Posted by JBM on September 23, 2009, 10:44 pm, in reply to "Memphis In May and the SCBA"
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Memphis in May is not an invitational and with the economy the way it has been anyone willing to send in an application and fork over the thousands of dollars it cost to compete will almost certainly ge accepted.
Now lets talk about what it costs.......
the worst spot on the river will run you around $1000 dollars once you pay the initial fee, plus electric fee, plus porto john (which is mandatory), plus clean up deposit which you only get part of back no matter how clean you leave your spot.
The absolute last day you can load in on is Wednesday and all vehicles must be out of the park by noon. So you will have to get a hotel room for at least 4 days at $150 per day. That is about what we pay for a holiday inn express that is 5 miles from downtown.
It is about 700 miles from Charleston to Memphis and pulling our huge cooker we only get about 10mpg. I cost us several hundred dollars in diesel.
Now figure in all your normal competition costs (meat,tinfoil, gloves, charcoal, ect) plus eating out for 5 days
I would say the bare minimum to cook in Memphis would be $3000 to $5000 dollars. We probably spend closer to $10000 dollars
But the experience of cooking bbq and watching the sunset across the mississippi river and walking across the largest stage in bbq is priceless.....
--Previous Message--
: Each year for the past several years various
: national invitational cook-offs, such as
: Best of the Best in Douglas, Georgia and the
: American in Kansas, have asked me for
: nominations of teams for their cook-off.
:
: In the past I’ve tried to give them a list
: of teams based on both MBA points and on the
: team having won at least one first place in
: one or more competitions. These
: invitational events want first place winners
: (for the most part) but in conversations
: with me they have both embraced our MBA
: structure. Indeed, both have agreed, from
: time to time, that other states should
: follow our good lead in deciding who the
: best cookers are.
:
: This year, for the first time, Memphis in
: May has asked for a list. We will follow
: the same precedent we have set for the last
: several years; that is, we will submit the
: top teams as represented in the MBA points.
: When there is a tie for a position such as
: the current tie (September 21, 2009) of
: Pickin’ Porkers and W.E.T. Site Boys for
: eighth place, we will submit both team
: names.
:
: After talking with the people at Memphis in
: May we have agreed that the SCBA will not
: submit our list to them until the first of
: November, 2009. The MIM people tell me that
: they will mail invitations to the list I
: submit in the middle of December. This
: gives us time to compile a better list and
: it gives more teams more time to improve
: their point standings.
:
: It is undetermined at this time as to how
: many places they will accept but I have
: tentative approval for the first 15 places
: on our list. The first 15 places can
: include “ties” so there will probably be
: more than 15 team names submitted.
:
: If you’ve ever wanted to cook at Memphis In
: May this is your chance and you can do it by
: presenting your best efforts in the
: remaining cook-off events that the SCBA
: judges.
:
: The next MIM is May 13-15, 2010, by the way.
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: Good luck to all.
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