BBQ Challenge
Does Your Team Have What It Takes?
Check In
All contestants must check in prior to the start of the event, teams that fail to check in will not be allowed to compete and will not receive a refund.
The Rules
- Each team will be given a designated area for them to set up their cookers & necessary equipment.
- No pre-cooked or marinated meat will be allowed; all meat must be in original store-bought packaging and kept on ice until the cook-off has started.
- Someone from your team must be present at your site at all times during the competition.
- All meat must be cooked until the internal temperature reaches a minimum of 145 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Garnishing is limited to green leaf lettuce or curly leaf parsley ONLY. No foreign objects are allowed in the presentation box.
- Each team must have a place to wash/sanitize their hands & cooking utensils and a Fire Extinguisher. Bleach must be used to sanitize.
Meats To BBQ
- Ribs – Spare Ribs turn in 6 bone cuts
- Tri-Tip (We will provide each contestant with 3 Tri-Tips, You choice of how much extra for Peoples Choice)
Gorge Hops & Hogs Awards
Grand Champion
A guided Fishing trip with Outcatching.com and 2 rooms at Cousins Country Inn
Peoples Choice
Traeger Grill from TumALum Lumber
Peoples Choice Runner Up
Mimi Moto Ultimate woodfired camp stove with pellets from Smokehouse Products
Peoples Choice 3rd place
Smoke Chief Cold Smoke Generator with pellets from Smokehouse Products
1st Place Tri-Tip
$300 and filet knife from CRKT
1st Place Ribs
$300 and filet knife from CRKT
2nd Place Tri-Tip
$150 and Reuger knife from CRKT
2nd Place Ribs
$150 and Reuger knife from CRKT
3rd Place Tri-Tip
$40 and Carson Combined tip knife from CRKT
3rd Place Ribs
$40 and Carson Combined tip knife from CRKT
All participants will receive a goodie bag.
Important Reminders
Event Timeline
7:00am
Can Start Cookers
8:00am
Cooks Meeting - Meat Handed Out
8:30
Begin Cooking
9:00am
Event Starts
1:00-2:30pm
People’s Choice Judging
2:50-3:00pm
Turn In Tri-Tip
3:00pm
Judging Tri-Tips
3:20-3:30pm
Turn In Ribs
3:30pm
Judging Ribs
4:30pm
Awards
