During our weekly mentor session with Chris Wand last week, he asked us all what we missed from back home in North Carolina and immediately my reaction was Prissy Polly’s BBQ. It’s the classic southern hole-in-the-wall dive, where the sweet tea flows and you get free (really good!) banana pudding if you get the trivia question correct. Needless to say, thinking about Prissy Polly’s had me longing for some goood BBQ. It just so happened that the next day Chris was heading up to Frisco, CO for a BBQ Competition with his girlfriend Tina and some friends and he invited the Foodzie’s to join them.

Chris is a Kansas City BBQ Judge, so we had an expert on hand to help us navigate our way through the festival. There was a ton of BBQ and we tasted a lot of great pulled pork, sausage and chicken, but the highlight was definitely Big Mike’s BBQ.

Chris was wise to get us into the Big Mike’s line early so we could try his famous ribs. His ribs are covered in a zesty dry rub, basted with his special sauce and then slowly smoked over the grill. Big Mike’s was clearly the “peoples choice” by the length of the line that stretched far past his stand for the entire day. We waited about 20 minutes in line for our ribs, but they were absolutely worth it.

Second best to Big Mike’s ribs, had to the be the pig racing. I had never seen anything like it in all my life! The little piggies get corralled into their gates and then when the gates open they waddle their way around the course to see who can get to the oreo cookie at the finish line first!

The whole day was just perfect with a beautiful backdrop of the rockies, a nice cool breeze and plenty of juicy, smoky, tender, wonderful BBQ. Thanks Chris for giving us a little taste of home!