Windy City BBQ

[Jolietjeff]

I had posted this in the general discussion section without any response so I thought I'd try it here. Has anyone been to this event before? Is anyone going this year? I've never been to a BBQ competition before and was wondering if they thought it was worth the $80 general admission price. It does include all the food you can eat plus craft beer samples and live music. Just wanted to hear others thoughts. Thx

[_John_]

Never heard of it but for that price i would do it, i can eat 80 bucks worth easy

[jmeier64]

Not local to me, but I would be all over BBQ, talking to the teams, beer, and blues plus a hog butcher demo. Seems like a great deal to me

[Jolietjeff]

I think my brother in law and I will take the train into the city for this. No need for a dd then. I'll be sure and take pictures and report back

[jmeier64]

I read through the whole site. I may make the 6 hour drive from Minneapolis for that event.

[Jolietjeff]

By all means if you do we could hook up and say hello. It looks like a really interesting event. I believe that BBQ team Cancer Sucks that is featured on AR has competed in this before. Not sure if they're competing this year or not

[Huskee]

Steep price, but if it's an all day event and you can squeeze in a couple meals' worth of food plus snacks and the overall festivities of the crowd, I'd think it'd be $80 well spent.

[CandySueQ]

Rumor has it (well, the organizer posted it on another BBQ forum), that this event will probably go KCBS next year. Something about edible flowers used as garnish!