Hey all, the official web sites are up and running.For the November 9th - 11th, 2007 2nd Annual Southwest International BBQ Cook-off please visit www.SWIBBQCookoff.comFor the January 25th - 27th, 2008 1st Annual Arizona BBQ & Grilling Championship of Arizona, please visit www.AZBBQChamps.comWe are now ready to start taking registrations for the November event.
Please visit http://www.swibbqcookoff.com/bbqregistration.html to sign up. Costs are $300 before August 1st, 2007, $350 after August 1st, 2007, so get your entries in early.
I have been asked numerous times, why the Double Sanctioning of both IBCA & KCBS? Well, the answer is simple. We are basically having 2 seperate contests at the same time, the same place for the one entry fee and it will allow all the teams a chance to win more money and have more chances to qualify for the Jack and Royal. It's like going to 2 seperate contests at the same time. All the meats will be the same except the Chicken which will be half chickens for IBCA and 6 pieces for KCBS. Also, it will be fun to see how the judging between the two different sanctioning bodies compares. Will the same teams be top 10 in each, or will they be different? I'm excited to find out.
Also, the GC of both automatically receives a free entry into the January Triple Crown event, so there's 2 chances for that there as well.
Please let us know if you have any specific questions for these contests, I know they are going to be great and the entire Triple Crown concept is really coming together and everyone will enjoy the new format.
I really hope to see you all here.