Bonnie Q BBQ Awards

I’m Doug, owner of the Arapahoe Café in Dillon, voted best in town on numerous occasions. Bonnie is my daughter and namesake of our BBQ Competition Team. We started competing in Frisco and Dillon 20 years ago at Kansas City Barbecue Society sanctioned events. 

We’ve won People's Choice Awards in several categories and top ten finishes in all four major categories. 

WE THINK OUR Q IS PRETTY DARN GOOD AND SO DO THE JUDGES. 

We put our BBQ on the menu at the Café and can hardly keep up. Guests from Texas, Kansas City, Memphis and Oklahoma tell us our Q is as good as what they get back home. We think it's some of the best barbecue in Summit County! 
The heart of the Bonnie Q BBQ Competition Team: Doug and Bonnie Pierce at the 2012 Colorado BBQ Challenge in Frisco.

2016 Awards

Frisco's 2016 BBQ Challenge
WINNER: Bonnie Q BBQ, People's Choice 

2016 Leadville BBQ & Brew  Festival
WINNER: Bonnie Q BBQ, People's Choice
 
2016 Blue Ribbon Bacon Tour
WINNER: Arapahoe Café, Best Savory Dish

         2015 Awards

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Frisco's 2015 Colorado BBQ Challenge
June 19-20, 2015
WINNER: Bonnie Q BBQ, Peoples Choice

2015 Inaugural Leadville BBQ & Brew  Festival
June 26 & 27, 2015  Keystone, CO
WINNER: Bonnie Q BBQ, Peoples Choice


Pictured at left: Bonnie & Doug Pierce win People's Choice at the 22nd Frisco BBQ Challenge

2014 AWARDS

21st Annual Frisco Colorado BBQ Challenge
2014 Results
 
People’s Choice Winners:  2nd: Bonnie Q BBQ
(Arapahoe Cafe's Competition Team)
11th Annual Beaver Creek
Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival
May 24-26, 2014
Beaver Creek, CO

  • Winner 1st Place Smoked Mac & Cheese
  • 2nd Place Ribs

2013 AWARDS

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2013 BEST OF SUMMIT AWARDS
#2 Best Caterer in Summit County
COLORADO BBQ CHALLENGE 2013, FRISCO, COLORADO

4th Place 'Anything Goes' with Aleppo Pepper Beef Tenderloin with Expresso Balsamic! Sixty-one competitors cooked up their best.

At right, Doug Pierce, owner Arapahoe Cafe and Bonnie Q BBQ Roadhouse Room and Catering Company, and daughter Bonnie Pierce. 

They competed at the 2013 Colorado BBQ Challenge in Frisco, CO, winning 4th Place 'Anything Goes' category with their Aleppo Pepper Beef Tenderloin with Expresso Balsamic! 

2012 AWARDS

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2012 BEST OF SUMMIT AWARDS
#3 Best Caterer in Summit County
KRYSTAL 93 BBQ AT THE SUMMIT 2012
World's Highest BBQ Contest

With over 60 Competitors, Bonnie Q BBQ results:

1st Place Sauce
People’s Choice 3rd Place
Miscellaneous 3rd Place
COLORADO BBQ CHALLENGE 2012, FRISCO, COLORADO
(19th ANNUAL with over 60 competitors)

2nd place People’s choice
2nd Place, Anything Goes (entry submitted: Doug’s Mocha Java Rubbed Pork with Pineapple Peach Salsa)
2nd Place Side dish (entree submitted: Smoked Mac n’ Cheese)
6th Place Brisket
BEAVER CREEK, COLORADO 2012
Blues, Brews & BBQ  Festival

Grand Champion Peoples Choice Award
2nd place Pork Competition with Doug's Mocha Java Rub and Pineapple Peach Salsa!

