Our group consists of friends and family members who have been involved in the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo and the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo World's Championship Bar-B-Que Contest for many, many years. The Renegades were assembled in 1999, when we decided it was time to start doing things a little differently than the way they had been done in the past. The year 2000 brought not only the new Millennium, but also a renewed outlook on our approach to friendships, team work, and most of all, barbecue. As each year passes, it seems that this event as a whole gets larger. To accomodate for this growth, the Renegades expanded to provide additional space for our guests to enjoy the fun, food and activities.

In the Summer of 1999 we set out to create and design our own trailer mounted smoker pits. They are original designs by some of the Team members and, with the combined efforts of the Renegades, the construction was completed just days prior to the big event in February 2000. Weighing in at approximately 3 tons and standing over 12 feet tall, our smoker pits are large enough to accommodate well over 600 pounds of meat, while cooking a large pot of beans or the now famous Renegades potatoes on a burner at one end.

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