Kloset BBQR said:
Sorry to hear that Cappy! Were the spring and summer events related in any way in terms of a cumulative point champion for the two events like the Arkansas Smoke on the Water contests are?
If I'm reading your post correctly it sounds like another event that was formerly discontinued will take its place and will be run by the same group (shriners) and just sanctioned by a different body. Is that correct?
There are 30 to 40 bbq comps in the state of South Carolina each year...
3 or 4 are KCBS, 3 or 4 use "Celebrity Judges", and the rest use the
SCBA judges. The SCBA does not sanction events, although some
events claim that they are SCBA Sanctioned. Anyway, the Shriners
run several of the comps. The one in Myrtle in the spring used to
get 40 to 50 cookers....this year, only 19. I have no idea why the decline,
perhaps the economy, but they saw an opportunity for a bigger event
in conjunction with the SCBA, which had to cancel it's single event,
the Carolina Q Cup, because they lost their location.
So the Shriners saw a chance to join the SCBA in hosting and running
the event, a big one, but it's going to be held in Hilton Head.
Good move for the Shriners, not so much for me.