Announcing
the First Annual Bay Area BBQ Cookoff at
the
Martinez Marina, Saturday October 12, 2002.
By
Henry Joe Peterson, California BBQ Association
Martinez,
CA -- The California BBQ Association and the City of Martinez Chamber of
Commerce are proud to announce the First Annual Bay Area BBQ Cookoff, to
be held Saturday, October 12 2002 at the beautiful Martinez Marina on
San Francisco Bay.
Benefit
for the Boys and Girls Clubs.
Proceeds
for the event are going to a very worthy cause, the Martinez Boys and
Girls Clubs. This is a charity that the City of Martinez has a close
association with, and CBBQA is honored to donate proceeds from the
cookoff to the Boys and Girls Clubs.
It’s
a party!
The
cookoff is part of the Martinez Marina Columbus Day events & parade.
In addition to the annual parade, the City of Martinez is planning quite
a celebration. There will be food and beverage vendors and live
music.
One-day
fun cook for cash prizes.
This
is a CBBQA sanctioned event that which follows KCBS rules.
The competition will be a one-day cook format with
four
categories: pork ribs, chicken, beef tri-tip, and "anything
but." The final category, "anything but" is an open
category, in which cooks can choose whatever they like --
seafood, sausage, basically anything but ribs, chicken, or
tri-tip! Teams will compete
for cash prizes, trophies, ribbons, and braggin’ rights!
Hourly
turn-ins.
Teams
will arrive at 6 AM for set-up and meat inspection, with the cook
starting at 7AM. Judging
begins at 11 a.m. with the "anything but" category, followed
by chicken at Noon, tri-tip at 1:00 p.m., and finally ribs at 2:00 p.m.
Judges will tally the scores and announce the winners at 4:00
p.m.
Register
today.
Registration
fee is $75 per team and includes all 4 categories.
To register, email event coordinator Jeff Jones at jeff@jeffreyfoods.com
or call (925)798-3019. You may also print out a registration form by
clicking here "ENTRY
FORM". Instructions
on where to mail the form and
registration
fee are included on the form.
Judges
and volunteers.
We
are also actively recruiting KCBS Certified BBQ Judges for the event, as
well as volunteers to help the event coordinator and make sure things
run smoothly on the day of the cook.
If you are interested in judging or volunteering, please email
event coordinator Jeff Jones at jeff@jeffreyfoods.com
or call (925)798-3019.
We
look forward to seeing you there! |