The GLBBQA is pleased to announce our 180 Bounty Program.

Here is how it works.
Goal:  A cash bonanza for the first GLBBQA member to receive a score

of 180 in one of the four major meat categories at any KCBS

sanctioned event in the Great Lakes area.

Eligibility: Any member in good standing of the GLBBQA.

Members must buy in for $50 prior to the 180.

Member must be in good standing at the time of the 180.

Glbbqa Area:

New York                         Illinois

Pennsylvania                 Wisconsin

Ohio                                   Minnesota

Indiana                             Michigan

Ontario.

Rules: Buy in any time prior to the start of the contest in which

the 180 is scored.  Be in good standing at the time of the 180

Once “in” you will remain “in” as long as dues are current.

Should your membership laps at some point simply rejoin

and as soon as your dues are paid you will again be eligible.

GLBBQA will match  entry fees up to $500.

Sign up form is attached and you can utilize Paypal from our main page of the website.

Please indicate that you are making payment for the 180 Bounty Program.

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Lockharts BBQ has generously agreed to sponsor the event once again with a $1000.00 minimum prize pool. The Prize Pool will go up $100.00 for every team that signs up over 10.

So come on out, knock the dust/rust off your cookers and join us for our Winter Thaw cook.

We will once again have our now World Famous Pot Luck Dinner and Lockharts will once again be donating some of their Award Winning Beer for us to enjoy Friday Night.

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Congratulations to the following nominees who were elected this weekend:

Bruce Bissonnette
Scott Fischer
Mark Rasmussen

Introducing the Great Lakes BBQ Association’s Beak to Beak Invitational 2013. If your team has the top chicken score at any of the 2013 KCBS Events in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, or Wisconsin held April 1-August 17, 2013 you will be invited to participate in a winner take all event that will take place at the Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival being held 9/13/2013 in Mears, MI.

The winner is guaranteed a minimum of:

$500 in cash
$250 gift certificate to TheBBQSuperstore.com
$250 free entry to Smokin’ on the Water 2014 in Liberty, IN
$200 free entry to Parkinsons Smoke Out 2014 in Evansville, IN
$200 free entry in to Silver Lake Apple & BBQ Festival 2014 Mears, MI
$250 free entry in to Masters in May 2014 Fremont, WI
$250 free entry in to New Palestine Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too in New Palestine, IN

We are contacting organizers every day and hope to add to this list in the near future. Last year we also had over $500 in BBQ supplies donated by various sponsors, and we hope they will join us again.

If you have any questions, comments, or would like to be a sponsor of the event please contact the Beak2Beak committee at beak2beak@glbbqa.com.

The 2013 GLBBQA Annual Meeting will be held on March 16th,2013 at The Lexington Hotel in Lansing MI.
The address is: 925 S Creyts Rd  Lansing, MI 48917

We will have the Organizers Roundtable from 10:00am – Noon (Tentative) We will advise if we cancel this portion of the meeting.
BOD Meeting/Election from 1:00pm – 4:00pm or whenever it is finished.

Lunch will be on your own, however there is a restaurant inside the Hotel.

Water,Coffee, and Pop will be provided.

We will have some very cool door prizes including items from:  Mad Cow Cutlery, TheBBQSuperstore.com, Mad Hunky Meats, Butcher BBQ, and Oakridge Rubs.
You must be present to win!!

2013 Board of Directors Election
We will also be electing new officers to the Board of Directors. This year we are implementing an online voting option.
Each member in good standing will receive an e-mail from the online election website that will contain a link, this link will take you to the site where you will vote for
3 of the candidates (you can only vote once).  The voting period will open at 6:00am on Saturday March 9th,2013 and will close Saturday March 16th at 6:00am.
You will also have the option to vote in person at the Annual Meeting.  If you have any questions or problems voting please send an e-mail to info@glbbqa.com

2013 Board of Directors Candidates
Now that you know how to vote, here is who you will be voting for, remember there are 3 open positions and they will be for 3 year terms.

Bruce Bissonnette (I)
Scott Fischer (I)
Charles Henk
Bill Gailey
Matt Janose
Dale Lockwood
John Greko
Mark Rasmussen
Josh Hance
Jamie Guay

Rules are as follows:

You must be a member in good standing of the GLBBQA by April 26th,2013, and remain in good standing throughout the competition season, to accumulate points

A team will be awarded points for a top 20 finish in each category and overall
1st place = 20
2nd place = 19
3rd place = 18
and so on…

A teams best 3 contests will count towards the total

All KCBS Sanctioned 4 meat contests (Standard contests, no KCBS sanctioned rib burns) in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin are included

There is no signup required, membership is all that is needed.

