!! Congrats to Cans on RGC

I think there is something to this canopy cooking deal….as long as the weather holds out anyways! Until the next one…….

Butcher BBQ
Heath Riles BBQ
Prairie Fresh

08/21/2025

So looks like we will be headed back to Kansas City after all. This time in November! This will be our fifth time at the Royal and fourth time cooking both the open and the invitational! Two shots at a world title, what a great way to wrap up our competition BBQ career……can’t wait till November!

07/26/2025

We had a great time this weekend in Larned Kansas at their Rib Cook Off Association event! Friday night was highlighted by Harper doing her first ever kids Q. The category was grilled cheese and this was her recipe , I couldn’t be more proud of how she handled everything. I was so nervous for her at awards but she was calm and collected, until they called her for first place!!! So awesome to see her that happy!
Saturday, we turned in two sets of ribs of chicken wings and we ended up
2nd place- Rib a
6th Place- Rib b
4th Place- wings

All in all it was a great weekend filled with some great moments…..until the next one!

Heath Riles BBQ
Blues Hog
Gateway Drum Smokers
Prairie Fresh

07/14/2025

Home and unloaded from another Rib Cook Off Association event in Kansas City. This was a special one as it was by invitation only and there was some amazing teams, hall of famers, world champions you name it. The coolest part was it was hosted by Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway! Really cool event and we were thrilled just to be a part of it! This one was simple just one rib turn in but we managed to find some kind judges and landed a third place rib in a star studded field! Congrats to everyone who heard their number called! Until the next one…..

Gateway Drum Smokers
Prairie Fresh
Blues Hog
Heath Riles BBQ

07/05/2025

Just got home and unloaded from Arnett, Oklahoma and another Rib Cook Off Association event! Had a great time and really enjoyed having Wyatt tag along and lend a helping hand! Finished up 11th in Baby Back ribs (would have been our third hog pot win) but someone decided not to enter 🤷😂. We did manage a second place spare rib coming up a half a point short to Donny Teel . Congrats to everyone who heard their name this weekend and happy Fourth of July!! Until the next one…..

Heath Riles BBQ
Blues Hog
Gateway Drum Smokers
Prairie Fresh