Why the heck is this so early in the season?? are any of you vending at this? I have no desire to try and compete but always looking to try others stuff
Why the heck is this so early in the season?? are any of you vending at this? I have no desire to try and compete but always looking to try others stuff
Make sure to have enough team members to handle the crush if you're participating in people's choice. IMO, the organizers of this event misrepresent this contest to the public and you will be besieged by people who paid $12 to enter and feel they are entitled to a pulled pork sample regardless of how close to turn in time it may be. I know this event is a huge success for Historic Richmond Town but I found it to be a big pain in the a** and so I won't be back even after having gotten calls each of the last two years.
Good luck with that. They let the crowd in at noon and if you're participating in people's choice your site will be marked to that effect. People will come up, lots of people, people who think they are there to judge your food. People who are under the misconception that you care more about their opinion than that of the judges sitting upstairs in the main building because they have no idea that there are judges sitting upstairs in the main building. People who feel entitled because they have been told that for their entry fee you must feed them a little cup of your bbq. These same people will clog the walkway as you hurry to make your turn ins for 12:30, 1:00 & 1:30 and won't have a clue that they need to get out of your way so you can make it on time. And because this is Staten Island and there is a huge appetite for BBQ in NYC there will be lots of these people and the organizers will make lots of money and then the same team will win people's choice again for the third year in a row because, surprise, they too are from Staten Island. And for the record, I know and like those guys, but knowing what I know I would never, ever enter people's choice at this event again.
