[Henry Silvestre]

The Rosarito Q 2010 "The International" IS OFFICIALLY ON.

Dates: August 27-28-29 2010

Place: Rosarito Beach, Baja California, Mexico

Venue: The Rosarito Beach Hotel-- BBQ on the Grass, under the Pier, overlooking the Ocean.. Life simply dosen't get any better

Prize $$- $20,000

Entry Fee $275, early Bird $50 off (must enter by June 1st 2010 postmarked)..

For more information visit www.Fit2gopromotions.com or contact Henry Silvestre at 951-445-1903 or hsilvestre@aol.com

This post has been edited by Henry Silvestre: 15 April 2010 - 10:41 PM

[Henry Silvestre]

1st Team to register: #1) Smoke on Wheels- Andy Groneman- Kansas City, (KCBS TOP 5 TEAM 2009).

Looks like we are out of the gate strong, with one of the very best in the country.

We'll go full board after "The Ultimate BBQ Showdown" is over this weekend.

[Fred Stanek]

I had a friend who retired down there on the beach.
The pictures he had were beautiful.
Sounds like a great place to trade bbq for Mexican food!!!

Info


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[Henry Silvestre]

Fred Stanek, on 16 April 2010 - 11:37 AM, said:

I had a friend who retired down there on the beach.
The pictures he had were beautiful.
Sounds like a great place to trade bbq for Mexican food!!!

Info


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Team #2 Smokin Yankees

This post has been edited by Henry Silvestre: 17 April 2010 - 10:34 PM

[Henry Silvestre]

Henry Silvestre, on 17 April 2010 - 11:32 PM, said:

Team #2 Smokin Yankees

A few more signed up tonight... Will update tomorrow..

[Henry Silvestre]

Henry Silvestre, on 17 April 2010 - 11:35 PM, said:

A few more signed up tonight... Will update tomorrow..

#3 House of BBQ- Temecula, CA

#4 T + J's Backyard BBQ- Indio, CA

#5 CAlifornia BBQ Smokers - Temecula, CA

#6 Rooftop BBQ - Menifee, CA

#7 Notley Que - Encinitas, CA

#8 AZ Barbeque - Arizona


To All teams who participated in Wildomar, the $275 Rosarito ENTRY fee was offered at $175 (after awards) some of you left before this was announced- so I am opening it up until FRIDAY 4/23/10 (postmarked)- $175 -- Criteria - you must have participated in the Ultimate BBQ Showdown for this price-- otherwise early bird is $225 until 6/1/10..

Also the Rosarito Beach Hotel- was offering a 1 day sale price of $199 for ALL 3 NIGHTS (reg price for 1 night).. For the day of the contest- they have agreed to run this until Friday only- This is open to all Wildomar and non-Wildomar contestants... After Friday- he will keep an early bird $249 price as well until 6/1/10... His contact info-- Julio Flores US Toll free 1-800-343-8582 - Mention the BBQQ at Rosarito for discount-- With 20,000 tickets expected to be sold and only 2,500 rooms in ALL of Rosarito (285 at the Rosarito Beach Hotel)- Get your reservations in.

LOOKING like a GOOD MIXTURE of Top teams, solid teams and rookie teams so far... Flying to Guadalajara, Mexico to meet the folks at Jack Daniels, Mexico and Webber, Mexico for sponsorship and - possibility of making this an auto JACK qualifier.. Will keep you all posted in 2 weeks or so....

[Henry Silvestre]

#9) Burnt by the Best, CA..

Bentley is in.. almost 10% of the way to our goal 100 Teams...

[Henry Silvestre]

Prize$$ and Trophies

1st Place- (each of 4) = $1,000 + (Trophy through 7th)
2ndplace-$800
3rd- $600
4th- $400
5th- $200
6th- $100
7th- $50
8th-12th = Trophy

Mystery Meat and Dessert (each)

1st $500
2nd- $250
3rd- $125

Grand Champion- $4,000
Reserve- $1,000
Top New team- $650


That's how the Prize $$ will be distributed for the Rosarito Q 2010 "The International".. Besides the $20,000 we will have trophies from 1st -12th place.. In each of the 4 KCBS Meats.... and for 1st-3rd in the Mystery Meat and Midnight Dessert competitions.. as well as the GC and RC and top New Team ---- (2 or less contest entered, less than a yr competing).. Please ID yourself as New Team (if you are) when submitting entry. Thanks

[Dave Rusko]

Do I need a Passport for Baja???? There was that little incident back in 1998 that the State Department is still a little "miffed" about 8)

[Dennis McGrath]

This is going to be a great event! The check is in the mail.

[matt brailey]

This contest sounds awesome.

Henry, you seem pretty connected. How about you move Rosarito about three hours north so we can make the drive down without killing ourselves?

;-)

Hope everyone has a great time with this one. Maybe next year for us.

[Henry Silvestre]

Dave Rusko, on 21 April 2010 - 06:34 PM, said:

Do I need a Passport for Baja???? There was that little incident back in 1998 that the State Department is still a little "miffed" about 8)

Officially-- yes a passport or a passport card (only $45 at Post Office- about 2 weeks to get one) like a DL, only good for land travel between US -Canada and US - Mexico..

