J.R.'s Family Bar-B-Q

Huge day at JR's Family BBQ where we had a "wait" for most of the evening with many OU fans in town for the Sooners vs. Texas hoops game Saturday afternoon. Big win for Jeff Capel's crew on an emotional day as the late, great hoopster Waymon Tisdale was honored today. Waymon, who was a star at OU in the 80's and played for years in the NBA, died last year of cancer after having his leg amputated in his fight with bone cancer. When Waymon was a high school player at Tulsa's Booker T. Washington High School I had the privilege of officiating a few  of his games. Awesome guy... always smiling.

We expect a big day at the "Q" Sunday with folks getting some good football food to enjoy during the Super Bowl. more »

Just a reminder that if you place an on line order today that we'll ship it Monday and you can help us set a significant January sales record. more »

Here's hoping the weekend is going well for all. We've had a really nice past few days at J.R.'s Family BBQ in Norman plus our on line orders have been steady. We will have the BIGGEST announcement we've ever had regarding our site this Friday so please keep that in mind. We are still offering FREE SHIPPING on cases of sauce and ketchup and one can even mix and match them if one chooses. Sharing a case with a friend or fellow fan is smart and easy as 12, 18 oz plastic bottles is only $47.80 and we pick up the shipping to selected areas. more »

 But now it's kickoff time for some BBQ'ed weekend ramblings.

Here's hoping that every one is having a great weekend. It's really nice weekend here in Norman, Oklahoma and college football fever is in the air. I attended a couple of functions with the Sooner football coaches this week and their summer is essentially over as practice starts next Wednesday, the day I return from Long Island, and they will hit it hard until National Signing Day in early February 2010. My goal is to attend every OU game, home and away, and I have already made travel arrangements to travel from Lincoln, Nebraska to Sheffield, England in November among other "interesting" road trips. These trips serve as "great escapes" and help me keep my sanity (no jokes please.) At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

 Today's Special.....BBQ'ed Random Thoughts....  more »

My wife Jan and I watched UFC 100 with one of the Oklahoma Sooner football coaches and his family in our home here in Norman Saturday night. Here are my observations and not from a MMA "expert" or even a  fanatic but simply from a sports fan who enjoys the UFC and respects the athletes who compete in the octagon. more »

Happy New Year to all! Thanks to those of you who emailed us happy Birthday wishes as they are appreciated. However, as The King would say, "One can't grieve forever" as we move on with random thoughts. more »

Former WWE Champion Brock Lesnar won the UFC Heavyweight Title Saturday night in Las Vegas with a 2nd round TKO over UFC legend Randy Couture. Perhaps now MMA purists will acknowledge Lesnar's athletic abilities and not hold his tenure in the entertainment world of the WWE against him. But somehow I doubt it....at least not for now.  more »

Here's hoping everyone has a great weekend. My Sooners are off this weekend as they prepare to face Texas Tech on ABC's National Game of the Week next Saturday night in Norman of which I will attend before taking a 6 a.m. flight to Boston for the Survivor Series on Sunday morning. Random thoughts....we have plenty... more »

Another beautiful day here in Oklahoma as I prepare to head out EARLY Tuesday morning for Houston and then on to Laredo for the Friday Night Smackdown taping featuring a big time main event between HHH vs. The Undertaker. That's a helluva, free, TV main event in anyone's book and should encourage fans to find MyNetworkTV this Friday night to see it. There is no doubt in my mind that these two will have a superb match and let's hope that their presence encourages the rest of us involved with the program to raise our game too. I may have to have an extra cup of coffee before heading down the ramp.    more »

Bloggin' my BBQ'ed brains out....random thoughts that hopefully won't get me fired. more »