Average Joe BBQ Team

Competitions

Competition BBQ isn't a backyard cookout: it's a sport, with strict rules and judges who speak with scores, not compliments. But every circuit has its own rules, its own formats and its own way of handing out points.

Here we explain them the way we figured them out — competing, messing up and taking notes. No lectures from on high: just what you actually need to know to get it, even if you're starting from zero. Pick a circuit.