jsmoker...........
Next weekend is a KCBS sanctioned competition in Raytown. Take Chad's advise and go visit Friday night and go back Saturday morning.
You'll see your partyers, and you'll see your serious competitiors. Stay for the awards, I bet most of the serious competitiors come home with the money.........
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Do we party.....yes, in moderation.....hell, it's tradition for me to pop a top at about 9AM on Saturday, but that's more of a victory beer than anything else, especially after starting my cook shift at 2AM. From 2AM to then, it's coffee and gatoraid. When we compete, I'm intense!!
But, you can find a balance..........
hope you make the trip to Raytown.....my first visit to a cookoff was at the Blue Springs Blaze off......needless to say, I was hooked from the moment I walked on the grounds........