Cooking at EGGfest

While you're showing off your fiery finesse for our Tasters, you can share recipes with other groups, enjoy the great food, and (most importantly) have a great time with your teammates!

For an EGGfest to be successful, we need enthusiastic, fun-lovin' EGGfest Cooking Teams!

While you're showing off your fiery finesse for our Tasters, you can share recipes with other groups, enjoy the great food, and (most importantly) have a great time with your teammates!

This is NOT a high-stakes, high-pressure cooking competition and there is NO REGISTRATION FEE.

If you love cooking on your EGG because it's fun and you've got some special recipes the world needs to EGG-sperience... then you'll have a blast cooking at our EGGfest.

Cooking Teams should consist of 1-2 Team Captains with additional helpers (up to 6 total people per team).

To get signed up, all you need to do is fill out the registration form and send it our way. Then we'll follow up and make sure you don't have any additional questions.

REGISTRATION FORM (pdf)

Team Captains will receive complimentary 2022 EGGfest Cooking Team Shirts (unique design), and additional shirts will be available to pre-purchase upon request.

EGGfest opens to the public at 10:00AM, however, we ask that Cooks arrive NO LATER THAN 8:00AM to unload vehicles/trailers, set up their cooking station (approx. 12'x12' space), and begin cooking. Our staff will be on-site by 5:00AM to coordinate the event space setup.

From 10:00AM-3:00PM, EGGfest Cooking Teams showcase their skills by serving bite-size samples of their unique recipes throughout the day for our Tasters to enjoy.

Cooking teams should participate/cook for the entire duration of the event. You don't always have to be serving, but you should always be working on your next dish.

Cooking Teams should bring:

Tables & Chairs for your area
10x10 Pop-Up Canopy
Cooler(s) for storing food supplies
All ingredients needed to create your recipes
Cooking utensils, tools & cutting boards
Some type of food thermometer
Baking Stones & Specialty EGGcessories
2oz plastic ramekins or small paper plates

Outdoor Home will provide:

(At least) 1 New Big Green Egg & ConvEGGtor
Lump Charcoal & Firestarters
Sanitation Supplies
Latex Service Gloves
Pink Butcher Paper
Additional ice for your cooler
EGGfest Cooking Team Shirts
Help loading before and after EGGfest

Here are a few hotels located within 10-15 of Outdoor Home. We do not currently have any special rates set up with these hotels, but they all come highly rated within the community. If need any assistance planning your trip please let us know.

Hilton Garden Inn

4155 S Nature Center Way, Springfield, MO 65804

13 minutes from Outdoor Home

Holiday Inn Express

310 E Monastery St, Springfield, MO 65810

10 minutes from Outdoor Home

Candlewood Suites

1035 E Republic Rd, Springfield, MO 65807

10 minutes from Outdoor Home

Sleep Inn

233 E Camino Alto Dr, Springfield, MO 65810

9 minutes from Outdoor Home

Friday, September 23rd 6:00pm-9:00pm

Outdoor Home is hosting a Meet & Greet event the night before EGGfest at the Hilton Garden Inn.

This added bonus is FREE FOR COOKING TEAMS to attend and is meant to show our appreciation for the EGGfest Cooks' hard work and commitment to making our event such a success for our charity partner.

We'll have plenty of food and drinks for attendees in a casual, come-and-go setting. When signing up to cook, please let us know how many will be attending the Meet & Greet on your registration form.

Back by Popular Demand!

The 2022 EGGfest will again feature the 10th Annual "EGGcellent Chef" Competition!

As Tasters enter the event, each will be given 3 votes to cast for the cooking team that they feel produced the best results on the Big Green Egg.

There are no specific categories or additional rules for this "people's choice" competition. This allows cooks to prepare a variety of recipes throughout the day and demonstrate the versatility of the Big Green Egg!

All cooks are encouraged to participate as there are no special requirements and no additional costs... but the winners will receive a distinguished prize once the votes are tallied!

No outside alcohol is permitted unless you are using it specifically for a recipe. Adult beverages along with water/tea are sold by the Keystone Kops and directly benefit their charity.
Experience cooking on a Big Green Egg is always helpful but is not required.
Cooking teams should participate/cook for the entire duration of the event. You don't always have to be serving, but you should always be working on your next dish.
Selling, soliciting, or merchandising of products not offered by Outdoor Home is not allowed without prior approval.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact:

Aaron Swaggerty
Event Coordinator
aaron@outdoorhome.com
417-761-7611 (ext 103)