A bar-b-q competition is our favorite way to introduce bar-b-q fans to the taste of Head Country. Bar-B-Q at its very tender best! Imagine strolling the grounds of a weekend cook-off with the big smokers, colorful cooks and delicious aromas surrounding you. Then, picture visiting the Head Country team as we are preparing a slab of ribs to be judged. "Care to try a rib and tell us what you think?" You bet!

We field two bar-b-q teams during the height of the competition season. Our general manager, Paul Schatte, is the chief cook for Head Country II and travels across the nation to compete. Brother-in-law Mike Linderer concentrates on west Texas bar-b-q competitions as chief cook for Head Country III.

Among the dozens of state, regional and national contests in which Head Country has done well are these favorite titles:

1994

• Jack Daniels World Invitational Grand Champion, Lynchburg, TN
• American Royal International Invitational Grand Champion,
  Kansas City, MO
• Missouri State Grand Champion, St. Joseph, MO
• Illinois State Grand Champion, West Chicago, IL

1995

• Oklahoma Joe's Interplanetary Bar-B-Q Grand Champion, Stillwater, OK
• Arkansas State Grand Champion

1996

• North Carolina State Grand Champion, Tryon, NC
• Oklahoma State Grand Champion,(Cherokee Strip Cook-Off), Ponca City, OK
• OKC Stockyard Stampede, Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion, OKC, OK

1998

• Oklahoma Joe's Interplanetary Bar-B-Q Grand Champion, Stillwater, OK
• Oklahoma State Bar-B-Q Grand Champion (Smoke On The Water), Grove, OK

1999

• Oklahoma State Bar-B-Q Grand Champion (BBQ and Blues), Cushing, OK
• Oklahoma State Bar-B-Q Grand Champion, Pawnee, OK
• Mid-South Regional Grand Champion, Lincoln, AR
• Oklahoma State Reserve Grand Champion (Cherokee Strip Cook-Off), Ponca City, OK