| World Barbecue Association’s
 4th 
WORLD  BARBECUE 
CHAMPIONSHIPS
and the
 Kansas City BBQ 
Society’s
 Surf & Turf California 
State Championship BBQ Contest
 
Imperial Beach, California, U.S.A.
July 4-7, 
2002
 Preliminary Program Of 
Events
 
Here’s your opportunity to compete with the world’s best barbeque teams in the 
World Barbecue Association’s upcoming 4th 
World Barbecue Championships July 6, 2002 and the Kansas City BBQ Society’s Surf 
& Turf California State Championship BBQ Contest July 5 both in beautiful 
Imperial Beach, California.
 
World Barbecue Association’s 4th 
World Barbecue Championships: 
 BBQ teams and judges from 
around the world will be meeting July 6, 2002 in Imperial Beach for the World 
Barbecue Association’s 4th World 
Barbecue Championships.  Joining the 
teams and judges in Imperial Beach will be guests and media from all over the 
world.
 The World Barbecue Association 
rules were created to assure fair and equal judging and therefore require the 
number of judges from each country to be proportional to the number of teams 
from each country.  All judges will 
be certified as official WBBQA Judges before the event
 This is an authentic world 
championship contest, the teams, judges, guests, media representatives and 
atmosphere will make Imperial Beach truly a global community during the three 
day contest and this event the Olympics of BBQ!
 
Kansas City BBQ Society’s Surf & Turf California State Championship:
 
 Most of the teams coming to 
Imperial Beach for the World Barbecue Association’s 4th
World Barbecue Championships will also be competing in the Kansas City 
BBQ Society sanctioned Surf & Turf California State Championship BBQ contest 
which will be on Friday, July 5 at the same location. 
This contest is a California State Championship, and the Grand Champion 
will receive an automatic invitation to compete in the 2002 American Royal 
Invitational and will be entered into the draw for the 2002 Jack Daniels 
Invitational.
 
Imperial Beach, California:
 Imperial Beach is just south 
of San Diego adjacent to Baja, Mexico and is the most southwestern city in the 
United States of America.  Blessed 
with the most BBQ friendly weather on the planet, Imperial Beach is a lovely and 
quaint beachside resort community close to many attractions including the 
bullfights and shopping in Tijuana, the San Diego Zoo, Sea World and all that 
adjacent San Diego has to offer as well as being only a two hour drive from 
Disneyland and other Southern California attractions.
 Program Schedule
 Thursday  July 4,  2002
Teams competing in the
Kansas City BBQ Society sanctioned Surf & Turf 
California State Championship BBQ contest will arrive, check-in and be escorted to 
their team’s cooking site.  There 
will also be cooking demonstrations of authentic BBQ and parties and 
entertainment throughout the day.
 12:00  
Teams will check-in, be assigned their cooking sites, have their KCBS contest 
meats inspected and begin their preparations and cooking for the KCBS sanctioned 
Surf & Turf California State Championship BBQ contest.  Normal KCBS contest rules and judging standards will be 
followed. 
 13:00 
Kansas City BBQ Society Certified Judge Class; 
Cost is $60 and includes one year KCBS membership.
 15:00  
David Klose of Klose BBQ Pits USA will conduct a public demonstration of 
authentic BBQ and will BBQ a whole hog.
 18:00  
“Get To Know One Another” Opening 
Party for Official Guests, Sponsors, Judges and participants, including a light 
supper of South of the Border Mexican Cuisine. Guests will be advised of the 
cost of this meal. 
 20:00  
After party hosted bar sponsored by Klose BBQ Pits USA ending at midnight.
 Friday 
July 5,  2002
 Judging for the Kansas City BBQ Society sanctioned Surf & Turf 
California State Championship BBQ contest will begin at Noon and
teams competing in the World Barbecue Championships will arrive, check-in and be 
escorted to their team’s cooking site.  
There will also be an Opening Ceremony, cooking demonstrations of authentic BBQ 
and parties and entertainment throughout the day.
 There will be a 
Barbecue Expo featuring authentic BBQ equipment and demonstrations,  as well as wine-tastings, food, and entertainment throughout 
the day.
 12:00  
to
14:00 
Judging of Kansas City BBQ Society sanctioned Surf & Turf 
California State Championship BBQ:
            
