An Expensive Pastime

     The day after the BBQ Festival I spoke with one of the judges at breakfast where we both were staying and he mentioned to me that on average each team that competes spends in the neighborhood of $2,000 per event when all the expenses are tabulated.  That's quite a chunk of change to throw down in a single weekend.  And most of the teams do just that approximately 15 times a year as they travel around the country.

     But that does not include the cost of their custom conveyances, the mammoth motor homes that are literally a kitchen on wheels, complete with grills and smokers.  Those units can run into the tens of thousands of dollars.  I was in awe of some of the rigs that were on site at the Blue Ridge festival and took photos of them to pass along to you.  Here they are: