Apply to take part in the King of the Grill Competition at Grillstock 2017
Posted on: 03 Mar 2017Competitive cooking is to make a return to Bristol as this year’s Grillstock festival takes over the Lloyds Amphitheatre for the weekend of July 1st, with the victor being crowned King of the Grill. Here's how to apply.
Rock, ‘Stock and two (dozen) smoking char-grills: Grillstock is back for 2017, and is bringing with it the infamous King of the Grill competition. We have to stop meating like this.
The battle of the BBQers is the red-hot heart of the festival, a huge two-day, US-style, low and slow style cook off between 30 teams of the country’s finest.
According to the guys behind the competition, more attention is paid to a piece of meat in competition BBQ than in any kitchen anywhere in the world; pitmasters will sit up all night babysitting their brisket, rubbing, spritzing, basting to make sure they present eight perfect slices to the judges the next morning.
Winners of the competition will receive, among other things, a lump sum of cash, a custom cigar-box guitar, a massive trophy and entry into BBQ competitions worldwide. Apply to take part here.
Grillstock, Bristol’s own celebratory symbiosis of meat, music and mayhem, offers a bill of music that is only matched by its culinary accompaniment, with as much to feast your ears on as there is to sink your teeth into.
While none of the acts playing have been announced for this year, it is set to be of the same strong caliber as last year, which featured headline performances from Levellers and the Stranglers, with the Mouse Outfit and the Cuban Brothers also playing across the weekend.
Earlybird weekend tickets (priced at £37.50) are available here.
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