Chicken                                                         
Turn-in for judging    
12:00
            
Ribs                                                               
Turn-in for judging    
12:30
            
Pork                                                               
Turn-in for judging    
13:00
            
Brisket                                                           
Turn-in for judging    
13:30
            
Seafood                                                        
Turn-in for judging    
14:00
 13:00 
World Barbecue Association Judge Class;  
no charge/free.
 15:00  
David Klose of Klose BBQ Pits USA will conduct a public demonstration of 
authentic BBQ and will BBQ a whole hog and a whole steer. 
 16:00  
Award ceremonies for the Kansas 
City BBQ Society sanctioned Surf & Turf California State Championship BBQ 
Contest.
 
17:00  
Opening Ceremony of the World Barbecue Championships: 
 
* Teams will be introduced, many will be in their national costumes 
bearing their home  country flags 
and banners with their team names.
            
* Welcome by Rolf Zubler, President of the World Barbecue 
Association, who will outline future plans and forthcoming host countries for 
annual WBBQA Championships. 
         
    
        
* Welcome by Gene Goycochea, Organizer of the 
WBBQA Championships,    
Imperial Beach who will present the Organizing Committee.
 18:00  
“Get To Know One Another” Opening 
Party for Official Guests, Sponsors, Judges and participants, including a light 
supper of South of the Border Mexican Cuisine. Guests will be advised of the 
cost of this meal. 
 20:00  
After party hosted bar sponsored by Klose BBQ Pits USA. 
 Saturday 
July 6,  2002
 There will be a 
Barbecue Expo featuring authentic BBQ equipment and demonstrations, teams will 
be cooking their entries for the World Barbeque Championship competition, there 
will also be the judging for the World Barbeque Championship competition as well 
as  wine-tastings, food, and 
entertainment throughout the day. 
 
09:00  
Joe O’ Connell, WBBQA Judging Panel Chairman, will explain WBBQA rules to 
competitors.
 
 
10:00  
Final briefing for competing teams; Team Captains required to attend.
 
 11:00 - 14:00  Judging 
of the WORLD BARBECUE CHAMPION:
       
Seafood with a tomato side dish/garnish    
Turn-in for judging 
11:00
      
Chicken with a squash side dish/garnish     
Turn-in for judging
 
11:45
      
Pork with a corn side  
dish/garnish                
Turn-in for judging  12:30
      
Beef with a potato side dish/garnish       
       Turn-in for judging  
13:15
 
    Dessert                                                            
      Turn-in for judging   
14:00
    
17:00  
Award Ceremonies
 
 
Rolf Zubler will conduct the WBBQA award ceremonies and hand the WBQA flag to 
representatives from and hosts of the World Barbecue Association’s 5th
World Barbecue Championships to be held in 2003 in Auckland, New Zealand.
 Sunday July 7, 2002
 
 08:00  
Paul Kirk’s “Pittmaster Class”;  
cost will $185 per person. 
 QUESTIONS: 
 For questions regarding the 
World Barbecue Association’s upcoming 4th
World Barbecue Championships in Imperial Beach, contact Gene Goycochea at 
the contact numbers at the bottom of this form.
 Don’t forget the motto of the 
World Barbecue Association…
 Making people happy by Fire, Food and Fun is a way of saying,
 “Let's barbecue and make friends around the world.”
 
SHOW ALL OUR GUESTS, MEDIA, TEAMS & JUDGES
 
SOME 
FIRE,  FOOD 
&  FUN!
 
 Presented by:
 Gene Goycochea
 Surf & Turf Community Events Inc.
 Official Representative of the World Barbecue Association
 PO Box 96
 Imperial Beach, California  91933  USA
 Cell (619) 520-5741             Tel 
(619) 424-3333              
Fax (619) 423-8876
 E-Mail            
= barbecue@cox.net
 Web Site       
= www.cbbqa.com/world
  
  
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