Do you go to Barbecue Competitions?

With the competition season winding down to the climatic end at the American Royal (October 2-5). This year has seen records broken in every category from attendance records to the number of competitions. On the other hand I talk to people when I'm traveling to and from one of these competitions and many of them seem surprised to find out that there is such a thing as a barbecue competition. Obviously many people not only don't attend them, but don't even know about them. Now I know that you probably have heard of barbecue contests, but I thought I would throw out the question any way:

POLL: Do you go to Barbecue Competitions?
1) What's a Barbecue Competition?
2) I've been to one
3) Occasionally
4) I regularly attend competitions
5) I follow the circuit like a deadhead
6) I'm a competitor
7) Other