Well, we have finally recovered from our trip out to the BCS National Championship game.

I have to give a HUGE Thank You out to Bubba Keg and Gunnar for all that they did for us.

I have never won anything big before, so this was a very cool experience.

We did Auction off both the Bubba Keg and the BCS Tickets and with them and our Holiday Party Raffle, we are very proud to announce that we were able to raise right at $5000 that went toward starting up a College Fund for the two little girls in our BBQ community who lost their Mother, Brother & Uncle in 3 separate incidents this past year.  It was amazing to see the look on their face and their Grandparent's face when we did that.  It was certainly a great feeling.  Thank all of you who helped us so that we were able to do this.  You all are AMAZING..

The Trip out to Pasedena was a blast.  We had a chance to go out to the Stadium the day we got there and much to our surprise, there were lots of people already tailgating.  We walked around and met lots of them and took some pictures that are posted in the Photos section.  Then on game day, we went to Universal Studios and for the first time in my life, we went on the right day.  There were hardly anyone there, we had the park to ourselves for the most part.  Never had to wait in a line.  Great experience.  When the park closed, we went to a local bar in Universal City and watched the game. 

What a great game it was too.  We were cheering for both teams and everyone thought we were crazy.

Thanks again Bubba Keg, you guys were AWESOME.    We certainly look forward to working with you again in the future and we certainly look forward to traveling around to a lot of the other tailgate team's that competed and join them for a tailgate party.  If any of you are ever out here in AZ, please contact us and consider yourselves invited to any and all of our events.

Now on to planning our HUGE Superbowl Party.  Wouldn't it be great to see our Beloved Arizona Cardinals in it?

For those of you who don't know, AZBarbeque is the BBQ Club here in Arizona.  We originally started out as a Tailgate Club for ASU (Arizona State University) and grew into what we are today.  We run the BBQ Circuit out here in Arizona and have some incredibly fun and tasty events throughout the year.

We also help out a number of charities and causes each year.  For our Annual Holiday Party in December, we typically find a Family with ties to our BBQ community that is struggling and do up a Secret Santa for them.  It has always been a HUGE Success.

This year, we had a very sad & tragic year for a member of our BBQ Family here in Arizona.  Bernie, one of our great BBQ Judges here in Arizona and an incredible human being, lost his Grandson, Daughter & Son in 3 separate incidents.  It started out with them losing their Grandson, then his mother (Bernie's Daughter) died and when the Uncle (Bernie's Son) was back here for her funeral, he died of natual causes (at 40 years old).  Well, Bernie's Daughter had 2 additional children in addition to the son she lost.  She has 2 daughters aged 8 & 11.  This has been an incredibly rough year for them, all they know is grief & loss. 

So, as a group, we decided that we would make them our BBQ Family for this holiday season.  We used the Bubba Keg contest as our springboard to kick it off as if we win, we plan on auctioning off the tickets and using 100% of the proceeds to help start up a college fun for these two little girls. 

We also have a raffle of donated items from our Club Sponsors at our Holiday Party.  We plan on using the money raised from that Raffle to also go toward this College fund.  Our Bubba Keg will be included in that Raffle as well.  It is our goal to raise $10,000 so that we can help start up a $5000 college fund for each girl.

We are excited and moved that we will be able to help put a smile on their faces and to help out our good Friend Bernie, His wife Millie and these two little girls. 

We will post pictures of the Holiday party so you all can share in the spirit of the season.

Thanks to everyone who helped us out and voted for us and thanks to Bubba Keg for giving us this opportunity.  Thanks to all the other Bubba Keg Competitors, we had a great time competing with you and seeing all the great tailgates & pictures and we sincerely hope to meet all of you and tailgate with you in the near future. 

Here's to you and your family Bernie...

What a great few months tailgating and cheering on our ASU Sun Devils.  We had high hopes for them this year, but it wasn't meant to be.  Finishing the season at 4-8.  Many of their loses should have been wins, Georgia, USC, UofA just to name a few.  Our Defense was incredible this year, but without an offense to put some points on the board, the results are tragic.

It was fun competing in the Bubba Keg Contest this year, it gave us even more reasons to promote our awesome tailgate parties and help out all the charities that benefit from us being out there.

We got some great pictures, ate some great food off the Bubba Keg and enjoyed all the cold beverages mixed in those awesome Bubba Keg mugs all season.

