The grand champion of a “qualifying contest” will get the chance to compete at the following invitational contests.
To be a “qualifying contest”, the contest must have a minimum of 15 teams for a first year contest or 25 teams for each subsequent contest. The teams must compete in the 4 required categories of chicken, ribs, pork, and beef (not ground).
These invitational contests may have additional qualifying criteria. Please visit their respective websites for more information.
As a contest organizer you want to hold a successful contest that teams will come back to year after year. Money is
tight and trying to distribute prize money fairly and keeping as many people happy can be tough.
Other than a well run contest, teams are looking for a high percentage of their entry fees going to the payout pool. Most would like to see 80-100% of entry fees going towards the purse.
Surveys in some popular BBQ forums have come back as most teams would like to see payouts go as far as 10th place. We are calling out the team names down to 10th place why not award them as well.
Here are a few examples of distributing payouts using this strategy. See if you can make it work for your contest.
| 5000 | % | 5000 | % | 5000 | % | |||||
| GC | 900 | 18% | GC | 1000 | 20% | GC | 1100 | 22% | ||
| RGC | 500 | 10% | RGC | 500 | 10% | RGC | 550 | 11% | ||
| 3rd overall | 300 | 6% | 3rd overall | 300 | 6% | 3rd overall | 350 | 7% | ||
| 1st | 250 | 20% | 1st | 250 | 20% | 1st | 225 | 18% | ||
| 2nd | 200 | 16% | 2nd | 175 | 14% | 2nd | 150 | 12% | ||
| 3rd | 125 | 10% | 3rd | 125 | 10% | 3rd | 125 | 10% | ||
| 4th | 75 | 6% | 4th | 75 | 6% | 4th | 75 | 6% | ||
| 5th | 50 | 4% | 5th | 50 | 4% | 5th | 50 | 4% | ||
| 6th | 25 | 2% | 6th | 25 | 2% | 6th | 25 | 2% | ||
| 7th | 25 | 2% | 7th | 25 | 2% | 7th | 25 | 2% | ||
| 8th | 25 | 2% | 8th | 25 | 2% | 8th | 25 | 2% | ||
| 9th | 25 | 2% | 9th | 25 | 2% | 9th | 25 | 2% | ||
| 10th | 25 | 2% | 10th | 25 | 2% | 10th | 25 | 2% | ||
| Catergories | 3300 | 100% | Catergories | 3200 | 100% | Catergories | 3000 | 100% | ||
| Overall | 1700 | Overall | 1800 | Overall | 2000 | |||||
| Total Payout | 5000 | Total Payout | 5000 | Total Payout | 5000 | |||||
This gives a few options for paying 10 places in each category and top 3 overall. Below gives options for top 10 in both and shows how you can distribute payouts to make sense for more for GC and a little less for GC.
| 5000 | % | 5000 | % | 5000 | % | |||||
| Overall | Overall | Overall | ||||||||
| GC | 800 | 16% | GC | 900 | 18% | GC | 1000 | 20% | ||
| RGC | 400 | 8% | RGC | 500 | 10% | RGC | 500 | 10% | ||
| 3rd | 200 | 4% | 3rd | 150 | 3% | 3rd | 125 | 3% | ||
| 4th | 125 | 3% | 4th | 125 | 3% | 4th | 100 | 2% | ||
| 5th | 75 | 1.50% | 5th | 100 | 2.00% | 5th | 75 | 1.50% | ||
| 6th | 50 | 1.00% | 6th | 75 | 1.50% | 6th | 50 | 1.00% | ||
| 7th | 50 | 1.00% | 7th | 50 | 1.00% | 7th | 50 | 1.00% | ||
| 8th | 50 | 1.00% | 8th | 50 | 1.00% | 8th | 50 | 1.00% | ||
| 9th | 25 | 0.50% | 9th | 25 | 0.50% | 9th | 25 | 0.50% | ||
| 10th | 25 | 0.50% | 10th | 25 | 0.50% | 10th | 25 | 0.50% | ||
| Categories | Categories | Categories | ||||||||
| 1st | 225 | 18% | 1st | 200 | 16% | 1st | 200 | 16% | ||
| 2nd | 200 | 16% | 2nd | 175 | 14% | 2nd | 175 | 14% | ||
| 3rd | 125 | 10% | 3rd | 100 | 8% | 3rd | 100 | 8% | ||
| 4th | 75 | 6% | 4th | 75 | 6% | 4th | 75 | 6% | ||
| 5th | 50 | 4% | 5th | 75 | 6% | 5th | 75 | 6% | ||
| 6th | 25 | 2% | 6th | 25 | 2% | 6th | 25 | 2% | ||
| 7th | 25 | 2% | 7th | 25 | 2% | 7th | 25 | 2% | ||
| 8th | 25 | 2% | 8th | 25 | 2% | 8th | 25 | 2% | ||
| 9th | 25 | 2% | 9th | 25 | 2% | 9th | 25 | 2% | ||
| 10th | 25 | 2% | 10th | 25 | 2% | 10th | 25 | 2% | ||
| Catergories | 3200 | 100% | Catergories | 3000 | 100% | Catergories | 3000 | 100% | ||
| Overall | 1800 | Overall | 2000 | Overall | 2000 | |||||
| Total Payout | 5000 | Total Payout | 5000 | Total Payout | 5000 | |||||