PENDLETON CATTLE BARONS BUCKAROO BBQ CHALLENGE
IN
PENDLETON, OR
EVENT DATE: SATURDAY MAY 6TH, 2023

Registration Closed with 28 teams.  Thank you!

Welcome back to the Pendleton Cattle Baron's Buckaroo BBQ Challenge!  The organizers continue to make this year's event an outstanding competition!  Low $100 entry fee, meats except for chicken are supplied by the organizer and sponsors (see below), room for more teams, and organizers that really care about putting on a great event for the teams, judges, and attendees.

You will be supplied with 2 trimmed Tri-Tip roasts from Painted Hills.  Painted Hills is a regional Oregon natural and grass fed meat producer.  If you participated in 2021 and 2022, the provided Tri-Tip was deemed excellent by our teams.  You can use the provided Tri-Tip for either or both of competition turn-in and the people's choice awards.  If you want more Tri-Tip for peoples choice, you are welcome to bring your own.

You will also receive 3 racks of Baby Back Ribs from Hill Meat Company – a local company with regional distribution that has an excellent reputation.  These must be used as your competition meat for turn-in for a level playing field.  No outside meats allowed - and you won't be vending ribs.

You will supply your own chicken as usual.  You won't be vending chicken.

People's Choice:

There is NO vending at this event, but everyone is required to participate in the People's Choice award between 1:00 pm and 2:30 pm.  During that time, you will serve a sample of Tri-Tip to anyone with a People's Choice Pin.

Event Management:

• Organizer: Jeff LaBoy, Cattle Barons Buckaroo BBQ
• PNWBA Board Representative: Steve Rubin
• PNWBA Head Judges: Jane Biehl & Steve Rubin

Contact info:

• Jeff LaBoy - 541-215-3007
  
• Steve Rubin - 206-412-0877 cell / message / text. Email: rubin.s@comcast.net

Prize Pool:

$5,000 Total Prize Pool

• Grand Champion - $1,025
• Reserve Grand Champion - $750
• Category 1st Place - $300
• Category 2nd Place - $250
• Category 3rd Place - $200
• Category 4th place - $150
• Category 5th place - $100
• Category 6th place - $75

Categories:

• Beef Tri-Tip

• Chicken

• Pork Ribs (Baby Backs)

Load in times:

• 6am-9am on Saturday, May 6, 2023

Site Inspections:

• 8-9:30am on Saturday, May 6, 2023

Turn-in Times:

• 1:00pm – Tri-Tip
• 2:00pm – Chicken
• 3:00pm – Baby Back Pork Ribs
  

Window is 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after each hour.
The People’s Choice Awards tasting runs from 1pm – 2:30pm. Tri-Tip turn-in is at 1pm and chicken turn-in is at 2 pm so please be aware of the overlap.

Awards:

Awards on Saturday May 6th at 5:00 pm or earlier if possible.

Load out times:

• After awards

Required Cooks Meeting :

Saturday May 6th at 9:30 am

Directions:

Team Requirements:

Please review the Team Rules Page, even if you are an experienced team. Each site will be inspected to meet these requirements. If you are a new to competition BBQ team or new to PNWBA competitions, we recommend visiting our New Team Info page.

Entry Fee:

Entry fee is $100.00 USD and is non-refundable. In the event of a cancellation by the event coordinator, $8.00 will be refunded from the entrant’s payment. Regardless of the situation, a designated amount of $8.00 from the entry fee is non-refundable to cover payment and event processing expenses.

Entry Payment Due:

Entry fees must be paid at the time of registration.

Utilities:

• Power - Please plan to bring your own power. Please contact the venue if you need power to see if available.

• Potable Water - provided by venue

• Trash disposal – provided by venue

• Ash disposal – provided by venue

• Grease disposal – provided by venue

• Grey water disposal – provided by venue

Team Event Size:
20x20 – If you require a larger footprint or can fit in a smaller footprint, contact the organizer prior to the event.