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AZBarbeque Events => Upcoming Events => Topic started by: BBQCZAR on January 19, 2010, 07:17:44 pm
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Does anyone know if this event is going to happen this year ? I know that someone said they were going to work on it.I think it would be good to reserect this comp. :)
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Will there be ice and gray water disposal?
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Have not heard anything and as of yet, no one has contacted us. I know Pat Young, one of our Northern Ambassadors was going to look into it. I'm sure he will post up some info when he logs in later tonight..
Unfortunately, it would be the same weekend as Mesquite if the did, so who knows..
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Will there be ice and gray water disposal?
LOL,you funny guy there Thom ;D
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Unfortunately, it would be the same weekend as Mesquite if the did, so who knows..
I was thinking of Taylor last week, and in fact almost posted the same question, and then realized Mesquite was the same (potential) week and dropped it.
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It would be the same week,but I think Taylor would still get alot of Az. teams,ones that are not going to Mesquite.We have not decided if we are doing Mesquite this year or not,weather was crazy there last year,it was blazing hot,Taylor would be nice and coooool :)
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It would be the same week,but I think Taylor would still get alot of Az. teams,ones that are not going to Mesquite.We have not decided if we are doing Mesquite this year or not,weather was crazy there last year,it was blazing hot,Taylor would be nice and coooool :)
I'd let you sit in my AC Tim.... ::)
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It would be the same week,but I think Taylor would still get alot of Az. teams,ones that are not going to Mesquite.We have not decided if we are doing Mesquite this year or not,weather was crazy there last year,it was blazing hot,Taylor would be nice and coooool :)
Taylor got real hot a couple years. I don't think that you can count on storms like the one at Mesquite every year.
"We're gonna die!!!".....classic. ::)
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I'd let you sit in my AC Tim.... ::)
lol,thanks ! If I do Mesquite this year we will have an RV with us 8)
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lol,thanks ! If I do Mesquite this year we will have an RV with us 8)
Me too. It will probably depend if I feel like seeing the country or have my buddy drive it out...
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I just got off the phone with CAROL OWENS and she's very exited to have the bbq contest back at the SWEET CORN FESTIVAL!!!!! We will be meeting on monday morning to go over things!! I'll be talking to MIKE but i can always use advise and help since iv'e never organized an event of this type before! I hope everyone can support this contest! I'll post info. as it develops asap so folks can shedule accordingly! thanks, PAT
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REALLY enjoyed the Corn and Que
even gettin a whippin on that White Sauce Chicken
The locals were great loved the contest
But............. we will be in Mesquite
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I just got off the phone with CAROL OWENS and she's very exited to have the bbq contest back at the SWEET CORN FESTIVAL!!!!! We will be meeting on monday morning to go over things!! I'll be talking to MIKE but i can always use advise and help since iv'e never organized an event of this type before! I hope everyone can support this contest! I'll post info. as it develops asap so folks can shedule accordingly! thanks, PAT
Great news Pat. Thanks for keeping us up to speed.
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Pat, let's talk before you meet with them. ;)
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Looks like it's the weekend B4 Mesquite. It's a bit of a drive, but...from what I saw, the Corn festival is Aug. 28. Izzat right, Pat?
http://www.lasr.net/travel/city.php?Taylor+Sweet+Corn+Festival&Taylor&TravelTo=AZ0210020&VE=Y&Event_ID=AZ0210020e002 (http://www.lasr.net/travel/city.php?Taylor+Sweet+Corn+Festival&Taylor&TravelTo=AZ0210020&VE=Y&Event_ID=AZ0210020e002)
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Nope, it's always Labor Day Weekend so it will be the same as Mesquite. They'll still have a great turn out though!
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Any word on this today Pat?
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He didn't have the meeting today, hoping to reschedule it..
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The meeting with CAROL is now on for tuesday at 9am !! The computor at home is on the fritz so i'm only online wed-fri. eve's! YA'LL will probably laugh at this but i got squished between a crazy sow and the loading gate sunday night and needed to re-schedule my meeting with CAROL! At least i got back at the sow- she now resides in little white packages at the meat packing place!!!!! GO BBQ!!! Note to self- only use friends that have loaded large animals in the past!!
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The meeting with CAROL is now on for tuesday at 9am !! The computor at home is on the fritz so i'm only online wed-fri. eve's! YA'LL will probably laugh at this but i got squished between a crazy sow and the loading gate sunday night and needed to re-schedule my meeting with CAROL! At least i got back at the sow- she now resides in little white packages at the meat packing place!!!!! GO BBQ!!! Note to self- only use friends that have loaded large animals in the past!!
I think the funny part is how you exacted revenge on the sow. Hope your injuries weren't to bad Pat.
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Thanks CRASH,Nothin beer therapy won't cure!!!!
