Team Information

The Park Department wants us to know!

No campers,

All trash must be placed in dumpsters

All sidewalks must be kept clear!  No smokers, canopies, chairs etc. can be on the sidewalks!

No driving on the grass with the exception of the worship team to deliver equipment to the stage

Gates will not be locked, police will patrol the area overnight

Below you will find what each team is responsible for and adhere to. Again, this should be fun!

• Bring your own smoker and accessories. If your smoker requires electricity you need to bring a generator.

• We will setup near the Amphitheater.

   Teams may check in no earlier than 1:00pm June 21 to draw for location and meat.

   

• We have permission to stay in the park overnight. Will need to know what that looks like for each team no tents or campers, no driving on the grass (with the exception of the worship team to deliver equipment to the stage.  Police will patrol regurlary overnight.)

• Bring at least 1 table for your site

• Church Banner (If you choose)

• Lawn Chairs

• Canopy- no large tents, cannot cover sidewalks

• All smoking equipment must be on the pavement (including generators)

• Each team will need to provide their own pans to deliver meat for the community meal. Meat must be covered with foil.

• Smokers are required to provide their own Loose-Leaf lettuce or parsley for their containers for judging.

• Meat will be provided. Do NOT bring your own meat (Again this is for fun)

  • All meat will be purchased from the same store and same grade of meat

  • Each team will need to pick up their meat at the Amphitheater on Friday June 21st between 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm. First come first choice

  • Each team will select 1 brisket, then a number of Pork Butt’s for pulled pork (Exact # depends on the number of teams), sausage (for judges only), 1 small pkg chicken thighs (for judges only) and no less than 10 lbs of boneless/skinless thighs for pulled chicken (for community meal).

  • All meat MUST be prepared on-site in the park (it is a competition)

  • Pulled pork, pulled chicken, Brisket to be served to the public needs to be turned in by 11:00 am Saturday June 22nd,. Save enough pulled pork, Brisket and Sausage each for 6 judges to test. (We will not be judging pulled chicken, but the skin on chicken thigh will be judged). Brisket for community meal MUST be Sliced NOT chopped or shredded.

   

Meet for the judges.

• This will be in timed stages as follows

  • 11:15 am – Sausage

  • 11:35 am – Brisket

  • 11:55 am – Pulled Pork

  • 12:15 pm – Smoked Chicken Thigh

  •  Each turn-in must be in a white clam-shell foam container (provided). Each container will have a sticky note on it to identify team & meat (DO NOT ALTER THE STICKY NOTE. Selections without preassigned sticky note or altered note will not be accepted)

   

• Each container must have bedding (Loose leaf lettuce or parsley)

• Each container needs to be able to serve 6 judges with fair samples (for example:6 slices of brisket sliced no thicker than the thickness of a No 2 pencil, 6 chicken thighs,6 piece sausage no smaller than 1” no bigger than 1 ½”, Pulled Pork estimate enough for 1 heaping spoonful for each judge but presented in a professional manner)

• Each container will be judged on the following: (Note that Judges score all categories based on a 5 rating then deduct based on specifics outlined for the judges as seen below. Taste and Tenderness are the exceptions and will be judged on a rating of 1-5 based on the judges liking)

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Remember we are feeding children so don't make your meat to spicy!