HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is adding a new category to the World's Championship Bar-B-Que Contest.
It's called the Open Contest category. Barbecue cookoff teams will now be allowed to prepare anything they want, except for desserts.
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The chairman of the cookoff committee said this will allow teams to flex their cooking skills in a creative way. Participants can prepare anything from chili to macaroni and cheese to surf and turf.
And it would not be a contest without a trophy up for grabs.
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The Open Contest will be held on the second day of the cookoff on Friday, Feb. 25.