To clarify, Smoke on the Water did not cancel Silverton. They did. We do not post anything until we have an executed contract, which we had back in January.
This is all new to us. We have given away over a million dollars since our first competition and have never canceled an event. Nobody has ever questioned our integrity.
The USA Barbecue Championship is at Don Laughlin's Riverside Resort November 1 - 2. You do not need a Nevada business license to promote. This will be our fifth event in the state without a license. For whatever reason, the Silverton decided we needed a license two weeks before the event and it takes 45 days to process the paperwork.
As far as the WFC goes, we do our homework. I personally spoke with the organizers and we both decided our dates do not conflict. In fact, the barbecue for WFC is over on Thursday. Teams will have the option and convenience of just traveling an hour from Vegas to compete at the USA Barbecue Championship. That and the fact after an extensive survey of teams, we found the WFC format does not appeal to the majority of them. Que is all we do! So the date was never an issue with us.
The 2014 Silverado Twin Cab Pickup Truck is being donated by our presenting sponsor, Findlay Motors, which is located across the river in Bullhead City, AZ.
The USA Barbecue Championship will be sanctioned next month. We promote several events and are well known in the barbecue world. As a business, we are like everybody else, we want to hold onto our money as long as we can. $350 to sanction an event that does not take place until November 11 months out is not necessary.That's why you do not see the event on the KCBS website. Our Facebook page along with our website has been sufficient for making announcements before the sanctioning process is completed.
If anybody ever has questions about an event, please feel free to contact me at anytime. Our website is
www.smokeonthewaterbbq.com and includes all the contact information you need to reach me. We are very easy to get in touch with and you can get the word straight from the horses mouth instead of reading gossip on a forum.
We appreciate all the teams out there and have tried to grow this sport to have big pay days for all the effort and expense those that compete go through. Good luck to everybody on the barbecue trail and hope to see you all in Laughlin.