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Richland Pig Fest BBQ Cook Off

Anthony Robert — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:37:52 +0000

Event Details

Admission: $5 off coupon for midway (scroll to page 2)
Time: November 13-14 , 2009
Venue: Historic Downtown Richland Georgia Map
City/Town: Richland, Georgia
Website: http://www.richlandpigfest.com
Event Type: Competitive

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Updated 11/15/2009: Richland Pig Fest 2009 Grand Champion Winner

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Richland Pig Fest

The Richland Pig Fest is marking 12 years of exciting history Friday and Saturday,Nov. 13 - 14, 2009. The Pig Fest has come to be known as the best little cookoff in Georgia, and for good reason. More than 25 crack BBQ teams will compete for trophies and money in three sanctioned categories on Saturday. The winners willbe announced at 6 p.m.Name bands will rock the streets Friday and Saturday nights. A carnival midwayby Gold Medal Shows will provide lights and excitement for thrill seekers untilthe wee hours. A motorcycle run will arrive Saturday morning with a roar. The competing BBQ teams will sell their award winning meat to the public and food ofall sorts will be available in the food court on East Broad Street.

A portion of the proceedsfrom the Richland PigFest go to support a localcharity. The remainingproceeds contribute toprograms that assistrevitalization of historicdowntown Broad St.

Directions

Richland is 30 miles south of Columbus and 50 miles north of Albany on Highway 520/ 280. From Atlanta, Richland is 120 miles south on I-85 and I-185.

Event Schedule

Whisky Bent appears Nov 13 8pm-midnight

Friday, Nov. 13, 2009

Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009

Classic & Antique Car Show

On stage all day Live Entertainment

Shane Owens & 231 South appears 8pm - Midnight

Note: Arts & Crafts exhibitors and Food Vendorsare operating during all festival hours.

Contact Information

Poker Run & Motorcycle Events

Classic and Antique Car Show

Exhibitor Application

Commercial Vendors

Cook Team Info

Jeff Schramm, cook team coordinator ……………………. 229-317-1700

Jane Ledford, cook team judge coordinator …………….. 229-321-0439

Georgia Bulldogs Oniva Seat

Dr. BBQ’s Big-Time Barbecue Cookbook

Competition BBQ Secrets

BBQ Grail Thanksgiving Pictorial/Recipe Contest

Barry "CB" Martin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:35:10 +0000

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If you are planning to prepare your Thanksgiving meal outdoors this year you may want to make time to read and enter Larrys contest posted on his web log, The BBQ Grail. (Hey Canadian friends You can always cook another one!)

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Do you cook your Thanksgiving Turkey outdoors? If you do and are willing to share your Thanksgiving experience with the readers of the BBQ Grail you could win a prize…The Big Easy Oil-less Infrared Turkey Fryer.

The contest rules are quite simple. Cook your Thanksgiving Day Turkey outdoors. It doesnt matter how you cook it as long as its cooked outdoors. You can fry it, smoke it, grill it you can even cook it in a dutch oven. It just has to be cooked outdoors. When youre done eating take a few minutes and write a short story on how you did it and send up a couple of pictures. The pictures need to show you cooking the turkey and a final table picture is also needed. (You can send up to five pictures) If youd like to include your favorite recipe for outdoor cooked Thanksgiving Day Turkey or a favorite side dish feel free to do so.

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The prize list is pretty darned impressive! Thanks LarryI guess Im ineligible.

Happy Grilling!

Winner of Jack Daniel’s Invitational 2009 BBQ Cook-Off

Anthony Robert — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:48:24 +0000

I QUE TAKES TOP PRIZE AT 21st ANNUAL JACK DANIEL’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP INVITATIONAL BARBECUE

LYNCHBURG, Tenn. (October 24, 2009) - I Que from Hopkinton, Mass., can claim the ultimate braggin’ rights in competitive barbecuing, after taking home the title of Grand Champion at the 21st Annual Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue on Saturday evening in Lynchburg (pop. 361), Tenn.

Grand Champions I Que BBQ cooking Team, Hopkington, Mass.

