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Help Kingsford Save the Tailgate, and Win Something for Yourself, Too

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I think that everyone knows that when we moved to the new house the two things that I wanted were a large Flat Screen TV and a new grill. Well, I didn’t get the TV, yet and I’ve got an old Weber grill for our outdoor grilling. Well, I do love to grill, I love getting out there and cooking burgers, dogs, steaks and even fish. I think a grill and grilling is an essential part of home ownership. having cook outs is a great way to have friends and family around to enjoy good food. Well, what about other places where grilling brings people together, namely… The Tailgate.

Tailgating, I love it. I haven’t done it at a sporting event but every year we’d do Jimmy Buffett concerts and we’d tailgate. While at the concert I’d wander around and people were so friendly and they’d have so much extra food to share. People get creative at a tailgate. But Tailgating is under attack and Kingsford wants to help and Save The Tailgate with the Tailgater’s Bill of Rights! Kingsford is attempting to get 10,000 digital signatures on the Tailgater’s Bill of Rights so that they can submit it to the pro-football commissioner. There are seven different articles on the Tailgater’s Bill of Rights but my favorite is “Fans shall have the right to tailgate in a friendly and safe environment, hanging out with fellow fans no matter what team they’re rooting for.” With the football season kicking off and about to be in full swing tailgating will be ramping up, but not everywhere. Apparently Candlestick Park is yet another stadium putting the clamp down on tailgating. Well I hope to help raise awareness of the Tailgater’s Bill of Rights. To do that I’m having a contest to give away some great Kingsford Gear. See the photo above, you could receive a prize pack like the one above. I have to tell you that the hat is fitted and it is the MOST comfortable baseball hats I’ve ever worn. I love it!

Your Prize pack will contain some great Kingsford grilling gear similar to what I received although prize pack may vary.

Ways to Enter
(Leave 1 SEPARATE Comment for EACH Entry).

  • 1 Entry – Mandatory to Enter – To enter the contest visit the Save The Tailgate website. There you can get great recipes, link out to sign the petition and more. Then come back and tell me about a recipe that you found and would like to try. Leave this as your FIRST comment.
    (If this is not done your entry will not count)

  • 1 Entry – Follow BenSpark on Twitter
    (Leave a Comment with your Twitter name)

  • 1 Entry – Follow Kingsford on Twitter
    (Leave a Comment with your Twitter name)

  • 1 entry – Join the Kingsford Facebook Community. (Click on “Like”). Let Kingsford know that I sent you there. I encourage you to read teh Tailgater’s Bill of Rights and sign the online petition if you are so compelled. Also participate and share your favorite grilling tips on the wall. Get involved.
    Tag me in the post: type “@Andrew Bennett”. Friend me first so I can see your tag. (Comment here after you’ve done this.)

  • 1 Entry – Subscribe to BenSpark’s Giveaway Newsletter
    (Leave a comment letting me know you signed up)

  • 1 Entry – Tweet about this Kingsford Prize Pack Giveaway… something like
    Save the Tailgate with @tweetkingsford. Win a cool prize pack from @BenSpark http://bit.ly/pBc3HG
    (Leave a comment with a link to your tweet. Here is how to get that link to your tweet)

I will not respond to any comments so that I can run the Random.org numbers correctly. Any trackbacks are unapproved while I select the random winner and then re-approved after. Only legitimate entries are counted. You have until 5:00pm EST on September 18, 2011 to enter. Once 5:00pm EST rolls around (or as early the next morning as possible) I will close the comments. The winner will be notified via e-mail and will have 48 hours to reply with a US Mailing address so that we can send the winner their prize. Contest is open to US residents Only. Please do not use multiple names to enter. Make it fair for everyone and don’t stack the deck.

Disclosure: A Kingsford prize pack was provided to me and one to the winner of this giveaway. The opinions in this post are 100% mine.

39 thoughts on “Help Kingsford Save the Tailgate, and Win Something for Yourself, Too”

  8. Joined the Kingsford Facebook Community.
    posted on their wall that you sent me
    vickiecouturier
    vlbelk(at)Hotmail.com

  11. Entered before and love bbq. like the beer -basted pulled port sliders recipe and close to how I make them

  17. Visited the Kingsford site. Their Mexican Corn looks a lot like a spicy tomato butter I make for grilled corn, would love to try it and see how it is!

  32. Drew,

    I just read Kingsford’ tail gating bill of rights and I know what they are trying for but I think they have kind of missed the boat. I don’t think you can expect a stadium to allow people into parking lots 24hours before a game. That is a whole lot of liability to have on your property and I am sure would require some sort of security detail. 24 hours seems quite excessive to me.

    I am also not sure that allowing each tailgater to have a table and tent works out well. Parking is already super expensive why should we have to pay more if we just want to park because space is being taken up by tents and tables.

    Being able to bring grills to a stadium is a good idea. However is an open fire in parking lot full of cars a good idea? There needs to be some sort of control which is why you would need someone in charge which is why access 24 hours before and event will never work.

    I think Kingston is reaching here and I am not confident they are really trying to solve the tailgating issue but are instead trying to sell grills and charcoal. It is probably just me but think their bill of rights is a little to idealistic.

  33. Just finished grilling on the patio at the cape. You’ve got a great patio at the new house, hope you enjoy many cook outs there. It’s not about a new grille or the big screen TV. It’s about enjoying what you have.

  34. my favorite recipe is the Sac’Em Steak Quesadillas

    Thank you for hosting this giveaway

    Louis
    pumuckler {at} gmail {dot} com

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