Enter to Win a New Smoker!

I am a big fan of smoking foods in the summertime. I like to experiment with different woods, foods, recipes, and whatnot. I think one of my favorite recipes (though it is very hard to pick just one) is for smoked pineapple, using cherry wood. Yum, it is just delicious.

Of course, smoked pork bones work great for making soup stock to can, too. Oh, it is soooo good. I tried this when I found a recipe for a Vietnamese soup I wanted to make. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find the quail eggs for that in my locale, though it was otherwise delightful.

Then, too, there's smoked chicken, smoked fish, smoked pork, even smoked boiled eggs, smoked sea salt, and oh so much more! Wow. What luck that today's sweepstakes are so smokin' hot you could win a new smoker! What would you smoke with yours?




Win a Brinkmann Gourmet Smoker and Grill

* Grand prize is a Brinkmann Gourmet Smoker and Grill. ARV $109.99.

Up to three entries per email address per day. Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, D.C., and Canada (excluding Quebec) 18 or older. Ends September 8, 2015.


Char-Broil Digital Smoker Sweepstakes

* 30 Winners will each receive a Char-Broil Deluxe Digital Electric Smoker (model 14202004). ARV $299.99, each.

Though the rules state one entry per email address, with bonus entries available, the entry confirmation page says to enter daily. Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C., at least 18 and the age of majority. Ends September 1, 2015.


TUMS Pitmaster Challenge

* Grand prize is a Large Big Green Egg Grill/Smoker. ARV $1,100.

* 10 Prizes each of a BBQ Sauce of the Month Club Membership, awarded in the form of a gift card. ARV $300, each.

One entry per person/email address/Facebook account per day. Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C., 18 or older with a Facebook account.





Good Luck!

A Random Collection of Sweepstakes!

Today's sweepstakes are a pretty random collection, with some good prizes. Soooo, let's see... These prizes look like they make a good story...

Sweepstakes Story

Mom and the kids are relaxing while getting some good reading time in, since Land O'Frost and Random House each offered some nice bundles of summer reads. In the meantime, Dad's pretty happy with the extra 2,000 bucks from Rudolph Foods, so is taking time off to grill on the new Big Green Egg from another win.

Everyone is pretty hungry, though, and would certainly starve to death by the time Dad gets done grilling. Luckily, there's snacks for everyone, with the case of pork rinds that came with the cash! Oh, happy day!


Land O’Frost “Kids’ Summer Reading” Promotion


* Two prizes awarded each week, each of one complete 123-book set of “Who Is/Was” books from Penguin Books. Total ARV $778.70, each.

* One prize awarded each day, each of 10 books from the “Who Is/Was” book series from Penguin Books. Total ARV $59.90, each.

One entry per person/email address/Facebook account per day. Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C., 18 or older. Ends August 22, 2015.


Summer 2015 Big Green Egg Sweepstakes

* Grand prize consists of a large Big Green Egg grill plus nest, mates, charcoal, fire starters, grill gripper and ash tool. Total ARV $1,127.52.

Rafflecopter entry. Open to legal residents of the 48 contiguous United States and D.C., 18 or older. Ends August 31, 2015.


Fill My Rig Game

* Grand prize is $2,000 and a case of Rudolph Brand pork rinds. No ARV stated.

Rafflecopter entry. Open to legal residents of the 48 contiguous United States and D.C., 21 or older and the age of majority. Ends September 18, 2015.


Today's Bonus


Ending August 6th...
Random House Summer Reads Giveaway


Good Luck!

Win a Backyard Makeover, or a 'Big Green Egg!'

Today brings the chance to win some wonderful things for the backyard! Deck it out with some Lowe's gift cards or the weekly prize pack from Perdue; create the lawn you've always wanted (or maybe even buy a nice swimming pool or something else!) with the gift card from Federalist; or set yourself up with a nice grilling station from Big Green Egg!

Whatever your choice is, you'd certainly have fun with a win from one of these!

Summer 2015 Big Green Egg Sweepstakes

* Grand prize is a large Big Green Egg grill, plus nest, mates, charcoal, fire starters, grill gripper and ash tool. Total ARV $1,127.52.

 Rafflecopter entry. Open to legal residents of the 48 continental United States, 18 or older. Ends August 31, 2015.


The Federalist Backyard Makeover Sweepstakes

* Grand prize is a $5,000 Visa Gift card.

One entry per person.  Open to legal residents of the 48 contiguous United States and D.C., 21 or older as of June 1, 2015. Ends July 31, 2015.


Perdue Yummer Summer Sweepstakes

*  Grand prize consists of 5  Lowe’s  gift  cards  valued  at  $2,000.00 each, for a total of  $10,000.00 in gift cards. ARV $10,000.

* One weekly prize each week, consisting of: One  Weber  Portable  Gas  Grill  with  stand,  one  Weber  cook  set,  one  rolling cooler, one Smores grill, one Beats portable speaker, one GoPro Hero
3 Camera, two Sportbrella Chairs, one Giant Jenga, and one 6’ Blow Up Soccer Ball. Total ARV $1,500, each.

One entry per person/email address. Open to legal residents of the continental United States, at least 18 and the age of majority in their place of residence. Ends August 10, 2015.


Other News

Unfortunately, Kitsy Lane has changed to a new business format, and recently sent an email that they have sold out the inventory for these boutiques, and will no longer be supporting them. They are operating under a new name now. Hence, as I have decided not to buy into the new model, my jewelry boutique is no longer in operation.

The boutique was the reason for my Twitter handle, @TBarkingRaccoon, so I may change that at some point, now.

The name, The Barking Raccoon, came to be when I was raising two orphaned baby raccoons that my son and his friends rescued, to eventually release back into the wild. They lived in the house with us, and were polite and well-mannered.  We just loved them.

Our three dogs, all labs, were also "raising" them, and they all got along well, overall. The "babies," as we called them, learned to imitate the dogs in some ways, and one day, I heard one of them make a barking noise! I was so surprised!

That day I just said to myself, "My next business will be named The Barking Raccoon." So, that's how the jewelry boutique got its name.

Fi30 High Performance Bluetooth Wood Speaker System for $129.96 (reg: $149.99)

Good Luck!