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flights booked...land around 5 on Thursday....will meet you at the site thursday night! Can't wait...BUMP
10 Days till load in begins...
SAT MAY 10 : Building Scaffold
SUN MAY 11 : Lay Carpet, Load in Kegerator, Fridge, Bar, Liquor, Mixers, Banners, Decorations and do some basic setup.
MON MAY 12 / TUE MAY 13 : Some Food Load In / Off Days
WED MAY 14: Load in 24 Kegs, Cases of Ribs/Shoulder - Set up Booth. Friends/Family Night 5-10pm. Get Sleep
THU MAY 15: Arrive ~Noon to clean and get booth ready. Chill Day Party. Good Nighttime Party w/ DJ
FRI MAY 16: Arrive ~11am to clean. Cook Ancillary Entries. Good day Party That Builds to Wild Night Party. Live music 5-8. DJ 8-12.
SAT MAY 17th: Arrive 10am to clean & set up for Judging. Judging over by 1pm. Light party till awards at 5pm. Shut booth by 8pm.
SUN MAY 18th: Arrive 10am to break down booth and load everything back out and get some sleep.
Looks like this year we'll have Ray Karpis, Sbonomo, and Possibly Jersey Tough Guys will be making their first BBQfest appearances this year.
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giddy up!
Ticket package will be at hotel lobby desk under your name, sir. I will be behind the bar 5-8pm thursday so get down in time for me to welcome you with a pelting of hurricane jello shots.
Oh and if you eat a rib with a knife and fork we're throwing your ### in the mississippi rivergiddy up!
Ticket package will be at hotel lobby desk under your name, sir. I will be behind the bar 5-8pm thursday so get down in time for me to welcome you with a pelting of hurricane jello shots.
Will do, thanks! Looking forward to the new setup & Tipsy on display for the masses[icon] said:Tusken Raider said:
Just wait till you see this year's setup.... it's going to be ridiculous.
I'll have you plus 1 on the guest list in case I'm not there for whatever reason.... but text me well in advance and I'll do my best to be there.
Trust me when I say this: It doesn't matter what work is like...you need to swing by the fest. Inbox me your real name and I'll get ya on the list.
If I wanted to come next year how would I or what would I have to do to eat that menu everyday?I love to grill and BBQ but I'm new to competitions and stuff like this.Nolan AudioVisual called back and is full on donating the light and sound system. THey're apparently going overboard with it.... 4 speakers (flown overhead in the booth) with a huge sub running through a mixing board. Then 4 intelligent lights running through a controller board as well. The owner told me today "make sure that scaffold is built strong because this system is going to shake it.
Downside: The lighting rig and audio rig each require a dedicated 20Amp circuit... had budgeted for 1... add on an extra $150 for the extra 20A... then $40 for another 50ft 12AWG power cord
My buddy who's the executive chef for all BB Kings restaurants went to bat for us with Fayette Packing (lead meat distributor for the region) and they are donating 7 cases of baby backs for general consumption and 2 cases of special competition cut slabs that are bandsaw cut to perfect rectangle, membranes pulled, and perfectly trimmed of fat and such. In addition they'll be selling us our 3-4 cases of butts at cost.
Also, tentatively, Tipsy has set aside this menu for the festival:
Wed Dinner:
Brisket, Chicken, and Sausage.
Mac n Cheese, Beans, Slaw.
Chefs Bonus
Thurs Lunch:
Ribs & Pork Butt
Pork / Chicken Thigh sandwiches
Slaw, beans, and chips.
Thurs Dinner
Ribs, Pork Butts
Beans, Slaw, Jambalaya
Chefs Bonus
Fri Lunch
BBQ Tacos, Chicken Wings, Sandwiches
Chips, Slaw, BBQ Jambalaya
Fri Dinner
Ribs, Pork Butts
Beans, Slaw, BBQ Jambalaya
Chefs Bonus
Saturday: 50 Guests $100
Competition Ribs
Leftover everything
Hey sorry!
