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Well we have the positives, what are the negatives?

My least favorite comp is DOVER, the reasons - weather, layout, toiltes in cooking area are disgusting, festival is lame, the cooks meeting was like putting 10 pounds of chit into a 5 pound bag, and I always loose a lot of money in the casino.
 
Salisbury. Not bashing the contest. It is well run but I do not see anything special about it to make it worth the drive for 4-5 hour drive.
 
So far for we cant complain. I do wish all comps would have showers for teams like ours. Coed showers would be OK. We can deal with that if it helps.
 
Yardly. unless they fix the space issue. (think the contest is gone anyway).

Being packed in like tetris pieces was nuts. 10 feet between rows?? . No way to get a truck or trailer in or out of the spot without driving over your neighbor.

Having to wait until the entire orw of teams next to you leave in order to get out was more insane.
 
Sledneck said:
Salisbury. Not bashing the contest. It is well run but I do not see anything special about it to make it worth the drive for 4-5 hour drive.
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It is a long ride.

They did announce 18k in prize money for this year, I think thats the biggest prize pool in the Northeast.

Also its in April when teams are chomping at the bit to play and its the only option.
 
I was not crazy about Yardly last year for reasons listed. I have heard it will not be there this year. I like the others including Dover. Best was New Holland- maybe because we did so well
 
New Hampshire Rock N Ribfest. Nothing against the contest or organizers but it was a heck of a drive for very little prize money, plus I had to carry all of my stuff in after arriving 10 minutes late.

And Grill Kings.
 
Anything in the North East......their just grilling comps. :twisted:




Going to my room now.
 
SmokeInDaEye said:
New Hampshire Rock N Ribfest. Nothing against the contest or organizers but it was a heck of a drive for very little prize money, plus I had to carry all of my stuff in after arriving 10 minutes late.
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I second this. To have a prize pool of $3K for the KCBS and NEBS grilling contests COMBINED is a complete joke for an event that draws an estimated 20K visitors and generates revenues I have heard are somewhere between $150K and $400K. Then they claim that the BBQ contest itself loses money....laughable.

They can get away with it because it is an automatic Jack qualifier and the teams will come anyway because of that.

The funniest thing is that the contest is held at the Anheuser Busch brewery, and they tell us not to bring our own beer. Not because they are giving it to the teams for free, but because they want the teams to BUY IT FROM THE HOSPITALITY TENT for $5 for a dixie cup or whatever they are charging.

Un freakin believable.
 
Sayville if the weather report shows that we are going to get another monsoon:tongue::biggrin:
 
Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie, MO

to big and there judges are not certified

just an bad feeling the two years i did it

they cater to the home town people only every body elce is an out cast

i know an lot of teams that will not go back to this contest

york
 
I won't go to any contest that says they have 25 teams without 25 checks in hand first !!! that pi$$es me off more than anything !!:icon_pissed:icon_pissed:icon_pissed

everything else i can deal with. If they give away decent enough money, a chance for the draw, and if i can get my trailer in and out fairly easily, I'm fine. I'm not going to complain about trash pick up, it can pile up for all i care, I have no problem paying for my ice, and if i'm in the top 10 in a catagory, please at least give me a $2 "I pottied by myself" ribbon or something !!..
 
Podge said:
I won't go to any contest that says they have 25 teams without 25 checks in hand first !!! that pi$$es me off more than anything !!:icon_pissed:icon_pissed:icon_pissed

everything else i can deal with. If they give away decent enough money, a chance for the draw, and if i can get my trailer in and out fairly easily, I'm fine. I'm not going to complain about trash pick up, it can pile up for all i care, I have no problem paying for my ice, and if i'm in the top 10 in a catagory, please at least give me a $2 "I pottied by myself" ribbon or something !!..
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I can't argue with this!! :mrgreen:
 
Grand Rapids also brought in Merl and Carol to rep their contest. I agree, while I missed 2007, this contest has improved. It's still not cooks first, but I can live with that. I actually enjoy cooking this contest for some reason. Might be because I have my own power, water and toilet... But I enjoy the teams that are there...
 
BBQchef33 said:
Yardly. unless they fix the space issue. (think the contest is gone anyway).

Being packed in like tetris pieces was nuts. 10 feet between rows?? . No way to get a truck or trailer in or out of the spot without driving over your neighbor.

Having to wait until the entire orw of teams next to you leave in order to get out was more insane.
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Have to agree with you Phil. Yardley was my least favorite. Even if they had it this year I probably would not go to it, if it was at the same site. Trying to get out of there was insane. And of course loosing electricity throughout the night didn't help either. I was not a huge fan of 3 day contests, killed me for that week.

The only positive is they kept the ice coming.
 
Scottie said:
Grand Rapids also brought in Merl and Carol to rep their contest. I agree, while I missed 2007, this contest has improved. It's still not cooks first, but I can live with that. I actually enjoy cooking this contest for some reason. Might be because I have my own power, water and toilet... But I enjoy the teams that are there...
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I might have enjoyed it more if I'd gotten a GC and a draw to The Jack from it! :wink: But I finished tenth so sitting on crappers where the excrement level was only 5 or 6 inches below where the boys hung was a little less acceptable! :lol::lol::lol:
 
Podge said:
I won't go to any contest that says they have 25 teams without 25 checks in hand first !!! that pi$$es me off more than anything !!:icon_pissed:icon_pissed:icon_pissed
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I agree and I'll bet I know at least one of them that you're talking about!
 
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