Over $5000 is raised during the 4th Annual Independence BBQ Competition. There were 282 plates sold for People's Choice and $5,265 raised. The money will go to a 10-year-old, who is battling cancer, and his family.
There were 13 teams who competed in the BBQ competition. The Grand Champion was B-Team BBQ from Morris, OK. They finished first in both chicken and ribs. The Reserve Grand Champion went to Derailed Commodity from Independence, KS. They finished third in ribs and second in pork butt and dessert. Derailed Commodity also won People's Choice. Kamakazi Smokin from Park City, KS won placed first in pork butt and second in People's Choice. Dry Bones BBQ Ministries from West Frankfrort IL finished first in dessert and third in pork butt.
