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Hogging Up Pennsylvania Big Fat Daddy’s Home Base

Big Fat Daddy’s would like to sponsor Hogging Up again, and has found what appears to be a good location for a future KCBS BBQ Festival & Competition closer to home base near York, Pennsylvania. This undisclosed location will power big rigs and have a covered building for the judges. We are currently discussing possibilities with the property owner who has ongoing construction and improvements to the site. It is unforseen when all these improvements will be completed and if we can book a date for 2016 but we are working on it. Things have been busy for Big Fat Daddy’s during 2015 doing the Factory Tour Stop for the County of York–the Convention and Visitor’s Bureau. These barbecue tours raise money for Bell Socialization Services, a local shelter in York Pennsylvania. So far we’ve had visitors from 12 different states who have enjoyed their visit. This came after we’d been inducted into the Southern Food and Beverage Museum and on top of that filmed on the second season of Food Network’s Carnival Eats show for our Colossal Got Beef? ® Crabcake.

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Professional Competitors Closed

Sneak Peak: Michael Columbus , gearing up for Hogging Up WV

All professional competitor spaces are now closed. We are submitting our list to the KCBS.We now have to focus on getting all our teams listed and putting on the best accommodations ever for our teams.

Thank you for your support. Apply now for Hogging Up West Virginia. We’re already getting apps in. We anticipate filling up quickly.

Drilling and Grilling BBQ Team from Glen Rock

Drilling and Grilling BBQ Team is in the house, from Glen Rock, PA! Pitmaster Dan Thomas is in the house smoking it up for fame and glory! Oh yeah! Welcome to Hogging Up!

Welcome Sauce This BBQ Competition Team

Sauce This BBQ from Easton Maryland is in the house! Welcome Mark Kenney and Head Pitmaster Daniel Youngblood who is competing for fame and glory at the Hogging Up BBQ Festival! Woot Woot! Check out their awesome WEBSITE and LIKE THEM ON FACEBOOK! Hey, you can tweet them too @SauceThisBBQ

KCBS Competitor Registration is Now Open

The forms you have been waiting for are up. First come, first served. We have compiled a competitor packet for you, and you can find it on the EVENT FORMS page. It’s available in DOC or PDF so choose your poison.

Hope to see you there!

2014 Prize Money Announced for KCBS Teams

We are pleased to have finalized our second year prize pot totaling over $6900 in cash! Let’s not forget our wonderful sponsor gifts which we estimate a grand value of $7500.00! Oh goody, goodie see the breakdown here on the prize money page.

The forms are coming!

Backyard Kids BBQ Competition Details are Here

Sunday we’re having a backyard competition for adults and kids! This will be non-KCBS santioned but as close to KCBS guidelines as possible! Compete for fame and glory and bragging rights! If you think you want to enter the backyard competition, early bird rates are in effect until March 1, 2014.

Grab all the details here on the Backyard Page!

Welcome New Teams – We Are Filled Now

We had an influx of new teams sitting in our mailbox! We will be slowly adding these teams to the website and Facebook individually. Anything received today in the mailbox today will be processed on Thursday, but CONSIDER US FULL! If you are dying to enter a contest this weekend, check out fellow KCBS contest, Cork and Pork Festival in beautiful Covington, Virginia!

Welcome to:
Virginia BBQ Pirates out of Springfield, VA
Aporkalypse Now out of Springfield, VA
Sloppy Dogs Bar-B-Que out of Martinsburg, West Virginia (about darn time we got a WV team!)
Bam Bam’s BBQ out of Front Royal, Viginia !
Life is Good but BBQ Is Better out of Purcellville, Virginia
Jordan Springs BBQ out of Stephenson, Virginia
Pop Pop’s Chicken and Pig out of Woodstock, Virginia
I Aim to Smoke out of Fredericksburg, Virginia
The Smoked Hog out of Lovettsville, VA

Again, if your application is in the mailbox today, we will accept it, and process those on Thursday as we are in Winchester working on a few things until then.

Pig Pen BBQ is in the House

BBQ Team update!

Welcome Rich Militano, Ted Czhor, Cathy Bryer and J. Petracca representing Pig Pen BBQ from Yardville, New Jersey!

Redneck Smoke Club All the Way From Somerset, New Jersey

The Jersey Boys have arrived!

We would like to extend a a big HOGGING UP Welcome to to Redneck Smoke Club. Mike Altland, Tim Dickins and Greg Richel are representing Somerset, New Jersey. We can’t wait to see how these Jersey boys do down in Virginia! Welcome!

Tasty Licks BBQ Supply is Competing at the Winchester Kansas City Barbeque Society Competition

Let’s give a warm hogging up welcome to Fred Bernardo , The SmokinGuitarPlayer himself! Owner of Tasty Licks BBQ Supply from Shillington, PA. We are glad to have you! Check out their store, and Facebook page!

