This from the AZBBQA website:The Taylor Corn & Que Arizona State BBQ Championship!
Presented by: Eurofresh Farms.
The Taylor Corn & Que is an official Arizona State Championship BBQ competition and is put on by The Arizona Barbeque Association. It is also the longest running state championship contest. This year the contest will be held on Friday the 29th and Saturday the 30th of August. The championship is KCBS sanctioned and will attract barbecue enthusiasts from all over Arizona as well as neighboring states. As in previous years this contest is held at the Taylor Rodeo Grounds in Taylor, Arizona located in cool Nothern Arizona.
Competitors will complete in four categories, Pork Ribs, Chicken, Brisket, Pork and have the option of competing in "anything but." The championship will have winners in each category in addition to a grand champion of the entire event. The title of grand champion is a qualifier and entitles the winning team to an invitation to the Kansas City American Royal Competition and Jack Daniel's Competition; both of which are national events and require state championship titles to enter. The contest must have 25 teams to officially be a qualifier.
Grand Champion- $2,000
Reserve Champion- $1,000
1st Place each category-Cash prize TBA
2nd Place each category-Cash prize TBA
3rd Place each category-Cash prize TBA
This year there will be a Eurofresh Salsa Festival contest as well as a BBQ sauce contest. Both of those events will be held on Friday night August the 29th.
For more information please check out the Taylor Sweet Corn & Que Festival website.
http://www.taylorcornandque.comEntry fees are still being worked out. AZBBQA members will be given discounts and will be able to sign up for judging spots. More to come.