Had a great time there yesterday, great atmosphere lots to see and do and the delicious all pervading smell of meat was mouthwatering. But I was a little disappointed in a couple of things.
My main irk was the competition judging area, it was a tiny little stage with only a very small area in front for people to watch which was usually about 6 people deep. Combined with the general background noise it made it very difficult to hear what was going on, I gave up pretty quickly. Being my first grillstock I expected it was going to have been much more focussed on the BBQ and competition aspect, rather than being a music festival with a bit of BBQ on the side. Perhaps being a massive fan of BBQ pitmasters and a real bbq enthusiast gave me too high expectations in this regard.
Also, most of the food vendors seemed to just sell food that had just been grilled/slow cooked rather than smoked, a minor point but some of the vendors advertising was a little misleading. Only a handful offered smoked food, and even then some 6 hour smoked ribs we bought from one vendor certainly didn't taste like they'd been smoked.
It was a great day and the weather was superb, but I think the lack of focus on the competition aspect would prevent me from going again.
Does anyone else think the same?