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Updates to BBQ-Festivals.com Website

bbqman — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:53:55 +0000

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.

The Smoke Pit BBQ - Campbellsville KY

bbqman — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:15:41 +0000

Just got back from a weekend trip to Campbellsville KY for a family reunion. While there I met with Mark of ResortsAndRestaurantsForSale.com at a great BBQ joint called the Smoke Pit. I had eaten at the Smoke Pit last year when it was at a different location, but they have since moved to a bigger place on a more well travelled highway between Campbellsville KY and Green River Lake State Park on KY Hwy 55.

If anything, the Smoke Pit BBQ has gotten better since my last visit. As soon as you pull into the parking lot you can smell the smokers doing their job. The restaurant itself isn’t anything fancy but then again the barbecue is the real star. Pat Blevins, the owner has done a great job with the Smoke Pit and I really enjoyed talking with him. Even more I enjoyed eating his food……….. Pat gave us an order of his bbq wings and let me tell you, they were great. The wings were not deep fried but cooked with a sweet smoke bbq sauce that was perfect. I then had a half rack of ribs, potato salad and baked beans. It just doesn’t get any better than that. The ribs were tender and had a wonderful smoke taste and I have to admit the potato salad was as good as my moms. (Sorry mom…). After we were done eating and were relaxing and talking, the owner brought us some home made pie. I had chocolate and Mark had butterscotch. What a way to top off a meal.

All in all eating at the Smoke Pit BBQ was a grade A experience and I highly recommend it as a stop when you are traveling through south central Kentucky. Campbellsville is a little off the beaten track, about 35 miles from Elizabethtown KY and Interstate 65 but it is worth the side trip for some good eats.

Here are a few photos from the Smoke Pit.

Pat Blevins - Owner

BBQ Wings (really really good)

Half Rack of Ribs, Potato Salad, Baked Beans and Roll
Love this stuff………

All Done !!!

First BBQ Restuarant From Mississippi Added To BBQ-Festivals.com

bbqman — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:53:22 +0000

Suzy from Mississippi (at least I assume she is from Mississippi) has sent us the name and address of a bbq restaurant that she says should be on our list. Thanks Suzy………..fans like you continue to help us to make sure we get everyone. I know there must be many more great bbq restaurants in Mississippi and other states so send their info in………..thanks…….eric

COOK’S BAR B QUE
111 NOTHSIDE PLAZA
NEWTON, MS 39345
601-683-2662
Contact name: Ronnie Cook

Future BBQ Pit Master

bbqman — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:30:23 +0000

Starting off with the basics………… future pit master……….. 8 years old and lovin’ bbq

BBQ Festivals and Restaurants Via Cell Phone Internet Access

bbqman — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:58:20 +0000

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.

BBQ Restaurants, Festivals and Hotsauce - Updates

bbqman — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:31:18 +0000

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

Don’t Need No Fancy Restaurant For Good BBQ

bbqman — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:53:02 +0000

That’s right……… don’t need no fancy restaurant. Take a look at this photo. I took this on Saturday in the parking lot of Marketplace Grocery Store in Madisonville KY. Every weekend and often times during the week this guy is there with his smoker, a couple tables to work on and a tent top. And look at the line!!!! It is always like that. And his barbecue is excellent ……….. Not like a slick bbq restaurant we have here in town who shall remain nameless…….. they have bbq that tastes like dried cardboard. That’s another story though.

So if you are in Madisonville KY sometime and you need some good barbecue, be sure to head on down to Marketplace on South Main street and stand in line for a while. It’s worth the wait.

Jim Dandy’s Family BBQ in Sharonville OH

bbqman — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:44:20 +0000

We received and email yesterday from John in the Cincinnati about a bbq restaurant that we did not have on our list. Jim Dandy’s Family BBQ is located in Sharonville Ohio near Cincinnati. Jim says “There is an excellent and true BBQ restaurant which has been around for over five years here in the Cincinnati area”. I like the way he describes the place. How many times have you heard a bbq joint described as excellent and true.

If anyone else is in that area be sure to stop in and have some bbq and send us a review……..

Thanks John for the info……… Visit our bbq restaurant listings for more places to enjoy barbecue …………

The World Series of BBQ Contests - The American Royal BBQ Contest

bbqman — Thu, 22 May 2008 01:43:19 +0000

Steve from the Park Avenue Pork Barbeque Competition Team in Kansas City writes to BBQ-Festivals.com saying “Can’t belive you’d call this a reference page of BBQ Competitions and Festivals without having the grand daddy of all BBQ competitions on the list”.

Well Steve……. there you go………. We have added the 29th Annual American Royal Barbecue in Kansas City slated for October 2-5, 2008 to our competition listings page. We have also added the Park Avenue Pork Barbeque Competition Team to our bbq teams page.

Thank you Steve for the info………….much appreciated.

New BBQ Festival in Wyoming Added

bbqman — Tue, 20 May 2008 01:10:20 +0000

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………