Spring Valley BBQ Fest Award Winners, Photos (and Video) for 2012

Thousands of local residents packed a closed-down Troy Street in Spring Valley Sunday for the annual Spring Valley Tailgate & BBQ Festival. Now in its third year, the event featured 13 amateur backyard barbecue teams, vying for grilling guru supremecy.

In addition, the BBQ teams sold samples of their BBQ for $2 each, as a way to help raise money for youth sports clubs and organizations in Spring Valley.

The teams competed in five categories: Tri-tip, pork ribs, chicken, carne asada, and Best Tailgate (decor.)

The winners are as follows:

Tri-tip

1st place: Smoke Monsters

2nd place: Los Toros

3rd place: Backyard Boys

Ribs

1st place: Los Toros

2nd place: Chandlers Bangin BBQ

3rd place: BBQ for Boobies

Chicken

1st place: WGW

2nd place: BBQ for Boobies

3rd place: Cousins Cookin'

Carne Asada (only one award given)

1st place: King Grillaz

The People's Choice Award went to Chandlers Bangin' BBQ, who sold the most samples, half of which will be donated to youth sports benefactors. The Best Tailgate Award went to BBQ for Boobies, for its all pink Breast Cancer Awareness tent.

The Grand Champion team was WGW, who had the highest cumulative score for all categories.