Tennessee Jed
Well-known member
- Joined
- Feb 2, 2010
- Location
- Knoxville, TN
We made our annual run down to Lynchburg to check out the Jack this weekend. After a walk through the Backyard Division area I noticed several KCBS pro teams competing... and displaying trophies from previous wins! I really don't want to be "that guy" who points fingers and cries foul, but I was in almost daily contact with Debbie Christian @ JD early in the year to get an application for the Jack Daniels Backyard Competition. Once we received and opened our competitor's packet, the first thing we saw was that heartbreaking notice: "You cannot compete in the Backyard division if you have EVER COMPETED in a professional event (KCBS/MBN), backyard is for amatuer teams only." Having accepted that we decided not to send in our application. We've never won an event, but we've been competing in KCBS event for several years. So how is it that I'm seeing more and more winning pro teams competing in these amatuer events... not just the Jack Backyard but everywhere?