1. You must have a Curé parishioner on your team.  This is a parish event and is not open to the general public.

2. It is not a KCBS (Kansas City BBQ Society) sanctioned contest.  We do loosly follow KCBS rules and are advised by KCBS officials but we are keeping the contest and rules loose to keep the focus on fun.

3. Gas and electric assisted cookers are permitted.  If you can put up with the dissapproval of the BBQ purists, go ahead and use gas.

4. The contest scoring will follow standard contest rules.  The meat will be judged on Appearance, Taste & Tenderness.  We don’t throw out the high & low scores, so the point totals are different than KCBS.  Our judges are prepped and instructed by an KCBS official.

5. Our rules are loose, but many of our judges are KCBS trained, so try to adhere to the rules as best you can.  See KCBS rules and judges instruction on line to understand how this works and what judges are asked to do.  For example we do not specify what greens you can use to decorate your samples, but a judge may be unconsiously biased against some decorations due to their KCBS training and experience.

6. Provision of meat and greens for the contest is the responsibility of the teams.  Sample boxes will be provided by Holy Smokes. Meat for the parish dinner will be supplied and cooked by Holy Smokes.

6. Scored meat categories are: Sausage, Pork (butt or tenderloin), Ribs, Brisket.

7. Six samples of each meat category will be turned-in to our Judges per the schedule.  Make sure it is sliced or separated to make individual samples.

8. All meat must be cooked on site.  You can rub or marinate it at home.

9. Entry fee is $125 per team.  Payable at the sign up meeting May 22.  A representative of each team must be there to sign up and secure booth location.  Entry went up in 2011 as we are providing power generators for team power.

10. This is a church event and there are children present until Saturday evening (see below).  Please be safe, protect hot cookers, and drink responsibly.

11. We are happy to have children at the event until Saturday 6:00 PM when they need to go home so the parents can truly relax. Saturday evening will remain kid free.