20,000 Views - BBQ Gift Pack Give-A-Way Winner Is ...

TREY DAVIS!!!!!

Thank you to everyone that helped spread the word, and joined this contest. Keep an eye out, because more cooks, reviews, and contest will be coming. 

Special thanks to Pit Bulls Up In Smoke for the deal on the rub and injector.

20,000 Views BBQ Gift Pack

Just a reminder to everyone out there. In honor of hitting 20,000 views, I am giving away a BBQ Gift Pack. 

It's as easy as 1,2,3 to enter. 

1. Go "like" the One Nine 3 Facebook page

2. Share one of the Gift Pack Give-A-Way posts

3. Like or comment on any other post here or there for bonus entries. 

20,000 Views Give-A-Way

My goal at the beginning of the year was to reach 20,000 views by the end of this year. I started the year off around 7,000 views, and thought if I could just almost double that for this year I'd be more than happy. Well, we're (when I say we, I mean YOU) about to hit 20,000 views a little over half way through the year. I don't even know where to set the bar for the second half of the year now. Maybe 30k? Maybe 35k? Maybe be brave and shoot to double this and reach for 40k?

I don't do this blog to make millions (I've made like $10 from having those annoying ads on here). I don't do it to become famous or any of that mess. I do it because I enjoy cooking and eating (and most recently added, movies), and I know there are a ton of other people out there that are like that too. It also gives me a hobby that allows me to spend more time with my amazing wife/proof reader/photographer/head chef/sous chef.

One of the other reasons I do this blog is for all of my friends and family and readers. I'm more happy to hear someone say "I saw your post and it looked so good, so we're going to make it tonight" than to look and see that I got however many views.

With all that said, to say thank you, I am putting together a BBQ Gift Bag (or whatever you want to call it) and will send it to one of you. It currently includes, a Pit Bulls Mean Green Injector (the same one you've seen me use), 1lb of Pit Bulls rub, 5.8 oz Bone Suckin' Sauce Rub, and 7 oz Plowboys Yardbird Rub (you should really recognize that one). I may add more to it as time goes.

To enter all you have to do is like One Nine 3's Facebook Page. For bonus entries, like, share, or comment on any One Nine 3 post (make sure it's on that page and not on a shared post so I'll be able to see it), or comment on any post on this blog. This contest will take place the whole month of August, so like, share, and comment away. 

Winner(s) Of Contest #2 Are ...

In honor of my 100th post, I offered another free rub sample to someone that liked/commented and shared the post on the Facebook Fan Page. 

4 people (outside of family) ended up spreading the word of One Nine 3, so for the help that they've done, each will win a free rub sample.

The big winners are ... 

Heather Hannon, Robin Whitaker, Jimmy Sparks, and Kevin Crocker

The Winner of The FIRST Free Rub Sample Give-A-Way Is

KURTIS KENNEDY!!!!! 

I added everyone's name that had ever commented, liked, or shared any post here or on the FB page to an excel spread sheet, and you received bonus entries for every like, comment, or share after that. 

I then took the total number of entries and put it in the generator on random.org and let it do the work. Once I hit "generate" it came back with result number 102. 

Congrats to Kurtis. All I need now is for you to message me with your address, and I will mail you the rub samples. 

Another Milestone

At the start of the new year, my goal for 2013 was to reach 20,000 page views. I don't remember the exact number, but I sitting somewhere between 7 and 8k. That means, I would need nearly 3,000 more hits in one year than I had the previous year and some change on the blog. 

So far, 2013 has provided some insane numbers. A few weeks ago YOU demolished the previous page views in a 24 hours period record with 651 views. 

This weekend, with the help of the Jack Daniels post, YOU have once against reached a milestone. One Nine 3 has hit 10,000 page views. 

To show my gratitude, I'm going to give away a Free Rub Sample. All you have to do is LIKE my Facebook Page then share a post this week, or comment on a post (here or there). 

I will be out of town the second half of this week, but will announce a winner Monday February 18th. 

EVERYONE IS ENTERED BUT YOU WILL RECEIVE EXTRA ENTRIES FOR EACH SHARE OR COMMENT. THE WINNER WILL BE SELECTED RANDOMLY OUT OF A HAT. (I'm old school like that.) 

One Nine 3's Rub Give-A-Way

One of the new things I plan to do this year is create contest/challenges for everyone out there, and give away some rubs to the winners. These contest/challenges may be to comment on a post and a randomly selected person wins, share a post about One Nine 3 and a random person wins, or once the One Nine 3 Facebook page reaches a certain number of likes ... you guessed it ... a random person will be selected. 

Since the Facebook page is new, I'll let that be the first contest. (If you haven't liked the One Nine 3 Facebook page, do so here.)

Spread the word about One Nine 3 and once that page reaches 200 likes. I will pick someone to win a sample rub(s). All you have to do is "like" the page, and then spread the word to others.