Thanks Bubba Keg for helping to make our 2009 ASU Football Tailgating season a Huge Success.

Can't wait for opening day 2010 already.

WOW, what a busy month for us here in Arizona.  We had 2 Tailgate parties over the past few weeks, photos to come and our big BBQ Cook-off.

We still have 1 HUGE Tailgate party remaning against our biggest rival, U of A Wildcats and we might get the chance to play the spoiler for them this year and knock them out of the Rose Bowl.  They are the only Pac-10 Team that has NEVER gone.

Then, we have Thanksgiving and a bunch of Cardinal's Tailgate parties going on leading up to another Cook-off in December and then our HUGE annual Holiday Party.

It's really shaping up to be a great year.

Stay Tuned for lots of pictures..

ENJOY!!!

WOW, what a great road trip.

Myself and a few of my tailgating buddies made the trip back to Athens, GA for the ASU/Georgia game this past weekend.  What a great time.

We arrived out there on Thursday before the game and met up with a bunch of our Georgia buddies.  They had rented a cabin for all of us out at Big Canoe, GA.  This cabin was way out in the woods, but it was amazing.  We stayed out there and partied Thursday & Friday, even got a great round of golf in on Friday.

Saturday we headed out early to the game and were meeting up with one of my Georgia Buddie's Friends.  Well, seems that this friend is part of the Tailgate Crew that is representing Bubba Keg there at UGA.  Too Cool.

Well, John and I hit it off right away and had a blast all day.  A HUGE Thanks goes out to him and his family and entire crew, they were all incredible and some great people.

John had a great menu planned and it all came out great.  Everything I tried was outstanding.  Fried Pickles, Pork Loin cooked 3 different ways, several different flavors of wings, chicken fingers, fried mushrooms, lots of dips, chips and everything in between.  Fantastic Tailgate menu.

These guys Tailgate in a bar's parking lot called the Blind Pig.  Well, the owner of the Blind Pig was a great guy and came out and met us and had one of his great waitress' bringing us out Jager Bombers all night.  Too Cool.. 

John's crew also made up some great Jello shots that were flowing freely all day as well.

WE did get a chance to walk through the Georgia Campus, everyone was great, we had Georgia fans coming up to us all day thanking us for coming out.  The Hospitality was just amazing.  Made it over to the ASU tailgate and that was a blast.  The Mustache Militia from ASU was out there in force and it was lots of fun.

The Rain did come down, but it added to the atmosphere and was just awesome.

The game was one of the best games I had ever seen and we had a great time at it, stayed to the last second ticked off the clock.

Great Football day, great meeting so many wonderful people and we certainly hope we can get out to lots of these other great tailgates these other schools have going on, they certainly are a blast.

Hope to get back out to Georgia again soon for some more Football.  Enjoy the pictures.. ; )

OK, I was down at ASU today doing some shopping prior to us heading out to the ASU/Georgia game this week.  The ASU Store has a policy that for every Touchdown ASU Scores, everyone receives 5% off the following business day up to 25%.  Well, ASU scored enough that it was the full 25% off today.

When I was checking out, I noticed what appeared to be a Bubba Keg mug behind the counter.  I asked to see it as it says, "Sun Devils" on it.  Well, much to my delight, it was an "Official" Bubba Keg 52 oz mug.

I had to have it and with the discount, wound up getting a pretty good deal.

Looking forward to using it at many future games, tailgates & events.

Love my Bubba Keg...

Come Join AZBarbeque & our Tailgate Team tomorrow before the game for some great eats.

We will be on top of parking structure #5 which is just South of the Stadium.

Oh the Menu for tomorrow's game:

Cajun Shrimp
Fatties
ABT's
Beer Brats
Chicken Thighs
Potato Salad
Macaroni Salad

Come by and see us and get in some of the Photos and Videos to be posted on here.

Vote AZBarbeque TODAY!!

Hey all, Mike here from Arizona.  I am President & Owner of AZBarbeque.  We are a Tailgate & BBQ Club here in Arizona.  We look forward to posting up lots of pictures and videos from our great upcoming tailgate parties and events. 

If any of you are coming out to AZ for a game, let us know and let's create a big combined Tailgate party.
We will be back in Georgia next weekend for the big ASU vs. Georgia game.  If any of you will be back there, let us know and we will try to come by your tailgate party and get some great photos.

Good Luck to everyone, enjoy the season and the fun things Bubba Keg has us doing.