I have only attended a few BBQ contests. Notably the Roots and Blues and BBQ Festival in Columbia and the Anchor City BBQ Contest. They seem to be very popular, and I see many advertised. The first time I attended I thought that there would be a variety of different BBQ available to try. Turns out there are very limited BBQ options. Lots being cooked, and the judges get to sample some excellent variations, but they are not available to the public. Usually there are no vendors selling BBQ, and those that are not generally of very high quality. Hard to maintain a high quality with limited heating, cooling, and serving options.
The KC BBQ Society is the organizing entity that has decreed no selling of the contestants product. There are a fair number of people that are walking the aisles looking at the large variety of cookers and apparatus.
Anchor City had 33 contestants this year, as well as a variety of other venders selling shirts and crafts. They had a nice blues band playing while I was there.
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