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            Backyard Barbeque Chicken
          
        
        
          1st place - Double D’s Rack Shack
        
        
          2nd place – Channability BBQ
        
        
          3rd place – Tbone’s BBQ Emporium
        
        
          4th place – Backdraft BBQ Crew
        
        
          5th place – 9-11 Q
        
        
          
            Backyard Barbeque Ribs
          
        
        
          1st place - Channability BBQ
        
        
          2nd place – Burnt Knuckles BBQ
        
        
          3rd place – Blue Bear’s BBQ
        
        
          4th place – Get Sauced BBQ
        
        
          5th place – Doc’s Rib Shack
        
        
          The Up in Smoke professional level
        
        
          competition included entries of
        
        
          chicken, pork ribs, pork, and brisket,
        
        
          as well as an overall winner based on
        
        
          accumulated points in all categories.
        
        
          
            Up in Smoke professional overall
          
        
        
          1st place - Monster-Que
        
        
          2nd place - It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere
        
        
          3rd place – Iowa’s Smokey D’s BBQ
        
        
          4th place – A Boy & His BBQ
        
        
          5th place - Smokin’ FryPit
        
        
          
            Up in Smoke professional chicken
          
        
        
          1st place - Cluck, Oink & Moo BBQ
        
        
          2nd place – Monster-Que
        
        
          3rd place – Historic BBQ
        
        
          4th place – Big JT’s Smokin’ BBQ
        
        
          5th place – Midnight Smokers
        
        
          
            Up in Smoke professional pork ribs
          
        
        
          1st place - A Boy & His BBQ
        
        
          2nd place – Jugs BBQ
        
        
          3rd place – Cap Q
        
        
          4th place – Cluck, Oink & Moo BBQ
        
        
          5th place – It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere
        
        
          
            Up in Smoke professional pork
          
        
        
          1st place - Smokin’ FryPit
        
        
          2nd place – A Boy and His BBQ
        
        
          3rd place – Bone-Head Competition
        
        
          BBQ Team
        
        
          4th place – Double Nickle 7
        
        
          5th place – All in Que
        
        
          
            Up in Smoke professional brisket
          
        
        
          1st place - Monster-Que
        
        
          2nd place – Iowa’s Smokey D’s BBQ
        
        
          3rd place – Silver Bullet Smokers
        
        
          4th place – Gilly’s BBQ
        
        
          5th place – St. Louis Black Iron BBQ
        
        
          Barbeque has won a place in
        
        
          American’s hearts and in the heart
        
        
          of America, Lincoln, Illinois. The
        
        
          community has embraced the KCBS
        
        
          experience and Up in Smoke on the
        
        
          Square is expected to be even bigger
        
        
          next year.