Mark your calendars and join us for our
2024 Annual Picnic
More info to come (E-mail and Newsletter}
Feeling competitive? Enter our annual smoker contest !!!
Please note the new location
St. Peters Lutheran Church
1530 Augsburg Drive
Hilltown Twp., Pa. 18927
MONTGOMERY COUNTY BEEKEEPERS SMOKER CONTEST 2024
Smoker Contest will begin promptly at 1:00 PM and end at 3:30 PM
NO modified smokers. “Traditional” smokers only. (Electric or any smoker with any modification to the air delivery system will not be accepted.)
Natural fuel only. Any “manufactured” or “synthetic” fuel is not permitted. Wood pellets are acceptable as well as compressed paper products such as egg cartons. REMEMBER…..if you wouldn’t use it to work your hives, it’s not natural!
Entrants will start with an empty smoker.
RULES
At 1:00 PM, judges will have all entrants pack their smokers.
After packing you will have 3 minutes to light your smoker.
After 3 minutes, judges will call time and all entrants will walk away.
Every 15 minutes for the first hour, the judges will pump the bellows three times.
Any smoker not producing smoke will be turned on its side after the first hour.
Every 30 minutes for the second hour, the judges will pump the bellows 3 times for the remaining smokers.
Any smoker not producing smoke will be turned on its side after the second hour.
After the final 30 minutes, the judges will pump the bellows 2 times for the remaining smokers.
The last smoker producing smoke will be the winner.
In the event that there are no smokers producing smoke prior to the end of the contest, the last smoker producing smoke will be the winner.
In the event there are multiple smokers producing smoke at the end of 2 hours and 30 minutes, names will be entered into a drawing to determine the winner.
GOOD LUCK!
