My question is> Have BBQ contests gotten too expensive for common guy to compete in? When I started in KCBS venues i was paying about 100 buck to enter...a expensive one was 150. Today a cheap one is 150 bucks and most are 200 plus. With the cost of meat and everything else it has really put a damper on my enthusiasm to compete. It seems that the small guy is getting squeezed out and soon it will be only the full time pros that will be left.