schedule

Friday, July 8,

* Public Tasting Competition – 5:30 to 7:30 pm

* Public Tasting Awards Ceremony – 7:45 (Area 3 Main Concert Stage)

 

Saturday, July 9 – KCBS Competition

* Awards: Saturday – 3:00 pm (Area 5 – Koehn Painting BBQ Stage)

Competitors Info

It is easy to compete in this KCBS sanctioned competition with over $5500 in prize money to be won, whether you are an amateur or a professional.

 

Registration Fees:

* $200    Peoples Choice & Electricity

* $225     No Peoples Choice & Electricity

Additional Options Fees:

* $150   Private Restroom

* Registration fee includes up to four (4) festival buttons. The competition will be held outside the festival gates in 2022 with direct access to the east festival gate.

 

Competition Notes:

* Competition will be limited to 30 teams.

* Electricity will be provided for all entries. Bring your own extension cords.

* The Peoples Choice Competition on Friday night is optional, but encouraged, for all teams.  New format for peoples choice:

• Scoring will be in two sections

  • Anonymous professional chef/restaurateur judges will weigh in a 70% of total score

  • peoples token votes will be 30% of total score

    • each person will have wrist band & ONE ticket for each participating booth sample

    • BBQ participants will only give out one sample for each ticket (this way you can be assured that the sample will be ensured to count in the voting format

      *Teams are asked to prepare exactly 200 servings off their own menu to pass out in 2 oz sample sizes (cups provided by the festival). The meat can be precooked then warmed up for convenience. The prize money for the Public Tasting will be $500 for the grand prize and $250 for the runner-up!

* Please complete your online registration in full and when you request cooking spots,  please be fair with the size of your rig and serving tents. We could be limited on space and ask each team to choose reasonably. We will have 16′ for small teams, 24′ for medium rigs/teams and 32′ for large rigs. All spots have 15′-20′ for depth. If space is available after final deadline, we will make sure teams are comfortable with the amount of space each team receives. Saucy & Glazed BBQ Competition staff will park each contestant as they see fit.

 

Meats:

Brisket, Pork Shoulder, Pork Ribs & Chicken

 

Prize Money: $5625

Competitor’s Schedule

Thursday, July 7:

Teams may enter parking lot and set up their rigs from 4:00-8:00 pm. (no security will be provided Thursday evening)

 

Friday, July 8:

8:00 am – 4:00 – Move in time (access to the park will be closed & ALL VEHICLES must be out of competition area by at 4:00pm)

4:30 – Team captains check in meeting

5:30 – Gates open & public judging begins (teams ready to serve)

7:30  – People’s Choice event ends and Friday concert begins

7:45 – People’s Choice Awards announced on concert stage

 

Saturday, July 9:

Noon – Meat turn-ins begin

3:00 – Award Presentation

3:30 – Tear down and move out

 

KCBS Website:   Click Here

KCBS Rules:   Click Here

 

Payment & Entry Form

Registration deadline is midnight, Friday, July 1. After this deadline, registration fees will all go up $25 for all categories.

For more information, contact Jeffrey Graber at jeffreygraber@hotmail.com