Greater Vancouver’s largest BBQ competition & free public event will offer more competitions, barbequed food & entertainment
The countdown is on to the 6th annual Well Seasoned BBQ on the Bypass on Sunday, September 18th from 10 am to 4 pm at 20771 Langley Bypass in Langley, British Columbia. With just three weeks to go, organizers are anticipating this will be another record year with thousands of attendees and over one hundred competitors. Highlights of the 2011 event will be The JD Farms Ultimate Burger Challenge, The Great B.C. Bake Off, new concessions, BBQ samples, and the crowning of BBQ champions in various categories.
New this year is The JD Farms Ultimate Burger Challenge, a competition where teams will be rated and ranked on their outstanding hamburger creations. 2011 and will also mark the return of The Great B.C. Bake Off, a popular amateur pie and tart baking competition open to the public. In addition, the event will feature an expanded concession area, marketplace, and a children’s area hosted by The Great Escape.
The event will be emceed by food columnist and culinary instructor, Chef Dez, while the esteemed panel of judges will include celebrity chef, Anthony Sedlak; Global TV anchor, Steve Darling; CityTV anchor, Dawn Chubai; Grant Sigaty, news anchor at STAR FM; and City of Langley Mayor Peter Fassbender. Competitors will include last year’s reigning BBQ champions, Brian and Corrine Misko from House of Q, in addition to teams from throughout Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest. The BBQ on the Bypass house band, OS5 will perform throughout the day along with special guest, country music artist, Karen Lee Batten. The event will also feature a marketplace with sponsor displays, activities, prizes; plus concessions and BBQ food samples provided by the teams.
The Well Seasoned BBQ On The Bypass is a competition based event where BBQ teams vie for cash prizes in the categories of chicken, ribs, beef brisket and pork butt and a chef’s choice category. The team with the highest overall points will be crowned the BBQ on the Bypass Grand Champion and will win up to $5,000 in cash prizes. The BBQ on the Bypass is also the site of the B.C. BBQ Championship and the last competition in a series where the team with the most points in all five provincial competitions will be crowned the BC BBQ Champion, earning the David Valjasic Cup.
Approximately 30 teams are expected to compete at this year’s event including House of Q and Rub My Butt from Surrey; Mad Cow, Porkaholics and Helluva Q from Langley; Whistler’s BBQ Bob & the Eh Team; and Lynn Valley Butts, Smoke N Bones BBQ and Bad Ass BBQ from North Vancouver and many more. For the full list of team members visit the BBQ On The Bypass website .
The Well Seasoned BBQ On The Bypass is a not-for-profit event designed to introduce more people to “real BBQ” while providing competitive teams with an opportunity to hone their skills. As an internationally sanctioned cook off, the event brings world class competitive teams from across Western Canada and the U.S. to Langley for Greater Vancouver’s largest BBQ competition. Teams will start cooking at 7:00 pm on the evening of Saturday, September 17th and turn in their entries to be judged every hour on the hour after 11:00 am on Sunday, September 18th. The winners will be announced at approximately 5:00 p.m.
BBQ On The Bypass sponsors include Well Seasoned, JD Farms Specialty Turkey, White Rabbit Ventures, Coast Capital Savings, Cascades Casino Hotel & Conference Centre, Freybe Gourmet Foods, Donald’s Fine Foods, Edible Vancouver, Global BC, STAR FM, The Langley Times, D.L. Jardine’s, Tourism Langley, Sunrich Foods, Gasland Equipment & Fireplaces, Nufloors Langley, Barnes Harley Davidson, The UPS Store Walnut Grove and Primo Grills.
