Smoke on the Water Festival

We have officially entered our 3rd BBQ cooking contest. Unlike our first two contests, the Tennessee Funfest & the Battle for the Bones, which are both Memphis BBQ Network contest; the Smoke on the Water Festival is a Kansas City BBQ Society contest. The difference between the 2 are as follows:

Memphis BBQ Network (MBN):
You can choose to cook ribs, shoulder, or whole hog or all 3 depending on the contest. There is both on-site and blind box judging. Beside the main 3 categories there are a variety of other categories you can enter like chicken, beef, exotic, hot wings, sauce, etc. but it depends on the contest.

Kansas City BBQ Society (KCBS):
You must cook ribs, boston butt, beef brisket and chicken. There is only blind box judging no on-site judging. Not sure if there are any other categories you can enter at a KCBS contest but I do know that there is usually a sauce category you can enter.

Since this is our first experience with KCBS we hope it goes well. We have heard that KCBS is much more organized than MBN and from our experience with MBN anything is an improvement. The contest is Friday, March 19 - Saturday, March 20 in Little Rock, Ark. My brother, who has been cooking in BBQ contests for over 15 years, will be cooking the chicken and boston butts and Ethan will be cooking the ribs. As far as the beef brisket goes it will probably be a collaborative effort along with the sauce category. Since it is supposed to be gorgeous weather this weekend, we are practicing our rib entry! Yeah for pretty weather and delicious BBQ!

EAT up! Bon Appetit!