My apologies is this is a naive question.

Do people ever offer overnight accommodations to event participants who want to do the overnight on Friday? I’m more than happy to lay a fee.

No. We don't have room in our trailer for judges. Most sleep in their car or get a hotel nearby or sleep outside on a lounge chair.

We usually try to keep a clear spot on the ground behind the trailer if someone wanted to lay there. We can't be responsible for bug bites, etc., though

Many of the cook trailers don't even have living quarters for the cooks/team members and those teams are sleeping in their own vehicles. The ones that do don't typically have extra room for anyone else.

Sleep? We don't sleep. We are up all night trimming, smoking, and prepping our boxes for turn in. Sleep is for loser's.😆