Just go for it. A buddy and I had entered rib and wing cook offs for a charity and had done pretty well. There was a different local charity that had a cook off a month ago. It wasn't a sanctioned event, but it followed KCBS rules and had a couple of KCBS judges. It was a relatively low entry fee, so we decided to do it for the experience. We entered the 4 standard meat categories, chili and a side, plus we had to cook some extra to provide samples for the public for people's judging. It was a lot of work but rewarding since it was for charity. We ended up with 1 first, 2 seconds and a third place. I wouldn't want to do it all the time, but I would do it again. There were only 8 teams in the competition, but we ended up 2nd overall. Even if we wouldn't have brought home trophies, it was a good first experience.
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