That was a lot of fun, but doubt we'll go back. They charged the teams for the events that they were invited to. They rushed all but the top 10 teams away after quickly reading off the results. They didn't even have the results for the teams that competed, so nobody knew where they placed (except the top 10) until they looked up the results after they made them available on-line. We paid $50.00 per ticket for the final dinner, and they were giving them away when you bought a couple of t-shirts?!? So the people that paid ahead of time got screwed. We drove thousands of miles, paid through the nose for an invitational and then told to hurry up and get out as they rapidly read the results. Many people (including myself)had many questions for the organizers, they were trying to contact for months before the event and we got no replies. Poorly organized, poorly managed, and really left many bbq competitors going WTF?
Congrats to the guys that DID win it, I don't want to take anything away from them, I heard the judges only gave 8's and 9's, NO 7's or lower... so it was a VERY close competition with LOTS of great bbq, and the best of the best got it.