Photo Gallery: 30th Annual Taylor International Barbecue Cook-Off Taylor, Texas, August 18, 2007
A Lone Star umbrella keeps these competitors smokin' in the shade.
Prizes await distribution to the best in many categories including beef, pork, poultry, lamb, wild game, goat and seafood as well as Showmanship and Elaborate Rig.
White Strofoam containers hold the anonymous entries in the poultry category as judges congregate at judging tables.