Transformer BBQ

Harpoon not only makes a great beer, they also make the community a better place. Harpoon Helps is the charitable component of the brewery, volunteering and donating for local New England causes. This past weekend, Brendan and I volunteered for the 2nd Annual Harpoon Helps Pre-Thanksgiving Beer-B-Que where a number of NEBS members prepared food for over 150 people. The cost of the meal for each attendee helped to raise money for the Greater Boston Food Bank. We prepared such items as coconut shrimp, jalapeno poppers, hushpuppies, pulled turkey, pork, stuffing and apple bread pudding just to name a few. The food was delicious and a great time was had by all. We enjoyed being part of this fantastic event and look forward to helping out again next year. -JB

Huge New England showing at the Jack last week. The 3 NEBS teams all finished in the top 20, with an outstanding showing by Lunchmeat from Rockland MA with a 5th overall.  Congratulations to IQUE with their first place chefs choice entry… that makes three years in a row for a New England team with IQue in 2006, I Smell Smoke in 2007 and IQue again in 2008. 

(sorry for the short posts… used up some of my typing in the Sayville post)

-B

Just wanted to congratulate some of the people I didn’t mention in the last post.  Congratulations to Clint and John on their first GC in a KCBS event, giving them an automatic into the Royal Invitational next year, and bid into the lottery for the Jack in 2009.  Congratulations to Lakeside on their 2^nd place ribs, and to Smoke on the Water for their Brisket win.  Also nice job by a bunch of very new teams, always good to see new people hooked into this hobby… and a walk to the stage will do it.