Some people do not like sam’s, not “cooker friendly”.. got to get your own water, etc.. etc.. The contest is held in a parking lot, of a business, and taking up spaces used for paying customers. It is bare bones, not great electric, get in and then get out!. I bring my own water, and if power is not great, I got a generator. It’s nice not to have a band blaring, and paying damn good money is cooker friendly enough. The main reason for me to get into sam’s was to prove to myself I could do well in the nationals. By the time you get to the regoinals and the nationals, you’ll find it’s very nice to be in a crowd of competitors that are all serious, and all want to win. I get into sam’s because there’s 749 other teams that go, and i got to prove consistency. I love it. There are those more cooker friendly contests, which are nice, I like them the much as the next guy. But sometimes you want to try to put yourself up against a big group of bada$$es and see how well you can hang.