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8th Annual Santa AnitaRacetrack Winner’s Circle Double BBQ

Competition

Santa Anita Winner’s Circle day one Grand Champion with 709.1428 points,1st place chicken with 180 points, 1st place brisket with 180 points and

day two Grand Champion;Burnin and Lootin

All photos courtesy of Fire It Up EventsBy Sylvie Curry

It was proclaimed that the show mustgo on! A few weeks before the eventSanta Anita Racetrack was the focus ofan investigation on why there was anincrease in accidents over the past threemonths related to a number of million-dollar horses on the track. Horse racingdid resume over the same weekend asthe SAWC8 BBQ competition. One ofthe best venues for a BBQ Competitionin Southern California is the SantaAnita Racetrack in Arcadia, CA. Thepromoters, Ben Lobenstein and RicGilbert brought the event back for the8th year with the support of Santa AnitaRacetrack administrators and sponsorsMAK Grills and Snake River Farms. Theonly major difference was that the

teams this year were relocated to theparking area near the public entrance tothe track. This was understandable be-cause of the prior month events trackofficials chose to minimize access to thein-field. The teams were overjoyed thatthis double header (two day) competi-tion was not cancelled.

The $15,000 cash prize package in addi-tion to a Snake River Farms BrisketChallenge with an additional $500 toeach days first place brisket winner anda Gateway Drum Smoker to the overallcumulative score brisket winnerprompted many teams to sign up in ad-dition to the fantastic venue. This eventwould be limited to no more than eighty

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Santa Anita Winner’s Circle day one Reserve Grand Champion; Papa La Rue’s BBQ

Santa Anita Winner’s Circle day one 1st place porkand day two 1st place brisket with 180 points;

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Santa Anita Winner’s Circle day two1st place chicken;

Smoked Seduction BBQ

Santa Anita Winner’s Circle day two Reserve Grand Champion; Big Poppa Smokers

2019 CBBQAToY PointStandingsAs Of 4.1.2019

1) Ridge Route Boys BBQ2) Lady Of Q3) Big Poppa Smokers4) Simply Marvelous BBQ5) Burnin And Lootin6) Smokin It Up BBQ6) Mudville BBQ8) Old Town Franklin BBQ9) Toot & Stinky’s Cali-Q10 )2LiveQ

teams including seasoned competitors as well as rookieteams wanting to experience cooking at the racetrack withaccess to the track to view of million-dollar horses exercis-ing during the early morning and racing during the day.

Jerry Aguilar of Burnin and Lootin was cooking solo thisweekend, running his own boxes and traveling each day tohis home to take care of family returning during the earlymorning hours to start cooking. He managed back to backGrand Championships (Day 1 and 2) while taking a big leadday 1 in the SRF Challenge with a 180 brisket and finalizing

Santa Anita Winner’s Circle day one and day two1st place ribs; 7-8-9 BBQ

Santa Anita Winner’s Circle day two1st place pork with 180 points;

Big B’s Down N Dirty BBQ

the highest cumulative score in brisket to win the GatewayDrum Smoker.

Special thanks to MAK Grills and Snake River Farms fortheir sponsorship of this event, Woodford Reserve, Ric andBen for bringing us the 8th Annual Santa Anita WinnersCircle, KCBS judges, our KCBS Reps and the Santa AnitaRace Track staff for making this venue something to re-member.