Rockin' Ronnie Shewchuck has announced the winner of the first week of our Barbecue Tweet Contest over on his blog. There were so many incredible barbecue recipes, tips and stories that I certainly didn't envy him the task of picking a winner.

Here's what he had to say about the entries we received last week:

There were simple, delicious recipes like graemeb3's: "The easiest and most delicious BBQ salmon recipe: salmon covered in mild salsa placed on tinfoil. Great when camping too!"

Carib1028 had my mouth watering with this nicely condensed recipe for a stuffed burger: "saute onions, shitake/load on thin patty w/ cheese/top w/ thin patty/seal/grill w/ R&Ds BBQ sauce/serve on toasted bun/ooz'n."

GisellLaRose shared a delicious take on burger seasoning: "My secret weapon in my homemade bbq sauce or hamburgers is sesame oil and cumin. Sooo good, you have to try it!"

I also got some excellent tips, like this one from 8chocolate: "When cooking fish on barbq, wrap seasoned fillets in cabbage leaves. Protects fish, keeps juices in and can eat the cabbage 2."

All excellent and worthy of honorable mention. It was a hard choice, but here is the winner, which is a very short but touching barbecue story from YVRBcbudz: "I had real BBQ from a southern grandma the day the LA riots started and it was a coming together of races over pulled pork." That pretty much captures the spirit of barbecue as far as I'm concerned.

Congratulations YVRBcbudz!

Want your own copy?  The Barbecue Tweets contest continues until Father's Day with Rockin' Ronnie picking a new winner each week.  Enter to win your copy of Barbecue Secrets DELUXE! and a chance to be in the running for some sizzlin' grand prizes.