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02/Feb/2010
Bonus Events for 2010
American Royal Invitational
Smoke on the Water in North Little Rock
FBA Triple Crown Championship
Memphis in May
Jack Daniels World Championship.
I think that the reasons are obvious as to why each of these events were picked. They pit the best BBQ cooks in the country against each other for some of the top prizes in professional BBQ.
Smoke on the Water is just a few weeks away will go a long way towards knocking off Swamp Boys who had now held the top spot for 67 consecutive weeks. The big money in Little Rock will draw teams from around the country for a chance at the big pay day.
2010 is going to be a really great year for competition BBQ. BBQ Pitmasters on TLC, $100k contest in Little Rock, Myron doing the late night circuit, the Kingsford points chase with %25k at stake, and BBQ teaming up with Nascar and the ABA to put on several contests around the country. There is a lot at stake this season and the chance to see NASCAR and ABA up close offers a real opportunity to see how they handle their sponsorships for the BBQ pros. I know I am very interested in attending the ABA contests in Georgia and look forward to seeing everyone on the BBQ trail in 2010.
25/Sep/2009
Rankings udpated
Just wanted to let everyone know that the rankings have been updated. Any technical issues have been addressed and I will be updating the rankings on time after this weekend, come hell or high water...which in GA might be an issue.
Good luck to everyone this weekend.
Chad
21/Sep/2009
Sorry for the delays...
Seems like this always happens. We are having some technical issues with entering the results, so I haven't been able to get them in on time. I also had a nice trip to the beach planned for last week so we havent really been able to resolve the issue yet. Seems like there is always something when you want to go on vacation. Needless to say, we are working on the issue and hope to have it up as soon as possible.
At least I picked a good week to get out of GA and head to the beach as the weather in GA has been less than ideal for the last couple of days/weeks. Hope everyone is staying dry.
Chad
02/Sep/2009
Updates to the NationalBBQRankings.com website
We have updated the website with a couple of new items. One is the graph on the team page has been changed to show the number of points instead of the ranking for the category. This will make the graphs a little more interesting since the rankings were not changing that much but the points were changing every week.
Also on the team page you can now see how many points each contest is worth in your total for that category. Contests worth 0 points means that they have fallen outside of the 104 week calendar.
We are also adding something to the contest pages where a contest organizer can enter the prize money for their contest and then we will total up the prize money won for each team. Right now that information is private to the my profile page for each team and is not made public.
My profile has been added as a navigation link to the navigation bar. This takes you to your profile on nbr.com. Here you can manage the bio information about the team and items like that. You can also see the prize money won.
Just like with a team a user of NBR may be a contest creator/organizer. That person would then get access to manage the profile of their contest. A person can be the admin of both a team and a contest or multiple contests. We hope that the contest organizers will manage the prize pool information for their contest, which will help us keep accurate tally of the prize money won for each team.
I think that is about it for updates/changes to the website. Please let me know if you have any issues or questions about anything regarding the nationalbbqrankings.com
Thanks,
Chad
31/Aug/2009
Rankings udpated
I have updated the rankings for this week as well as changing the results of the Brisket category for the Tryon contest. Buttrub.com was moved from the #1 spot and each team was moved up 1 spot with Tarheel Smokers taking the 10th spot in the category.
Chad
20/Aug/2009
Advertising with the National BBQ Rankings
I have been getting some questions about advertising with the National BBQ Rankings.If you would be interested advertising with us please email me at nationalbbqrankings@gmail.com.
Rates will be $5/month with no setup fee, if you can supply your own banner ad. You can pay month to month or you can buy time in 6 month blocks for $25, so you get a free month. If you team is currently in the top 15 and have a banner ad please send it to me and I will post your ad for free while you remain in the top 15.
I can accept payment via paypal or you can mail me a money order.
Advertising with the National BBQ Rankings is a great way to target professional bbq teams and backyard folks looking for the professional edge.
15/Jul/2009
National BBQ Rankings back up...again.
Sorry for the delay in posting the results this week. We have had some technical issues and I havent been able to get to the results for this past weekend. I will be updating the rankings today. However, I will be out of town this weekend so I will not have the results until early next week. Sorry for the delays. Chad
03/Jul/2009
National BBQ Rankings going down for maintenance
Nationalbbqrankings.com will be down this weekend for some maintenance. We should be back up and running Saturday evening. I hope that everyone has a fun and safe 4th of July weekend.
22/Jun/2009
Swamp Boys passes 700 points
Finally got the rankings updated today and was surprised to see that Swamp Boys has passed the 700 point mark. No one has ever had such a high score in the rankings. So congrats to Swamp Boys on another grand and setting the high water mark for everyone else. I believe Swamp Boys is competing again this weekend so the 700 mark might not be the mark for too long.
Congrats.
16/Jun/2009
Creating a profile and linking it to a team
First you need to create a login. To sign up click on the sign up link in the upper right hand corner of each page.
To sign up you simply enter a username, your email address, and a password. Then click “Sign Up” to create your profile.
You will then get a green pop up on the home page if the profile creating was successful. You will need to confirm your email address by clicking the link in the activation email.
If you attempt to login in before activating the email you will see a red pop up asking you to validate your email address.
Once you click on the link in the email you will activate your profile.
To link your new profile to a team in the national bbq rankings simply click on your username in the upper right hand corner next to logout. This will take you to your profile page. Here you can change your password, opt into the nationalbbqrankings.com newsletter, and also apply to a team.
Just start typing the name of the team that you want to apply to in the team name text box. As you type you will begin to see some choices for teams. You may apply to any team in the rankings; however, the team you wish to apply to should have at least 1 top ten call in order to be listed in the rankings.
Once you have applied to a team your membership to that team is pending. It needs to be approved by either the creator of that team or if you are the first person to apply to a team your membership is approved by someone at the national bbq rankings. The first person approved for each team is then considered the creator of that team and they will then approve all memberships to their team. After applying you will see a green pop up indicating that your membership is being processed and that you will receive an email once the membership has been processed.
If you are the first person to apply to a team and are approved as that team’s creator you can then manage the team profile that appears at the top of the team page. You can also edit the team name in the database and it will immediately update the rankings with the new team name.
Linking a profile to a team in the rankings will make sure that you have access to any new features that we roll out in the future. If you have any questions please drop me a line @ nationalbbqrankings@gmail.com
