Old Virginia Smoke

23/10/2024

BBQ Hill at The Jack!

16/10/2024

Class is filling up! We'd love to see you in Virginia! Come learn everything that we do!

We've had a lot of requests, so we're going to do it!

We're going to have a winter full, tell all KCBS 4 meat class on December 14-15 in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Come learn how we do all four of our competition meats. Learn about meat selection, rubs, sauces, injections, mindset, timelines, fire management, and most importantly, finish!

Please send us a private message through FB messenger, or send an email to Luke at Old Virginia Smoke . com to sign up!

We look foward to seeing you in Virginia this winter!

15/10/2024

Full wrap up from the The Jack Daniels World BBQ Championship! Old Virginia Smoke had a tremendous time on our second trip to The Hollow. Everyone with Jack Daniel's was fantastic, and we made tremendous memories with the five of us that went. We also enjoyed seeing all of our BBQ family...the ones we know and the new ones we met. (I'm looking at you, New Zealand and Estonia.)

We were in Mr. Darren Warth 's neighborhood with Darren on one side and the amazing Smokin' Hoggz BBQ on the other. The weather was absolutely perfect...and I know I keep droning on about how amazing the weekend was. But it was. Truly one of our favorite BBQ weekends.

We did everything. We did the tour. We participated in the Cocktail contest, which was an absolute blast. We visited almost every site and visited with every team. We had a fantastic lunch at Miss Mary Bobo's (thank you Snake River Farms ) We did dessert, chef's choice, sauce, and all four categories. You can only do that with people that you love, and we surrounded ourselves with them. Liz, Rick and Mark...this weekend wouldn't have been possible without you.

It all culminated with hearing our name called for the first time in the Hollow, with a second place chicken. Walking that stage and getting that trophy, I can gladly say, WAS a bucket list item. I'm still smiling...

24th overall. Ribs hit a bad table but it didn't matter. Just an amazing experience.

None of it possible without our partners! Compart Family Farms , River Farms , Hog , Gateway Drum Smokers , .com , and Big Poppa Smokers .

Only a couple of weeks left in the season! More to come...

13/10/2024

More to come…but 2nd place chicken at The Jack! Much more to come…

08/10/2024

Great times as per usual at the Keystone Classic Barbeque State Championship in Harrisburg PA! We love this contest and look forward to it every year!

We had a great cook this week! 1st place 180 chicken, 9th ribs and 7th pork, both from Compart Family Farms, and a 3rd place (three way tie for first) Snake River Farms brisket…which netted us 3rd overall.

Couldn’t do this without our partners from Big Poppa Smokers, Blues Hog, Gateway Drums, Snake River Farms, Compart Family Farms and BBQData.com.

Next week…The Jack!

03/10/2024

This week on Pitmaster, an Old Virginia Smoke podcast, we have something a little different for you. We visit with our old friend Michael McCloud with Food Championships ! We go down memory lane a good bit, but we also talk about all the exciting changes they've made with BBQ and also the competition as a whole. Very exciting developments for this year in Indianapolis! Visit www.worldfoodchampionships.com for more information!

Make sure to download, like and subscribe. Share it out to all your BBQ peeps. Check out some awesome deals from BBQData.com .

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30/09/2024

This week on Pitmaster, an Old Virginia Smoke podcast, we visit with Dave and Shirin Mara from Meat Candy Q. They are on the trail this year killing it in ribs and cooking all over the country. You won't find a better take, and all the BBQ positivity that you want from this podcast.

Make sure to download, like and subscribe. Share it out to all your BBQ peeps. Check out some awesome deals from BBQData.com.

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Podcast · [object Object] · Welcome to Pitmaster, an Old Virginia Smoke Podcast. Each episode, OVS Pitmaster Luke Darnell will deconstruct world-class pitmasters to extract the tactics, tools, and routines you can use at home in your backyard and in the competition BBQ world. This includes morning...

23/09/2024

We've had a lot of requests, so we're going to do it!

We're going to have a winter full, tell all KCBS 4 meat class on December 14-15 in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Come learn how we do all four of our competition meats. Learn about meat selection, rubs, sauces, injections, mindset, timelines, fire management, and most importantly, finish!

Please send us a private message through FB messenger, or send an email to Luke at Old Virginia Smoke . com to sign up!

We look foward to seeing you in Virginia this winter!

20/09/2024

OVS is announcing its first Backyard Competition Chicken and Ribs class! We'll show you all of our tips and tricks to help you get those top 10 calls in ribs and chicken at your next contest! Contact Lancaster BBQ Supply today to sign up, as space is limited!

