[akurasch]

$125,000 purse in Vegas the weekend of May 22nd.  Just signed up to judge.

[glenntm]

IAB 30 BBQ will be there. 

[Rob Albach]

I will have to convince my wife for this one...Looks great though, should be a butt ton of teams sign up for this one....

[Jaybird]

We will be there.

[grizmt]

Two DipsWill be there!

[Trailhound]

Trailhound Smokers just registered for the Vegas contest looking to get my part to the $125,000.00.

[rodliv]

R&R will be there for sure. How can you miss this one. It is only 1.5 gas tanks away from here. 

See ya there.

[Trailhound]

I know what you mean Rod it is like 1.5 gallons of gas away from my house

[Trailhound]

Will it's up in lights at The Orleans

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[azchef1]

We are in too!! Has anyone heard how many teams registered so far? I heard 300 last year. 

[Rob Albach]

Count of 98 as of today from their FB page

[azchef1]

Count of 98 as of today from their FB page

Totally expected it to be higher by now. Should be a great event.

[Mike (AZBarbeque)]

They are not using the local clubs to advertise it.  I still can't understand why these big promoter refuse to do that.  I guarantee they would have many more teams from AZ or CA if they did.

It would be cool to see 200+ teams out there...

[Rob Albach]

Yep....Agree....not sure how many teams Vegas will draw from CA...There was a pretty significant BBQ'ers VS. KCBS blow-up over the Stockton comp not getting sanctioned(it was same weekend as vegas)...also the Bakersfield comp is the same weekend

As the numbers stand now you stand an (average) 50% chance of taking home some prize money....significantly higher if you make good Q!!!!!!

[AzScott]

Yea, the Great American BBQ in KC is that weekend and that's a biggie.  98 teams is good with a month out.  I don't see why it couldn't reach 150 or so.  Fuel and the late contest announcement are going to hurt it a bit though.  All I know is I'm going to show up and cooked to the best of my ability and spend some time at the craps table.