Real Squeal Thrills the Crowds
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Thousands of people from throughout the area converged in Downtown Lyons and at Partin Park on Friday and Saturday as the annual Real Squeal BBQ and Music Festival offered spectacular sights, sounds and the delicious aroma of BBQ. The festival and BBQ cookoff has been an annual event in Lyons since 2011 and was formerly known as the Lyons BBQ Festival before the name was changed to “The Real Squeal.” Professional and backyard BBQ teams, car show enthusiasts, musicians, artisans, and people looking for a fun-filled weekend traveled to Lyons to sample the wide variety of activities the much-anticipated event had to offer. Friday morning, disc golf enthusiasts took over Partin Park for the first ever Real Squeal Disc Golf tournament at the Park’s new course. That night, people strolled the streets of Downtown Lyons to enjoy the music and Street Dance, fireworks, classic cars, kids’ inflatables, and vendors.
On Saturday, community members filled Partin Park as the BBQ Cookoff, Music Showdown, Arts and Crafts Festival, Native American Artifacts Show, and Car Show all commenced. Several activities were available for kids, including a gaming trailer.
Among the most anticipated events during the festival are the BBQ and grilling competitions. Winners in these categories are below:
Pro, Backyard BBQ and
BBQ Sauce Winners
The Pro BBQ Competition awards began with the Pro Chicken category. This category featured 10 top placements, who all received a monetary reward.
Pro Chicken
1st: Uncle Kenny’s
BBQ
2nd: Angry Jack BBQ
3rd: Smoke Central
BBQ
4th: Maya Jane BBQ Company
5th: Stoked and Smoked Competition BBQ
6th: Hold Your Horses BBQ
7th: Quenut BBQ
8th: Sweet Dixie BBQ
9th: Redmule’s Bad Ass BBQ
10th: The Pit Crew of
Ga.
Pro Pork Ribs
1st: Angry Jack BBQ 2nd: Rollin’ Kolbz
3rd: Quenut BBQ
4th: Smoke Central BBQ
5th: Uncle Kenny’s
BBQ
6th: Hold Your Horses
BBQ
7th: Mad Dog BBQ
8th: Choo Choo BBQ
9th: Redmule’s Bad Ass BBQ
10th: Que’ Boss-a
Pro Pork
The Pro Pork competition was fierce, as two teams scored an impressive 180 points.
1st: Rollin’ Kolbz
2nd: Stewbabys BBQ
3rd: Redmule’s Bad Ass BBQ
4th: Maya Jane BBQ Company
5th: Atlanta BBQ Store
6th: Yes, Dear BBQ
7th: Pop’s Smoke on the Hill
8th: Uncle Kenny’s
BBQ
9th: Quenut BBQ
10th: Hold your Horses
BBQ
Pro Brisket
1st: Angry Jack BBQ
2nd: Atlanta BBQ Store
3rd: Que’ Boss-a
4th: Smoked Central BBQ
5th: Yes, Dear BBQ
6th: Mad Dog BBQ
7th: Sweet Dixie BBQ
8th: Cool Hand Que
9th: Maya Jane BBQ Company
10th: Uncle Kenny’s
BBQ
Overall Pro Competition
The Overall Pro competition featured a top 10, although only the top 5 placements received monetary awards.
1st: Uncle Kenny’s BBQ
2nd: Rollin’ Kolbz
3rd: Angry Jack BBQ
4th: Maya Jane BBQ Company
5th: Smoke Central
BBQ
6th: Yes, Dear BBQ
7th: Redmule’s Bad Ass
BBQ
8th: Hold Your Horses
BBQ
9th: Atlanta BBQ Store
10th: Stoked and Smoked Competition BBQ The Backyard Chicken and Ribs competitions each featured 5 top placements, with the top 3 receiving a monetary reward.
1st: Summers Backyard BBQ & Stew
2nd: Bad Habits BBQ
3rd: Backwoods BBQ
4th: Freckled Frog
5th: B & B BBQ Backyard Ribs
1st: Bad Habits BBQ
2nd: Backwoods BBQ
3rd: B & B BBQ
4th: Summers Backyard BBQ & Stew
5th: Freckled Frog Backyard Overall
This category featured a top 5, but only the top 2 received a monetary prize.
1st: Bad Habits BBQ
2nd: Backwoods BBQ
3rd: Summers Backyard BBQ & Stew
4th: B & B BBQ
5th: Freckled Frog BBQ
BBQ Sauce
1st: Baker’s BBQ
2nd: Uncle Kenny’s
BBQ
3rd: Que’ Boss-a
Steak Cookoff Winners
1st: Kenneth Croft
2nd: Randy McKnight
3rd: Lora Haskett
4th: John Pendray
5th: Andy Collins
6th: Andy Clarke
7th: Brian Coleman
8th: Mike McElwaney
9th: Chad Stewart
10th: Jim Haskett Anything Pecan Ancillary Contest
1st: Michael Barczak
2nd: Tonya Pendray
3rd: Brian Coleman Car Show Winners
Mike Palmer was Best in Show and Top Rat Rod at the Car Show with his Ford Coupe. Dylan Hall had the Top Motorcyle at the show, while Jeremy Powell’s ’69 Ford Truck took the award for Top Ford. Doug McLain’s ’71 C10 was the Top GMC, and the two Dodge Challengers owned by Billy Harvill were the Top Dodge vehicles.
Music Showdown Winner:
Kori Spires
Backyard Chicken
Photo by Evan Riekhof
