The 4th Annual Ruba Cup BBQ Shootout has been scheduled for Saturday, April 13th, 2013. Stay tuned for more information!

Be sure to check out the video from the 2nd Annual Ruba Cup in 2011:

Here is a great photoset of images from the 2011 Ruba Cup BBQ Shootout, taken by the very talented Kelly Davidson.

Stay tuned for more information about the upcoming Third Annual Ruba Cup BBQ Shootout!

The RUBA Cup BBQ Shootout returned to Clear Rock Ranch on Saturday, March 19th, 2011. The Shootout grew since last year, with four of the best competition BBQ teams in the State of Texas coming to the Ranch to cook for the RUBA Cup trophy.

2010 Defending Champion WETSU BBQ returned looking strong, and were joined by some fine teams from the Lone Star Barbecue Society. The line-up was:

• Smok'em and Strok'em
• 5-C Cooking Team
• Back Door BBQ
• WETSU BBQ Crew
• RUBA BBQ

This year's RUBA Cup coincided with the SXSW Festival in Austin, and a group from the Berklee College of Music came out to the ranch for the cookoff. We had almost 150 people in attendance! Berklee College Board Members served as our barbecue judges, with Jean Gebhard of Lone Star Barbecue Society officiating the event.

After the cookout a number of student bands from the Berklee College of Music performed on the back porch at Clear Rock Ranch, jamming well into the night with prospective students and members of the audience joining in.

Be sure to watch the two videos below for some highlights from the 2nd Annual RUBA Cup BBQ Shootout! The first was made by Sean Clauson, and the second is Berklee student Emily Elbert performing a set with the Boston Boys.

RUBA Cup BBQ Shootout (Full Version) from Clear Rock Ranch on Vimeo.

Elk at Clear Rock Ranch from Clear Rock Ranch on Vimeo.

An interesting article in today's New York Times about a digital-video hunting scope that allows a real hunting experience, but no-kill. An interesting technology that might be fun to test out at Clear Rock Ranch someday.

A Kind of Hunt That Even Deer Can Get Behind