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Have made several updates to www.bbq-festivals.com including a new festival in Kentucky in October called the Kentucky Crossroads Harvest Festival that will have a bbq competition.

A new cookoff in New York………this is the first bbq competition we have listed for the state of New York.  In August the Long Island BBQ Cook Off takes place…….. looks like it will be a good event to attend if you are in the New York area.

We are also waiting for news for a new event in Ohio called the Monster BBQ Pit Build Off. You have heard of Monster House and Trick My Truck…….well this looks like it could be barbecues version of trick my smoker.  Stay tuned for more info. Even will be held in June of 2009 in Mount Vernon, OH.

BBQ-Festivals.com has also added an eBay BBQ Search Block on our opening page about half way down……if you are looking for some good deals on bbq related equipment and general bbq “stuff” then you can check out eBay straight from our site.

Tomorrow is the Fourth of July - Happy Independence Day and let’s celebrate our FREEDOM……….. it certainly has cost our nation dearly.  Be Safe and have FUN.

I was playing with my MotoQ cell phone yesterday and looking at some websites just to see what they looked like. Guess what………….. if you are on the road and you are looking for a bbq festival, restaurant or competition you can access www.bbq-festivals.com and find them. The format is a little off due to screen size but if you can still see all the festival dates and locations along with links to their sites. The same goes for competitions and restaurants and the rest of the site for that matter. I am probably going to experiment with some formatting and in the near future provide a section of the website that fits mobile devices bettter.

So, the next time you are on the road and you are looking for some great bbq, just hit the internet on your cell phone and there you go…………….. enjoy.

Have several new additions to www.bbq-festivals.com website. Under the bbq restaurants category we have additions in New Jersey, Kansas and Tennessee. 

Daniel Hipsher from New Jersey writes to tell us about three of this BBQ Joints and two sauces they have:

“Daniel’s Bar-b-q was started in 1994.Location #1
10 west 9th street
Eudora, KS 66025
785-690-3000

Location #2
215 West Street
24/40 Hwy.
Tonganoxie, KS 66086
913-369-2440

Location #3
834 North Main Street
7 Hwy.
Lansing KS, 66043
913-351-2440

We also have 2 BBQ sauces on the market.
The Original is a First place American Royal Winner!
The newest flavor is called ” Competition Blend #9 ” It has helped us win several cooking competitions including Grand Champion!

Both sauces are available in 72 local grocery stores and we have shipped them to 32 states and 5 countries!”

Jan from Branchville NJ writes to tell us about Hot Rods Real Pit BBQ in Wharton NJ.  Jan says

“My wife and I have eaten there a number of times and the food and service are both excellent. They have baked beans to die for and of course their ribs and pulled pork are great - the sauce they use is unusual but we both like it very much - it is vinegar based. The various meals are priced about the same as other places we have been to and their hours are right for everyone.”

And finally we get an email from someone in TN about two bbq joints with a little bit of a rivaly between them. Neither one has a website but one has some really go reviews on Roadfood.com. 

“Ridgewood BBQ
900 Elizabethton Hghwy
Bluff City, TN 37618
423-538-7543

No website but VERY famous. Check out reviews posted on other sites (Roadfood.com)

Pardner’s BBQ (off-shoot of Ridgewood via a family feud and IMHO better tasting)

544 Hghwy 11E
Piney Flats, TN 37618
423-538-5539″

Richard from Norwall MA sends us a link to add to our hot sauces page for Dirty Dicks Hot Sauce 

Laura from Alto Travel and Event Management sends us a link to the City of Kennesaw’s 2008 Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival on Friday & Saturday, August 8-9

We love emails like these at BBQ-Festivals.com  If anyone finds themselves in TN and can hit these two feuding bbq place please take some photos and send us a review…….

Have a great Q day…………eric

The Wyoming State BBQ Championship and Bluegrass Festival is scheduled for August 15 and 16, 2008. The event will be held at Washakie County Fairgrounds in Worland Wyoming.  There will be over $5500 in prize money awarded. This is a KCBS sanctioned event.  View photos from the 2007 festival by clicking here 

Currently this is the only BBQ festival or cookoff we have scheduled for the state of Wyoming. If anyone knows of any other bbq events please let us know……… 

Hello everyone…..been away for a while and I do apologize for that.  Have been doing some massive updates to www.bbq-festivals.com   All the dates of all festivals, cookoffs and other bbq related events for 2008 have been verified and updated.  The site at www.bbq-festivals.com is growing very fast…….  Keep sending in the info…… 

If you have any photos of your bbq event or just a backyard bbq please send the photos to info@bbq-festivals.com or to this blog and we will add you to the photo gallery.

 More updates coming……..have a great bbq day……..eric