Prize Money Has Increased Again Thanks to New Award

: Prize Pot Increase at the KCBS Hogging Up Festival

We just realized with the addition of our New Best of the Panhandle Award, our prize payouts have jumped from $5200 to $5225 plus gifts! (Prize List here) That is a three time jump in two months. Great news! Find all forms on the Event Forms page!

Competitor Forms Electric Updates – Early Bird Discount by 1/10/13

We updated the Competitor forms located on the Event Forms page. We have walked the fairground the other day to see where we would put the bands, the vendors, the barbecue competitors, the barbecue food vendors, the winery, the beer garden, the bull rider, the monster truck, and everything else we have planned. We wanted to make sure we had enough juice for the REALLY big boys with the BIG RV RIGS and make sure they would be able to access electricity. So we planned accordingly and are taking first come first serve on the big boy spots. There are three space sizes available. Take off an early bird discount if you apply by 1/10/13.

Roger Engle : Book Author and KCBS Judge

Roger Engle Book How exciting it is to find out that one of your very own KCBS judges is a book author! Roger Engle, having published “Stories from a Small Town: Remembering My Childhood in Hedgesville, West Virginia” recently. Roger has been busy signing books on a panhandle book tour! We can’t wait for him to be judging some great BBQ! You can order his book BY CLICKING HERE.

Why You Should Come to Our Festival

I spent some time talking to Kit over at Deguello BBQ, and let me say this time on the phone with him was priceless. I learned a lot from the competitor aspect what they WANT and NEED to make the barbecue competition go smoothly. Unlike some promoters, my husband and I care immensely — we have been food vendors on average of 90 shows a year. We could tell you some horror stories about some promoters. So many times show production companies lose sight of what’s really important: making their vendors, artists, crafters, bands, entertainment, (and competitors happy.) It’s not about US, it’s about YOU.

So here’s some key points we feel are important and have come up with as promoters:

FOR THE COMPETITORS:

A) Clear Details : We know you want to know what you are getting and when. Maps, layout, clear instructions, rules, etc. For instance we just made a small change to the competitor form, so you don’t have to stay until the festival closes Saturday, (we revamped our diagram) so you are able to exit quietly after the results are read Saturday afternoon/evening. Sure, we’d like to have you stay and see all the cool bands we have lined up for Saturday night, but we know you may have to get some well needed shut-eye. We strive for ways to make your life easier.

B) Power and Water : These are essential for making a festival go smoothly and without them you can’t cook.. Luckily for us the Frederick County Fairgrounds is equipped and what they can’t provide we’ll be using generators. On a side note it’s important for us to know exactly what you need so that we have enough juice for everyone. If you need more, tell us ahead of time and we will work out a price and get it for you. (Or, as they say in BBQ-ville we plan to purchase enough juice to run a small mountain town.)

C) Good Reps : I hear that good KCBS reps are essential in making a festival run smoothly. Lucky for us we have Randy and Carol Bigler and we feel very comfortable with them and know they will take good care of US and YOU!

D) The Proclamation: Richard Leight, the Frederick County Fair Manager has requested one from the Governor’s office. Stay tuned as we are waiting anxiously to obtain such a wonderful piece of paper!

E) Respect & Communication : Quite honestly my husband and I have been food vendors at LARGE fairs and festivals for three decades. We’ve catered for famous celebrities. We’ve been lied to, promised the pie in the sky, and know how it is to feel uninformed and taken advantage of. We’ve been to some fairs or festivals that have been so unethical we wonder how they are still going. That is why we vow to do things differently.

TO OUR PATRONS, COMPETITORS, ARTISTS, CRAFTERS, BANDS, SPONSORS and FAMILY:

Know our Goal : Our goal is to put on a good BBQ & MUSIC FESTIVAL for the people of Winchester and the Panhandle area, and do it right. After 30 years of food vending, it’s my husband’s goal to put on a good show. Something that can grow in time and have entertainment for the whole family. We don’t want to do it half-ass, or cheesy, so we are taking a lot of time into the planning process. Our goal is to cover expenses and donate profit money to our charities of choice, (We are working with CancerCare but have been approached by others we may add). On top of this, we want to have a hella-fun-run-smoothly KCBS festival too! Sounds easy right? Well, if you only know how much time has gone into the planning you’d be surprised. Our goal is to have the townspeople of Winchester help us. Help us help you–make our festival a success by telling your friends, family, co-workers to come out and support our cause. Not to mention, if we work together, it may just end up being the second largest event to the Fair!

OPEN COMMUNICATION:

So with that, we encourage OPEN FEEDBACK about what you’ve experienced at BBQ COMPETITIONS or the FAIR that you’ve liked before, or things you have hated. We would love to know! Call my (Cindy) personal cell 410-908-9241 or shoot me an email at BigFatDaddys@verizon.net and give me some suggestions, feedback, etc.