Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke Cook Team

09/06/2024

Well, this sums up our weekend🤬

26/05/2024

Well, that escalated quickly!
DB180 Premium Products - Dead Bird BBQ
AnonymousQ Competition Cooking Team
Pit Barrel Cooker Co.
Creekstone Farms

Pleasant and thoughtful weekend ya’ll!
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06/05/2024

Finally a chance to post this past weekend’s activities. It was wet out there.
We found ourselves, once again, in Lancaster County for the Steak Cookoff Association Keystone State Steak Cookoff, a great event run by Bryant Glick. Always a great event, even when it’s wet out and the steaks were stellar! Tim Manley always a great job and always great to see you.
Did I mention the wetness?
Onward.

Awards were wet, so we went inside 🤗

We were ecstatic with a 3rd place Steak ‘A’ call which led to a “Golden Ticket” and an invite to next year’s World Championship courtesy of Rick Manzi and his 2 - 1st places this weekend, with the gracious pass down and a little “Disruption” AnonymousQ Competition Cooking Team in our cook. We also love that flavor from our friends at Croix Valley!
Steak B and C missed the mark, I blame the rain, ok, maybe the bourbon, but we came back with a 5th Place in Ribs thanks to Dead Bird BBQ - DB180 Perfect Pork and Sweet rubs. We added a little peachy heat which, in hind sight may not have served us well in looking at taste scores. Fortunately, I know how to cook ribs when I don’t burn them to death! 😂😂😂

Congratulations to Bryan Davis on the 1st place perfect score, my buddy Todd Johnston with his Golden Ticken and great weekend, Gary Zimmerman keeps killing it and C’mon Man Edward H. Gent III for a killer weekend and Golden Tickets for Steak and Ancillary!
Great to see all the ECSM!

See some of you in my backyard next weekend! Hopefully drier weather! I did mention the wetness last weekend, right? 😂😆

22/04/2024

Great weekend in Lancaster, PA for the Steak Cookoff Association event at Lancaster BBQ Supply. Tyler Madenford and Courtney kept the torch moving with their 1st event as the new proprietors.

We decided to add a little “Disruption” to our cook and it definitely made the judges notice with a 3rd place🥉in Steak “A”with a 53.5 taste.
Thank you Rick Manzi and congrats on great products and your new venture!
AnonymousQ Competition Cooking Team


Steak “B”, we stuck with the OG and got a 13th with a steak I wasn’t happy with from the moment I picked it. The 49 in appearance didn’t help.

Always a great time hanging with Todd Johnston and Pam PJ.

You never know what you will see in Amish country!

Congrats to all that heard their number, especially my buddy Gary Zimmerman with the double 1sts! 🥇🥇
Most excellent!

Thank you as always Raz Braz and your army for dishing out the Raz Dogs! 🌭😋

Suzi Sutton showed up just in time to spread some good luck my way! 🍀

Keystone triple is up next in a couple weeks.

See ya’ll soon! 🤘🏼

15/03/2024

Champi_n 🤷🏻‍♂️
Good enough. Championships happens!!!

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08/03/2024

T-3 hours, 13 minutes.
FTW or bust. Steak Cookoff Association

1st stop, Bourbon!
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18/02/2024

03/01/2024

Happy New Year!
What a past couple weeks!

Mrs. Doc Pearl, Haylee and I headed down to Tampa, Florida and Charleston, South Carolina for the Holidays to visit family and then hit the Steak Cookoff Association Grate Sauces & Rubs NEW YEAR’s BASH STEAK COOKOFF in Goldsboro, North Carolina.
Grate Sauces and Rubs
Thank you Ralph LeGrand for hosting a wonderful event and to Debby & Don Harwell for your hard work making the event a success.
Was fun to see my old NC STATE friend Rodney Holland. You totally brought me luck!
This was a packed event with cooks from around the US battling for points in the final cook-off’s of 2023 and 1st cook-off’s of 2024.

Saturday, the Doc did it again for the 1st time in 2023 with a 1st Place Steak and a 254.0 score.
Sunday, the Doc was fortunate to hit again with a 7th Place Steak.
Monday, lightning hit again with a 3rd Place Steak tying us for the 3-day OVERALL STEAK CHAMPION Award with Raymond Patterson!

Go Wolfpack! 🤘🏼

Congratulations to all our friends who heard their numbers called…..
Michelle Perelka for OVERALL OVERALL ANCILLARY & STEAK Combined Champion. We had a lot of fun with Tom Perelka and Michelle as our neighbors….they may or may not agree!
Aaron Casey for the OVERALL Ancillary Champion.
Jimmy Miller for the 2023 North Carolina Points Champion.
Terry West for another 1st Place Perfect 254.5.

Thank you to Dead Bird BBQ - DB180 for all your support.


Thank you Raz Braz for the camaraderie and the RazDogs!

Great to see so many friends, old and new.

Would like to give a shout out to the following for providing great products:
Royal Oak Charcoal
Croix Valley
PK Grills
GrillGrate

See ya’ll in Ft. Worth in March!

