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Winners Announced for 9th Annual Lincolnton Hog Happenin'

Submitted by Lynn Brinson • June 10, 2009

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Lincolnton, NC (June 10, 2009) -- There was an all-out battle for the best in Chicken, Pork, Ribs and Brisket in Lincolnton, NC Friday June 5 and Saturday June 6, as 39 professional teams and 13 amateur teams competed for bragging rights and a chance to qualify for the Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue, in the RE/MAX Crossroads State Championship BBQ Cook-Off at the 9th Annual Hog Happenin'. The Hog Happenin' is sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbeque Society, the world's largest organization of barbeque enthusiasts.

The Professional Grand Champion award for the team scoring the highest in all four meat categories went to the Mountain Magic Country BBQ team, led by Thomas Tessneer, from Shelby, NC. The team walked away with a plaque, $1,000, and a free entry to the 2010 Hog Happenin'. Coming in as Professional Reserve Grand Champion was Reservoir Hogs from Kansas City, KS. The Tailgate Challenge (amateur) Grand Champion was Pig Skinners from Vale, NC and the Tailgate Challenge Reserve Grand Champion was the Appalachian BBQ Crew from Bostic, NC.

The top scoring professional teams in each category were: Chicken--Mountain Magic Country BBQ (Shelby, NC); Pork Ribs--Chef Herb Productions (Fort Mill, SC); Pork--Buccaneers Better-B-Q (Raleigh, NC); and Brisket--Rock Store BBQ (Stallings, NC). The top scoring tailgate teams in each category were: Chicken--Pig Skinners (Vale, NC); Pork Ribs--Butt on Stick (Cleveland, NC); Pork--Iron Pig Barbeque (Valdese, NC) and Brisket--Butts-N-Gutts (Mooresville, NC). Honors were also given to the top five professional competing teams in each category, the top two tailgate competing teams and in each category, and the AnythingButt and Dessert categories.

In the first-ever Hog Happenin' Taster's Choice competition, the public was invited to sample pulled pork from 15 participating professional competition teams and vote on the best barbeque. Sauced! BBQ team of Mount Holly, NC took home the title of Taster's Choice Champion.

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The 2009 Hog Happenin' BBQ Cook-Off Winners:

1st Place-- Mountain Magic Country BBQ (Shelby, NC)

2nd Place-- Reservoir Hogs (Kansas City, KS)

3rd Place--Cool Smoke (Richmond, VA)

4th Place-- Rock Store BBQ (Stallings, NC)

5th Place--BS Pitmeisters (Boiling Springs, SC)

Professional Chicken

1st Place-- Mountain Magic Country BBQ (Shelby, NC)

2nd Place--Screamin' Nite Hog BBQ (Winston-Salem, NC)

3rd Place--Cool Smoke (Richmond, VA)

4th Place--Pickin' Porkers (Clemmons, NC)

5th Place--Rib Bandit & The Heartbreak Kid (Connellys Springs, NC)

Professional Pork Ribs

1st Place--Chef Herb Productions (Fort Mill, SC)

2nd Place--Big E BBQ (Kings Mountain, NC)

3rd Place--Triple J BBQ (Blacksburg, SC)

4th Place-- B.S. Pitmeisters (Boiling Springs, SC)

5th Place--Tarheel Smokers (Hertford, NC)

Professional Pork

1st Place--Buccaneers Better-B-Q (Raleigh, NC)

2nd Place--Reservoir Hogs (Kansas City, KS)

3rd Place-- Triple J BBQ (Blacksburg, SC)

4th Place-- Pickin' Porkers (Clemmons, NC)

5th Place-- Big E BBQ (Kings Mountain, NC)

Professional Brisket

1st Place--Rock Store BBQ (Stallings, NC)

2nd Place--Chix, Swine & Bovine BBQ (Jessup, MD)

3rd Place-- Mountain Magic Country BBQ (Shelby, NC)

4th Place-- Reservoir Hogs (Kansas City, KS)

5th Place--Your Butts on Fire (McConnells, SC)

Tailgate Challenge Overall

1st Place-- Pig Skinners (Vale, NC)

2nd Place-- Appalachian BBQ Crew (Bostic, NC)

3rd Place--Butts-N-Gutts (Mooresville, NC)

4th Place-- Baloney Joe's BBQ Team (Greer, SC)

5th Place--Butt on Stick (Cleveland, NC)

Tailgate Chicken

1st Place--Pig Skinners (Vale, NC)

2nd Place--We B Que'n (Gray, TN)

Tailgate Pork Ribs

1st Place-- Butt on Stick (Cleveland, NC)

2nd Place-- Pig Skinners (Vale, NC)

Tailgate Pork

1st Place--Iron Pig Barbeque (Valdese, NC)

2nd Place-- Baloney Joe's BBQ Team (Greer, SC)

Tailgate Brisket

1st Place-- Butts-N-Gutts (Mooresville, NC)

2nd Place-- Pig Skinners (Vale, NC)

Anything Butt

1st Place-- Mountain Magic Country BBQ (Shelby, NC)

Dessert

1st Place--Carolina BBQ Co. (Hickory, NC)

Taster's Choice

1st Place-- Sauced! BBQ Team (Mount Holly, NC)

2nd Place-- Carolina Boys BBQ (Shelby, NC)

3rd Place-- Carolina BBQ Co. (Hickory, NC)