Ok, true story:
I’ve been doing bbq contests for longer than I can remember, at least 30 yrs, mostly at the same contest.
This particular event, as crazy busy as it is, is pretty family friendly.
One year they decided to have a petting zoo. At least that was way off to the side of the venue. In the center of the venue, right next to my spot, they put up a pen and had a cow and her calf spend the weekend. So all night, while we are cooking and trying to catch some sleep, we had to listen to that mama cow try to calm down her baby by saying, “It’s OK, you have at least one more year before you end up in those smokers!”