BLACKFOOT Smoke-N-Wings will hold its annual state barbecue competition at the Blackfoot Airport this Friday, June 27th.
We re a Kansas City Barbecue Society-sanctioned state barbecue competition, and it s the governor who declares this a state competition through proclamation. We have teams from all over the United States and from Canada coming to compete at the Blackfoot Airport, said event organizer Steve McClellan.
The winner of the competition will immediately be eligible to compete in two of the biggest barbecue contests in the world, the Kansas City Royal Invitational and the Jack Daniels World Competition, since this is the only Kansas City Barbecue Society in the state.
We’ve been doing this for five years, but this is the second time the Kansas City Barbecue Society has sanctioned us. Previously, it was only an amateur competition, but last year we started working toward always being sanctioned, McClellan said.
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Teams competing will be required to cook four meats, chicken, pork ribs, pork shoulder or butt and beef brisket.
Along with the main competitors, the event hosts a barbecue competition for kids with two divisions, one for ages 5-10 and the other for ages 11-16.
The main event will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday night. Along with plenty of barbecue, the classic rock band Two Bald Guys will perform live, and a silent auction will benefit the Bingham County Mayor s Scholarship Fund.
“We raised $10,000 in our auction last year, and we awarded 62 scholarships to high school seniors this year,” McClellan said. Of course, there s more funds coming in for those 62 scholarships, but that was a huge chunk of money coming into the scholarship fund.
Many award-winning teams will sell their barbecue to the public, and admission to the event is free.
The competition winners will be announced the next day, on Saturday evening.
You can go to their website here to learn more.
