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I have never been in a competition and I'm not sure how the People's Choice Rib Cook-Off/ Fundraiser works. To me, it seems like it may be more of a popularity contest, then an actual rib contest. Here's how I see it:
Let's say Fark W. Griswald is the Pitmaster for "A Pig in a Poke Competition BBQ Team." Fark is a one man team, but his wife Ellen, son Rusty, daughter Audrey, Aunt Bethany and Cousin Eddie all come to show their support for Fark and his ribs.
Ellen says to Fark, "Farky, I ran into a beautiful blonde woman and she told me that she just sold her red Ferrari and bought 200K tickets and wants all of the votes to go to you." (Total Votes: 40k)
Audrey says to Fark, "Dad, my boyfriend Jack just lost to the Karate Kid but won $5k for coming in second and he wanted me to use the money to buy tickets for you." (Total Votes: 1k)
Rusty says to Fark, "Dad, when I was in Vegas, I put in a dollar and won a car, I put in a dollar and won a car, I put in a dollar and won a car, I put in a dollar and won a car. Since I'm only 16, I don't need 4 cars, so I sold them all and bought 500k worth of tickets for you." (Total votes: 100k)
Aunt Bethany, who is so sweet, but a little senile, says to Fark, "Fark, when Grace passed away 30 years ago, she left me her shares of Apple. I can't eat apples with these false teeth, so I sold them and bought you some tickets. Here's 10 million tickets. Is Rusty still in the Navy?" (Total Votes: 2m)
Cousin Eddie looks at Fark and says "Well Fark, I didn't have anything left to sell but the old RV, so here's $50 worth of tickets. With the remaining few dollars, I bought a couple of tall boys, hope ya don't mind." (Total Votes: 10)
So, at the end of the People's Choice event, Fark has 2,141,010 votes.
Fark clearly has the most votes and wins the People's Choice Cook-Off.
However, I forgot to mention, Fark's ribs tasted like crap and even though he had the most votes, he didn't sell any ribs because his ribs sucked.
Can something like this happen? Is there a cap on the amount of tickets one person can buy? Is there a cap on the amount of votes a team can get? Can a team get votes by having people buy tickets/votes, without really selling ribs? If your ribs stink, can you still win?
Please explain. I have no farkin clue how this works and I don't want to be beaten by Fark!
Let's say Fark W. Griswald is the Pitmaster for "A Pig in a Poke Competition BBQ Team." Fark is a one man team, but his wife Ellen, son Rusty, daughter Audrey, Aunt Bethany and Cousin Eddie all come to show their support for Fark and his ribs.
Ellen says to Fark, "Farky, I ran into a beautiful blonde woman and she told me that she just sold her red Ferrari and bought 200K tickets and wants all of the votes to go to you." (Total Votes: 40k)
Audrey says to Fark, "Dad, my boyfriend Jack just lost to the Karate Kid but won $5k for coming in second and he wanted me to use the money to buy tickets for you." (Total Votes: 1k)
Rusty says to Fark, "Dad, when I was in Vegas, I put in a dollar and won a car, I put in a dollar and won a car, I put in a dollar and won a car, I put in a dollar and won a car. Since I'm only 16, I don't need 4 cars, so I sold them all and bought 500k worth of tickets for you." (Total votes: 100k)
Aunt Bethany, who is so sweet, but a little senile, says to Fark, "Fark, when Grace passed away 30 years ago, she left me her shares of Apple. I can't eat apples with these false teeth, so I sold them and bought you some tickets. Here's 10 million tickets. Is Rusty still in the Navy?" (Total Votes: 2m)
Cousin Eddie looks at Fark and says "Well Fark, I didn't have anything left to sell but the old RV, so here's $50 worth of tickets. With the remaining few dollars, I bought a couple of tall boys, hope ya don't mind." (Total Votes: 10)
So, at the end of the People's Choice event, Fark has 2,141,010 votes.
Fark clearly has the most votes and wins the People's Choice Cook-Off.
However, I forgot to mention, Fark's ribs tasted like crap and even though he had the most votes, he didn't sell any ribs because his ribs sucked.
Can something like this happen? Is there a cap on the amount of tickets one person can buy? Is there a cap on the amount of votes a team can get? Can a team get votes by having people buy tickets/votes, without really selling ribs? If your ribs stink, can you still win?
Please explain. I have no farkin clue how this works and I don't want to be beaten by Fark!