For "Anything Butt" meat prepare something you love to eat and that is not found in every local restaurant around the contest location.
Personal litmus test on Anything Butt
1) Spend no more than $30 to chase a $100 prize and a Little League Trophy.
2) Only enter if time permits. Long drives with late afternoon arrives may not allow enough time to properly prepare the entry and to prep for the KCBS contest.
3) If it takes away for the main focus (KCBS Contest) respectfully bow out.
4) Request a copy of the rules. If the rules are not clear from the organizer up front, don't enter. Organizers are known to change the rules on the fly.
5) If samples have to be provided to the General Public, i.e. People Choice, don't enter.
6) If the weather becomes a factor, respectfully bow out. (At a recent contest with on site judging, it rained all day and into the evening. The wind was not kind to tents of several teams. We bowed out as did several other teams. Not worth risking the lost of equipment. We are a tent team, didn't set up until the front passed late in the evening.)