Kent is open to adding new contest's and areas to the qualifier list, but the contest organizer needs to contact him, he doesn't add contests without talking it over with the organizer. That is why Sam's wasn't on the list. Also, it doesn't need to be a KCBS contest, several of the qualifiers are from IBCA. The judging though is based on KCBS criteria.
Another thing that's a little tricky is realistically how many teams from the West coast or East coast would make the trip to Central Kansas? It's great that Hawgs Gone Smokin is coming from Pennsylvania, and we did have Cool Smoke in from Virginia in 2010. There are still MANY contests in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Colorado that are not qualifiers. We do want the Chest to Chest to grow and will consider all contests, it will just take a little discussion.