THE BEGINNING: NACOGDOCHEs, TX
A number of the 300 Justice Road guys went to college in the oldest town in Texas - Nacogdoches. Stephen F. Austin State, while not the starting place of our cookoff team, certainly became the epicenter of fun, memories and friendships that would become the fuel for our team that lasts us to this day. And it was 300 Justice Road, Nacogodoches, Texas, 75961 where the core of our team lived and started our journey.
SCHULENBURG, TEXAS
Our cookoff team got its start in 2001 during the dog-days of summer in Schulenburg, Texas. Mainly a beer drinking team back in those days, we did manage to burn plenty of briskets and shotgun plenty of beers during Schulenburg festival, the first weekend of August each year. We also started to win some trophies here and there - First place Showmanship, First place Bloody Marys, First place 5K (in the category of those dressed like a hot dog) and almost first place in a Moon Pie eating contest that ended up with a one week stay in the local hospital (don’t ask questions - or do). We had lots of great years at that festival.
CZHILISPIEL / OUR START IN HOUSTON
We managed to get smarter (well, a little) and our cooking improved, so we moved to Czhilispiel in Flatonia, Texas, during much less sweatier October. From there we managed to cook some much better food and eventually made our way to Houston, cooking for Majors Catering in the HLSR Worlds Championship Cookoff. In 2018 our cooks managed to make the finals in brisket and we were on our way.
hlsr meets 300 justice road
We secured our first space under our official “300 Justice Road” name in 2022 and put on a hell of a party. 2023 was even better, and we look forward to many great years to come. Older, even more fun, but not much wiser…
