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HAI'CUE!
When it comes to the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party, you pretty much know the drill. 'Cuemasters from around the country descend on New York's Madison Square Park for a weekend of meat-smoking for the barbecue-famished masses.
As experienced block party attendees know, the FastPass is the way to go. It gives you and one guest access to special express lines at all 14 of the pit masters as well as those of the other food purveyors there.
This year, we've got four (4) FastPasses worth $52 to give away to readers, and we'll be giving away one pass a day through Saturday. If you live in New York City or are willing to travel here June 7 to 8, this is your contest. Enter the contest, after the jump ...
Throw Your Hai'cue in the Ring!
To enter to win, all you have to do is COMPOSE A HAIKU with a barbecue theme here in the comments.
The best "hai'cue," as determined by the Serious Eats staff, will win.
But wait! There's more: Each day's winner will also receive a copy of Peace, Love, and Barbecue by pit master Mike Mills and Amy Mills Tunnicliffe.
And that's not all! Serious Eats head honcho Ed Levine just volunteered to lead a little guided tour early in the day on Sunday for all the winners, taking them around to meet the pit masters.
Comments will be open for entries until 12:30 p.m. May 29, 2008. One entry per community member. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply. Winner will be posted in the comments section of this post as well as on the Serious Eats Contest Winners Page.
Comments are closed: 73 Comments:
Cover meet with sauce
Bar Be Cue is always boss
Free pass, reduced cost!
victorylow at 1:36PM on 05/28/08
I offered her some
sauced meat that's sticky sweet, but
she likes dry rub 'cue.
foodinmouth at 1:51PM on 05/28/08
A meaty debate:
Texas or Carolina?
I would take either.
lily314 at 1:58PM on 05/28/08
hickory cedar
salty sweet sticky fingers
smoke and fire bring smiles
golds064 at 1:59PM on 05/28/08
flat cut or fat end
drenching fragrant wood in water
smoked beef brisket love
goodbyeohio at 2:04PM on 05/28/08
My sweat smells like sauce
My hair, full of beef chunks
I overdid it.
frooch at 2:08PM on 05/28/08
Salty meat, so good
smothered in tasty red sauce.
It melts in your mouth.
katalia at 2:11PM on 05/28/08
Ribs, brisket and pork
Really? In New York City?
Napkins optional.
julisj at 2:13PM on 05/28/08
Oops, mine was a broken haiku, lemme adjust real quick please as I can't edit!
My sweat smells like sauce
My hair, full of hot beef chunks
I overdid it.
frooch at 2:14PM on 05/28/08
Dry rub the tri-tip
I am hungry for the meat
Scrape the grate right now
Jenndlv at 2:19PM on 05/28/08
Smoke. It's all about
Wood, Apple, mesquite or oak.
Not heat, but pork fat.
Phlipper at 2:22PM on 05/28/08
She kisses his ribs
Lips glossed with fiery sauce-
A summer love affair
hungryrachel at 2:25PM on 05/28/08
Smokey meats ringed pink
Glis’ning fat on happy chins
Sauced or not, n’er dry
happyconsumer at 2:29PM on 05/28/08
Dateless & hungry
Glossy, tangy, cue abounds
Single gal needs meat.
rmfalk at 2:32PM on 05/28/08
most block parties rock.
but add grilled juicy meat and
heaven's angels sing.
beckyquan at 2:33PM on 05/28/08
*Sniff? Hark! Who goes there?
Ay, there’s the dry rub doth sends,
BBQ Burnt Ends!
kennylats at 2:34PM on 05/28/08
Smokey pork and beef
The path to enlightenment
A journey best shared
michaelkroe at 2:45PM on 05/28/08
Beef, ribs, pork...OH MY!
Ugh! I think I ate too much!
Who has antacid??
phantomgm at 2:53PM on 05/28/08
Pigs, cows, or chickens?
It doesn't matter to me.
I shall eat them all.
ellenboges at 3:01PM on 05/28/08
Pulled pork, my delight
Tender brisket, he sighs love
We eat lustily
feistyfoodie at 3:02PM on 05/28/08
"Wet or dry" debate
Misses the obvious point-
It's all soooo good. Duh.
drewa at 3:10PM on 05/28/08
sauced meat of angels
brings me to new york city;
do chicago proud
missmolly512 at 3:12PM on 05/28/08
Dripping Springs, I dream.
The meat brought to the city,
For Urban Cowboys.
josefr at 3:12PM on 05/28/08
My sticky fingers
can't wipe tears of happiness.
No wet naps around.
rchung77 at 3:16PM on 05/28/08
My diet is done.
For one day I shall be free.
To eat meat. And smile.
orinky at 3:22PM on 05/28/08
Quit squirming piggeh
and get in the smoker,
sweet, delicious piggeh.
Raphael at 3:53PM on 05/28/08
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Raphael at 3:56PM on 05/28/08
@Raphael: You are a member of the Serious Eats staff. Therefore you we cannont om nom nom nominate your entry for internal voting on the Hai'cue judging tribunal.
Adam Kuban at 3:59PM on 05/28/08
Carolina folks
Know barbecue's not a verb.
Y'all want slaw with that?
jennews at 4:01PM on 05/28/08
Dry rub or wet rub
So many choices for me
Just feed me some pig
ESNY1077 at 4:09PM on 05/28/08
@adam: I can still write haikus! You can't stop me!
