Barbecue Competition News

Congratulations to Jasper, Georgia's Bub-Ba-Q for winning the grand champion trophy at the South Carolina Festival of Discovery a KCBS sanctioned event. What makes it especially good for Bub-Ba-Q is that this is their first year competing in this event.

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Rain or Shine - Barbecue Goes On. At least that is what happened at the 3rd Annual Rockin' Rotary RibFest in Lake in the Hills, Illinois. Things got off to a wet start but on Saturday afternoon the sun came out and the festivities got into full swing. Things were forced to shut down on Thursday when a storm came through and then on Friday there was some damage to the festival area from a second storm. In the end though fun was had by all. As one of the promoters said "The somewhat muddy conditions did little to deter attendance and seemed almost fitting for a festival all about pigs."

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