Hess Barbecue Catering

Hesss Barbecue Catering has been winning awards for the last thirty years, as they have developed into a thriving catering service and two competition teams. Although already famous in Lancaster County for their BBQ, the Hess brothers decided to branch out and trytheir hand at competition BBQ in 2000. Each brother has his own team and has won at least one award in every single Kansas City Barbecue Society (KCBS) competition theyve entered. Although they never compete against each other, the brothers still have the drive to be the best in what they do; and what they do is barbecue. Lloyd competes under the name of the Flying Porkers. His team has scored awards in every KCBS category (Chicken, Pork Ribs, Beef Brisket and Pulled Pork), Including an award in the Elk category at Cabelas competition in Harrisburg, PA in 2005. Lloyds first place finish in the pulled pork category at the same competition placed him among the best of the best in pulled pork for 2005. In 2006 at the Bel Air BBQ Bash, Lloyd decided to make barbecue even more of a family affair. He allowed his children Eric and Kim to compete instead of competing himself. They scored a 7th place ribbon in the brisket category. In 2008 they competed in two shows and placed in both of them. At the Maryland bbq bash they scored a first place win in the chicken category. While competing at this state championship they also vended to thousands of hungry visitors, most of them waiting more than an hour to get great bbq. In 2007 they also placed third in the brisket category at the same show. This year was the first Keystone International BBQ competition. This event was held in the front yard of the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, PA. The Flying Porkers captured their first ever Grand Championship at this event. They scored a first place brisket, and a second place pork to give them enough points to come out on top. In 2009 Lloyd and Eric are looking forward to another successful year in the BBQ circ