Raphael at 4:12PM on 05/28/08
Pulled pork with some slaw
All I need is some more beer
Oh, and some brisket
ESNY1077 at 4:12PM on 05/28/08
Pit masters arrive
Barbecue roasting gently
Flavors of smoke float
greenfield at 4:13PM on 05/28/08
Gimme Summer Smoke
Delicious Meat That I Love
And Many Cold Beers
walden50 at 4:34PM on 05/28/08
States fight for first prize
of smoky tender brisket.
Yum needs no atlas.
challah at 4:35PM on 05/28/08
whether Korean
or North Carolinian
I love me some 'cue
scaevola at 4:39PM on 05/28/08
@Raphael: I am the HAIKU FASCIST OF SERIOUS EATS.
@Everyone else: Carry on!
Adam Kuban at 5:00PM on 05/28/08
Awkward at the 'cue.
There will be no second date...
...vegetarian!
mentalsorbet at 5:23PM on 05/28/08
the best way to eat
meat like this is with one's hands
smoke please, no mirrors
skim at 5:27PM on 05/28/08
smoke climbs tall towers
in an urban oasis
from the pit, love flares
terrence_rennet at 5:43PM on 05/28/08
Long lines not today
FastPass to sacred fire pit
Beard to tail, eat all
Emmi24g at 6:03PM on 05/28/08
Sweet smoke
Slow for hours
Ring of delight
iliketoeat at 6:54PM on 05/28/08
Smoke rises above
Offerings to the pork gods
Summer has arrived.
cjstephens at 7:01PM on 05/28/08
barbecue for you
it is a date can't you see
cause I get feed too
mellymel at 7:24PM on 05/28/08
Subtle smoky char
Marbled, juicy tenderness
Sauce need not apply
brunjaune at 8:00PM on 05/28/08
summer barbecue
hide your george foreman pronto
get sunburned and stuffed
ashkashbgsh at 8:28PM on 05/28/08
O, how a red ring
On the toughest cut of beef
Can make grown men cry
adrockuw at 9:08PM on 05/28/08
Deep smoke flavors run
Hand to mouth to fat-slicked chin
Meat slips from the bone
Hungryjane at 9:46PM on 05/28/08
A sizzle so sweet
Fiery charcoal, do your worst
Is that all you got?
pupilindenial at 10:17PM on 05/28/08
Beef ribs and pulled pork
With creamy tangy cold slaw
My last meal on earth
anado at 10:21PM on 05/28/08
Tiny New York apt
No yard for smoking meet. Need
to get my barbecue
anado at 10:30PM on 05/28/08
Correction on my first submission: coleslaw, not cold slaw... but everyone knew that, right?
anado at 10:30PM on 05/28/08
Carolina Girl
Living in a New York world
Missing Tarheel 'Que
Southern_bella at 10:40PM on 05/28/08
Little Pink Oink Oink
You paid the ultimate price
My stomach thanks you
digitalburro at 11:21PM on 05/28/08
Que up, ribs galore
at Blue Smoke and Dinosaur
git up from the floor
cinnamongirl at 11:31PM on 05/28/08
Ready the wet-naps
Stomach prepared for feasting
Atkins would be proud
JubileeNYC at 1:05AM on 05/29/08
The three little pigs
tasted great with a dry rub.
Wolf not bad either.
mentalsorbet at 10:01AM on 05/29/08
I need to eat all
the barbecue I did not
eat in childhood.
blondiebrownie at 10:48AM on 05/29/08
burnt ends juicy ribs
forged by heat smoke flames
extra napkins please
seegoblu at 10:50AM on 05/29/08
big appul problum
waysting away in long line
I can haz fast pass?
BrooklynBrownie at 11:02AM on 05/29/08
Exquisite brisket
You present your pink smoke ring
Yes, I'll marry you.
corbinski at 11:33AM on 05/29/08
Dear Old McDonald
Had a smoker on the farm
Pig E-I-Over
harrison at 11:39AM on 05/29/08
Stomach exploding
Cholesterol soaring...but
It's a two-day pass.
erockag at 11:44AM on 05/29/08
Mom, free barbecue!
Ribs! Pulled pork! Silence...oy veh.
[Grandpa rolls in grave]
erockag at 11:48AM on 05/29/08
sorry, just saw it's one entry per member. i guess i'll submit the second one for tomorrow.
erockag at 12:08PM on 05/29/08
ok, i'm a legitimate idiot. apparently this is not a daily contest. i humble submit this one, and rescind the other. sorry....:
Mom, free barbecue!
Ribs! Pulled pork! Silence...oy veh
[Grandpa rolls in grave]
apologies to others for having to witness my idiocy in the comments.
erockag at 12:12PM on 05/29/08
Low and slow: All hail
the Taino "sacred fire pit"
called barabicu
EatingInTranslation at 12:30PM on 05/29/08
Sauce drips viscous, thick
Firm, stately turn of the spit
Grip, rip, pick, strip, lick.
tortor at 12:39PM on 05/29/08
I love barbecue
Saucy pork on a soft bun
Dripping down my chin
suzydrano at 1:05PM on 05/29/08
I like BBQ
I like BBQ a lot
YUM YUM BBQ
chidog47 at 1:41PM on 05/29/08
they strung up the chef
a note, pinned to his apron
"ran out of hot sauce."
mattwolfe at 2:10PM on 05/29/08
smoky pits cover
dripping juicy blakened meat
my tummy calls you
ambnyc at 3:27PM on 05/29/08
We Have a Winner!
My sticky fingers
can't wipe tears of happiness.
No wet naps around.
—rchung77
Thanks to everyone who entered! Reading all the hai'cues was a gas. For the rest of you non-Rchung77 folks, try your hand at a limerick today.
Adam Kuban at 3:32PM on 05/29/08