2024 Clayton Clovers Beer & BBQ Festival Official Rules and Regulations
Event is sanctioned by the NC Pork Council
Cost: $175 per team
Prize Pool:
1st Place - $500
2nd Place - $300
Fan Vote - $100
Contest Information:
1. Please refer to the Whole Hog BBQ Series Rules & Regulations for the cooking rules of the contest.
1. All cooking spaces will be numbered and pre-assigned by the Festival Director. No changes will be allowed. Please communicate if you have a preference on your desired location.
2. A Festival official will direct you to your site. Each team is required to have their check in time approved with the Festival Director by June 25th. Vehicles will not be allowed to drive near the playing field. A John Deere Gator will be available to move your equipment in and out of the facility.
3. Neither the Clayton Sports Club LLC or the Town of Clayton shall be responsible for any cookers or equipment brought to the grounds.
4. The Festival will provide a 100-110 lb. Pig. Pigs will be distributed on Saturday, June 29, 2024, at approximately 7:00AM.
5. Cook teams must provide payment for the contest prior to the event beginning. 6. All pigs must be cooked in an above ground cooker. Should a gas cooker be used, it must meet the safety standards such as proper regulator, tanks must be secured to prevent accidentally being overturned and any other requirements the Festival Director deems for safety precautions.
7. A fire extinguisher must be displayed at each Cook Team site. If you do not have one, please ask, the team will have a limited number of extinguishers for this event.
8. Cook teams are requested to keep their cooking area free of trash. Please use the trash containers provided at various locations. Each team is responsible for site cleanup at the end of the contest. All teams’ spaces will be checked prior to leaving the Cook Team Area, any Team leaving prior to the Official Check Out will be subject to a fee of $150. All cook teams are requested to respect the rights of others in attendance for the festival, with special emphasis from each team member relating to loud music, loud or profane language or infringement on adjoining sites with any equipment, cookers, cars, campers, vans, pickups, etc. 10. A Festival staff person will be assigned to accompany the judges while the pigs are being judged. The staff person will collect score sheets. The score sheets will contain no information that will in any manner identify the cooks or sponsors. The festival staff, not the judges, will total and grand total the score sheets. Judging will take place at approximately 6:00PM on June 29th. 11. Pigs should not be sauced inside or out. Those pigs that have been sauced will be disqualified. *Refer to Whole Hog BBQ Series Core Rules.*
12. No external heat source may be used other than the grill. Some examples might include but are not limited to, heat guns and torches. Those using external heat sources will be disqualified. 13. Injecting pigs is not allowed. Some examples might include but are not limited to, sauce and product drippings. Those injecting pigs will be disqualified.
14. Contest winners will be announced after the completion of the 1st inning on Saturday, June 29, 2024. (Approx. 7:15PM)
15. Each team will receive pig to be cooked, space to cook at East Clayton Community Park, 2 t shirts, and attendance for up to 5 to the 2024 ONSL All Star Game.
16. All cookers and equipment must be removed no later than 7:00PM, June 29, 2024, unless special permission is granted.
17. Teams that are unable to attend must cancel by Friday, June 21, 2024, or they will receive a bill for the pig that was ordered for your team.
Event Agenda
Cooks Arrive: 6/28 9:00PM – 6/29 7:00 AM
Pigs Arrive – 6:00 AM
Gates Open – 4:00 PM
Home Run Derby Starts – 5:00 PM
Judging Starts - 5:30 PM
Miracle League Baseball Game 6:30 PM
All Star Game Starts 7:05 PM
Winner Announced 7:15 PM
For more information contact:
Louis DeCarolis
louis@claytonclovers.com
Kathrine Morrison
kathrine@claytonclovers.com