Kookers Kare is going old school and putting together an evening of Fun, Food and BBQ in the middle of Winter. Get an opportunity to mingle with your BBQ friends, buy some raffle tickets for a chance on winning a FREE entry into one of next year's contests or some hot door prizes (see the entry and prize list below). Buy a special raffle ticket for a chance to win a:

 T-G 300 Pellet Grill

Share your favorite dish with others and contribute to the success of Kookers Kare's mission of helping feed some of the 60,000 people who are hungry in Kansas City. Note: The Texas Hold-Em tournament has been rescheduled, due to time restraints, to the "2009 Charity Smokefest". 

FREE BBQ CONTEST ENTRIES

DOOR PRIZE LIST

  • BBQ & Fly-In on the River (Excelsior Springs MO.)

  • Great American BBQ

  • Apple Blossom BBQ (St. Joe MO.)

  • Smoke In The Spring State BBQ Championship (Osage City KS.)

  • Big Blue Barbecue Championship (Marysville, KS)

  • Blue Springs Blaze-off (Blue Springs Mo)

  • BBQ At The Summit (Dillon Co)

  • Grilling on the River (Columbus MS)

  • Colorado BBQ Challenge (Frisco CO)

  • American Royal BBQ

  • Smoke On The Water BBQ Cook Off (Hot Springs AR)

  • President’s Invitational Smoke On The Water USA Barbeque Championship (Little Rock AR)

  • Oklahoma Joe's World Brisket Open (2009 GAB)

  • Cookin' on the Kaw BBQ Contest (Desoto, KS)

  • Lansing, KS Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q (Lansing, KS)

  • 6th Annual Smokin in the Creek BBQ Cookoff (Sugar Creek, MO)

  • Big Green Egg

  • Hawgeyes Gift Card

  • OK Joe's Gift Card

  • DeWalt Radio

  • DeWalt Cordless Drill

  • BBQ Gift Basket from Plowboys

  • Garage Door Opener from Overhead Door

  • Gift Certificates from BBQ Guru

  • Dinner for two at Harrah's Kansas City

  • BBQ Gift Basket from Smoking Guns

  • Bar Light from Shiner Beer

  • One (1) night stay @ Heritage Lodging Bed & Breakfast, Herman, MO.

  • Gift Baskets from Rib Stars

  • and much more
The evenings activities will also include the awarding of the "Randy Unkenholz All-American Bar-B-Que Team Award". Each year this honor is bestowed upon a BBQ Team that demonstrates the true spirit of competition BBQ.

Keep checking the website for the updated prize list.
  • Bring a dish for the potluck dinner and 5 non-perishable food items and be automatically entered into the drawings for door prizes!!!
  • Bring your own beverages
  • Get information on 2009 BBQ Contests from Organizers
  • BBQ supplies and smokers on display
  • $10.00 per person (kids under 12 $5.00) gets you in on all the fun!!

All proceeds will be going to Kookers Kare for its 2009 Charity Smokefest to benefit Harvesters and local Kansas City Food Banks

Seating is limited to 300 people so get your tickets now!
Tables of 8 or 6 can be reserved if your ticket requests and
full payment are all sent in at the same time.

Make your checks out to:
Kookers Kare
1225 Mockingbird Lane
Liberty, Mo 64068

Include your mailing address so we can send your tickets back to you.

The Kookers Kare "Winter FunFest" will be held at Vesper Hall in Blue Spring, MO
on February 21, 2009 from 7:00 until 11:00 P.M.
For more information, directions and a map go to their website.

We have secured a group rate ($72.00 a night) at the Quality Inn - Blue Springs for those who would like to stay overnight in the area. Call the hotel direct - 816-220-7400 and mention you are with the Kookers Kare Group to receive that rate. All rooms need to be reserved before Jan. 31st, 2009. If you have to cancel do so before Feb. 14th, 2009 to avoid cancellation charges. The rate is for up to 4 people in a double room or 2-3 people in a King size bed room.

 

For more information on Winter FunFest contact:

Craig Kidwell
816-678-6465

 

    
 

For ticket information contact:

Gerry Benham
816-352-2078