SLIDELL, La. - U.S. Coast Guard Senior Chief Petty Officer David Cooper, an electronics technician from the Electronic Support Detachment in New Orleans, checks the temperature of his brisket and chicken legs, April 3, 2010. Cooper, a member of the Smokies of the Sea barbeque team entered the Slidell Barbeque Challenge, which is a Kansas City Barbeque Society sanctioned competition. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas M. Blue