Bucky McOinkum’s Barbecue only has one more competition for this year (for which we still need to send in our entry fee, but never fear).  With that in mind, we plan to continue including newbies as honorary team members! 

Our last event of the season will be October 20-21, 2006, in Nelsonville, Ohio (SE of Columbus, near Athens).  The event is the Ohio Smoked Meats Festival.  Ed Tobian joined us in July in Grand Rapids, and, Ed, you’re invited along in October, too, but we’re looking for one more person that wants to see what a barbecue competition is all about, from the inside.

Here’s what you’ll get:

• A weekend that you may never forget, even if you never do competitions.  The people involved in barbecue are really second to none.
• An understanding of how everything has to fit together to get entries done at the right time.
• As much barbecue knowledge as you can soak up… not necessarily from us, but barbecuers love to talk, and there’s always time to go see what other teams are doing.
• More food than you can consume in a week, let alone a weekend!
• Sore feet from running entries up to the judge’s tent.
• Dishpan hands from helping wash up.
• A great night’s sleep… the night AFTER the competition.

What will we ask you to do?  That’s simple:

• Help us set up our site.
• Assist in getting stuff on and off the smoker.
• Help with clean up and break down of the site.
• Try not to eat so much barbecue that you stomach explodes.
• Have a GREAT time!

Let me know if you’re interested in seeing a competition from the cook’s side of the booth… If you think you’d like to compete someday, this a way to know for sure!  I’ll guarantee that you’ll be hooked!!!