Your BlackJack Cooking Team has a serious competitive spirit … with awards to prove it.
Memphis in May World Barbecue Championship
- 2001 8th Place Shoulders
- 2003 12th Place Shoulders
- 2004 5th Place Mustard Sauce
- 2005 5th Place Shoulders
- 2006 5th Place Shoulders
- 2011 7th Place Tomato Sauce
South Carolina State Barbecue Championship
• 1995 2nd Place Whole Hog
• 1999 1st Place Shoulders
• 2000 2nd Place Shoulders
• 2002 4th Place Whole Hog
• 2002 1st Place Shoulders
• 2002 Grand Champion
• 2006 4th Place Ribs
• 2007 2nd Place Shoulders
• 2009 3rd Place Shoulders
• 2009 5th Place Whole Hog
North Carolina State Barbecue Championship
• 2004 1st Place Shoulders
• 2006 5th Place Shoulders
• 2008 2nd Place Whole Hog
• 2009 2nd Place Shoulders
• 2009 3rd Place Whole Hog
• 2010 4th Place Whole Hog
• 2011 3rd Place Whole Hog & Shoulders
• 2012 3rd Place Whole Hog
Big Pig Jig – Georgia State Championship
• 2005 8th Place Shoulders
• 2009 5th Place Whole Hog
• 2009 9th Place Shoulder
• 2010 5th Place Ribs
• 2010 7th Place Shoulder
Memphis in May World Barbecue Championship
• 2001 8th Place Shoulders
• 2003 12th Place Shoulders
• 2004 5th Place Mustard Sauce
• 2005 5th Place Shoulders
• 2006 5th Place Shoulders
Honorary Cooking Appearances & Media Highlights
- Travel Channel – June 2013- Grills Gone Wilder
- NBC “Today Show” with Kathie Lee & Hoda, May 2013
- Cooking Channel – October 2012, Man, Fire, Food: Fire Trucks Episode
- Garden & Gun Middleburg, VA Field Feast : May 2012
- Food Network – July 2009, Challenge: Great American BBQ Showdown
- NBC Today Show – June 2008, Carolina BBQ Challenge
- Big Apple Barbecue Block Party – Every June since 2007
- NBC “Today Show” BBQ Challenge South Carolina vs. North Carolina – June 2008
• Scott Peacock/Watershed Restaurant 10 yr Anniversary – October 2008
• Charleston Food & Wine Festival – Every March since 2007
• Southeastern Wildlife Exposition – Every February since 2007
• Gov. Mark Sanford Inauguration – January 2003, January 2007
• Charleston Shrimpin’ & Shaggin’ Festival – September 2006, 2007
• National Governors Conference, Charleston- August 2006
• Carolina Gold Rice Symposium – August 2005
• Conference of State Chief Justices – August 2005
• Travel Channel “Taste of America” – Show Airs Continuously
• UBS Warburg Cup – Kiawah Island November 2004
• S.C. Governor’s Mansion – S.C. World Showcase November 2004
• Slow Food Charleston – Middleton Place October 2004
• Charleston Magazine Jan/Feb 2004 Issue, December 2005 Issue
• The Travel Channel Photo Shoot, November 2003
• Pork Kitchen Companion, The National Pork Board, Des Moines, IA, 2003
• Lowcountry and Caribbean Food Conference 2003
• Southern Foodways Symposium, University of Mississippi, Oxford, 2002
• Satellite Media Tour with John T. Edge and the National Pork Board, 2002
• Bon Appetit Magazine Photo Shoot, Charleston, 2002
Appearances & Press
Man, Fire Food on Cooking Channel Travel Channel
Today Show segment
Charleston Magazine August ’07 Big City Barbecue
Charleston Magazine November ’06 Message in a Bottle
Charleston Magazine September ’05 Right On ‘Cue’
Charleston Magazine January ’04 Super Supper Southern Style
Post & Courier June ’07 Big Apple Block Party: Good ol’ Southern Specialty Visits Madison Avenue
Post & Courier April ’07 Southern Cooking Heats Up: Interest on Rise for Authentic Fare with Homemade Flavor
Post & Courier June ’06 Man vs. Meat: Barbecue Showdown in Memphis
Post & Courier July ’05 Investing in Southern Flavors: Man Buys Two Food Companies, Dreams of Distributing Delicacies Nationwide
Post & Courier July ’04 High Profile: Jimmy Hagood
Epicurious
Boston Herald
Sandlapper
Charleston Mercury
Publications
SUMMER ’07 – Pitmaster Jimmy Hagood featured in hit book of the summer – Hagood is profiled in a new book focusing on the extreme tactics used by today’s pitmasters to achieve the heavenliest tasting barbecue. Featuring information on Hagood as well as several of his signature recipes, Extreme Barbecue: Smokin’ Rigs & Real Good Recipes, written by Charlotte Observer columnist Dan Huntley and Oregonian newspaper staff writer, Lisa Grace Lednicer, was released June ’07 and received rave reviews.
Press, Magazines & Books
- Charleston Magazine
- Charleston Regional Business Journal
- Charleston City Paper
- Charleston Living Magazine
- Charleston Mercury
- Commercial Appeal
- New York Times
- Post & Courier
- Southern Living
- The State
- Garden & Gun
- Urban Farm Magazine
- Myrtle Beach Online
- The Local Palate
- The Nibble.com
- St. Louis Business Journal
- Better Homes & Gardens
- Travel Channel – “Taste of America”
- Extreme Barbecue Rigs (Chronicle Books, 2007)
- Food, Folklore & The Art of Lowcountry Cooking – Joe Dabney
- One Big Table – Molly O’Neill
- Cooked – Michael Pollan
Online Articles
Taylor takes a taste http://taylortakesataste.com/18-hours-of-waiting-but-so-worth-it/
Could a rice-growing renaissance boost the Strand’s economy
National James Beard award nominees announced in Charleston
A No-Fuss Coastal Feast
Lowcountry Brunswick Stew
Charleston Favorites: Tidewater Shrimp Sauce & Marinade With Stone Ground Grits
Bbq Style Smackdown: Which Region’s Cue is the Best
Mr. Hagood -St. Lous Business Journal
Get in the pit with barbecue badass Jimmy Hagood
JIMMY HAGOOD Royal Oak
BlackJack Barbecue a big hit in the Big Apple
Cueing Up: Local pit master Jimmy Hagood to introduce the art of Southern barbecue
Food for the Southern Soul A TASTE OF CAROLINA
Behind the Scenes: BBQ Photo Shoot
Can Barbeque Drive South Carolina’s Tourism Wagon?
Bow Ties, Bourbon & Bbq.
Big Apple Barbecue
Get Sauced
Chef’s Table: Taste Test: Charleston’s Best Barbecue Sauces
Renovated Charleston City Market opens with old, new offerings
Great American BBQ Showdown
Charleston Gold in the field
The Pork Kitchen Companion
‘Cue-osk serves up award-winning sandwiches
Grist mill link to Hagood family’s past
Cane syrup comeback
Sweet tradition: Local family sticks to old process for making syrup
Pick up a plate and pile on the pork
Extreme Barbecue Rigs excerpt