Blow’n Smoke

Blow’n Smoke We are Blow'n Smoke BBQ competition team based in Auckland, NZ

Kumeū 2024What a pressure cooker environment, hot humid days. Competing against a stacked line up of the best 24 BBQ te...
21/01/2024

Kumeū 2024

What a pressure cooker environment, hot humid days. Competing against a stacked line up of the best 24 BBQ teams in NZ. Being such a new team in just our 3rd competition. Our goals were simple. Hand in every protein in the window and get at least 1 call a day. Without our main man Rosae it was going to be a challenging weekend.

Day 1

Chicken 18th
Ribs 5th
Pork 10th
Brisket 14th

Great feeling to hear our name called for 2 proteins. Steve was pumped with his 5th place ribs and made sure our neighbours knew all about it. Mr consistent Simon snatching a 10th in pork. We really struggled with Chicken and Brisket so we knew we had to make some adjustments. Being a double header it was great being able to run it back with some changes and see if that is what the judges are looking for.

Day 2

Chicken 6th
Ribs 10th
Pork 6th
Brisket 18th

Pumped, absolutely stoked! 3 calls. Most notably our chicken redemption. Kirby took the lead on the chicken and made some great decisions to elevate our chicken score. Simon coming through with another consistent Pork box with his highest placing so far at 6th. What was really impressive was our appearance scores perfect 50s in chicken, pork and Ribs also a perfect taste score of 150 in chicken. Amy’s parsley boxes giving us the edge on appearance scores 🔥

Congratulations to our friends Cook Cartel with 2x RGC and overall Grand champion. Also Big smoke bbq with their GC on day 2.

Thank you to our sponsors

Mapari Meats
Sambafireandbbq
Traeger Grills NZ

We would officially like to welcome Simon thetradiebbq to the team, & celebrate his call at BBQ Mania 5 this weekend!Con...
29/10/2023

We would officially like to welcome Simon thetradiebbq to the team, & celebrate his call at BBQ Mania 5 this weekend!

Congrats on 10th place for refined pork!

He is cool under pressure, has an eye for detail & has GREAT music taste🎶

A roller coaster of a cook for the team, we were proud to be able to submit all proteins, & learnt a lot from talking to & watching others. A whole lot more to learn, which we’re up for! A massive thanks to Amy Brooks making background moves, making sure the team stayed on track💯

Thanks always to our sponsors, who help us on this journey!

Moo Moo Smokehouse and Grill
Sambafireandbbq
Mapari Meats
Traeger Grills NZ

The team are off to compete in our third competition this weekend at BBQ Mania 5. Looking forward to catching up with ou...
25/10/2023

The team are off to compete in our third competition this weekend at BBQ Mania 5. Looking forward to catching up with our BBQ brothers and sisters. Final another opportunity to put our practice into a competition setting. Catch you there 🤙🏼

Thank you to our sponsors for getting us there

Mapari Meats
Moo Moo Smokehouse and Grill
Sambafireandbbq

We competed in our second competition yesterday at Culleys Smoke & Spice Festival,what a beautiful spring sunny day it w...
03/09/2023

We competed in our second competition yesterday at Culleys Smoke & Spice Festival,what a beautiful spring sunny day it was, cooking & catching up with the bbq family!

Steve DaddyQue is on fire with his pork ribs, earning a 3rd place for pork ribs, & Rosae The BBQ General snuck in an 8th place for open chicken. Both results led to a solid 4th overall for the competition, which we were blow’n away by!

A big thanks to Culley's for putting on a great event & Simon thetradiebbq for keeping us in line👌A huge shout out to our sponsors who make our bbq dreams become reality:

The Four Saucemen
Sambafireandbbq
Moo Moo Smokehouse and Grill
Mapari Meats

18/06/2023

MONTHLY WILD CARDS! Blow’n Smoke

Blow'n Smoke is a recently formed competition BBQ team from the 09! The team consists of husband and wife Steve and Amy Brooks, along with Rosae Viliamu.

Passionate cooks, they were inspired to elevate their BBQ skills and challenge themselves. What better way to do that than to dive into the high-intensity world of competition BBQ!

The team's preferred ribs to cook are swift pork ribs, chosen for their consistent size, delightful taste, and beautiful marbling. Rosae, a pitmaster at a BBQ restaurant by day, cooks a minimum of 60 racks of swift ribs every week and absolutely adores them!

Their journey to their first competition involved extensive practice and sharing their creations with friends, family, and even strangers, seeking honest feedback. The guidance received from the NZ BBQ community was phenomenal, significantly reducing the stress of competition preparation. Clearly, their efforts paid off as the team was awarded the Best New Team title!

Kia Ora!We’re a new competition bbq team, who recently competed at against some of the top teams in New Zealand🔥 With L...
08/05/2023

Kia Ora!

We’re a new competition bbq team, who recently competed at against some of the top teams in New Zealand🔥

With Lady Luck on our side, we managed to nab the best new team award, which we’re pretty chuffed with!

A little bit about ourselves:

Steve / Captain.

The brains of the operation, armed with the gift of the gab & quite often making moves in the background, whilst working on his killer rib game, & getting good results!

Amy / The enforcer

Amy is a very flavour driven cook, who is always researching and experimenting with textures and taste. Her eye for detail is highly regarded in the team!

Rosae / Fire hazard

Rosae is the Craig David of BBQ, born to do it 😅 Always studying the art of bbq, & trying to make his mark on the game!

We have so much to learn & improve on, but are keen for the challenge!

Stay tuned!✌️

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Whangateau
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