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Speaking of notes to self!!!
Note to self dont pis Pat off or it off to the plant :'(
Keep up the good work Pat looking foward to taylor
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Proof that eating well is the best revenge. ;)
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Pat how did the meeting go yesterday ? Hopefully this event will happen this year !
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Hmmm,maybe the meeting was a no-go again ?
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THAT'S a big 10-4, i left messages at CAROL'S house but she has not called back yet, i wonder if she is out of town? She was going to talk to CLINT the fire chief about using one of his conference rooms to meet in and call me back but she hasn't returned my calls yet! I did see CLINT in er on fri. night and he said that she hasn't contacted him yet so i'll just keep trying to reach her! She did say that she was busy on mon. so we could'nt get together untill after that!
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Hey Pat,did Carol ever get back to you ?
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bump
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hey Pat, mike and i are available to help you with whatever needs to be done to get this bbq on the road, just give us a call and let us know what ya need. ;)
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Not sure whats going on with this ,Pat hasn't let anyone know what is going on.Probably isn't going to happen,too bad,the location is good.
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HEY FOLKS, sorry for the delayed response but i did not want to keep telling ya'll that CAROL hadn't called me back!(she hasn't and iv'e left messages for 3 weeks now!) Anyways i just got off the phone with her and she informed me that she was supposed to speak at the town counsel meeting tonight at 7pm! But they resheduled her for next week! She also mentioned that the town is cutting down on expenses wherever they can and we might be in for a bit of a struggle to say the least! She wants me to call her back next wed. eve. to see what she finds out! One thing that i'm concerned about though --- one of the ems people told me last week that the town of TAYLOR actually took out of their ambulances the phone that they use to patch to our hospital and the crews are to use their personal cell phones, which is bad!! I will keep everybody updated. thanks, PAT
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They have to use their personal cell phones....REALLY? ??? That is really farked up.
Thread hijack over! :-X
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SERIOUS!!!
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By the way i want to thank TIM and HOLLY and MIKE for offering their help! I will be in touch for sure if this thing is a go! MIKE and HOLLY, I'll call you in the next couple of day's, SHELLY and i would like to have you folks over for dinner, and i have an idea that i want to run by you! Thanks again and i'll see you soon! PAT
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Any news? I would love an excuse to finally come visit eastern AZ...
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KITCH, The town council meeting has been re-scheduled for next wed. at 7 pm! On the agenda is the bbq contest and the 4th of july celebration! I talked to CAROL OWENS tonight and she wants me to call her back next week after the meeting! BTW DAVE, since when do you need a reason to visit us mountain folks? Give me a call and get up here and we'll cook up a suckling piggy!
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Good point! I'll see if I can do anything 'bout it!
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KITCH, The town council meeting has been re-scheduled for next wed. at 7 pm! On the agenda is the bbq contest and the 4th of july celebration! I talked to CAROL OWENS tonight and she wants me to call her back next week after the meeting! BTW DAVE, since when do you need a reason to visit us mountain folks? Give me a call and get up here and we'll cook up a suckling piggy!
Hey Pat! I was wondering if you could send me an email at jbird057@aol.com. I have a question for ya. Thanks
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Any more updates on this Pat ? Just wondering where the town council was on this.Thanks :)
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Aw,nevermind,I see where the city council meeting was cancelled on the 24th again.Strange the city coucil meetings have been cancelled 3 weeks in a row.I doubt this will happen,maybe the Corn festival may not even happen.
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This just in (NOT OFFICIAL YET!) The fire chief just brought in a pt. and he said that the town council voted yes on the CORN AND QUE! If CAROL OWENS doesn't talk to me by mon. I'll call the mayor on monday morning and get this show on the road!! Stay tuned!! Thanks, PAT
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Hey Pat,
Are they planning on the same weekend as past events? Labor Day? We would definitely be in for this one as we are not doing Mesquite this year.
Folks, this has been a very fun event in the past, and it gets you out of the heat of the summer for a little while. I am sure we would have a good turnout for this!
P.S.
Fourth of July would not be a good time, since we already have the Williams event happening.
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That is great news Pat ! Hopefully you can get it confirmed soon so we can make plans for labor day.I am also in for this one as we aren't doing Mesquite this year either.I also know of several other teams that said they would do the Taylor event as well.
