So everyone was happy and in a great frame of mind to enjoy judging BBQ on a warm, sunny day in Oroville. and received swag in the form of a free event t-shirt, a BBQ apron, coupons for food and play in the casino, and other trinkets. Those payouts, along with the swag given to each team, made for a happy bunch of competitors.Īnd the 60 judges + table captains and volunteers were treated to a tour of the award-winning Feather Falls Brewing Co.

They paid down to 15th place in each meat category, which is unusual, and finishing 10th in any category covered your entry fee. The casino upped the prize purse to $31,000 this year and 61 teams showed up to compete, making this the second largest BBQ contest in California so far in 2016. The 2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship was a great event! Organizer Ben Lobenstein and the Feather Falls Casino & Lodge took VERY good care of all of the competitors and judges. Should be fun.if you live within a 3 hr 15 min radius like me, you should stop by, drink some beer, sample some of the People's Choice barbecue, and maybe drop a few $$$ in the casino! It will be a Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue (2017 draw) and a 2017 American Royal Invitational Qualifier, as well as a Team of the Year (ToY) event for both KCBS and the California BBQ Association (CBBQA). This contest has a big $31,000 CASH payout. So if nothing else, we know there will be plenty of beer to enjoy after the judging has been completed.

and brewmaster Roland Allen, formerly of Sierra Nevada, with his award-winning beers. It's obvious where the 'Hot Q's' part of the name comes from.the 'Cold Brews' part comes from the onsite Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co. I heard from the folks who judged the inaugural event last year that it was a really nice contest, organized by Ben Lobenstein.he always puts on a good event.so despite the 3 hr 15 min drive one-way from my house in San Jose, I've decided to make the trek this year to check it out. All I know about Oroville is that it's home to Lake Oroville, the second largest reservoir in California, capable of holding 3,537,577 cubic acre-feet of water: This will be a new event for me.in fact I've never been to Oroville, located 70 miles north of Sacramento. I'll be judging barbecue at the 2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ at Feather Falls Casino in Oroville, CA on Saturday, September 17.

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