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BJ Hoffman runs for KCBS Board of Directors

10/16/2011

4 Comments

 
Have hat and ready to throw it into the BBQ ring!

Over the past several months I have had a chance to experience a great deal in life. One of those moments occurred days after cooking at KCBS contest at the Cass County Fairgrounds in Weeping Water, Nebraska. On August 25th at age 34 I suffered a massive heart attack that should have killed me right then and there. While in the ICU in a Des Moines, Iowa hospital I had some time to think about the thing I like in life, the things I love in life, and the things I do in life because I feel obligated, and those things that I have just always done.

Of all the things in life that I love including my family, friends, and my church, I realized that barbeque and the barbeque family I have known for the last 12 years ranks right up there and the fact that the family and friends that I love and adore enjoy the barbeque life opened my eyes to becoming a leader on the KCBS board.

I wouldn't wish my unfortunate health issues on anyone but, an eye opener is an eye opener. The fact that my eight year old Carson loves to barbeque as much, if not more than I do made me decide that now is the time to run for the KCBS Board of Directors.

The past and current board members have done a great job in building on many of the points of the KCBS mission statement but I feel that I can be an amazing voice in building on the KCBS mission statement, and I know I can bring personalized knowledge and attention to the teaching and preservation points in the mission statement that are going to be so very critical to the future members of the KCBS like my eight year old son Carson, my barbequing 4 year old nephew Peyton, and my teammate's newborn son Brock.

I believe that through some new efforts that I would like to champion through KCBS that the organization could grow the membership base every year for generations to come. I also believe that the teaching aspect of barbeque is an important facet of maintaining interest in barbeque. Just a few years back NASCAR was the hottest show on earth, growing leaps and bounds and things couldn't have been better. Just a few years later NASCAR has hit the proverbial brick wall and there are empty seats, shortened race seasons, teams disappearing, and drivers going from racing on Sundays to selling used cars Monday through Saturday. I don't want to see anything like what NASCAR has had happen to them happen to KCBS.

The economy can be blamed for a lot of things including the incidental spending by the general public, reduced spending by barbeque teams and contest organizers.

For most competition teams like the one I am a part of, we realize breaking even is a great thing and coming out ahead is even better. We continue to compete because WE LOVE BARBEQUE!

The reason I bring up the socioeconomic conditions is that, if we (barbeque lovers) don't find new and innovative ways to overcome these adversities barbeque as we know it could change for the worse. I believe that my addition to the KCBS Board of Directors would be a great way of attacking these issues proactively instead of waiting for them to happen and then having to react which is also much more stressful and typically very costly.

I also want to address remedial education for current judges, member benefits, and meeting transparency. You can hear about these issues in my announcement video at the end of this column.

Finally, over the next three and a half months I would like to get to know as many KCBS members as possible and would appreciate any, and all of your questions, comments, and KCBS platform ideas and I will respond to each of you in a timely manner.

For up to date information and answers to others comments please visit my candidacy Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/BJ-Hoffman-for-KCBS-Board-of-Directors/289380814423633
I look forward to getting to know you all better and hope I can earn your votes!

Respectfully,

-- BJ Hoffman

4 Comments
Dave Compton
10/16/2011 02:33:58 pm

Good luck BJ, you've got some good ideas!

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Herb
10/16/2011 05:13:03 pm

Goodluck, BJ! This is going to be an interesting election.

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BJ
10/17/2011 06:44:30 am

Thanks for the kind words! I am excited about this endeaver. I just hope that the fact that I am not a high roller competition cook that cooks coast to coast and boarder to boarder doesn't hurt my chances.
I want to represent the competitors and judges that cook and judge because they love BBQ, not for fame and fortune.
Some of the message board chatter really looks geared to your big name competitors that have been there, done that, and cashed those checks.
I am not one of those people and I can't be one of them because of my professional and personal obligations.
I had two small teams contact me today and thanked me for taking the initiative and potentially being the voice for the small guys. The one gal made a great point, she said, " you take teams our size, with our resources out of the contests and KCBS contests immediately go away. Let the big name, motorhome driving, $10,000.00 pit buying teams have a contest then."
Without the judges that essentially pay big money to judge, and the small teams like Butler Center BBQ the entire hobby/ sport comes to an abrupt halt.

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Fred
10/30/2011 07:23:19 am

Thanks for running and responding to my questions when I sent you a PM before. You have earned my vote.


Fred (Fat Freddy)

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    Windsor Heights, IA
    KCBS Certified BBQ Judge and member of Butler Center BBQ team.

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