Have a CompBBQUK Contest

A Champion Series contest puts a flexible structure around your barbecue competition. This means that the contest is flexible enough to be customised to your requirements, but also structured enough that it is consistent and is subject to the same high standard judging and scoring process to ensure it has the prestige required.

There are few limitations on teams, enabling them to cook in a way that suits them, use the ingredients they choose, and produce the highest quality entries. 

For more detail and to talk to us about having a Champion Series contest. Visit our dedicated page.

A Tailgate contest is specifically designed to make competition barbeque as accessible to as many people as possible. It aims to minimise, organisational requirements, costs and time required on both the organiser and the competitor. Based around a concept of a team and their equipment being able to compete from the back of a car, in a single day and at a much lower cost than traditional competition barbecue.

By restricting the equipment teams can use, the number of team members and reducing the traditional number of rounds and entries per round, the Tail gate contests remains flexible to tailer to your event while still ensuring the prestige, transparency and accessibility of a CompBBQUK contest.

For more detail and to talk to us about having a Tailgate contest. Visit our dedicated page.

Give your barbecue contest the integrity and prestige of it being sanctioned by CompBBQUK . This means the contest will be run in accordance with the standard CompBBQUK. rules and it will managed on the day by representatives of CompBBQUK. You will be responsible for organising and administering the contest in line with CompBBQUK requirements. 

Exact requirements are covered in the contest organisers guide. Broadly though you will need to provide the space required for the contest, access to toilets and refuse disposal for contestants. Depending on the contest structure, there may be some additional requirements. You will also need a way for teams or competitors to register and pay any entry fee, and a way for any judges required to register if they need to. You will also need points of contact for interested parties etc.

There will be a small number of consumable items required to be provided (pens, refuse sack, water for judges etc.), and depending on the contest structure there may be some additional ones such as food boxes for contestant to submit entries.

You will also need to provide one or two volunteers to support the on the day running of the contest.

Contest Organisers Guide - Contains all the requirements to ensure your contest is administered in line with the requirements for a CompBBQUK sanctioned contest. Also contains detailed information on how to organise your contest.

Contest Rules - The full version of our standard contest rules.

Contest Structure - A structure that will included the type of contest you want to run, the types and number of rounds you want, and the schedule for the contest period.

Contest and Judging Process - Our documented processes for ensuring fairness and transparency

Scoring Mechanism - Our scoring mechanism for rating and judging all of your entries

Score Cards - We'll provide you with score cards for use by judges that support our scoring process.

Score calculator - A Microsoft Excel based tool to help you calculate scores using inputs from the score cards

Templates - Customisable templates for both our contestant information packs and judges information packs.

CompBBQUK. Representatives - We will provide on the contest day a representative from CompBBQUK to act as the contest referee and manage the contest on the day. They will liaise with your event, the contestants and any judges to ensure the contest is run to CompBBQUK standards and processes.

Managed and sanctioned contests are dependent on availability for CompBBQUK to provide this service and on dates and details.

0 - 15 teams £300 + representative travel expenses

16 - 30 teams £400 + representative travel expenses    

31+ teams cost by agreement

£50 + 5% of transactions for Team Entry Management if required

£100 non refundable deposit required to secure, balance due four weeks prior to contest

This option is best if you would like to organise and run your own barbecue contest, but you want it to have the integrity and name recognition of CompBBQUK. With this option we will provide you all the rules, processes and scoring mechanisms you need. You will be required to organise, administer and manage the contest in line with CompBBQUK requirements to ensure a fair and transparent contest.

The exact requirements will be covered in the contest organisers guide that will be given to you. Broadly though you will need to provide the space required for the contest, access to toilets and refuse disposal for contestants. Depending on the contest structure, there may be some additional requirements. You will also need a way for teams or competitors to register and pay any entry fee, and a way for any judges required to register if they need to. You will also need points of contact for interested parties etc.

Most importantly, you will need to provide a contest manager who will manage the contest on the day, ensure the rules and processes are being adhered to and be the contest referee. They will also need to be the first point of contact on the day of the contest. Too support the contest administrator there will need to be one or two volunteers also in attendance.

Contest Organisers Guide - Contains all the requirements to ensure your contest is administered in line with the requirements for a CompBBQUK sanctioned contest. Also contains detailed information on how to organise your contest.

Contest Rules - A light version of our contest rules designed to be easier to administer by yourself.

Contest Structure - A structure that will included the type of contest you want to run, the types and number of rounds you want, and the schedule for the contest period.

Contest and Judging Process - Our documented process for ensuring fairness and transparency

Scoring Mechanism - Our scoring mechanism for rating and judging all of your entries

Score Cards - We'll provide you with score cards for use by judges that support our scoring process.

Score calculator - A Microsoft Excel based tool to help you calculate scores using inputs from the score cards

Templates - Customisable templates for both our contestant information packs and judges information packs.

£150 (non refundable)

£50 + 5% of transactions for Team Entry Management if required

The exact requirements will be covered in the contest organisers guide that will be given to you. Broadly though you will need to provide the space required for the contest, access to toilets and refuse disposal for contestants. Depending on the contest type and structure, there may be some additional requirements. 

It would also be helpful to provide one or two volunteers to support the on the day running of the contest.

Contest Organisers Guide - Contains all the requirements to ensure your contest is administered in line with the requirements for a CompBBQUK sanctioned contest.

Templates - Customisable templates for both our contestant information packs and judges information packs.

If you are having a CompBBQUK sanctioned contest we will also provide.

Contest Rules - The full version of our contest rules.

Contest Structure - A structure that will included the type of contest you want to run, the types and number of rounds you want, and the schedule for the contest period.

Contest and Judging Process - Our documented process for ensuring fairness and transparency

Scoring Mechanism - Our scoring mechanism for rating and judging all of your entries

Score Cards - We'll provide you with score cards for use by judges that support our scoring process.

Score calculator - A Microsoft Excel based tool to help you calculate scores using inputs from the score cards

We will also manage and organise your contest for you. From working with you to agree the right contest, structure and requirements, organising and processing entries, organising judges registrations, being the first point of contact for queries from contestants etc. and managing the contest on the day.

Fully managed and sanctioned contests are dependent on availability for CompBBQUK to provide this service and on dates and details.

0 - 15 teams £500 + representative travel expenses + 5% of transactions through our website

16 - 30 teams £650 + representative travel expenses + 5% of transactions through our website

31+ teams cost by agreement

£200 non refundable deposit required to secure, balance due four weeks prior to contest