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#16 - January 11, 2010, 10:20:12 pm
Huge Fan of Mike (AZBarbeque)... He's My Hero..

Jaybird

Quote from Ron Cates today on Ray Basso's Forum:

"The other event is Phoenix. We're in the process of cofirming the date
hope to have that soon."

Maybe this will be November.
#17 - January 14, 2010, 01:17:59 pm

Mike (AZBarbeque)

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I doubt it, we already have the Pulte one locked in for that date with KCBS...

I would be really surprised if they tried to do an event here without contacting us first..
#18 - January 14, 2010, 01:37:50 pm
Michael J. Reimann
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Owner/Pitmaster - AZBarbeque Catering - www.AZBarbequeCatering.com

If God wanted us to be Vegetarians, why did he make animals out of meat??

Mike (AZBarbeque)

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Finally heard from Ron Cates on this event.  It looks like he is going to be bringing this event here even though it's on the same weekend as our Annual Pulte cook-off.

As you can imagine, I have some very strong feelings about this, specifically about how unprofessional it is for another Promoter to come into our area without checking to see what we have planned and how to make it work.

Since KCBS won't sanction 2 events in the same town on the same weekend, they are going with their own sanctioning and not KCBS. (Supposedly)

This is a one time event, Pulte will be a 4th Annual.  If we let them come in here, it WILL affect our relationship with Pulte and with all of our events.  If our events & Sponsors don't think we will be loyal to them, we won't be able to get anyone to sponsor or put on these events.

Needless to say, I don't think this will be good for the company they are representing as I think the media backlash would far outweigh the benefit to them, but I guess we shall see how it all pans out.

Hope for the best, I know I am..
#19 - January 14, 2010, 09:37:37 pm
Michael J. Reimann
Realtor - Clients First Realty (Real Job) - www.TheReimannWay.com
Owner/President - AZBarbeque - #1 BBQ Club in Arizona
Owner/Pitmaster - AZBarbeque Catering - www.AZBarbequeCatering.com

If God wanted us to be Vegetarians, why did he make animals out of meat??

Gizzy's Smokin Crew

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Hey Mike
What weekend is the pulte event. I need to plan seeing as I work weekends and I would like to make Pulte my 1st comp.
Thanks
Matt ;D
#20 - January 14, 2010, 09:51:22 pm
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Mike (AZBarbeque)

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It's November 12th & 13th this year..

Needless to say, Pulte is not happy about this at all..
#21 - January 14, 2010, 09:52:35 pm
Michael J. Reimann
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Owner/President - AZBarbeque - #1 BBQ Club in Arizona
Owner/Pitmaster - AZBarbeque Catering - www.AZBarbequeCatering.com

If God wanted us to be Vegetarians, why did he make animals out of meat??

AzQer

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Boy Ill bet there are not happy. For them to come here and think we dont do BBQ here is an insult. Im glad KCBS is sticking with us on this one I think they are setting themselves up for failure as most of the team should be at Pulte
#22 - January 14, 2010, 10:00:31 pm
Mark Smith
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Mike (AZBarbeque)

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On no Mark, they know we do BBQ here.  With all the National Attention we got last year, that's what is driving them to come here.  They think they can roll in here, throw out a huge prize fund and all the teams will migrate to them.  They have no ties to our club or to BBQ here in AZ, yet they want to reap the rewards of what we have worked so hard to accomplish.

It will be very interesting to see how it pans out.

I hope and Pray for the best as this could get real ugly real quick..
#23 - January 14, 2010, 10:04:05 pm
Michael J. Reimann
Realtor - Clients First Realty (Real Job) - www.TheReimannWay.com
Owner/President - AZBarbeque - #1 BBQ Club in Arizona
Owner/Pitmaster - AZBarbeque Catering - www.AZBarbequeCatering.com

If God wanted us to be Vegetarians, why did he make animals out of meat??

Crash

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I know what event VRM Pit Crew will be at on November 13th 2010.  Gotta take care of those that take care of you.   ;)
#24 - January 14, 2010, 10:25:22 pm
I love animals.  They're delicious!
VRM Pit Crew

Thom Emery

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Ronny Cates  has been talking about doing his own thing sanctioning wise for months
There seems to be a problem working inside the system for his group


Just remember who puts together the whole year of contests and events for you
That makes it a easy choice
#25 - January 15, 2010, 07:00:48 am
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What Wood Jesus Q

Jaybird

Well, this is a part of a huge NASCAR/BBQ deal. For Arizona, they only have two dates to choose from to coincide with the race, that's obvious. I don't think there is gonna be any media backlash towards them. 95% of the media and the population don't even know we have bbq contests here.
  I think alot of the 'big boys' will come out for the money and you can't blame them. If they get 50+ teams, they don't need a Governors proc to make it a qualifier for the Jack. The thing I see as a snag for them also is there won't be any TOY points for the KCBS run at the end of the year....but Pulte will have those TOY points. I wonder what they will use for judges and what system and who watches over to make sure it's done right. We'll have to see how it plays out.


 Oh, btw, I think Arizona needs to concentrate more on getting more CBJ's trained also. Traveling for out of state judges in this economy is gonna be tough as they pay all their expenses. I think we all know someone who be willing to take the class and start their judging career.

I think 99% percent of the teams in Arizona will do Pulte so I don't think the contest is in any sort of jeopardy.  Pulte has been a great sponsor and hopefully... for years to come. I know I will be there.
#26 - January 15, 2010, 07:58:23 am

BBQCZAR

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I know I will be at Pulte this year,wouldn't have it any other way  ;)
#27 - January 15, 2010, 08:08:31 am
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KidCurry

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This will be my 3rd year judging at Pulte, Dad will also be there...hell by then I can probably bring two other CBJs...and If I remember correctly Pulte has always been very high percentage CBJ anyways.  If the KCBS TOY runs like it did (we can hope) then teams will be looking for all the points they can get!

#28 - January 15, 2010, 08:39:37 am
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Mike (AZBarbeque)

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Jay, I agree.  With the Havasu CBJ Class and the one we are planning at Pulte again this year, I think we will have a great group of CBJ's here in the valley for a long time.

2010 is going to be a great year out here for us and hopefully this event doesn't damper it.

As for the media backlash Jay, Pulte has some very big pull here in the valley and around the nation not to mention the power of the pen.  Heck, look what it did for Bubba Keg and that was only a handful of people and only took 1 day.

Like I said, I hope it all works out.  We would absolutely love to do something with NASCAR here in town.  Why they plan something with out contacting the local club and seeing what the local event calendar looks like is beyond me.

#29 - January 15, 2010, 08:40:56 am
Michael J. Reimann
Realtor - Clients First Realty (Real Job) - www.TheReimannWay.com
Owner/President - AZBarbeque - #1 BBQ Club in Arizona
Owner/Pitmaster - AZBarbeque Catering - www.AZBarbequeCatering.com

If God wanted us to be Vegetarians, why did he make animals out of meat??

Gourmet Grills

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Dam them :mad: We will be at Pulte!

Ken
#30 - January 15, 2010, 08:53:00 am

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