The Judges School will be held March 3rd at Hockenberg’s in Des Moines. Mike & Teresa Lake will be our instructors. Registration forms will be sent after the 1st of the year – if you have someone that would like to take the class, please let Anne Rehnstrom know their name and email address. (Click here for application)
Another KCBS Judges School will be held in Storm Lake March 10th (Click here to learn more and register)
BBQ class dates for 2012
- March 16 & 17 - The Art and Science of Competition BBQ in Marshalltown (www.4legsupbbq.com)
- March 30 & 31 - The Art and Science of BBQ 101 in Storm Lake (www.4legsupbbq.com)
- April 13 & 14 – Corn Fed Cookin’ with TippyCanoe BBQ and Big T’z Too in West Des Moines (www.tippycanoebbq.com or www.bigtzbbq.com)
- April 21 – BBQ 401: Tenderloins & Wine in Waukee (www.grillnoutiowa.com/events.html)
Contest dates for 2012
- April 20 & 21 is the Smoke Over VEISHEA BBQ competition in Ames
- May 11 & 12 is BBQ in the Bluffs in Council Bluffs
- May 18 & 19 is Minnesota in May in Fairbault, MN (1st leg of the Border Battle Quest)
- May 26 & 27 is Smokin in the Junction in West Des Moines (Sat/Sun)
- June 8 & 9 is the O’Town BBQ Showdown in Ottumwa
- June 15 & 16 is Lakefest in Storm Lake and is now KCBS sanctioned (Fri/Sat)
- June 15 & 16 is the Mississippi River Motorcycle Rally Mr. BBQ contest in the Quad Cities (KCBS sanctioned)
- June 16 & 17 is the Rose Festival BBQ Championship in State Center (Sat/Sun)
- June 22 & 23 is the Iowa State Championship in Marshalltown (2nd leg of the Border Battle Quest)
- July 3 & 4 is the Whiting 4th of July BBQ Cook-Off (Tue/Wed)
- July 20 & 21 is BBQ’Loo & Blues Too in Waterloo
- July 27 & 28 is the Up in Smoke BBQ Bash in Mason City
- July 27 & 28 is the Westfair “I Got Smoked at Westfair” contest in Council Bluffs
- July 27 & 28 is the Sam’s Club National BBQ Tour in Des Moines
- August 18 & 19 is the Madison County BBQ Shootout in Winterset
- August 24 & 25 is the Nevada Kiwanis Club Barbeque Contest
- September 1 & 2 is the Throwdown On The River contest in Dubuque



