Teams Share Prizes in Brisket, Pork Cook-Off

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Created on Tuesday, 15 October 2024 14:32

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By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
Brandon and Jamey Marx captured top prize Sunday in the Sitka Historical Society and Museum’s 9th annual Alaska Day BBQ brisket and pork shoulder cook-off.
Nine team entries consisting of individuals, couples or groups spent Saturday night cooking their entries as part of the historical society’s contest and fundraiser. It’s one of several events organized by the nonprofit organization around Alaska Day, which is Friday.

From left, Devon Buls, Brandon Marx and Troy Tydingco prepare meat for serving after an all-night cook-off Sunday outside Harrigan Centennial Hall. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

The brisket, pork and BBQ creations were served before the Sunday brew cruise, which is another annual fundraiser for the historical society.
The Marxes, competing as B&D BBQ, won best brisket flat, best brisket point and best overall brisket. The couple also won first place in the pork shoulder competition.
Also at the top were Nicole and Nate Miller, who created an “outstanding unique BBQ sauce entry” to garner first place in that category.
Hal Spackman, director of the Sitka Historical Society, said everyone had a great time, despite the rainy, windy weather throughout the night.
“One of the things I’ve noticed about the group when we have the brisket contest is they develop a fellowship amongst themselves, and it’s interesting to watch that,” he said.
He’s also pleased to see the enthusiasm each year for continuing. “We had new contestants when it was over were already planning what they’d do differently next year to get into the winners circle.”
The contest is evaluated according to specific criteria by knowledgeable brisket enthusiasts, who base their decisions on appearance, taste and texture, Spackman said.
Below are the results:
Best Overall Brisket ($100 cash prize and plaque) – B & D BBQ (Brandon and Jamey Marx)
2nd place Overall Brisket – Trey Welch
3rd place Overall Brisket – Troy and Celeste Tydingco
Best Brisket Flat ($50 cash prize and plaque) – B & D BBQ (Brandon and Jamey Marx)
2nd place Brisket Flat – Trey Welch
3rd place Brisket Flat - Troy and Celeste Tydingco
Best Brisket Point ($50 cash prize and plaque) – B & D BBQ (Brandon and Jamey Marx)
2nd place Brisket Point – Trey Welch
3rd place Brisket Point – Troy and Celeste Tydingco
Best BBQ Sauce ($25 cash prize and plaque) – Nicole and Nate Miller
2nd place BBQ Sauce – Robert Baty
3rd place BBQ Sauce - Brandon and Trish Howard
Overall Pork Shoulder BBQ ($50 cash prize and plaque) – B & D BBQ (Brandon and Jamey Marx)
2nd place Pork Shoulder BBQ – Tristan Rhodes
3rd place Pork Shoulder BBQ – Brandon and Trish Howard
Spackman said the contest got the week of events off to a good start.
The historical society’s annual meeting 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Centennial Hall includes a presentation on the WWII Tlingit Code Talkers of Southeast Alaska, a brief business meeting, and the Alaska Day Festival Committee’s beards and bonnets contests.
Tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Harrigan Centennial Hall is a free presentation “Hysterical History of Alaska,” by Mr. Whitekeys.
Mr. Whitekeys has been performing and giving talks since 1986, and estimated the total audience numbers in the hundreds of thousands.
He was raised in the Spenard neighborhood of Anchorage and lives there now, but draws his humor from historical events, places and people from around the state.
“There’s craziness everywhere in Alaska, stuff everywhere that’s totally insane,” Whitekeys said in an interview this morning. “One thing I’ve always liked about Southeast is a place in Petersburg called the Harbor Bar and Liquor Store, and it’s a sporting equipment store and liquor store. They ran an ad that says ‘We sell fishing equipment by the glass, bottle, case or keg.’ That’s Alaska, right there.”
Whitekeys made a name for himself for his performances at the Fly By Night Club, which included music, dancing and comedy, but his presentation tonight will be more of a lecture and slideshow, while still highlighting the humorous side of Alaska. He says he enjoys performing in Sitka.
“The thing about Sitka that struck me when I was here in April, is the fact that history is a part of Sitka, it’s a living part of the town,” he said. “You’ve got museums, totem pole parks and historic sites, but also when you go into any restaurant or coffee shop, anyplace you go, you’re going to find historical photos on the walls. History is a living part of Sitka, and that’s not true in Anchorage.”
As a sample of his humor, he quipped that people in Anchorage “don’t care about anything older than pumpkin spice lattes, but here it’s part of the town.”