The Largest RV Show in The Southwest

Supershow Details

The contest is open to residents of the fifty (50) states of the United States and the District of Columbia, 18 years of age or older. All applicants and or contestants under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian 18 years of age or older.
Employees or members and immediate families of the Texas Recreational Vehicle Association and its dealer members, GURU Partners Marketing & Advertising, Shiroma Southwest PR and 2010 Southwest RV Supershow exhibitors, vendors and contractors are not eligible.
Members, employees, and immediate families of the Contest judges are not eligible.
Employees and immediate families of any company involved with the design, production, execution, or distribution of the Contest are not eligible.
Professional chefs are not eligible.

The recipe must not have knowingly been previously published or have won another award, and the right to submit it must not be restricted in any way. Submission of a recipe is a warranty that the contestant owns all copyrights and other intellectual property rights to the recipe and constitutes an assignment of these rights to the 2010 Southwest RV Supershow and the Texas Recreational Vehicle Association. Additionally, sponsors and their employees, officers, and agents, and members of the judging panels, will not be held liable for any copyright infringements or any prior exclusivity rights to any recipe submitted.
Each submitted recipe must be original and:
a. include the name of the recipe
b. include readily available ingredients (found in most well-stocked supermarkets)
c. each ingredient, must be listed, preferably in order of use
d. include standard U.S. measurements
e. be written to make three (3) S’mores
f. contain complete step-by-step cooking instructions
g. can be completely prepared and delivered to the judges within thirty (30) minutes.
All selected contestants must prepare the individual elements of their recipe prior to arrival at the 2010 Southwest RV Supershow at Dallas Market Hall. The recipe must then be assembled and prepared onsite with the use of an outside fire pit provided by the show and presented to the panel for judging.

A recipe may be submitted by an individual, a couple or a team. There is no limit on the number of recipes submitted.
Eligible individuals, couples or groups are invited to submit unlimited entries to info@shiromasouthwest.com, beginning 6 a.m. Sept. 5 through noon September15. Applicants must also supply the following with their recipe submission:
a. Name
b. Address
c. Daytime phone number
d. Email address

Six (6) recipes from six different individuals will be selected to compete in one of two preliminary rounds (for a total of twelve contestants) of the Ultimate S’mores Contest at 2010 Southwest RV Supershow, September 18 at Dallas Market Hall, Dallas, Texas at either 12 noon or 6 p.m.
On Wednesday, September 16, the twelve (12) selected contestants will be notified by email and phone that they have been chosen to compete in the preliminary competition on September 18.
On Friday, Sept. 18, the preliminary round of the Ultimate S’mores Contest will take place with six (6) contestants competing at 12 noon and six (6) contestants competing at 6 p.m. Based on the judges selection, the top three (3) winners of each round (noon and 6 p.m.) for a total of six (6) contestants and their recipes will be then be selected to compete in the final round of the Ultimate S’mores Contest.
The final six (6) contestants will then compete on Saturday, Sept. 19 at 12 noon at the 2010 Southwest RV Supershow for first or second prize.
Four (4) tickets to the 2010 Southwest RV Supershow will be provided to each participant (value is $40.00) for entry to the competition and for their own personal use. Tickets will be available at Will Call at the show for each day the contestant is competing.

The following guidelines will be used in both preliminary and final rounds:
a. Creativity
b. Taste
c. Visual appeal
d. Ease of preparation and assembly
Each selected contestant will be provided a covered, draped table for preparation and an outside fire pits for cooking their recipe. All other equipment needed to produce the S’mores recipe for judging must be provided by the contestant including, but not limited to: hot plate, portable blender, bowls, utensils, and three (3) presentation plates and forks. No other appliances may be brought or used onsite (including a microwave or stove.)
Recipes that do not follow contest rules will be disqualified. Qualified recipes in each category will be reviewed by an independent panel who will select the top twelve (12) recipe entries. During each round of the competition, contestants will prepare their recipes and the S’mores to be tasted by an independent panel to determine the winners. In both the preliminary round and final round of judging, the decisions of the judges are final and binding.

The judges will select a first and second place winner from the final round of competition of the Ultimate S’mores Contest. Total prize award value is $500 (five hundred dollars).
The First place Ultimate S’mores winner will receive a cash prize of $ 300 (three hundred dollars).
The Second place Ultimate S’mores winner will receive a cash prize of $ 200 (two hundred dollars).
No substitution or transfer of prizes is permitted. All taxes are the sole responsibility of the contestants.
Four (4) tickets to the 2010 Southwest RV Supershow will be given to each participant (value is $40.00) for entry to the competition.

Entrants agree to be bound by the terms of these official contest rules.
All entries become the property of the 2010 Southwest RV Supershow and the Texas Recreational Vehicle Association and will not be returned.
Finalists will be required to execute documents of eligibility, release from liability, and transfer of their winning recipes. By entering the Contest, all participants consent to the commercial use of their names, pictures, likenesses, and recipes (with rights to edit or adapt those recipes) without further compensation.
By entering participants release and hold harmless the sponsors, their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, and agents, the preliminary Judging panel and the final judging panel from any and all liability (including but not limited to claims of the infringement of copyright or other intellectual property) or any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with this contest or any prize won.
Sponsors and their agents are not responsible for unauthorized human intervention, phone, technical, network, electronic, computer, hardware or software failures, malfunctions or disconnects of any kind, or misdirected, illegible, incomplete, stolen, garbled, fragmented or delayed internet/e-mail computer transmissions or network/ISP/website internet accessibility; or for inaccurate, incorrect or incomplete capture of entry information.

To receive the official rules for the Ultimate S’mores Contest presented by the 2010 Southwest RV Supershow, visit: http://www.southwestrvsupershow.com/ultimate-smores-contest.asp
Requests for rules, finalists’ list, and recipes cannot be accommodated.