Our class is designed to give you the basics for preparing great barbeque. The material includes:
How to choose the meats. Preparation of the different meat categories. Making your own signature rubs and sauces. The use of herbs and spices. Different types of cookers/smokers. The many tools and accessories used in cooking.
The instructor, Bob Snelson, is a former KCBS Contest Representive, a former CBJ Instructor, and past KCBS Board of Directors member. Check the About Us section to learn more about him. See photos of students in action in our Picture Gallery.
See additional class information below the photos
Deciding what to put in their own secret rubs
Class Details
Classes run from 8:00 AM to about 4:00 PM
Lunch will be furnished on Saturday.
Students will be doing some meat preparing, but all Meats and Spices are furnished. After making your rub, it will be applied to the meat and cooked before you leave.
Students need to bring, paper towels, and a cooler.
$250 per person.
Prepaid enrollment requested. Entries close the Thursday before class, to allow the purchase of meats, so prepaying guarantees a spot in the class.
The Comfort Inn Suites 3000 N. 103rd Terr. Kansas City, KS 66109 1-877-424-6423 / 913-299-4466
If you are coming in on I-70 you exit on to N.B. I-435 and take the E.B. Exit 15A to Leavenworth Road, East to 103rd Terr, turn right to the Comfort Inn Suites.
If you are coming in from I-635 you take the W.B. I-70 exit to I-435 N.B. and proceed to exit 15A to E.B. Leavenworth Road. East to 103rd Terr, turn right to the Comfort Inn Suites.
If you come in from I-29 from the north take the I-435 exit towards Topeka and continue to exit 15A E.B. Leavenworth Road, East to 103rd Terr, turn right to the Comfort Inn Suites.
Lodgings
Comfort Suites 3000 N. 103rd Terr. K.C.KS 66109 1-877-424-6423 / 913-299-4466 3 miles West of the class site.
Hampton Inn 1400 Village West Pkwy Kansas City, KS 66111 913-328-1024
Holiday Inn Express 13031 Ridge Drive Bonner Springs, KS 66012 913-721-5300 At the K-7 & I-70 Exit Holiday Inn Express 1931 Prairie Crossing Kansas City, KS. 66111 913-328-1024
Super 8 13041 Ridge Drive Bonner Springs, KS 66012 913-721-3877 At the K-7 & I-70 Exit
Great Wolf Lodge 10401 Cabela Drive Kansas City, KS 66111 800-608-9653 / 913-299-7001
The above three hotels are in the Village West Complex near the Kansas Speedway / Cabela's / Nebraska Furnisher Mart, and the Hollywood Casino
