EasyCookoff

For Organizers

Execute Better Events with Powerful Tools

From team registration to final results — simplify every step of your cookoff with professional-grade tools. Not just for sanctioned contests: run the yearly rib cookoff in your cul-de-sac, your town's festival, or a non-profit or business fundraiser just as easily as a single-meat, ancillary, Backyard or Master Series event.

Contest Setup

Professional tools to create a premium event.

  • Create single or multi-day events with custom meat and ancillary contests.
  • Mix independent divisions — Master KC, Backyard KC, Ribs, SCA, Chili and People's Choice — in one event, each with its own standings and payouts.
  • Each day is considered an event, keeping sign-ups simple. Unlimited contests are included.

Team Entries & Payments

  • You choose which payment methods to offer teams: Venmo, PayPal, cash at the event, or a check mailing address — list one or all.
  • Once a team has paid you, approve their entry right in the app.
  • Teams can withdraw on the app before scores are entered.

Secure Scoring

  • Use "KC-Style" scoring with built-in tiebreakers and Grand Champion logic — pick a Scoring Style per cookoff: KC-Style, SCA-style, CASI-style or People's Choice Ticket Counts.
  • Numbered People's Choice ballots match the # column in the PC Tracker, so ticket counts tally fast and accurately.
  • Organizers enter all scores — judges score on paper cards, and you (or your score table) type them into the Scoring page; results calculate instantly.
  • Walk-up team with no account? Add it manually and score it on the spot — results can still be emailed to them.
  • Leave complicated, unreliable spreadsheets and computer programs behind — results are tallied instantly with no math errors.

Leaderboard Control

  • Share team scores while keeping individual judge breakdowns private.
  • Send scoresheets to teams through the app right after the awards ceremony.
  • Generate dynamic, shareable Champions Cards for each division.

Free for organizers

Built-in Event P&L & Budget tool

Every event gets its own accounting workbook, named after your event — like "Jump-Off BBQ Championship P&L". Turn it on or off anytime.

  • Budget vs actual profit & loss for every event
  • Break-even team count and profit margin
  • Rib forecasting, invoice and extra-rib reconciliation
  • Auto-filled from your registrations, payouts and fees
  • Print or download to Excel anytime
Sample Event P&L dashboard

Free download

The EasyCookoff.app Organizer Guide

10 steps from goals, budget and sponsors to judging, event day and awards — with every EasyCookoff feature that helps along the way. Printable.

Rules Packet Builder

  • Your dates, location, cookoffs and Scoring Style, entry fees, payout ladders, schedule, rib options and payment methods fill in automatically.
  • Edit the standard sections — general rules, meat inspection, turn-in & judging, disqualifications — then print or save as PDF.
  • Publish it to your event page so teams can read and download it.
  • Teams tap "I've read the rules" — see who's signed, remind the rest in one tap.

Next Year in One Tap

  • Clone to next year copies your whole setup, moves the date forward a year (same weekday) and saves it as a draft to review.
  • We email you 60 and 300 days after your event with a one-tap clone link.
  • Events are marked Completed after the event and move to Historical after 30 days — results stay viewable forever.

Promote Your Event

  • Event Flyer Maker: a printable, shareable letter-size flyer with your payouts, cause and QR codes for team sign-up and your event page. Download it as an image for social.
  • Choose whether fans can print and share your flyer too.
  • QR-coded rib cards send tasters to your event page so they follow teams and come back next year.
  • Add your cause or beneficiary. It shows on your event page and flyer.

Team Messaging

Keep teams informed with in-app notifications. Teams can opt in or out at any time.

Test the Platform — Free

Try everything before your event at no cost:

  • From your Dashboard, click Create Practice Event and pick a past event — its teams and scores load instantly.
  • Walk through scoring, payouts, finalizing and printing every form. It's private to you, labeled TEST EVENT, and auto-deletes at midnight.
  • Prefer to build your own? Create any event (it can be fake) and enter code FREETEST at activation — it becomes a free, private TEST EVENT for 7 days. Add sample teams, score, and print every form. All emails go only to you. See the step-by-step.

Ready to run your cookoff?

Create an event in minutes and receive helpful organizer guides.

EasyCookoff.app

Your Cookoff Companion — simplifying every step from team registration to final results.

Browser-based — works on any device, installable to your home screen. Full App Store & Google Play version in development.

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