Spinoff: what's the average number of hours you drive to a comp?

Alexa RnQ

Alexa RnQ

is One Chatty Farker
Joined
Sep 12, 2007
Messages
2,063
Reaction score
2...
Points
0
Location
the...
Hearing people say they have multiple contests from which to choose within a radius of two to four hours' drive is making me so jealous.

I added up the hours spent driving to our various comps in 2008:
Buckeye 1, Avondale 1, Rio Rancho 7, Stagecoach 4.5, Modesto 12.5, Boulder City 7.5, Snowbird 12, Durango 8, Fairfield 14, Salt Lake 12, Taylor 4, Clovis 10, Viejas 7, Buckeye 1. That puts us at an average of nearly thirteen hours driving ONE WAY, and makes my butt sore to think about it.

How many hours is your one-way average to your last season's shows? And if four hours or less, where do you live, and do you want new neighbors?
shiner.gif
 
Average for 2008 was about 3.6 hours, with Fairfield Ca. (7.5 hours) being the longest drive. Did a total of 9 contests in 09.
 
DH - I think your one-way avg is more like 6-8 based on those #'s and maybe 13 roundtrip.. You can get your avg under 4 if you cut out some of the others !!!

Still that's pretty heavy !!! Hopefully it's an easy ride for you and VQ at least !!

Getting off Long Island through NYC and over the bridges is a killer sometimes. NJ Turnpike usually sucks too. Leaving on Friday's and coming home on Sundays are no picnic around this area.
 
Last edited:
Our farthest was 4 hours. Average was probably around 2 but I haven't calculated it.
 
I fortunately didn't have to travel far this year due to contest selection. 1 hour to Monmouth county, NJ; 30 minutes to Sayville for the BBQ Battle Royale; 30 minutes to Grilling on Da Bay; 30 minutes to Oyster Bay grilling thing; 1 hour to Westport, CT; and 4 or so hours to New Holland, PA.

I try not to go too far with my work schedule, plus I hate a long ride home after I lose.
 
Atleast Diva and VQ arrive in style in their towncar! Even a 2 hour ride to Clovis in the motorhome feels like 8!
 
Aahhh. The perks of bring a MOFO. Never had to drive longer than 30 minutes.
 
MilitantSquatter said:
DH - I think your one-way avg is more like 6-8 based on those #'s and maybe 13 roundtrip
Click to expand...
:shock:
Blonde AND math-impaired. And here I thought I was being so good by not counting the long trip.

VQ would like us to cut out needing to pee, eat or fuel -- that would save MINUTES each way.

But since I want to add contests next year, I think the easiest thing would be to simply live a lot closer to contest-centric areas.
 
This year the average was approx. 2.5 hours, but that's everything within a 3 hour radius so if we want to do more contests we have to go much further out and that average will go up fast.
 
Our average is 1 hour each way. We did Dover which is 2 hours. I think this year we have one that is less than 10 minutes from my house, I am really excited for that. By the way Green Lane, PA it is either Mid May or March, I believe March they are having a comp. Look at KCBS for details.
 
I guess around 2 hours average. We have gone farther but until this economy gets better, that aint happening.
 
jtfisher63 said:
Atleast Diva and VQ arrive in style in their towncar! Even a 2 hour ride to Clovis in the motorhome feels like 8!
Click to expand...

Truly there's nothing like the sight of a Lincoln Towncar pulling a 5x8 enclosed trailer. Talk about stylin'!!


DivaHerself said:
:shock:
VQ would like us to cut out needing to pee, eat or fuel -- that would save MINUTES each way.
Click to expand...

Well, it would.
 
We have 2 non-sanctioned within 1/2 hour, and we always do well at them. Honky Tonk BBQ is about an hour away, and with the RCR and Ribfest in Lincoln being 2 1/2 to 3 hrs away, we may look at doing these as well. Chit, if we feel froggy next year, we may consider the AR Open, just for the experience.
 
We are lucky - we have 7 or 8, maybe more, events in New England that are in the '3 hours or less' range, but we also have a bunch further out (MD, NY, PA) that we wouldn't miss for ANYTHING... those run anywhere from 6 to 8 to 10 hours away.

I'm actually thinking of cooking more MABA events this year. . .

And hopefully we'll trek even further out (either west or south)to cook as well... just gotta win the megabucks, thats all.

(HoDeDo... now I really can't wait for Lake Placid! Didn't get much of a chance to chat with you (or Kim) in Lynchburg so that will be awesome... I love the long 4th of July weekend at LP!
If you have any ?s at all about LP, just PM me... it's one of my faves, hands down. We've been every year they've held it.)
 
Is Maine a for sure?

I agree, Lake Placid is a top rated contest in my view. Wish I could cook what the judges wanted. But that wouldn't stop me from going back. Although, might not be next year. Not sure if I want to do a Western swing, Maine and LP. Too bad, as Dmitry and crew are some of the hardest working folks out there. And he also happens to have good vodka.
 
lunchlady said:
(HoDeDo... now I really can't wait for Lake Placid! Didn't get much of a chance to chat with you (or Kim) in Lynchburg so that will be awesome... I love the long 4th of July weekend at LP!
If you have any ?s at all about LP, just PM me... it's one of my faves, hands down. We've been every year they've held it.)
Click to expand...

We are going to try to make a long trip out of it... Ideally, we cook wildwood, hang for the week - get some camping in, and drop in on a few folks,etc. Dmitry has offered to hook us up as well for a few days as a base camp. Luge action, meet the team, etc.

If I can't get wildwood in, I will try to pick another one on either end of LP, somewhere along the route out or home. I'm envisioning about a 10 day jaunt. It also looks like I am going to be bringing a guest to compete in the Junior BBQ World Championship as well... working all the details, I'll likely start a planning thread soon, and get the ball rolling -- some serious griswold action, National Lampoons BBQ VACATION!!!! :twisted:

Dmitry said he had an absolute blast with you and the girls, Scottie. We are going to try to make a summer trip of it!
 
We did Wishland, 1 hr, Hesperia, 2 hrs. and Clovis, 5 hrs. So if I Ciphered correctly, 2.66 hrs avg. 1 way.
 
If things go good next year it will be

Pork in the Park, MD 5.5 hr
Pigs in the Park, VA 2 hr
Que and Cruz, Va 1.5 hr
Battle of the Pigs, TN 4 hr
Pickin in the PanHandle, WV 2hr

and if a few miracles happen :shock::shock::shock::shock:

Kansas City 18ish hrs and Lynchburg 10ish hrs
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top