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When we started this Best Bay Area Barbecue contest, with your 32 nominations from Morgan Hill to Marin, we had no idea how much passion our readers would bring to the brackets.
But, here we are. The Amazing Eight pulled in more than 100,000 votes alone, leaving us with our final, delectable four barbecue joints, all in the South Bay: The Art of BBQ, which beat Smoked Out with 60 percent of the votes; Sam’s Bar-B-Que, which won against Trail Dust BBQ; Jon Jon’s, which pulled in almost twice as many votes as South Winchester Barbecue; and Smoke Trap, which bested Smokin’ Warehouse Barbecue by more than 70 percent.
So, what now? Cast your votes, barbecue fanatics! Weigh in on the brackets from now until noon Wednesday, Sept. 11. Be sure to click the “done” button when you’re finished to submit your votes. We’ll unveil the Top Two on Thursday, Sept. 12.