I hope it doesn't rain. Assuming we should pack for the worst. Coming from So Cal and AZ my bro and I are not used to rain. Temps look pleasant though.UPDATE:
And just like that...southern weather starts to shift.
I would plan on a rain shell and/or umbrella of some sort to get to the park IF it rains. I'm pretty sure you can bring them in for BBQfest. Once in our booth, youll be fine as we've got 2 floors that are covered.
One of the benefits of rollin with one of the big dogs 
this is insane btwWhat's that.... a 3000 square foot, 3 story monstrosity with a interior 2nd floor / mezzanine level that will serve as Team-Only/VIP lounge and DJ booth? Sure... why not
Work in progress.... Neil should have a much bigger kitchen/pit area than in previous years as well. Plus it's covered, and floored.
You have no idea.this is insane btwWhat's that.... a 3000 square foot, 3 story monstrosity with a interior 2nd floor / mezzanine level that will serve as Team-Only/VIP lounge and DJ booth? Sure... why not
Work in progress.... Neil should have a much bigger kitchen/pit area than in previous years as well. Plus it's covered, and floored.
From what I understand, our FIRST FLOOR is going to be 4' off the ground... which puts the sight line on the top deck nearly 30' above ground level of the park. Can't stress again how great the view will be from our upper deck as the sun sets over the Mississippi River. 
notcountingchickens: :Fingerscrossed
Si senor.
Do it GB... You'll find a list of exactly zero people who have been to this fest and not had a ####### blast.
I'm going next year, don't care what the wife says. It's killing me following this thread.
(She didn't forbid me to go, but she works nights and we would have needed someone to take care of the kids while I was gone. Maybe next year grandma can watch them.)
How's the tinder thing going?Do it GB... You'll find a list of exactly zero people who have been to this fest and not had a ####### blast.
I'm going next year, don't care what the wife says. It's killing me following this thread.
(She didn't forbid me to go, but she works nights and we would have needed someone to take care of the kids while I was gone. Maybe next year grandma can watch them.)
3 days of absurdly excessive consumption of the best BBQ you'll ever eat, top shelf microbrews, booze, cigars, hitting golfballs into the mississippi river, shaking your ### to a DJ with co-eds, epic redneck people watching from an absurdly large scaffold structure 30ft from the waters of the biggest river in America.... everything about it beautiful excess.
About 50 ladies committed thru tinder... anticipating some duds of course, but should be some options. Many are only coming friday though, GB. Just FYIHow's the tinder thing going?
How's the tinder thing going?Do it GB... You'll find a list of exactly zero people who have been to this fest and not had a ####### blast.
I'm going next year, don't care what the wife says. It's killing me following this thread.
(She didn't forbid me to go, but she works nights and we would have needed someone to take care of the kids while I was gone. Maybe next year grandma can watch them.)
3 days of absurdly excessive consumption of the best BBQ you'll ever eat, top shelf microbrews, booze, cigars, hitting golfballs into the mississippi river, shaking your ### to a DJ with co-eds, epic redneck people watching from an absurdly large scaffold structure 30ft from the waters of the biggest river in America.... everything about it beautiful excess.
I sure hope thunderstorms don't roll in and muck up my flight home...About 50 ladies committed thru tinder... anticipating some duds of course, but should be some options. Many are only coming friday though, GB. Just FYIHow's the tinder thing going?
If you jynx us with thunderstorms fri, I'm throwing your ### in the riverI sure hope thunderstorms don't roll in and muck up my flight home...
You'll only see him for a few hours and then he'll disappear like a fart in the wind...Si senor.
Wednesday (who knows when given work and that fn drive).
Friday night, 8pm flight home.
Don't feel bad GB... I'll be running like a chicken w my head cut off between running booth and entertaining folks/family in from all over. You do yo thang and have fun. I'll give ya an extra wristband or two in the event you want to go "fishing" to recruit more "talent" to join you in the booth.
