Membership stats

[cosmic dave]

Lynn:

I see that Merl published a list of KCBS members by state.  Do you ever do the same?

Thanks,
Dave

[Lynn]

I haven't seen that list - is it the members or number of members?

[mw]

I think the list Dave could be refering to can be found on page 7 of Jan '09's Bullsheet.
I found it rather interesting too. It lists the number of members in each state and the number of contests KCBS sanctions in each state.

Keep in mind, those numbers show ONLY the number of KCBS contests. I know IBCA has contests in NM, GA, LA, AR, CA, OK,  and there are many other sanctioning bodies that do the same.

[nukenight]

It's a list of the KCBS members by state, number of certified judges by state, and the number of KCBS contests by state.

[cosmic dave]

here's the list:
2008 Demographics
State # Members # CBJs # Contests
Alabama 377 313 9
Alaska 5 0 0
Arizona 80 54 2
Arkansas 130 90 5
California 291 199 6
Colorado 272 213 8
Connecticut 33 20 1
Delaware 38 34 1
DC 8 7 1
Florida 359 303 5
Georgia 391 298 8
Hawaii 1 0 0
Idaho 25 16 1
Illinois 448 334 14
Indiana 161 105 4
Iowa 367 316 12
Kansas 1,049 729 34
Kentucky 107 77 4
Louisiana 66 38 2
Maine 7 4 0
Maryland 188 154 4
Massachusetts 131 116 1
Michigan 138 92 4
Minnesota 186 137 5
Mississippi 113 88 7
Missouri 1,262 911 42
Montana 6 3 0
Nebraska 212 167 6
Nevada 37 25 1
New Hampshire 44 40 1
New Jersey 138 90 4
New Mexico 76 63 1
New York 331 269 5
North Carolina 245 168 8
North Dakota 38 29 1
Ohio 161 121 3
Oklahoma 312 251 9
Oregon 53 34 1
Pennsylvania 202 156 4
Rhode Island 17 15 0
South Carolina 190 134 5
South Dakota 53 42 2
Tennessee 580 454 16
Texas 107 50 0
Utah 92 86 2
Vermont 18 13 1
Virginia 231 173 2
Washington 62 45 0
West Virginia 54 48 1
Wisconsin 218 176 6
Wyoming 29 27 2
Australia 2 1 0
Canada 50 31 0
England 4 4 0
Estonia 2 2 0
Germany 1 1 0
Ireland 2 2 0
Liechenstein 1 0 0
Mexico 1 1 0
Netherlands 1 0 0
Norway 1 0 0
Switzerland 7 1 0

TOTALS 9,811 7,370 261

[mw]

I looked back at our '08 "demographics", and here's what it looked like:

44 total

IBCA  21
KCBS  13
Non-Sanctioned 4
TGCBCA 3
LSBS 1
CTBA 1
AK BBQ Ass 1

[DL]

Just out of curiosity, do these numbers (TOTALS 9,811 7,370 261) mean that 75% of their members are judges?

[mw]

Just out of curiosity, do these numbers (TOTALS 9,811 7,370 261) mean that 75% of their members are judges?

Yep.... in order to become a certified judge, master judge, certified table captain, etc. you must take the $30 cbj class. To take the class, and keep your cbj status, you must keep your dues current.
Many cooks are also cbj's,.... but not all cbj's are cooks.

[DL]

 I've been doing IBCA events for three years now and I really enjoy every one of  them. I guess I'll have to do a KCBS competition just to see why they have so many members/judges. Pretty amazing numbers!

[Lynn]

Lynn:

I see that Merl published a list of KCBS members by state.  Do you ever do the same?

Thanks,
Dave

IBCA 2008 stats

State -- Events -- Members
AL         0            1
AR         5            19
CA         4            8
FL          0           1
GA         2           2
KS         0           4
LA         7            18
MS        0             1
NM        1            2
NV        0             1
OK         1            10
TEXAS   121         502  (active)
VA         0            1

[Thom Emery]

The Western  Cook Off Association Pit
will be doing a points chase out here in 2009
Our numbers will bump way up Once the cook learn thay can WIN
something else Also got a number of new contests in the works