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Terry Black
The guys who started Super Smokers BBQ all love barbecue. Terry Black and Skip Steele met in college. In 1987, they entered their first Memphis In May-sanctioned barbecue contest, held in Little Rock. It was not an auspicious beginning – the team finished 13th out of 14 teams. Two years later, the team’s Championship Sauce won in that same competition, and it won again the following year, too, beating three world champions each time.
Over the years, the Super Smokers BBQ Competition Team has won plenty of barbecue contests, including the annual Memphis In May World Barbecue Championship. Nicknamed "The Super Bowl of Swine," this contest is the largest pork barbecue event of its kind. More than 240 teams from all over the world participate.
In eight of eleven years competing at Memphis In May, the team from Super Smokers BBQ has been in the Top Ten! In 2000, the team won First Place in Whole Hog.
A Partial List Of Their Awards:
Memphis In May International World BBQ Championship
2000 -- World Champions! First Place Whole Hog
"Spirit of Barbecue Award" National Barbecue News
2002-03 - Restaurant Category (Restaurant Organization of the Year)
presented at the National Barbecue Association Convention.
Award of Excellence National Barbecue Association
Illinois State Barbecue Championship
• 2004 -- First Place Whole Hog
• 2004 -- Second Place Shoulder
• 2002 -- First Place Whole Hog
• 2002 -- First Place Ribs
• 2001 -- Grand Champion -- First Place Whole Hog
• 1998 -- First Place Whole Hog
Springfield, Missouri Rock N Ribs BBQ Fest
2003 Grand Champion
1st Place Ribs
Pocahontas Arkansas BBQ Contest
1999 -- Grand Champion
First Place Whole Hog
First Place Chicken
Pinckneyville Illinois Harvest Moon Roast
• 2000 -- Grand Champion
First Place Whole Hog
• 1998 -- First Place Whole Hog
National Pork Producers Council
1997 --Top Ten, Restaurant of the Year
St. Louis Business Journal
1999 -- Best Barbecue In St. Louis
SCOVIE International Awards For Hot Sauces
• 2001 -- Best Marinade, Mississippi Mud Sauce
2nd Place In The World
• 1999, 2000 -- Best Barbecue Hot Sauce
2nd Place In the World
• 1999, 2000, 2001 -- Best Website
Arkansas State Barbecue Championship
• 1990 -- Best Sauce
• 1989 -- Best Sauce
[ The information contained on this page came from the Super Smokers website. }
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