30th Annual American Royal/KC Masterpiece Invitational Contest
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Grand Champion: Trophy, Kingfisher Kooker & $10,000!
Automatic Return Invitations to American Royal Invitational Contest for next five years.
Reserve Grand Champion:
Trophy & $5,000
Second Runner-Up:
Trophy & $2,500
Third Runner-Up:
$1,250
Fourth Runner-Up:
$750
For each of four categories:
1st Place...................Trophy & $1,000
2nd Place..................Ribbon & $500
3rd Place..................Ribbon & $400
4th Place...................Ribbon & $300
5th Place...................Ribbon & $250
6th -10th Places.........Ribbons & $100
11th -15th Places.......Ribbons
Qualification Criteria Summary for US Teams
Qualifying Period: The first weekend in August of 2008 through the final weekend in July of 2009.
Invitations
Only Grand Champions are invited. No pass downs are accepted.
Invitations will be extended to the qualified team name/head cook combination. Should the team name or head cook change after qualifying, the team must enter the American Royal Invitational under the qualifying team name/head cook combination. Should the same head cook have qualified with more than one team, he/she may enter the American Royal/KC Masterpiece Invitational Contest only one time.
An invitation will be mailed from the American Royal to the qualifiers in mid August with a deadline for returning the application by September 1st. If an invitational team would like to also compete in the Open Contest, it is MANDATORY for that team to complete the Open Application ahead of time so a space can be reserved.
Qualifying Contests Include:
·Contests with a “qualifying state championship.” A state championship is a contest with a state proclamation signed by the Governor with at least 15 competing teams the first year and 25 competing teams each subsequent year.
·Contests with a minimum of 50 competing teams are qualifiers and do not require a “state championship” proclamation.
·A state with only one contest must have a minimum of 15 competing teams to be considered but does not require a “state championship” proclamation.
To be considered a “competing team,” teams must submit entries for all contest categories required to be the grand champion or overall winner of that event.
Automatic Entries Go To:
*Grand Champion of previous year’s American Royal Open Contest
*Grand Champions of previous five (5) year’s American Royal/KC Masterpiece Invitational Contest
*Grand Champion of previous year’s Annual Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue
*Grand Champion of current year’s Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Contest
*Grand Champion of current year’s Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo World Championship Bar-B-Que Contest
Exceptions to any of the above criteria must be approved in advance by the contest organizer. |