Sam’s Club National BBQ Tour Championship Culminates in Bentonville
October 07 2015 - 3:06PM
Business Wire
Top teams in country to compete for $50,000
grand prize check
After hosting competitions in over 30 cities from across the
nation, the Sam’s Club® National BBQ Tour will crown a new champion
at the tour’s final stop in Bentonville, Ark. this weekend. On Oct.
10, 50 of the country’s best barbecue teams will fill the parking
lot at the Sam’s Club headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., where one
team will walk away with the National Championship title and
$50,000 in winnings.
“If you love BBQ, you can’t miss this!” said Michael McDearman,
series director for the tour. “It’s the best BBQ field in the
country, whittled down from over 800 teams to just 50. They are the
best, and many of them are famous pitmasters you won’t see anywhere
else!”
Since 2011, the Sam’s Club National BBQ Tour has traveled the
United States, region by region, searching for the year’s best in
competitive barbecue and awarding winning teams a total of $500,000
in prize money annually. In that time, thousands of Kansas City
Barbeque Society (KCBS) competition teams worked to carefully
perfect and present their barbecue, which was assessed by KCBS
Certified Barbecue Judges, hoping to earn the title of “National
Champion.”
Adding to the excitement this year will be a performance by
singer-songwriter Holly Williams, granddaughter of Hank Williams.
She will be performing songs from her latest album, The Highway
from 1 to 2 p.m. on Saturday. Prior to this, she will have a meet
and greet with spectators under the KCBS Turn-In Tent at 11
a.m.
About Sam’s Club BBQ Tour
The Sam’s Club National BBQ Tour is a tournament-style series in
which teams must advance from a local qualifying event to the top
tier of their regional event in order to qualify for the National
Championship and a shot at the $50,000 Grand Champion prize.
Sponsored by Bush’s®, Cargill™, Clorox®, ConAgra Foods®, Heinz®,
the National Pork Board, New Zealand Lamb, Pepsi®, Reser’s® Fine
Foods, Sweet Baby Rays® and Tone’s®, this continuously building
competition that brings out the best, most committed barbecue teams
and keeps judges and spectators returning to Sam’s Club
competitions for the smell and flavor of the country’s best
barbecue.
About Sam’s Club
Sam’s Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT), is
the nation’s eighth largest retailer and a leading membership
warehouse club offering superior products and services in 652 clubs
across the U.S., as well as in Brazil, China and Mexico. To learn
more about Savings Made Simple, visit the Sam’s Club Newsroom, shop
at SamsClub.com, and interact with Sam’s Club on Twitter and
Facebook.
About Kansas City Barbeque Society
The Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS), is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to promoting and enjoying barbeque, is the
world’s largest organization of barbeque and grilling enthusiasts
with over 20,000 members worldwide.
KCBS sanctions more than 450 barbeque contests throughout
the United States and 28 countries. From volunteering to actual
event production, our members also offer assistance to civic and
charitable organizations who organize events. For more information,
visit: kcbs.us.
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