PENDLETON CATTLE BARONS BBQ CHALLENGE
IN
PENDLETON, OR
EVENT DATE: SATURDAY MAY 4TH, 2024

Registration Closes Monday April 29, 2024

Welcome back to the Pendleton Cattle Barons BBQ Challenge!  The organizers continue to make this year's event an outstanding competition!  Low $125 entry fee, your ribs are supplied by the organizer and sponsors (see below), room for up to 40 teams, and organizers that really care about putting on a great event for the teams, judges, and attendees.

You will be supplying your own Tri-Tip and Chicken for this event.  The organizer is suggesting 3 Tri-Tips to support People's Choice and Competition turn-in.

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 ribs for turn-in for a level playing field.  No outside ribs 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 1 ounce sample of Tri-Tip to anyone with a People's Choice Pin.

100% of the proceeds from the Peoples Choice Tri-Tip vending goes to scholarships for regional students attending college and majoring in agriculture.

Electrical Power:

Event Management:

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

Contact info:

• Jeff LaBoy - 541-215-3007 cell / message / text.  Email: cattlebaronbbq@gmail.com
• Steve Rubin - 206-412-0877 cell / message / text. Email: Steve@PNWBA.com
  
• Jane Biehl - Email: jbiehl@pnwba.com
  

Prize Pool:

$5,000 Total Prize Pool
Pays GC, RGC, and to 6th Place in each category.

Categories:

• Beef Tri-Tip

• Chicken

• Pork Ribs (Baby Backs)

Load in times:

• 6am-9am on Saturday, May 4, 2024

Site Inspections:

• 8-9:30am on Saturday, May 4, 2024

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 4th at 5:00 pm or earlier if possible.

Load out times:

• After awards

Required Cooks Meeting :

Saturday May 4th at 9:30 am.  You will also receive your Baby Back ribs at that time.

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 $125.00 USD and is non-refundable. In the event of a cancellation by the event coordinator, $10.00 will be refunded from the entrant’s payment. Regardless of the situation, a designated amount of $10.00 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 - provided by venue, however teams must provide their own 30 or 50 amp plug-ins and extension cords for power.
  

• 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.