Blue Ridge BBQ Festival

WELCOME TO THE 22nd ANNUAL
Blue Ridge
BBQ FESTIVAL
The 22nd annual Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival, presented by the
Carolina Foothills Chamber of Commerce, will be held Friday,
June 12, and Saturday, June 13, 2015, at Harmon Field in Tryon, NC.
This event is the Official North Carolina State Barbecue Championship
Cookoff as proclaimed by North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, and is
a Kansas City Barbecue Society sanctioned contest.
Additional opportunities to win cash and trophies include Whole Hog,
Anything But, and Dessert competitions.
Altogether, this creates a purse of —
$20,000
Paying 10 places overall
and in KCBS categories
June 12 & 13
TRYON, NORTH CAROLINA
www.BlueRidgeBBQFestival.com
The 2015 BBQ Store
The Contest
The Blue Ridge BBQ Festival is sanctioned by the Kansas
City Barbecue Society (KCBS) and their representatives will be present.
Judging starts at noon on Saturday, June 13, using the blind judging technique.
The contest consists of the four KCBS categories which are required entry in
order to quality for the Grand championship as well as for the North Carolina
Governor’s Award.
Awards
CHAMPIONSHIP
GRAND CHAMPION
$ 2,500
Plus invitation to the Kansas City Invitational
and eligibility for the Jack Daniels Invitational
Reserve Grand Champion
1,000
Third Place
400
Fourth Place
200
2014 Grand Champion
Fifth Place
150
Warren County (KY) Pork Choppers
Sixth thru Tenth Place
50
led by Donny Bray
KCBS RANKING CATEGORIES
(Chicken, Pork Ribs, Pork & Brisket)
First
$ 1,000
Second
600
Third
500
Fourth
250
Fifth
200
Sixth thru Tenth Place
50
OPTIONAL CATEGORIES
1. GOVERNOR’S AWARD
All NC teams automatically entered
First
$ 700
NOTE: ANYTHING BUT and DESSERT
Second
200
contests will be held on Friday. All
2. ANYTHING BUT (Friday)
Anything But entries must be placed in a
First
$ 500
9” x 9” box or half pan for judging.
Second
300
Dessert container is optional.
Third
200
Fourth
150
Fifth
100
4. WHOLE HOG (Sat.)
3. DESSERT (Friday)
First
$ 1,000
First
$ 300
Second
400
Second
150
Third
200
Third
100
The 2015 BBQ Store will again be located in the Merchandise
Tent. This is a prominent site, right on the infield.
Staffed by Festival volunteers, the BBQ Store stocks such cooker-produced
items as: commercial rubs and sauces, books and videos, cooking related
items, pins and paraphernalia relating to individual teams.
The BBQ Store will sell your items using currently accepted Festival
currency, and the Festival will retain 20 cents of every dollar and return the
rest to you. (Please note: T-shirts and ball caps are not allowed as the
Festival has its own to sell.) If you wish to participate in the BBQ Store,
please return the form below with your application.
Team name
Contact
Street Address
City
Phone
Fax
State
Products for Sale:
1. Brand/Trade Name
❑ Rub ❑ Sauce ❑ Marinade ❑ Book ❑ Video ❑ Cooking Aid
❑ Other
2. Brand/Trade Name
❑ Rub ❑ Sauce ❑ Marinade ❑ Book ❑ Video ❑ Cooking Aid
❑ Other
For more information about the BBQ Store, please contact the Blue
Ridge BBQ office: 828-859-RIBS (7427).
Important Information
We must have your Federal ID / signature on W-9 form.
Cash prizes cannot be awarded without this form. Please complete the form (page 2
of this PDF) and return it with your entry Form.
Send completed forms to: Make checks payable to:
Blue Ridge Barbecue Festival
Attention: Competition Chair
2753 Lynn Road, Suite A
Tryon, NC 28782
Blue Ridge
Barbecue Festival
For more information
contact:
W. Carl Wharton, Cell: 828-817-3691
Email: wcw1@windstream.net
BBQ Office - 828-859-RIBS (7427)