The 5th Annual BBQ on the Bypass is being hosted and organized by the staff at Well Seasoned gourmet food store and cooking school in Langley. Owner, Angie Quaale, was introduced to competitive barbequing in 2004 when she met BBQ evangelist and Canadian BBQ Champion Rockin’ Ronnie Shewchuk. Angie figured the best way to join the quest for the ultimate BBQ was to host a competition. In 2005 she invited teams to Langley, B.C. from all over the Pacific Northwest and, as a result, the BBQ on the Bypass was born.

Well Seasoned is a one of a kind shopping destination and cooking school for Fraser Valley food lovers. The store features regular celebrity chefs, cooking demonstrations, gourmet local food products and specialty items from all over the world. The cooking school hosts regular barbeque cooking classes in addition to a wide range of other culinary classes. For more information visit www.wellseasoned.ca.

In 2008. BOTB played host to the finals of the first BC BBQ championships. Teams that have competed in all qualifier barbeque events had a chance at winning the cup. Those events took place in Whistler, Trail, Kelowna and Squamish. The winning team would have the highest combined score at all events. Winners of the B.C. BBQ Championship won the David Veljacic Memorial Cup plus a chance to compete at the Jack Daniels World BBQ Championship in Tennessee. A $1,000 dollar cash prize will also be awarded to the winning team.


The event is free to the public. Lots of free samples and entertainment will be available throughout the day.

A bit about BBQ: BBQ is NOT grilling!!

There is a very distinct difference between the two. Just ask anyone that knows BBQ and they will tell you all about it !!

Southern style BBQ is a technique in which meat is cooked at low temperatures (about 225 F) for a long time over indirect heat. The heat source is charcoal and wood. No gas/propane is allowed. The BBQ on the Bypass competition consists of four main categories: Beef Brisket, Sausage, Chicken, and Pork Ribs. Brisket is cooked for 12 – 16 hours. Ribs take aprox. 6 hours & chicken aprox. 4 hours.

As a bonus category BBQ on the Bypass hosts an Anything But category. The 2009 sponsor was JD Farms . Last year, each team was given 1 whole delicious turkey to create anything they wanted. We saw some incredibly creative entries. This category is a real crowd pleaser, it is always interesting to see what the teams come up with. We’re looking forward to seeing this year’s entries.

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Celebrity Emcee

This year on the main stage we are excited to have Best Selling Cookbook Author, Award Winning local BBQ expert & BBQ Evangelist – Rockin’ Ronnie Shewchuk as our co-emcee with Well Seasoned ‘s very own, Angie Quaale, B.C.’s reigning “Queen of BBQ”.  They will take you through the day and present the awards at the end of the day.   (www.ronshewchuk.com/bbq/about.htm)