07/07/2023

Doc Pearl and I want to thank everyone for all the birthday love!
Love to you all!

02/05/2023

Nothing to see here.

02/04/2023

A soggy start, but spirits were high at the Steak Cookoff Association New England Steak Championship!
Scott MacDonald and Geoff Mullen are both rock stars and organized an amazing event!
So many friends, old and new, came up to Enfield, CT to compete and was great to see so much support for the SCA in New England!
The Doc, as I like to call him 😂, pulled off a 2nd place in Steak A and 4th in Steak B!
I’ll just go out on my cocky limb and say I am the Overall New England Steak Champion!! 😂🎩😎🔥😉😉🥩
Ribs were dead middle tying for 15th and losing the tie break to finish 16th (who was 15th?? 😂)
Great start to the 2023 season and look forward to seeing ya’ll soon.
Miss the Raz Braz DOGS and the photo recaps! Wish you were there Brother!
Congrats to all the winners this weekend!!

Thank you to Dead Bird BBQ - DB180, Dead Bird BBQ - DB180, Will Collier for all the continued support!



Shout out to Croix Valley and Royal Oak Charcoal!

See ya’ll soon!

26/03/2023

The Doc will be joining forces to compete in a KCBS BBQ competition at a parking lot near you in the near future!

Stay tuned!

16/03/2023

First of all, it was an honor to even cook at the Steak Cookoff Association World Championship!

As always, thank you to Dead Bird BBQ - DB180 for the continued support in 2023.



We had a great time and maybe not the results we wanted, but the weekend started with a trip through Bourbon County and a nice medal recognizing top State Points Champs!

On to the nitty gritty..
17th in my Championship group (Tied for 16, lost tie break) but still only 1-1/2 points from making the final round. Was a good steak. We’ll try to get back next year! 😎🎩

I was back of the line posse in the Open, and the judges liked nothing about it. Very strange scores and landed in bottom half.

We had an amazing time with our Dutch friends, GrilLynn and Freestyle BBQ - Jeanette! Such an amazing family that I have grown to love! Thank you Mel for sharing them!

Was great to see the usual as well as so many friends that I’m lucky to see this one time a year!
Great to see so many of you and sorry if we didn’t see ya or didn’t spend enough time with you.

Until we see ya’ll again, have a great year and much success in everything!

15/03/2023

Mrs. Doc, Darla and I made it home from Steak Cookoff Association World Championship about a half hour ago.
3200 miles total r/t
46 hours driving r/t


More to come.

10/03/2023

Fun meter was on High last night at the Steak Cookoff Association Awards banquet.
Honored to be the 2022 New Jersey Steak Points Champion!

01/03/2023

Honored to represent Team Dead Bird BBQ - DB180 in 2023!
Award winning products!
Get some!

12/02/2023

Nothing like cooking some baby back ribs, wings and sausages for the Bowl out in the country!

30/01/2023

Haven’t cooked a competition steak in 2 months. Figured with the Steak Cookoff Association Championship around the corner, better get busy.
Got really agressive with the trim and wasn’t sure if it would hold together after the bath in Dead Bird BBQ - DB180 and other yumminess.
Like riding a bike! 🚴🏼😎🥩😋🤗🎩

12/12/2022

Beautifully chilly weekend at Big Dan's BBQ Rohrbach's Farm Market, Bakery and Barn Loft Steak Cookoff Association event.
Dan and Denise are always great hosts! finished the season judging the Friday night event. Very good decision as it led us to a 6th place in Steak A and 10th in Steak B on Saturday!
A double call is always welcome especially having come up empty at recent Big Dan events and heading into the off season as we prepare for the World Championship in March in Ft. Worth, Texas!

Congrats to everyone that got to hear their numbers called.

Thank you as always to Royal Oak Charcoal and to Dead Bird BBQ - DB180

Happy Holidays to everyone!
See ya’ll in Ft. Worth!





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12/10/2022

This is what texts with your spouse look like after a 2 hour+ “training class”. 🤷🏻‍♂️😜🌈❤️

09/10/2022

Beautiful day in Pennsylvania at Smoke’n Dudes BBQ Smoke'n Dudes BBQ Co for a Steak Cookoff Association double event.
Dr. Pearl was fortunate to land a 2nd Place in Steak B!
Was great see to see everyone and congrats to all that got a call!
Thank you to Royal Oak Charcoal for keeping the fire hot
Thank you to Dead Bird BBQ - DB180 for your support and products that get

26/09/2022

What a beautiful weekend in Maryland at Liberty Delight Farms Steak Cookoff Association double event. Steak A we just missed at 12th and Steak B we were happy with a 4th Place!
Congratulations to all who heard their number called.
Thank you to Shane and Lauren Hughes for a great 1st time event. Look forward to this growing and becoming a premier East Coast annual competition.
Thank you as always to Royal Oak Charcoal and Dead Bird BBQ - DB180 for all the support.

14/09/2022

New sneakers on the battle van 🤨🛞🛞🛞🛞