Pork Cooking Contest

Complete Rules & Information

2024 Winners

Rank

Team/Name

Rank

1

Team/Name

Joseph Hudnell

Rank

2

Team/Name

Big Rigs & BBQ - Jeffrey Harrell

Rank

3

Team/Name

Schrams Beach BBQ - Clay McArthur

Competitors

  1. Blake Bedford

  2. Clay & Donnie McArthur - Schrams Beach BBQ

  3. Jeff Harrell - Big Rigs & BBQ

  4. Joseph Hudnell

  5. Josh & Brooke South - South in Your Mouth

  6. Marty Barber

  7. Timmy Heath - Gut Busters Chicken N BBQ

Rules

  1. Cooking Pork Butts Only

  2. Cut off for the number of contestants will be 15 teams.

  3. Entry fee will be $100.00 per team.

  4. Teams can start arriving after 12:00 pm on Friday, Oct. 10th.

  5. Contestants will have a meeting on Friday, Oct. 10th at 9:30pm.

  6. Butts will be distributed at 10:00 pm.

  7. Butts will weigh 8lbs to 10lbs.

  8. Each contestant will be issued 6 butts.

  9. Five of the butts will be seasoned for competition.

  10. One butt will be issued back to the Chamber.

  11. Butts will be check for safe temperature on Saturday, Oct. 11th at 10:00 am.

  12. Contestants can then shred, sauce prepare the pork for judging.

  13. Judging will be from 11:00am to 1:00pm by people who purchase tickets for the peoples choice.

  14. The cost for people who want to taste the pork will be $10.00 per person

  15. Each person who wants to taste the pork will have 15 colored tickets to taste each contestants pork in a 2oz portion.

  16. They will also have another ticket of a different color that they can place by the contestant that they think has the best pork.

  17. After the tasting has been completed, a select panel with count the tickets to see who won the competition.

Awards will be presented on stage for the three best teams between 2:00 and 2:30 Saturday afternoon.

First Place $500.00
Second Place $300.00
Third Place $200.00