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More than one year after the founding meeting in Orlando, the FBA sanctioned its first contest. Oddly enough, it was quite a distance from Florida - Manchester, Tennessee to be exact. The Grand Champion was a local team from Tullahoma, TN - Cliff Weddington's "Oink, Cackle, and Moo." That's Cliff, wearing the green apron, in the photo to right sitting next to Joby Stanaland. The contest, dubbed "The Coffee Cup Challenge", was organized by Michelle Reed and the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. FBA Reps Mary Jackson and Chuck Ray ran the event and both cook teams and judges from Florida made the trek north to compete and sample the barbecue.

Standing: Mary Jackson, Joby Stanaland, Chuck Ray, Kooter Brown (in the background.) Kneeling: Eric Ebersbach	The contest site as the crowd rolls in.
"Volunteers" from the Coffee County Jail. Several of the cook teams thought these guys were celebrating an early Halloween!	Clayton "Rock 'n Roll Barbecue" admiring his brisket on the cooker.
"The Smoking Cocksmen" prepping and injecting chicken thighs.	"Dixie Boy" Joby Stanaland working on his sauce.
FBA Rep Mary Jackson accepting a turn-in box.	The judges hard at work. That's Ida Isaacs in the red cap.

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