It won't let me edit above, but I had one more thought.
Last year we drove almost 9 hours each way to support a first year in-state contest. That contest had 19 teams. 14 of which had cooked a KCBS event before and 5 local teams. Those 14 teams finished 1-14 and guess what happened to the contest this year? It is gone. Most KCBS cooks are good cooks. Most are not professionals.
Is there a way to enhance the KCBS in a way that is not detrimental to the truly professional teams, but that by design helps grow participation among local teams? I am not sure of the best way to do this, but I think it can be done.
Over the last 2 years we have lost 5 in-state contests and gained 1. One of the ones we lost was a $20k purse with Brad being the back to back defending champion. I don't want to speak for him, but surely he would prefer that contest was still around. I am not advocating for anything that hurts the top-tier teams, simply hoping that some new ideas/direction can have a positive impact.
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