In addition to the points for each category, teams are also eligible for the “Shot in the dark” which is awarded to the team with the highest KCBS score in each category.

Prize pool is currently at $1000.00 but we are looking to increase that amount over the course of the year

Congratulations to Rubbed Smoked and Sauced for winning the Great Lakes BBQ Association 2012 Beak to Beak Invitational!

1st Rubbed Smoked and Sauced – 196
2nd Motley Que Crew – 193
3rd Full Metal BBQ – 187.5
4th Big Brothers BBQ – 184

Thanks again to all of the sponsors Jeff Clark and Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival, Phil Kent Armada Meats & Motors, FAB, Plowboys BBQ, Lottal Bull BBQ, Butchers BBQ, Smoke on Wheels, Simply Marvelous, Mad Hunky Meats, Oakridge BBQ, The Slabs, and Cancersuckschicago.com

Beak to Beak Champs

Lotta Bull BBQ

THE GREAT LAKES BBQ ASSOCIATION WELCOMES
MIKE & DEBBIE DAVIS of
LOTTA BULL BBQ

Mike and Debbie will bring their “Technique” BBQ Class to the Wingate by Wyndham Hotel in Grand Blanc, Michigan on Friday and Saturday, November 9-10, 2012.

There will be a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 20 tickets sold for the price of $600.00 each. This includes a spouse only.

Tickets will go on sale beginning Monday, July 23 for GLBBQA. members only until Friday, August 10, 2012 at which time if there are still tickets available, sales will be open to the public. A cutoff date of October 1 has been set, in the event 15 tickets have not been sold, the class will be cancelled and ticket prices only will be fully refunded.

The Davis’ have generously donated one ticket for raffle purposes. GLBBQA. members only can purchase raffle tickets for $25.00 each and there will be a maximum of 25 tickets sold. In the event that 25 raffle tickets are not sold by Friday, August 17, 2012, the remaining number up to the maximum amount of 25 will be open for sale to the public. Money for the raffle ticket must be received by Thursday, September 6, 2012.
The drawing will be held prior to the Beak to Beak contest results at the Apple & BBQ Festival in Silver Lake, Michigan on September 7, 2012.

Location: Wingate by Wyndham
1359 Grand Pointe Ct., Grand Blanc, Mi. 48439

A block of 15 rooms has been blocked and discounted to a rate of $89.00 plus tax.
Callers MUST use BLOCK CODE: CG-GLBA when making reservations to receive the discounted room rate.(810) 694-9900.
A shuttle is available to Flint’s Bishop Airport.

The Davis’ advise that they do a strict class exactly as they do at a contest from prep of meat on Friday right thru the presentation of boxes on Saturday. The class is designed for the serious cooker looking for that little extra, to maybe get them over the hump.

Topics include but are not limited to include:
Meat Selection, prep and handling.
Types of cookers and fuel.
Cooking time and temperatures, final moments of cooking-how critical is it?
Taking meat off the cooker and what to do with it as well as how and why to put it in the box and getting it to the turn in table.

There will be (2) Master Certified BBQ Judges on site who will take participants thru the judging process of the finished products. Mike says you will find out how I do things, how and why I prep the way I do, and why Debbie preps the presentation boxes the way she does.

Visit their website: www.lottabullbbq.com for more details.

Payment must be sent to: Great Lakes BBQ Association
Attn: Bruce Bissonnette,
8893 Hahn St
Utica, MI 48317

Please note if your spouse will be attending either on the memo line of the check or in a separate note.

Beak to Beak Challenge

So do you think your Cluck is worth some extra Bucks?? Introducing the Great Lakes BBQ Association’s Beak to Beak Invitational. If your team has the top chicken at any of the 2012 KCBS Events in Michigan including the 2012 GLBBQA Winter Thaw Cook Sponsored by Lockhart’s Real BBQ you are invited to a Winner Take All Challenge to take place at the Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival being held in September. With a guaranteed payout of $500 and a free entry in to the 2013 Silver Lake Apple & BBQ Festival worth $200 to the winner with other prizes to be added.

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