I Que not only captured the top prize in what is considered by competitors to be the most prestigious barbecue contest in the world, but also finished second in pork shoulders/butts, second in desserts and eighth in chicken.

“I’ve been working for 10 years cooking barbecue every single weekend and this is my dream - my absolute dream,” said Chris Hart, chief cook of I Que. “To win the Jack is the ultimate experience in barbecue.”

As Grand Champion, I Que received $5,000 and secured an automatic berth to return to defend their title at the 2010 “Jack.”

To compete at “The Jack,” domestic teams must win a state championship with at least 25 teams or a competition of 50 teams, or win one of the premiere barbecue competitions that qualify a team for an automatic berth.

“Every team that cooked today worked hard to get here and they all deserve recognition, but only one team leaves as our Grand Champion,” said Lynne Tolley, KCBS-certified barbecue judge and great-grandniece of Jack Daniel. “Every competitor comes to Lynchburg hoping to have the winning combination of equipment, team members, ingredients and technique and we congratulate I Que for hitting the mark today.”

Jack’s Old South from Unadilla, Ga., also finished strong as the Reserve Grand Champion, taking home a cash prize of $2,500.

Other top ten winners at this year’s Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue are:

Sixty-three championship teams from the U.S. and 18 teams from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, England, Estonia, Germany, Luxemburg, Poland, Puerto Rico and Switzerland fought for the title. The highest finishing international team was Salzburger BBQ Bulls from Austria that placed thirty-third overall.

In addition to honoring the Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion, the Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue awards first place prizes in seven categories: Pork Ribs, Pork Shoulder/Butts, Beef Brisket, Chicken, Dessert, Cook’s Choice and Jack Daniel’s Sauce.

Adam Perry Lang, Judge and Honorary Pitmaster at the 21st annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue

This year’s winners of these individual categories are:

Pork Ribs - Four Men and A Pig, Olathe, Kan.
Pork Shoulder/Butts - Swamp Boys, Winter Haven, Fla.
Beef Brisket - Mr. Bobo’s Traveling BBQ Allstars!, Slingerlands, N.Y.
Chicken - The Heat Is On, Welch, Minn.
Dessert - Rhythm ‘n QUE, Phoenix, Ariz.
Cook’s Choice - 4 Legs Up BBQ, Great Bend, Kan.
Jack Daniel’s Sauce - Wild Hogs BBQ, Colorado Springs, Colo.

For a complete list of top ten teams in each category, click here.

Officially registered with the U.S. government in 1866, Jack Daniel Distillery, Lem Motlow, Proprietor, is the oldest registered distillery in the United States and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Based in Lynchburg (Pop. 361), Tenn., the Jack Daniel Distillery is the maker of world-famous Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey, Gentleman Jack Rare Tennessee Whiskey, Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Tennessee Whiskey and Jack Daniel’s Country Cocktails. Your friends at Jack Daniel’s remind you to drink responsibly.

JACK DANIEL’S and OLD NO. 7 are registered trademarks. 2009 Jack Daniel’s. Tennessee Whiskey Alcohol 40% by Volume (80 proof). Distilled and Bottled by JACK DANIEL DISTILLERY, Lynchburg (POP. 361), Tennessee.

Jack Daniel’s Old Time Barbecue Cookbook

Jack Daniel’s Oak Aging Barrels Wood Smoking Chips

Lynchburg Tennessee Jack Daniels BBQ Mild (86 Proof)

More Info Here:

http://www.jackdanielsbarbecuemedia.com

Dells BBQ Bash & State BBQ Championship

Andrew Kotulak — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:40:06 +0000

Event Details

Time: May 21, 2010 6:00 p.m. to May 23, 2010 7:00 p.m.
Location: Buffalo Phil’s Grille at Wisconsin Dells~Tanger Outlet
City/Town: 150 Gasser Road~Lake Delton, Wisconsin Directions
Website or Map: http://www.DellsBBQBash.com
Event Type: Championship

Dell’s BBQ Bash on the festival grounds at Buffalo Phil’s Pizza and Grille in Wisconsin Dells.

