2023 WA SPRING FAIR JUDGING

When
04/23/2023
9:45 AM - 4:30 PM
Location
110 9th Avenue Southwest, Puyallup, WA 98371
Spaces left
4

Registration

Seated Judge or volunteer
You must be a paid member of PNWBA in good standing AND must be a PNWBA Certified Judge. Select if you would like to be considered for a seated eating judge or be used in other volunteer areas. Seats are not guaranteed and will be assigned by the head judges either prior or at the event.
Table Captains
We need table captains and prefer judges that have taken the table captain class or are at least a junior level judge.
Volunteer Only
Select if you do not want to be considered for a seated eating judge and would only want to be used in other volunteer areas.

WA STATE SPRING FAIR BBQ PLAYOFFS
IN PUYALLUP, WA
SUNDAY APRIL 23RD, 2023
CALL FOR JUDGES, TABLE CAPTAINS AND VOLUNTEERS
BBQ EVENT PORTION

As this is a fully sanctioned traditional 4 meat PNWBA event, the Washington State Spring Fair BBQ Playoff's is a different type of event than most others you'll participate in as it is really a BBQ vending event with a couple of cooking competitions thrown in. It's one of the the richest cooking competition in the Northwest!

We will have a special Salmon category after the standard 4 meat turn-ins. Please sign up for salmon on the separate Salmon judging registration at https://pnwba.com/event-5186446. Signing up for the BBQ event does not automatically enroll you in the Salmon judging.

Event Management:

Organizer: WA State Fair / Bill Stock
PNWBA Board Representative: Bill Stock
PNWBA Head Judges: Lance Rasmussen & Steve Rubin

Event Contacts:

Lance Rasmussen – 206-601-2337 cell / message / text. Email: lance@pnwba.com
Steve Rubin - 206-412-0877 cell / message / text. Email: rubin.s@comcast.net
Bill Stock- 253-241-8917 cell / message / text. Email: bill@pnwba.com

Total Prize Purse:

$22,500

Call for Judges:

Important... You must be logged into this website with your email and password in order to access the registration for the event.
We have expanded to 6 tables to judge the expanded field of 40 teams.
We are looking for the following:

36 Judges - Judges will be selected with preference for PNWBA Certified BBQ Judges. If you are not a PNWBA CBJ but are a KCBS CBJ, then you may be placed in a volunteer position or moved to a wait list as PNWBA CBJ's are given preference.
6 Table Captains - Preference will be to certified as Table Captains.
5-8 Volunteers - Food Runners, Meat Wranglers, and general helpers.

Due to the fluid nature of this event, signing up does not guarantee a judging spot. Please be willing to volunteer as needed. Should there be a reduction in judges needed, an email will be sent to see if you would wish to volunteer.
Head Judges will make the final assessment of volunteers and choose the seated judges. Tables will also be adjusted by the Head Judges at the event to try and even out the judge levels and experience.

Jack Shot:

Sunday April 23rd at 10:00am

Turn-In Schedule:

Pork - 10:55:00 am to 11:04:59 am
Brisket - 10155:00 am to 12:04:59 pm
Chicken - 12:55:00 pm to 1:04:59 pm
Pork Ribs - 1:55:00 pm to 2:04:59 pm

Turn-in window is a 10 minute window.

Awards:

Sunday April 23rd at 6:30pm.
Subject to change depending on event processing.

Location:

Washington State Fairgrounds
110 9th Avenue Southwest
Puyallup, WA 98371-6811

Accommodations:

Puyallup has several hotel options. The fairgrounds has an RV Park and bookings can be made directly with them at $40/night Do not wait until the last minute as the RV park quickly fills up. https://www.thefair.com/general-info/rv-camping/

Everybody Walks!