KCBS Partner Programs

Tyson® Best Wing on the Planet
All year long Tyson Chicken will be in search of the Best Wing on the Planet. Tyson® will be joining the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour with a special Chicken Wing category.

Tyson® will be giving out additional prize money at EACH of the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour events totaling $15,500. The overall winners will be decided in a nationwide vote for the Best Wing on the Planet! Tyson® will be awarding $18,000 in prize money to the top five finishers of the nationwide vote. Click here for more information.
Kingsford $40k Challenge
Kingsford charcoal and competition barbeque are the ultimate championship team! During the last two years, KCBS teams have battled in a season-long competition for prize money and prestige in the Kingsford Points Chase. In 2012, Kingsford is back to fire things up on the barbeque circuit. For the third straight year, Kingsford is raising the stakes and offering more prize money. The Kingsford $40K Challenge will give out prize money to the Grand Champion, Reserve Grand Champion and the four Category winners at 15 KCBS sanctioned events.

The Kingsford $40K Challenge will kick off its 2012 season at the USA BBQ Championship in Las Vegas on March 30, 2012. The Challenge will be featured at some of the biggest and best BBQ competitions in the world, including: the Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle, the American Royal, the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championships and the Jack Daniels' World Championship Invitational.

Winners win big with Kingsford charcoal in 2012!
For the complete schedule and rules and to register for the Kingsford $40k Challenge, click here.
Rancher's Reserve^® - Rancher's Reserve Beef Cup
Now entering its second year, the Rancher's Reserve Beef Cup is upping the ante by offering even more prize money and allowing the competitive barbeque teams to get creative with the Rancher's Reserve Top Sirloin!
The Rancher's Reserve^® Beef Cup will be treated as an additional category and participating teams will be charged with preparing a top sirloin in a new and exciting way. Up for grabs is a piece of the $27,400 prize purse and major bragging rights.

For the complete schedule, rules and to register for the Rancher's Reserve^® Beef Cup, click here.
Farmland Foods
Reser's Fine Foods - The American Classics Summer Series
An official partner of the Great American BBQ Tour, Reser's will also offer a new additional category program. The Reser's Fine Foods® American Summer Classics Series (ACSS) is a potato salad contest that will provide BBQ teams with another way to show off their culinary skills. Teams that enter at participating events can win a piece of the $1,100 prize purse (1st place - $700; 2nd place - $300; 3rd place - $100).
Click here for the rules and complete schedule
Sam's Club - 2012 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Sam's Club®, the Official Supplier of the Kansas City Barbeque Society, is offering and hosting the largest prize purse and competition series in the history of competitive barbeque. A total of $500,000 will be awarded in 31 barbeque competitions, which will be held in Sam's Club® parking lots across the country. The Sam's Club National BBQ Tour will feature 25 local qualifying events, five regional events and one national championship in the company's hometown of Bentonville, Ark.
There are still a few team and judge spots open, click here to register.