competition questions

hello brethren! Cooking my first GBA event this weekend and was looking for any advice, tips, tricks etc anyone may be willing to share. Also looking for some timeline advice as well. Not really sure how to handle the possibility of having another turn in for a finals call..any help greatly...

I'm very interested in participating or at least going to a few BBQ competitions, but I had some questions about participating. If your traveling out of state for a competition, how do you pick your meat? Are suppliers with great meat easy to find just about everywhere? Or do you have to find a...