Free Admission -Sanctioned as a KCBS State BBQ Championship!

Activities:

Craft fair
Children’s play area
Mechanical bull
Live Entertainment
Inferno Chicken Wing Eating Contest

Visit Website for Registration Information:

Dells BBQ Bash & State BBQ Championhip

Big Pig Jig BBQ Cook Off

Anthony Robert — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:29:58 +0000

Event Details

Admission: $8
Time: November 6-7 , 2009
Location: BBQ City, USA DIRECTIONS
City/Town: Vienna, Georgia LODGING
Website or Map: http://www.bigpigjig.com/
Event Type: Competitive

History of the Big Pig Jig

BIG PIG JIG was born in Vienna, Georgia when a group of self-professed gourmets made wagers on who among them could cook the most succulent pig! That year, 1982, those creative people recommended combining a barbecue cooking competition with an established and well-attended arts and crafts fair and the county’s livestock association annual hog show. The merging of events has grown into a festival named twice by the American Bus Association as one of the Top 100 Events in America, three times acclaimed as one of the Top 20 Events in the Southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society, and recognized by Georgia Festivals and Events Association and International Festivals and Events Association with more than a dozen awards, including Best Georgia Festival in 1999. BIG PIG JIG was listed by Travel Agent magazine as one of America’s Top 500 Festivals, touted by Tom Clynes, author of WILD PLANET! as one of the world’s 1,001 Most Extraordinary Events, featured on the Food Network’s “All - AmericanFestivals” and a one-hour special entitled “The BIG PIG JIG. BIG PIG JIG was also named to theDiscovery Travel Channel’s top ten list of “World’s Best Barbecue Contests” for the past four years and in 2004 theNational Barbecue News named BIG PIGJIG the Spirit of Barbecue Event of the Year.Twenty teams competed, cooking whole hogs only, at BIG PIG JIG in 1982 and $1,000 in prize money was awarded to the top seven contenders. STUMP & SON, a team from Marietta, Georgia won the grand prize on their “train” grill.

Once the smoke cleared, the crafters packed and headed home, and the hogs were “gone to market,” the community recognized it had a winning combination. The fall setting was ideal, so an October festival was born. A new site located on Interstate 75 near Georgia Highway 215 in Vienna was purchased and developed for the ever-increasing number of participants. Expansion at the facility has been necessary each year to accommodate the event’s growth.

The success of the festival was demonstrated in 1991 when prize money was increased to $10,000. The festival now has expanded activities to include a parade, sidewalk art contest, crafts and collectibles, 5K Hog Jog, QuizFest academic scholarship competition, a scholarship golf tournament, local, regional, and national entertainment, plus a People’s Choice contest where visitors choose the best barbecue of the day!

Twenty-two years after the idea took shape, the contest drew 120 teams cooking over 400 entries of hogs, shoulders, ribs, plus kettles of Brunswick stew, barbecue sauce, and barbecued chicken. The event attracted over 20,000 spectators and required more than 300 judges, 300 volunteers, plus countless pounds of pork. In 2003 the Dooly County Chamber of Commerce awarded more than $12,000 in cash plus trophies to BIG PIG JIG’s top cooks and accommodated huge crowds of festival fun-seekers at the facility now known as BBQ CITY, U.S.A.

More than 25 events similar to BIG PIG JIG have appeared across the Southeast since 1982. Some remain; some do not. Often imitated but not yet duplicated, BIG PIG JIG remains the southeast’s largest and Georgia’s oldest and OFFICIAL barbecue cooking contest.

