Kelowna Smoke on the Water 2010

Our 2nd comp of 2010 was on the lake in Kelowna. Pauley and Linda made the trip from Calgary to see what we could do. The truck puzzle was solved and I was ready to head out.The 13 hour drive was stunning and this may have been the nicest comp of the year.
The actual location of the comp was a little hard to find. Turns out it was right on the lake. You had to drive down a bike path and then on the beach to get to the spot. While it was a little annoying at the time it was definately worth it!

Since I arrived in Kelowna a little early I made my way down to the farmers market. Found fresh made sausages from a local farm, along with fresh strawberries, homemade cheeses and some local hot sauce. Awesome awesome awesome! Pauley went fishing on the way down and came with some beautiful rainbow trout which we grilled up on his smokey joe. Wicked dinner to go with the hefweizen we brought with us!
Linda saved the day and made all of the parsley boxes in the hotel while Pauley and I got a little sleep. We made our way back to the comp at about 1am, tossed the brisket on and got a wee bit of sleep..........Doesn't Pauley look comfortable!
I think I've seen him look a little happier than this in the morning though......
After we finally woke up we got ourselves back on schedule. We we're very happy with all of our turn ins here.

Our pork scored 6 out of 20 teams so a nice call. We were happy with the way it turned out but as you can see pretty sloppy on the old saucing.
The brisket was cooked perfectly but we fogot to trim it at 2am when we tossed it on and it didn't fit in the box very well, we were destroyed on appearance. Ended up 14 out of 20 which hurt!

The chicken was our strongest category once again. Came out perfectly and we were able to get really really nice thighs from Cowichan Valley Meat Market on the Island. The perfect size to load up a box! We ended up with our second call of the day finsihing 2nd out of the 20 teams!!!!!
We were absolutely thrilled with our ribs.....loved the appearance, the flavor, texture, you name it......too bad no one else did.....they finished 8th out of 20......no call today. Apparently they were too spicey, so it goes.........AT LEAST WE THOUGHT IT TASTED GOOD!
We were pretty exhausted before the optional final turn in. The mystery category ended up being trout. Pauley and I decided not to cook it and just have a few pints instead. Linda thought that was a waste and did it up as much as a joke as anything. She cooked the fish perfectly and coated it with the hot sauces we picked up at the market. We weren't about to waste any time on the parsley for this baby so she tossed a couple sprigs in for kicks! Ironically we actually did all right here and finished 11th out of 20......better than brisket......so it goes!

We will definately be back in Kelowna next year!