19/09/2024

In our latest video, we show you how we trim our competition briskets. Make sure to hit the thumbs up, and subscribe!

11/09/2024

Hey OVS Nation….click on this and go give our boys from Ale Yeah BBQ & Steak Team a vote. Thems good boys. Appreciate you all.

20/08/2024

Never too early to start thinking about the holidays! We're going to fire up our holiday class at this year a little earlier, so that you have plenty of time to perfect your dishes for the big occasions this holiday season! Sign up today! There are a few seats remaining!

19/08/2024

The most important meal of the day! Come learn how to make the best bangin' breakfast on the block at ! A few seats still remain!

11/08/2024

Lil G is a big chair!!

Speaking of HUGE, look at this awesome HUGE chair awarded to Old Virginia Smoke for campers choice 1st place!

10/08/2024

We’re going back to The Jack! Proud to represent the Commonwealth of Virginia this year in the holler! Such an honor, and congratulations to all who got their name pulled!

10/08/2024

Best deal you will ever see on Snake River Farms briskets!!!

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09/08/2024

Join us as we are LIVE from Americamps in Ashland, Virginia! Come hang with us for an hour!

31/07/2024

Boom!

30/07/2024

I left this part of last weekend off of my original post, because this was particularly special to me…

We got our first ever call in the Turkey Smoke BBQ contest this weekend , sponsored by Plainville Farms, held at Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival in New Freedom!

It’s been years of cooking different recipes and different things trying to crack the code, while avoiding cooking just slices of turkey or doing a turkey club sandwich. I’ve always enjoyed these turkey contests because it was a chance to do something different. It finally paid off, and our first turkey call was a first place!!!

Turkey is so much fun because you can do so many different things with it. Can’t wait to do National Turkey Federation Turkey smoke again!

29/07/2024

Had an absolute ball of a good time at Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival in New Freedom, PA! Had a fun round of golf and dinner with our boys from Top Gun Barbecue, cooked a double contests and enjoyed seeing our friends the Ewings throughout the weekend!

We also did pretty well in the contests! On Saturday we had a 7th place Compart Family Farms rib, 2nd place Compart pork (lost the tiebreaker for first) and 10th place Snake River Farms brisket, good enough for 6th overall!

On Sunday, we smashed up a first place Compart Family Farms rib and again 2nd place Compart pork (again losing a tiebreaker for 1st) to finish 9th overall!

Congrats to Rooters-n-Tooters BBQ and The Fat is Where it’s At Barbeque on their Grand Championships!

Special shout to our dear friend at blueeyedbbq for their RGC on Saturday. Two of the coolest and best people in BBQ.

Also shouts to Hot Mess BBQ for being amazing neighbors and to our new friends at meatmonarchy for the shade and laughs!

Not possible without our partners from Compart Family Farms, Snake River Farms, Blues Hog, Gateway Drum Smokers, BBQData.com, and Big Poppa Smokers

24/07/2024

Love being on this amazing list with some of the best cooks in the world.

22/07/2024

Loved King of the Smoker!

🔥 Big Poppa's Monday Shoutout!🔥 This week, we're tipping our hats to the amazing Old Virginia Smoke. We love this photo of Luke competing at King of the Smokers! Show us your pictures from KOS!

22/07/2024

As always, we look forward to this weekend at Chillin' and Grillin' In The Glades every year. This year was no different, as it is like going home. We get to see a lot of people that we love in BBQ and in the Town of Wise.

We even had a tremendous suprise visit from Jerry Dyer and JD's Smokin Misfits! They hungout all weekend and truly added to the special nature of Wise.

This contest is always around our wedding anniversary as well. So that's always fun to celebrate two of the best things in our lives at the same time...barbecue and each other.

We had a fantastic cook this weekend, one that we will remember for a long time. A perfect 180 and 1st place chicken, a perfect 180 and first place Compart Duroc ribs and 8th place Compart Duroc pork. The brisket hit a bad table, because we thought it was great as well...but that's BBQ. This was all good enough for a 700 score and Reserve Grand Champion!

Huge congrats to -n-pig, -VeeVee Massey on their 712 and grand championship!

Greg Cross and Town of Wise, VA are always right on point. Thank you for everything that you do. Big thank you to and for helping us clean up on Saturday night!

Also a big thank you for the great time with Fire Dancer BBQ. And a BIG thank you to Eric Clayton Fortenberry for helping us with a big tire issue.

And a huge thank you to our partners that are with us every step of the way-- Compart Family Farms , Big Poppa Smokers , Blues Hog , Gateway Drum Smokers , Snake River Farms , BBQData.com

20/07/2024

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20/07/2024

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