2009 Entry Forms and Registration

2009 Schedule of Events

Food Concessions, Crafts & Collectibles, Children’s Activities
Stew & Sauce Contest
Tyson Chicken Q Contest
Kiss the BIG PIG - Dooly County Livestock Show Barn
Cumulus Broadcasting presents the First Annual “BIG PIG JIG Battle of the Bands“
Livestock Association Livestock Show (Dooly County Show Barn)
Pre-Club Pig Show (Ages 2-5)
Cake Auction - following Pre-Club Show
Market Hog Show (Ages 6-18)
Goat Show
Steer Show
Taste of the Jig (located behind the Beverage Booth)
* Visitors this is your only opportunity to sample competition BBQ. Cost is $5.00 per carton,and available until we run out!
Raffle Ticket Drawings: Papa’s Little Cooker, Handmade Quilt (BPJ Stage)
Introductory Set “The Breakfast Club”
Concert - the country’s top 80’s band “The Breakfast Club”

US State Flag - Vienna, Georgia (GA) Mouse Pad

Dr. BBQ’s Big-Time Barbecue Cookbook

Competition BBQ Secrets

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Big Pig Jig

Jack Daniel’s BBQ Cook-Off

Anthony Robert — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:39:29 +0000

Event Details

Time: October 24, 2009 9:00 a.m.
Location: Lynchburg Town Square
City/Town: Lynchburg, Tennessee
Website or Map: http://www.jackdaniels.com
Event Type: Competitive

2009 Jack Daniel’s 21st BBQ Invitational

There is nothing quite like the fourth Saturday of October in Lynchburg, Tennessee. Thats when thousands of people head to the Hollow for the annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue, an event that began in 1989 and is today considered one of the most prestigious barbecue competitions in the world. Teams from across the United States and around the world compete in the categories of Pork Ribs, Pork Shoulder, Beef Brisket and Chicken, as well as Sauces and Desserts.
Considered one of the most prestigious barbecue competitions in the world, the Jack Daniels Invitational will host more than 60 award-winning barbecue teams from the United States and several other countries. Theyll be competing in the categories of Pork Ribs, Pork Shoulder, Beef Brisket and Chicken, as well as “Jack Daniels Sauce” (must contain a little of our hometown product) and Desserts. International teams enjoy being especially creative by entering their “Home Cookin from the Homeland,” while our U.S. championship teams do the same with their “Cooks Choice.”

To qualify for “The Jack,” U.S. teams must have already won a competition in which 50 or more teams participated, or they must have won a competition of at least 25 teams that has been designated a “state championship”. However, not only must these teams be culinary experts, they must also be lucky. With more than 100 teams qualifying each year and because of our limited space in Lynchburg we must also limit the number of the teams. So in early September the names of the qualifying teams go into state lotteries to select the final competitors.

The 2008 “Grand Champion,” 4 Legs Up from Great Bend, Kansas, will return to defend their title. Also appearing at this years Barbecue are the winners of the Houston Livestock & Rodeo Barbecue, the Memphis in May Championship, and the open division of the American Royal Barbeque in Kansas City. Additional teams from Austria, Belgium, Australia, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom are already finalizing their recipes for the big event. And we even have a special “Shade Tree” contest for 36 amateur teams.

Vendors will be on hand to sell roasted corn, homemade fried fruit pies, funnel cakes, ice cream, and many other mouth-watering delicacies. Spectators are encouraged to compete in the Country Dog Contest (canines only!), Bung Pitching and Butt Bowling, while folks from Brown-Forman Cooperage in Louisville, Kentucky, will be on hand to demonstrate how they “raise” the barrels that are used to mature Jack Daniels Tennessee Whiskey!

The fun begins at 9:00 a.m., judging starts at 11:30 a.m., and awards are presented at 5:00 p.m. (CST). Parking is free at the Moore County High School with free shuttles to the Lynchburg Town Square. Although admission is free, a donation to the Moore County Schools is appreciated as you enter the competition site located just off the Square. (Handicapped parking with special shuttle bus is at the high school.)

The Jack Daniel Distillery will give its free tours from 9:00 a.m.4:30 p.m.

For those who might need lodging overnight, please check out area accommodations.

For more information, call the Barbecue hotline at (931) 759-6930.

