Man, BBQ is great. Even with some beer mixed in it’s still delicious. UNless of course that beer is Budweiser, and you use way to much of it. Then it’s not so good. This happened to us one fine Father’s day when my dad decided that he needed to add some beer to the BBQ chicken he was making. Normally this would turn out OK cause he would use some crazy flavorful import beer. However on this particular day, Budweiser was the only beer on hand. That would probably be OK, except he poured in at least one whole 16oz tall can into the sauce. The BBQ sauce went from thick and delicious, to thin and beery. He cooked the chicken in it though, and it turned out about as terrible as it sounds. We had to eat though cause it was all we had. I hope you enjoyed my tale of a BBQ ruined.

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I have many memorable moments of my father who, Thank God, is still with us today. I brought the Nintendo Wii over to my parents and asked my dad to play Wii Play and Sports with me. He IS NOT technical at all, but after 2 games of pool and bowling, he couldn’t stop playing. It was like watching a young child play and truly enjoy himself. As a self-proclaimed geek, that is one of the biggest bonding moments between us.

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Men and their BBQs don’t try and take it away from dad even on fathers day, they get cranky.  Mom was going to BBQ for fathers day give dad a break. She was trying to light the charcoal. with the tunnel thing you put news paper or kindling in the bottom then the coals (a fathers day present) she couldn’t get it started. Dad was there with the can of charcoal lighter fluid ready to take over.  You guessed it,  he used it . He used about 3/4 of a can. The fire was really something you could roast marshmallow if you had wanted. Well Dad got to BBQ after the fire went down and we removed his fathers day present from the center of the BBQ. Did i mention that BBQ always tasted like that can of lighter fluid.

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I wanted to nominate my dad! He is phenomenal! He works so hard for his family. Not only has he served as a police officer, he is a cancer survivor who still works more than full time to provide for his family, and help my husband & I provide for our children, one of which is disabled. My dad has always stuck by my side, and he always lets my momma know how much he loves her. He ROCKS at makin’ bar-b-q, whether its a few racks O ribs, or 26 oz. Ribeyes, or when he slow cooked 8 briskets all on his own for a wedding, hes got it goin on! I have never seen a man who watches more bar b q shows on food network! I think his dream would be to go up against Bobby Flay!

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my favorite dad moment doesn’t actually have anything to do with cooking (all of the bbq adventures involving my dad are quite uninteresting)... however, one of my favorite dad moments occurred during a bbq we were having. 

during this bbq one of the guests spotted a huge lizard in the backyard under the car.  my dad, trying to be some sort of hero, decided he would scoot the lizard away using a flip flop. well, as my dad approached, the lizard let out a huge hissssssss and chomped down on the end of the flip flip. in response my dad SCREAMED and threw the flip across the yard (thankfully, without the lizard attached)... after that we let our little guest stay for the rest of the day.  i never knew dads could scream like that.

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Contest is over and EVERYONE IS A WINNER!

@Uglyfido Now you can school him on BBQing with ROOT beer BBQ sauce!

@Michael Manna Dads and Wiis seem to be a match made in heaven -

@kat That sounds dangerous AND HILARIOUS. Dangerarilous?

@Eilzabeth Johnson Will your dad come to my house and grill something delicious for me?!

@peachy Lizards are the WORST, I totally empathize with your dad!

Guys, if you can please DM me your physical addresses your prize packs will go out this week! Thanks for all the great stories!

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Congratulations to us all! Great stories from everyone, and Woohoo!

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Congrats to all! I agree great stories.

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Yay! Thank you! And congrats to the other winners as well, I enjoyed reading all the stories! 

Jenny, I shot you a DM with my address so hopefully it went through, but if not please message me & I’ll resend the address. 

Thanks again, can’t wait to try the recipe out!

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Hi Jenny,

Just wanted to say thank you again, I got my Mug Root Beer BBQ recipe with all the ingredients and we will be trying it out this week end. I hope it tastes as good as it sounds.

kat

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You’re lucky Kat, I’m still waiting and anticipating mine. Hope it comes soon, cause I wanna make some sauce.

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It will. I’m in the same shipping zone… it came ups ground, from Atlanta,Ga. and I am in New York.

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Just got my pack today. It’s cooking in the Kitchen right now. It smells delicious, and I can’t wait to cook my burgers and brats with it tomorrow!

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