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Unsanctioned cook-offs

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 1:09 pm
by OutlawNinja
How does everyone find out about unsanctioned cook-offs? I look on the IBCA and the lone star BBQ website for sanctioned ones but wondering another good place to look, thanks!

Re: Unsanctioned cook-offs

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 1:24 pm
by k.a.m.
Word of mouth, or facebook flyers that friends share. I have never cooked an unsanctioned event. I doubt I ever will.

Re: Unsanctioned cook-offs

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 8:48 pm
by limey
Last one I ever did,I found out the chicken winner stuffed cheese in the chicken. That is why they are called Bubba Ques.

Re: Unsanctioned cook-offs

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:01 am
by OutlawNinja
oh wow lol I was just trying to open my opportunites on cook-offs that are fairly local. I am in the Collin County area so wanting to only do DFW competitions until i get better. Thanks guys!

Re: Unsanctioned cook-offs

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:15 am
by All_Grilla_No_Filla
OutlawNinja wrote:oh wow lol I was just trying to open my opportunites on cook-offs that are fairly local. I am in the Collin County area so wanting to only do DFW competitions until i get better. Thanks guys!


It was nice to meet you this weekend (I was Randy, came over with with Ed and Tim Saturday evening) and you did well! Most of the ones in our area (I live in McKinney, actually) are in the spring and late summer to early fall. I've actually had great luck at unsanctioned cooks as long as they were run by people who had a clue and modeled after one of the major sanctioning bodies. It's the ones that are put together by someone who's never even seen a comp before and has no idea (nor care, usually) about standards, rules, structure, etc, where it just ends up a cluster...lol. My style of cooking is a KCBS style, so I hope that there are more of those filtering in soon. I do well in those.

Re: Unsanctioned cook-offs

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 2:04 pm
by OutlawNinja
Thanks Randy! It was nice to meet you too, if you hear any locally the next few months let me know, doesnt seem like there are any IBCA or Lonestar ones close until around febuary. Do they do KCBS in the DFW area?

Re: Unsanctioned cook-offs

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 2:09 pm
by All_Grilla_No_Filla
A couple. But there are more coming...

Re: Unsanctioned cook-offs

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 3:38 pm
by AlwaysSmokey
Yeah, I've been looking around for some too. I'm on the fence about joining kcbs because I can't find answers to questions I have,.. and the CTBA seems cool, but again,.. there is a lack of info. So I keep researching. I would appreciate any news of comps you guys run across !