Sam's National BBQ Tour Hits SLC This Weekend!

The Sam's Club National BBQ Tour makes it's next stop across the US in Salt Lake City this weekend (April 27-28.) 30 teams, primarily from the Intermountain West (although there are teams coming from AZ & SD as well), will be "getting their smoke on" at the Sam's Club at 1905 South 300 West in SLC, vying for $10k in prize money at this contest. The top 6 teams from this comp will then advance to the Regional comp to be held in Albuquerque, NM on May 12.

Here is the list of confirmed teams for the SLC event:

1. OREO
2. GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE
3. Woodhouse Barbecue
4. Hoochie Que
5. Big Hole BBQ
6. Pitmaster BarbeQue Company
7. Phil & Lou BBQ
8. Big Johnson's BBQ
9. Andrew Petrehn (Andrew's Rib Shack)
10. R&r bbq
11. Guppa D's BBQ
12. HQO
13. Side of the Tracks
14. Smokey Jake's BBQ
15. Leukemia Sucks Too
16. Smokin Flyers
17. PackerBacker BBQ
18. Half Baked Hippies
19. "Team IdaQ"
20. Frankenswine Ezzybore and the Beast
21. Tumbleweed BBQ
22. SMOKIN' STAR BBQ
23. LoneStar Smoke Rangers
24. WHR Meat Masters
25. Smokey's Bar-B-Que
26. Nations Best
27. spuds BBQ Co
28. Bam Bam's BBQ
29. Richard's Roundup BBQ
30. H&D BBQ

The weather forecast right now is calling for a cold front to move through the area on Thursday, bringing some rain and high temps in the mid to upper 50's on Fri-Sat - so it will be just a little nippy!!

In addition to the contest itself, there will be a public "sampling" at the main Event Stage on Saturday from 11 AM - 4 PM, and a cooking demonstration for the public at 1:00 PM at the Event Stage as well. The awards are tentatively scheduled for sometime around 4 PM.

Here's wishing the best of luck & good sportsmanship to all the teams competing in this event this weekend!! CLICK HERE to follow the thread in the IMBBQA forum on this comp.