Update 10/25/2009-

Continue>>I QUE TAKES TOP PRIZE AT 21st ANNUAL JACK DANIEL’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP INVITATIONAL BARBECUE

Jack Daniel’s Oak Aging Barrels Wood Smoking Chips

Cooking with Jack: The New Jack Daniel’s Cookbook

Lynchburg Tennessee Jack Daniels BBQ Mild (86 Proof)

More Info Here:

http://www.jackdanielsbarbecuemedia.com

COOKIN’ for the CURE

Anthony Robert — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:20:27 +0000

Event Details

Time: October 24, 2009 all day
Location: Dodge Arena
City/Town: Hildago, Texas
Website or Map: http://www.cookinforthecure.com
Event Type: fundraiser

This event began in 2005 because a few guys sitting around the barbecue pit wondered how they could contribute to the fight against cancer. We have all been touched by this horrible disease either thru a loved one, friend, co-worker, or acquaintance. Our families have lost our father, grandfather, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends to cancer over the past 11 years alone.

Thanks to your support and contributions to this event since 2005, Cookin’ for the Cure has taken that idea and turned it into over $100,000 for our Valley cancer patients. This event has been instrumental in funding the American Cancer Societys Wigs & Turbans Program, The Breast Prosthesis Program and most recently the Transportation Program in the Rio Grande Valley.

Every year we look to improve this event and increase our donation to the American Cancer Society so they may continue to provide those in the Valley needing assistance during their battle with cancer. We honor those we have lost through our honorarium at each years event and we celebrate the lives of those who are still with us and fighting. It gives us great pleasure each time we see a patient who received a free wig, breast prosthesis or transportation to their cancer treatment. Its hearing of those things that make us feel in our hearts the benefits of this great event.

Join us for our 4th annual event on October 24, 2009 at Dodge Arena and become a partner in the fight against cancer. “Let’s all get Cookin’ for the Cure!!!”

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Char-Broil & Miller Lite present the “Home Turf Taste Tour” 2009 Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN

Barry "CB" Martin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:24:21 +0000

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Pre-game visitors to the Char-Broil & Miller Lite “Home Turf Taste Tour” this past weekend. Did our “juicy little secret” help the Vikings? hmmmm…

The Char-Broil & Miller Lite Home Turf Taste Tour cruised into the Twin Cities this past weekend and thousands of Vikings fans stopped by to tailgate with Char-Broil and Miller Lite. You can bet they were not disappointed! The home team crowd sampled the juiciest Bubba Burgers and Hillshire Farm sausages that they have ever tasted and watched the Vikings continue their undefeated season. Three lucky tailgaters even won Char-Broil grills!

The Home Turf Taste Tour is heading south to the Kansas City Chiefs territory this weekend. Hey football fans we may just fill you in on our juicy little secret! (HINT: ask us about infrared grilling!)

For up-to-date schedule and locations of the Char-Broil & Miller Lite, click on this link: Home Turf Taste Tour

Char-Broil & Miller Lite present the “Home Turf Taste Tour” 2009

Barry "CB" Martin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:36:44 +0000

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Sep 28 Oct 4 Kansas City, MO Kansas City Chiefs Football
Oct 05 Oct 11 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Ravens Football
Oct 12 Oct 18 Tampa Bay, FL Tampa Bay Buccaneers Football
Oct 19 Oct 25 Charlotte, NC Carolina Panthers Football
Oct 26 Nov 1 Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia Eagles Football
Nov 02 Nov 8 Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati Bengals Football
Nov 09 Nov 15 Green Bay, WI Green Bay Packers Football
Nov 16 Nov 22 Birmingham, AL Rick and Bubba Turkey Toss (Radio)
Nov 23 Dallas, TX Dallas Cowboys Football
Thanksgiving Day Dallas Cowboys Football
Nov 29 Houston, TX Houston Texans Football

Char-Broil Summer 2009 Grilling Tour “Sharing the secret at Country Thunder!”

Barry "CB" Martin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:06:41 +0000

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Country Thunder music fans play a game at the Char-Broil tour stop exhibit!

Country music fans headed to Twin Lakes, Wisconsin this past week for four days of grinn, pluckn, dancen and grilln The Grilling Team was there, every two-step of the way listening to some great music and sharing Grillings Juicy Little Secret Infrared!

This week we head to Indianapolis for the famed Brickyard 400! Make sure to stop by and see us and we may let you in on the secret! See Below for the 2009 Grilling Tour schedule and locations.