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Toxic BBQ @ DEF CON 32

Toxic BBQ @ DEF CON 31

Washed Away - Toxic BBQ @ DEF CON 30

Solving Problems with a Chair - Not Just for Wrestling Anymore

Zine - Toxic BBQ History

Growing Your Own Sideshow Toxic BBQ, A History Looking to organize your own Toxic BBQ or an event just like it?

Community Building through Events

Few were as excited to talk about organizing Toxic BBQ as Sc0tland, Las Vegas Native and early DEF CON attendee, known on Twitter as @level2three. Other than Toxic, she has been involved in Scav Hunt, Toorcamp, and countless other hacker hijinx. She’s eager to share her experiences building an event to be proud of. The following is based on...

Tips for Planning a Sideshow

The path from “there’s this thing we do…” to conference-legend can be rocky. We’ve collected tips from our notes and interviews into a firehose of recommendations for you and your team. We hope these will nudge you from wishing to holding your “thing-apart” for everyone’s enjoyment.

An Abbreviated History of Toxic BBQ

DEF CON’s unofficial launch party is a sometimes-quiet cookout that welcomes all, n00b and 1337 alike. This prelude to the cacophony and telephony grew with its host convention to a gathering of hundreds with grill temps and daytime highs to match. If each DEF CON is a hacker carnival, Toxic BBQ is its first sideshow.