CONTEST DATES for 2010

Regional BBQ contests generally run from May through September in the Nebraska/Iowa area. Mark your calendars to cook or judge in any of these contests. Additional information will be posted as soon as it becomes available.

2010 Contest Dates/contact info - Note: some events and dates are tentative

May 2010

May 7-8, 2010; HONKY TONK BBQ FESTIVAL in North Platte, NE (KCBS Event) www.honkytonkbbq.com/

Contact Rob Mandeville, 308.532.3344 308.532.3344; Fax: 308.534.6651 rob@honkytonkbbq.com completed event

May 7-8, 2010; BBQ IN THE BLUFFS, Council Bluffs, IA (KCBS Event) - Contact: Steven Gorman, 203 5th Ave, Council Bluffs, IA 51503
Phone: 712.310.9431. cgorman11@yahoo.com

May 29-30, 2010; Smokin' in the Junction West Des Moines, IA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP www.valleyjunction.com/ completed event

June

June 11-12; Springfield Days BBQ in Springfield, NE

Kelly Wills

402.320.1708 Completed Event. See our Contest Results page for results.

June 18-19, 2010; Pender Q - 125 Pender, NE

Contact: Mark Lorensen, 402.385.3166; Fax: 402.385.3710. lorensenlumber@ptflash.net Completed Event.

June 18-19, 2010; State Center Rose Festival BBQ Championship State Center, IA (KCBS Event) www.bbqstatecenter.com/

Contact: Trish Taft, 641.751.0907. rtaft@partnercom.net

Completed Event.

June 18-19; Papillion Days BBQ in Papillion, NE

Louise Greco 402.616.7010 or lugreco@cox.net or lgreco@papillion.org Completed Event.

June 25-26, 2010; Iowa State BBQ Championship in Marshalltown, IA (KCBS) www.marshalltownbbq.com

Lew Miller, phone 641.751.5895, Fax: 641.752.4814 lewmiller1@prodigy.net Completed Event.

July

July 9-10, 2010; Eagle Days BBQ Cook-off in Eagle, NE http://eagledaysbbqcookoff.com/

Jim Peterson (KCBS Event)

M: 402.430.2951; H: 402.781-9669; Fax: 402.781.9671

July 16-17, 2010; RED, WHITE & QUE, Bellevue, NE (KCBS Event) www.bellevuenebraska.com

Megan Lucas, Phone: 402-898-3000, megan@bellevuenebraska.com Contest canceled due to flooding.

July 16-17, 2010; BBQ'Loo & Blues Too in Waterloo, IA (KCBS Event)www.mainstreetwaterloo.org/eventsThemeDetail.asp?themeID=2

Cindy Wells, Phone: 319.291.2038 319.291.2038. Fax: 319.291.4298.

dgraham@mainstreetwaterloo.org

August

Aug 20-21, 2010; 19th Annual BBQ Championship of Nebraska in LaPlatte, NE (KCBS Event) Contact: Nena Cooney, 4343 Mayberry St., Omaha, NE 68105
Phone: 402.658.9948 402.658.9948. nena.cooney@gmail.com

Aug. 27-28, 2010; Nevada Kiwanis Club BBQ Contest in Nevada, IA (KCBS Event)

www.kcbs.us/events.php?year=2010&month=08&id=2036

Contact: Kenna Jo Lambertsen, 319.239.0084 319.239.0084. bbqueen_kj@yahoo.com

September

Sept. 10-11, 2010; Ribs, Rods & Rock'n Roll -South Dakota State BBQ Championship, Vermillion SD

Web site: www.sdbbqchampionship.com

Sep 24-25, 2010; River City Roundup in Omaha, NE (KCBS Event) http://rivercityroundup.org/

Matt Gunderson, 402.554.9600; Fax: 402.554.9609. gundersonm@aksarben.org

If you would like to advertise your BBQ contest with GOBS, please contact Bill MacKenzie at barbqbill@aol.com.

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