Unofficially-- I've been to Baja 12 times this year, 3 times I forgot my passport and only had my DL, I had to answer maybe 1 extra question (like whats my exact address?) all 3 times and had no problem getting back.. A 4th time I left both my wallet and passport (like an idiot) in my car's middle console, had nothing to get back to the US. It took about 5 minutes of going back and forth with the Border patrol lady, but at the end she let me back.. Take it for what is worth.. Be safe and get your passport card/s.. but crossing is not the big deal people make it out to be.

I am going to Guadalajara (3 hr flight from SD) to meet with Jack Daniels and Weber as potential Sponsors + in about a week..

#10)Porketeers- Dennis McGrath- CA

1st 10 teams make this a strong competition already.. Good blend of up and coming studs, proven Vets and rookies so far-- and Bullsheet ad hasn't even hit yet (May).. I need a few more top tier teams (Trigg, Soo, etc..) to make a valid argument to the Jack Daniels people that this should be the West's --auto JACK qualifier.. Keep them entries coming.. Friday -postmarked for Wildomar participants discount.. Saturday $225 early bird until June 1st, 2010.. Then $275 the rest of the way--8/01/10 entry deadline...

By the way- should have really good news on KCBS- TOY contest in November by weeks end. Got a very encouraging e-mail yesterday.

[Henry Silvestre]

At #11) Master of Disaster- CA

Welcome aboard Mr Andy Soto.

[Andrew Soto]

Henry Silvestre, on 24 April 2010 - 06:50 PM, said:

At #11) Master of Disaster- CA

Welcome aboard Mr Andy Soto.

Thanks Henry!

Looking forward to some Fish Tacos and Corona's!!!

Maybe some fireworks too....


Andy

[Henry Silvestre]

Andrew Soto, on 24 April 2010 - 07:34 PM, said:

Thanks Henry!

Looking forward to some Fish Tacos and Corona's!!!

Maybe some fireworks too....


Andy

I think the Hotel is taking care of the fireworks.. Big time show planned for Saturday Night, maybe even Friday night as well-- Fish Taco stand about 1/2 a mile from the Hotel, has the best Fish Tacos in the world-- I go (1 1/2 hours) straight down sometimes just to eat 2-4-6 of them, and drive back.. They are awesome, he uses pancake mix - along with other things for his batter...

[Henry Silvestre]

Andrew Soto, on 24 April 2010 - 07:34 PM, said:

Thanks Henry!

Looking forward to some Fish Tacos and Corona's!!!

Maybe some fireworks too....


Andy

And Corona, which believe it or not is not as popular south of the border as it is in the USA, is about to become the major sponsor for this event, along with Weber and Jack Daniels... Going to Ensenada tomorrow, I'll eat a couple of Fish tacos on the way.

[Scott Hares]

Henry Silvestre, on 24 April 2010 - 09:24 PM, said:

... They are awesome, he uses pancake mix - along with other things for his batter...

Henry, you're giving up some interesting info here.
Are you planning an anything-but category?

[Henry Silvestre]

Scott Hares, on 24 April 2010 - 09:58 PM, said:

Henry, you're giving up some interesting info here.
Are you planning an anything-but category?

Better than that-- on Friday night-- a MYSTERY MEAT competition... and a Midnight Dessert competition.. Both with trophies, and $$$...

[Henry Silvestre]

Just got back from Ensenada.. Man what a day- it started at 7am and just ended at 10:30 pm. Had a nice breakfast in Rosarito - "Ortegas" for $10.50 arguably the best BRUNCH in the World. Then got to Ensenada for the Wine and Seashell annual festival-- 1pm-5pm.. for $25 you can drink (40 wineries) and Eat (seashell-- clams, muscles, scallops, oysters-- lots of oysters, etc,, etc.. ) as much as you want-- talk about a gastronomic feast-- The festival had some 2,000 people - a good mixture of Mexican nationals, ex-pats living in Baja and a bunch of Americans getting off the ship-- wine was great- in fact we got about 10 or so of the wineries to commit to the Rosarito Q.. and 1 chef JAvier, from Baja's best Italian restaurant to hopefully try his BBQ skills at the Q. The temp was 75 = sunny with an occasional breeze, just perfect.

As if this wasn't enough around 3pm 100's of sailboats all of the sudden invaded the Ensenada bay-- Those crazy Americans-- They had a Newport to Ensenada sailboat race.. It was awesome to see..Only part that sucked was walking back across the border, as once again I forgot my passport and used my DL to get across, it took about an hour though- as tourism seems to be once again picking up south of the Border.

[Henry Silvestre]

Looks like Weber might give us 10+ Smokers and $$$$ as a sponsorship package.. We'll use some of the Weber's for the Smokin Class on Thursday Aug 26th. The others will be made available to teams (not wanting to bring their pits down) for a nominal rental fee, 1st come -1st serve..