710 Degree Cup
An Arizona concentrates contest built around the 7/10 "OIL" date, and the 2018 court ruling that changed how it ran.
- 404results on record
- 2016–2025years in our data
- 10editions
- 194matched to strains
- Arizonalatest location
01Beginnings
The 710 Degree Cup is an Arizona event hosted by Jim Morrison and held around 10 July, the date concentrates fans mark as 7/101. In an article dated 10 July 2018, Morrison said he had started the event three years earlier, which points to roughly 2015. The sources give no exact founding date1.
Morrison described a practical goal: helping Arizona patients find dependable products by vetting labs, dispensaries and products1. The name is also a pun. Turn 710 upside down and it reads "OIL", a nod to cannabis extracts1.
02The Story So Far
Morrison recalled that when he started, the 7/10 date barely registered with people, and by 2018 he felt that had changed1. That year brought a complication. According to the article, an Arizona Court of Appeals decision in a 26 June 2018 case classed concentrates as class-four felony narcotics, leaving the state's extracts in legal limbo1.
As a result, the 2018 Cup did not judge concentrates, an unusual step for a concentrates-themed contest. Morrison said he did not want to put anyone at personal legal risk1. As of 10 July 2018, the article expected the case to be appealed to the Arizona Supreme Court. The sources do not say how the appeal turned out or whether concentrate judging came back1.
A note on similar names: other sources mention a Colorado cup in 2012 and a "first official" 710 Cup in 2013. Neither source ties those events to Arizona, so this page treats them as history of the holiday, not of this event23.
03Culture and Community
In 2018, dispensaries across the Phoenix Valley marked 7/10 with sales and events that ran into the weekend1. Morrison called the Cup a kind of beacon for the local scene. The sources say nothing more about how far its reach extended1.
The date joke works like the old calculator trick of turning digits upside down to spell words1.
The court ruling also drew a wider response. Cannabis industry associations set up legal defense funds, and several dispensaries said they would keep selling concentrates1. That response was to the ruling, not to the Cup.
04Where It Stands Now
The most recent dated information about the Cup in our sources is from 10 July 2018. It describes a free event, with doors opening at 11 a.m. on Sunday, 15 July 2018, at Legends Event Center, 4240 West Camelback Road, Phoenix1.
The sources do not say whether the Cup is still running in 2026, and the material we reviewed included no Wikipedia entry for it.
05Looking Ahead
We found no announced plans for the 710 Degree Cup in the sources. None of the material we reviewed mentions future dates, formats or a return of concentrate judging.
The results, in our data
CannaLib holds 404 results from this cup across 10 years (2016 to 2025), 194 of them matched to a strain in the catalogue.
Recent first-place strains
| Year | Strain | Category | Entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Grookies | FLOWER INDICA | Aeriz |
| 2021 | Jenny Kush | FLOWER SATIVA | Aeriz |
| 2021 | Hawaiian Ice | FLOWER HYBRID | Tucson Cannabis Campus |
| 2021 | Sour Apple | CONCENTRATES INDICA | Earths Extracts |
| 2021 | In The Pines | CONCENTRATES CBD | Arizona Organix |
| 2021 | Lychee | VAPE PEN INDICA | Rove |
| 2021 | Raspberry Lemonade | VAPE PEN CBD | DRIP |
| 2021 | Sour Garlic Cookies | NON-SOLVENT | Shange |
| 2021 | Watermelon | DISTILLATE | DRIP |
| 2020 | Gmo Cookies | FLOWER INDICA | Item 9 Labs |
| 2020 | Time Wreck | FLOWER SATIVA | Abundant Organics |
| 2020 | Zkittlez Cake | FLOWER HYBIRD | Mohave Cannabis Co |
| 2020 | In The Pines | FLOWER CBD | Arizona Organix |
| 2020 | White Og | CONCENTRATE INDICA | Clean Concentrates |
Editions on record
- 2016 · Phoenix Arizona
- 2017 · Phoenix, Arizona
- 2018 · Arizona
- 2019 · Arizona
- 2020 · Arizona
- 2021 · Arizona
Sources
- 7/10: A Day to Celebrate Cannabis Concentrates Despite Court Ruling | Phoenix New Times
- The History of 710 | Alleaves (holiday-level; mentions a separate Colorado cup)
- An oral history of 710 and OIL day | Greenway Magazine (holiday-level; location of first Cup not stated)
Written from the sources above and checked on 2026-10-29. Spot an error? Tell us on the contact page.