[Henry Silvestre]

 Hello, I am a new member here. My name is Henry and I love to cook... and BBQ offcourse.

 I am VP of our Rotary Club here in town and also a Director on the Chamber of Commerce

 I own a Fitness 19 Gym here in town

 Hobbies, besides BBQ'ing are Golf, Archery and Movies.

 Hope to get to know you guys better... and see some of you at our Inagural BBQ Ultimate Showdown East vs West, here in Wildomar on April 17th 2010.. $10,000 in Prize money and sanctioned by IBCA... Let me know if you need more info.. I am in charge of this Charitable event.

[jmcrig]

Welcome aboard Henry. I hope you enjoy your time here. I'm sure Mike will get back with you about your cookoff. His busy with the Tempe cookoff this weekend. Again, welcome.

[Gizzy's Smokin Crew]

Welcome aboard Henry.....Enjoy the site

[azkitch]

Oh. So that's the town by Lake Elsinore. My daughter has friends in Temecula from her days living in Stan's Fernando Valley. Glad you've joined the site. There's a competition in Havasu at the end of February, so come out and meet large chunks of the gang.

[Mike (AZBarbeque)]

Welcome Henry, great to have you here.  Hope you enjoy the site, we do have quite a great group of BBQers here and lots of fun events.

We look forward to hearing more about your event and getting out there to compete in it.  Sounds like it's a great one and we are always up for a road trip.

Keep us up to date.

WELCOME!!

Mike

[AzQer]

Welcomr to our club Henry glad you could come by come back often

[smitty250]

Welcome Henry - enjoy the site.

[ddog27]

WELCOME!!

[bearbonez]

Welcome aboard!!

[Henry Silvestre]

 Thanks guys... April 17th 2010 Event update... We now have more than 13 Sponsors in line. Teams are starting to send entry forms -- Only $250 before January 15th, 2010.. $300 after. So far 15 teams are 100% confirmed. Vendor forms have just been completed and I've began to send those out. Awards will be for top 10 places in each category- cash awards for top 3 in each category as well as trophies to top 5, 5th-10th -ribbon or other awards (TBD)...

 2 State Senators are coming, 1 Governor (Baja's so far) the other has an invitation (Arnold), and a few other celebrities.. The Food Network might still film the event, as we are about to get Rachel Ray to commit? (I'll know more by Monday pm).. Many other invitees yet to respond. Media coverage could be spreading to all TV stations in SD and LA (again will know more for sure here after a Monday am meeting I have in Oceanside- concerning another Rotary Event- that will have many of the same media attachments to ours--kill 2 birds with one stone, sort off).

 For Entry forms, Vendor forms or Sponsor forms - feel free to call me 951-445-1903 or e-mail me hsilvestre@aol.com

 Our Website for the BBQ challenge is under construction- (not by me- not my strentgh) but I am told will be up and running by January 1st 2010.

 Event is sanctioned by the IBCA and is about to be proclaimed a State Championship event by the Governor.

[Thom Emery]

The timing of this will be interesting. It lands in the weekend between Golden State,The New AZBarbeque event  and Stagecoach.
I talked to Henry and he seems like a very nice fellow, exactly the type of Guy we would want as a local charity promoter
I just wish the date were a month later

Change is the one constant in this sport, 2010 will be no different
We are entering a great time in BBQ. The growth we have seen in California and
for our AZ Brothers will begat even more. How this is managed will be the key
to it's being sustained.

[force]

HOO Ah