2011 AWARDS

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TOWN OF FRISCO BEST IN THE WEST CHILI COOK OFF 2011

First Place
Green Chili Professional Category 
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2011 BEST OF SUMMIT AWARDSVoted #1 Best BBQ
#1 Best Dillon Restaurant
#2 Best Bloody Marys
#2 Best Deck
#2 Best Lunch
#3 Best Bar 
#3 Best Summit County Restaraunt
#3 Best Caterer
KRYSTAL 93 BBQ AT THE SUMMIT 2011
2nd Place People's Choice Award 
1st Place Side Dish: Smoked Cheddar Mac N Cheese (yum!)
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COLORADO BBQ CHALLENGE, FRISCO 2011

Out of 65 competing teams we are thrilled for placing in the points standing:
10th Place Overall for Beef, Pork, Chicken & Ribs!
1st Place People's Choice

Plus: 
7th Place Salsa
7th Place Miscellaneous (Anything Goes) for Shrimp & Buffalo Sausage
9th Place for Pork
10th Place Brisket

pictured: 1st Place People Choice Trophy, Colorado BBQ Challenge, Frisco

2010 AWARDS

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2010 BEST OF SUMMIT AWARDS
Best New Business in Summit County: Bonnie Q BBQ Catering Company


KRYSTAL 93 BBQ AT THE SUMMIT 2010
3rd Place Peoples Choice
8th place for chicken and ribs

FRISCO BBQ CHALLENGE 2010
2nd Place Peoples Choice Award
1996-2009 AWARDS

16TH ANNUAL FRISCO BBQ CHALLENGE
BBQ with Altitude, Official Colorado State Championship 2009
9th place for Pork

16TH ANNUAL FRISCO BBQ CHALLENGE
BBQ with Altitude, Official Colorado State Championship 2009
3rd place for Miscellaneous

KRYSTAL 93 BBQ AT THE SUMMIT
Worlds Highest BBQ Contest 2009
9th Place for Pork

2008 KEYSTONE RESORT MARDI GRAS
1st Place Gumbo Contest

2008 KEYSTONE RESORT BLUES AND BBQ FESTIVAL
2nd Place

15TH ANNUAL FRISCO COLORADO BARBECUE CHALLENGE
Official Colorado State Championship 2008
9th place for Pork

14TH ANNUAL FRISCO COLORADO BARBECUE CHALLENGE
Official Colorado State Championship 2007
5th place for Ribs

14TH ANNUAL FRISCO COLORADO BARBECUE CHALLENGE
Official Colorado State Championship 2007
10th place for Miscellaneous

12TH ANNUAL FRISCO COLORADO BARBECUE CHALLENGE
Official Colorado State Championship 2005
9th place for Miscellaneous

BUDWEISER BBQ AT THE SUMMIT
World’s Highest BBQ Contest, 2004 People’s Choice Award for Brisket

BUDWEISER BBQ AT THE SUMMIT
World’s Highest BBQ Contest, 2004 People’s Choice Award for Pork

2003 CHILE COOK OFF
People’s Choice Salsa

2000 COLORADO BARBECUE CHALLENGE
World’s Highest BBQ Contest at 9100 feet, Frisco, Colorado
3rd Miscellaneous

1998 COLORADO BARBECUE CHALLENGE
World’s Highest BBQ Contest at 9100 feet, Frisco, Colorado
3rd Place Miscellaneous

1998 COLORADO BARBECUE CHALLENGE
World’s Highest BBQ Contest at 9100 feet, Frisco, Colorado
3rd Place Chicken

1997 COLORADO BARBECUE CHALLENGE
World’s Highest BBQ Contest at 9100 feet, Frisco, Colorado
3rd Place Miscellaneous

1997 COLORADO BARBECUE CHALLENGE BBQ AT THE SUMMIT
World’s Highest BBQ Contest at 9100 feet, Frisco, Colorado
 Place Brisket

1997 COLORADO BARBECUE CHALLENGE
World’s Highest BBQ Contest at 9100 feet, Frisco, Colorado
1st  Brisket

1997 COLORADO BARBECUE CHALLENGE
World’s Highest BBQ Contest at 9100 feet, Frisco, Colorado
3rd Miscellaneous

1996 COLORADO BARBECUE CHALLENGE
World’s Highest BBQ Contest at 9100 feet, Frisco, Colorado
2nd Place Brisket