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Paaaaaaaat,what did the mayor say ? :)
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CAROL didn't call me back, but i had 3 really good conversations this morning with someone at town hall (this person asked for me to keep it off the record) but was very, very helpful in not only giving me background information on past town events( negative and positive) but also a perspective of things that i hadn't really considered ( since i'm new at this!) I think other than working things out with CAROL i/we need to be creative and be able to arrange it where the town can break even or hopefully better on the money issue! This is were i need MIKE and the other members feedback! The rodeo makes money for the town by charging admission and concessions.The 4th of july celebration and the CORN AND QUE although they bring in alot of people to both towns and local businesses, don't really generate money for the actual towns that put out funds for water, electric, parks and rec. police, etc. Anyway, what about if for peoples choice instead of 50% going towards a local charity ( which i would always support!) what if that portion went to the town? Just a thought. Also what about the town charging a small fee at the gate to get in? Any ideas from everyone would be appeciated! Also the town meeting on the 14th they are supposed to be discussing these events so i would like to attend and be able to relay the clubs plans, ideas, etc. and i would also like to educate if you will the fast growing sport of comp. bbq!! especially here in AZ ! Thanks, PAT
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Pat it seems a lot of comps are now charging for people to get in, it seems to me that with all the folks coming to the corn festival and hopefully the corn and Q festival they wouldn't have to much problem paying a little to get in, it is also a good time to maybe get some of the other clubs out there to promote there clubs what ever they may be and do a little fund raising. Just my 2 cents bud good luck.
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As for People's Choice, it has never been done at Taylor. We did Taylor for 2 years before it stopped but VENDED at both, sandwiches, drinks and such not samples, and there were only a few BBQ vendors. I would be up for doing the samples because I think the people would like that better. I hope that this event can happen!
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One year we sold samples and donated the proceeds to Pat Tillman Foundation, it may have been the first year.
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One year we sold samples and donated the proceeds to Pat Tillman Foundation, it may have been the first year.
And then it rained
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'Councilor Jay Whipple asked how much the town gets back from the Fourth of July Night Rodeo, Trapper Days and the Sweet Corn Festival. Lundberg said last year the $44,000 spent brought in an additional $28,000. The Sweet Corn Festival still loses money.
Vice Mayor Jordy Fuentes suggest they create a special fund for all celebrations in the hope they will pay for themselves.
"Basically everything taken by the three events will all be shared with that pool of money," Jared Hatch said. "Hopefully in the end, they will all pay for themselves." '
State budget numbers leave Taylor at a loss, WMICentral (3/26/2010)
I don't see how they are losing money with the festival. It's always been crowded and full of vendors.
Are they not getting sales taxes from local restaurants and hotels? Or are they letting those visitors take money back to Heber and Show Low? What is the chamber doing to keep visitors there?
They can try to charge admission, but I think attendance will go down. I know BBQ comps are fun for the competitor, but as a spectator event there's really not much to see. It's not like watching the Firefighter events or as flashy as the car show. The Peoples Choice would help alot and so might some BBQ demonstration classes.
They really need to look for sponsorship for the event if they don't want the responsibility.
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The driving reason for the Taylor event was three fold. 1) the President of the now defunct AZBBQA had family ties there 2) The city didn't charge us to use the space or for permists and 3) the city mostly let us do what we wanted. This made placement of the event somewhat easier. However as Pat is finding out it isn't a walk in the park. From April to the event the AZBBQA president was in Taylor pounding the pavement at least every other weekend.
The event also had a very low entry fee, $195, that included water and electric. Keeping the entry fee low was a priority so city/family connections were used to get electric service, grey water etc. Sometimes those things didn't come together until the weekend before the event. In most cases it was discounted or donated. The BBQ portion of the event operated as a loss every year and we used a portion of AZBBQA club fees to offset the expense. We did not get that from the city.
EuroFresh Farms was the primary sponsor, not the city.
We didn't have samples after the first year because the city asked us not too. The city had a deal with their local vendors that precluded them from competing with the teams for customers.
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Good insight, Marty. Thanks
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THANKS, to everyone so far for the education/ background info. I did cater a wedding for the daughter of one of the euro fresh owners a while back so i'll be hitting him up soon!
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Pat,anything new on this yet ?
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I see where the Corn festival has been scheduled and it mentions BBQ,but I don't think that means the BBQ competition,maybe just some BBQ vendors.Sure would be great to have that comp back there again,the area and weather is great up there.
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Spoke to a person up in Taylor today,looks like this event won't be happening,at least not this year :(
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WHO did you talk to today?
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Pat,I spoke to one of my good customers who has a home up there and has been in on the planning and workings of the corn festival for the past 2 years and he said that the corn festival is on,but several people had spoken to him and said there wouldn't be any BBQ contest.He said he spoke to several people, and some on the council ,that he thought the contest would be good and that they should pursue it,but he said he didn't find alot of positive interest from them.
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Pat,have you heard anything different than what I have heard about this event ?
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I wonder why Pat doesn't respond to this anymore,I even sent him a PM and have not heard back.I was just wondering if he was still working on this or not,or if he has heard anything different from what I have been told.
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I spoke to a lady at Taylor town hall this morning and she gave me Carol Owens number and I left her a message about this.I will let everyone know when, or if, I hear back from her.