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Owners Jim & Mary Randall


Awards

Grand Champions
Grand Champion 2012 St. Louis Home Fires Wildwood BBQ Bash
Grand Champion 2011 Valley Park Holy Smokers
Grand Champion 2010 North County Community Festival
Reserve Grand Champion 2010 Wildwood BBQ Bash
3rd Place Overall 2011 Wildwood BBQ Bash
3rd Place Overall 2010 Cars, Blues and Barbecue 

Appetizer
1st Place 2010 Schlafly World Pork Steak Championship
2nd Place 2011 Schlafly World Pork Steak Championship

Brisket
1st Place 2009 USA Barbecue Championship
1st Place 2009 Arkansas State Championship

Chefs Choice
1rst Place 2011 Missouri State Championship
1st  Place 2010 Missouir State Championship
1rst Place 2008 Missouri State 
Championship
2nd Place 2011 Harrahs High Steaks BBQ
3rd Place 2009 Missouri State Championship 

Chicken
1st Place 2010 North County Community Festival
1st Place 2009 Missouri State Championship

Chili
3rd Place 2008 Missouri State Championship

Dessert 
2006 and 2009 Top Ten at Missouri State Championship

Pork
3rd Place 2012 American Royale Open
1rst Place 2012 Valley Park Holy Smokers
1rst Place 2010 Valley Park Holy Smokers
1st Place 2009 Valley Park Holy Smokers
2nd Place 2011 Wildwood BBQ Bash
2nd Place 2008 Missouri State Championship
3rd Place 2011 Valley Park Holy Smokers
3rd Place 2009 Missouri State Championship

Pork Steak
1st Place 2010 Cars, Blues and Barbecue Festival
2nd Place 2010 North County Community Festival
2nd Place 2009 Missouri State Championship 

Ribs
1st Place 2011 Valley Park Holy Smokers
1st Place 2010 Cars, Blues and Barbecue Festival
1st Place 2010 North County Community Festival
2nd Place 2011 Harrahs High Steaks BBQ
2nd Place 2011 Muddy Watters BBQ Contest
3rd Place 2010 TJ Wings Rib Competition

2006, 2007, and 2009 Winner of Best Booth Appearance at Missouri State Championship

The ASAP Story

Our BBQ story began like most, on a Weber Kettle. We used to grill for our family now we grill and smoke food for yours.   

Our ASAP Competition BBQ Team is comprised of our family and my sister Joyce's family. Also included are more sisters, cousins, nieces, nephews, friends and friends of friends. 

While watching a Food Network show on BBQ competitions, we all said it looked like fun and decided we should try it.  Our first BBQ competition was in September of 2006 where we had 9 Weber Kettles.  The booth space looked so good, we took first place in appearance!  That's it.  The next year, we repeated the same performance - a trophy for Best Booth Appearance but no BBQ trophies.  

We then went to judging schools and BBQ Cooking Classes.  We studied the cooking processes and temperatures of the meat as it cooks.  We practiced cooking meats so much that the kids asked for vegetables!  

We had rub and sauce tastings, to see what we liked and came up with our own ASAP Sauce and ASAP Rub.   We purchased our  first 2 Backwoods Smokers and we started winning at the competitions.  

My favorite competition story is when we competed against the "big" guys, the ones I'd see on TV, or read their books.   While they came in their RVs and big rigs, we pulled a u-haul and put up a tent. There were 127 teams participating. It was so exciting just to be there.  We ended the event with 20th place in Pulled Pork, 1st place in Brisket and 18th overall. What a blessing it was for us to win a USA Brisket Championship!  

What I learned being on the ASAP BBQ team is that everyone on the team is important.  We have people that load/unload,  put up tents, decorate, run electricity, trash, lights, cook for the competition, cook for the cooks and a lot more.  Everyone is important for the team to be successful.  This is also true in our restaurant.

We started in the restaurant business with Mr. Harry's Carnival Foods, in 2010.  We brought the BBQ to the carnival.  Mr. Harry has moved on, but I am grateful for his dream and courage to start the business.  The restaurant is now BBQ ASAP, Always Smoked, Absolutely Perfect.  We serve great BBQ and have cotton candy!

We're always working on our recipes and menu items to keep up with the "big "guys, but I'd like to think we can be one of the "big" guys too.

Thanks for reading my thoughts,

Mary
Pit Master