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Tops in BBQ: Winners of the Phillies challenge

Now that the smoke has cleared...

The smoke has cleared after Saturday's annual Stephen Starr-Garry Maddox Barbecue Challenge outside of Citizens Bank Park, which raised $57,000 for the Youth Golf & Academics Program

Here are the winners.

Drexel Hill's Smokin' Ain't Easy won a trip to the 2010 World Series.

Chicken Competition
Pit Master Division
1st place: We Rib U Long Time (Perkasie, PA)
2nd place: Tiny's BBQ (West Chester, PA)
3rd place: Rhapsody in Blue Smoke (Philadelphia, PA)
Honorable mentions: Brisket Burners (Williamstown, NJ)
Devil's Delight (Atglen, PA)

Restaurant/Caterer Division
1st place: Big D's Pizza & BBQ (Wilmington, DE)
2nd place: Jones (Philadelphia, PA)
3rd place: Continental Mid-town (Philadelphia, PA)
Honorable mentions: Communities in Schools of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)
New Orleans Cafe (Chichester, PA)

Chef's Choice Competition
Pit Master Division
1st place: Heavy Hitters BBQ (Drexel Hill, PA)
2nd place: The Honey Bears (Philadelphia, PA)
3rd place: The Stu-Pit (Oaklyn, NJ)
Honorable mentions: Island Smokehouse BBQ (Westhampton, NJ),
Team SBA (Philadelphia, PA),

Restaurant/Caterer Division 
1st place: Bomb Bomb BBQ Grill (Philadelphia, PA)
2nd place: Carolina Blue (Pitman, NJ)
3rd place: Capt'n Dick's BBQ (Malvern, PA)
Honorable mentions: Rosey's BBQ (Jenkintown, PA)
Communities in Schools of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)

Rib Competition
Pit Master Division
1st place: Backyard BBQ (Lansdowne, PA)
2nd place: Secret Sauce (Havertown, PA)
3rd place: Backyard All-Stars BBQ Team (Langhorne, PA)
Honorable mentions: Smokin' Ain't Easy (Drexel Hill, PA)
Tiny's BBQ (West Chester, PA)

Restaurant Division
1st place: Big D's Pizza & BBQ (Wilmington, DE)
2nd place: Le Cochon Noir (Philadelphia, PA)
3rd place: Bomb Bomb BBQ Grill (Philadelphia, PA)
Honorable mentions: Carolina Blue (Pitman, NJ)
Rosey's BBQ (Jenkintown, PA)

Garry's Rib-Off (both divisions compete together for a trip to the 2010 World Series)
Winner: Smokin' Ain't Easy (Drexel Hill, PA)
Runners up: Nice Racks (Philadelphia, PA)
Lazy River Barbecue (Franklinville, NJ)

Judges were Phillies team alumni Gary Matthews, Greg Luzinski, Bob Boone, and Larry Andersen, broadcaster Tom McCarthy, radio personalities Frank Lewis and Paul Jolovitz, and Philadelphia area restaurateurs and chefs including Tony Luke, Kevin Sbraga of Rat's Restaurant, Stink Fisher of The Pop Shop, Brian Wilson of Le Castagne, Peter McAndrews of Modo Mio, and Don Irwin of 1862 by Martin Hamann.