Think you can grill a better burger than the hosts of ESPN Cleveland’s The Next Level? Here’s your chance to prove it AND take home a $1,000 cash prize!
Register below and include a mouth-watering picture that shows off your grilling talents between Thursday, July 31, 2025, and Thursday, August 28, 2025. Five (5) participants will be selected based on the submitted photos to compete against TNL’s Emmett Golden, Jerod Cherry, and Nick Paulus in the ultimate grilling show-down along Old River Road on Friday, September 5, 2025!
Contestants will be provided a $50 gift card to purchase ingredients and will fire up their charcoal grills to prepare at least 22 slider- sized burgers which will be sampled and judged by a panel of 15 fans. Preparation tables, gloves, serving platters and serving utensils will be provided. Everything else will need to be brought by each participant from home, which includes the grills. Grills MUST be fueled by charcoal or wood-pellets. Electric appliances may also be utilized.
The fan participant who earns the highest total score from the judges based on taste, presentation, and creativity will be named the Grand Prize Winner of the $1,000 cash prize.
Must be 21 years of age or older to participate.
For full contest rules: 2025 Next Level Cookoffn RULES 3
