Slamdunkpro
Babbling Farker
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2007
- Location
- Northern VA
Expect to see more of this type of thing. We as competition teams need to engage the public more then we have in the past in order to keep these competitions going.
How many people from the public have you refused to feed as it was against the rules or that was not the current policy. Yes PITP could have been handled a bit better but unless you have a dog in the race watching competition BBQ is about as exciting as watching grass grow.
People want more then just the venders food, they want to hit the real stuff.
You said it in your second paragraph - It's against the rules. Those that know me know that I'm a big proponent of onsite People's Choice contests for the very reason that you mention in your first paragraph BUT there are several issues with PITP's approach:
- You are asking for 100 samples (25 of each category) to be turned in at the normal turn in time. That's in essence asking us to turn in 5 boxes in each turn in window.
- Let's do a little math: Figure 42 teams and each VIP ticket gets 8 samples (2 of each category) for $35. The teams get $100 for participating. PITP is outlaying $4200 and they are raking in over $18,000 in VIP ticket sales. How much of this is going back into the prize pool?
- Last but not least, I wonder how the food vendors feel about this?