As a public service to porkaholics everywhere, the BBQ Jew maintains this list of upcoming barbecue events (festivals, cooking competitions and more) in North Carolina. Please send us an email or post a comment if you have an event you’d like listed–the only cost to you is the possibility that your event will receive a visit by Porky LeSwine.
April 5 & 6, 2013: Newport Pig Pickin’ Contest (Newport, “The Town with Old Fashioned Courtesy”)
April 13. 2013: Pig in the Park (Goldsboro)
April 17-20, 2013: Pigskin Pig-Out Contest (Greenville)
April 19 & 20, 2013: Kings Mountain Firehouse Barbeque Cookoff (Kings Mountain)
April 20, 2013: Wolfpack Club BBQ Bowl (Raleigh)
April 20, 2013: North Carolina Cuegrass Festival (Raleigh)
April 20, 2013: Henderson County Boyd BBQ Expo (Hendersonville)
April 26 & 27, 2013: BBQ Capital Cook-off (Lexington)
May 1-4, 2013: Wil King Hog Happenin’ (Kinston)
May 3 & 4, 2013: The Ham & Yam Festival (Smithfield)
May 4, 2013: Beach, Blues & BBQ (Monroe)
May 10 & 11, 2013: Edenton Hog Fest (Edenton)
May 10 & 11, 2013: Carthage Buggy Festival BBQ Cookoff (Carthage)
???: Bar-B-Que Festival at Salisbury Cultural Arts Festival (Salisbury, one of NC’s original BBQ towns)
May 17 & 18, 2013: Hillsborough Hog Day (Hillsborough, how’d you guess?)
May 18, 2013: Roanoke-Chowan Pork-Fest (Murfreesboro).
May 18, 2013: Carolina Pig Jig (Raleigh)
June 7 & 8, 2012: Hog Happenin’ (Lincolnton)
June 6-9, 2013: Texas Pete Twin City RibFest (Winston-Salem, not Minneapolis-St.Paul)
June 8, 2013: Sam’s Club National BBQ Tour (Asheville)
June 14 & 15, 2013: Blue Ridge BBQ Festival (Tryon)
June 21 & 22, 2013: Peak City Pig Fest (Apex)
July 12-14, 2013: Carolina Mountain Ribfest (Fletcher)
July 26 & 27, 2013: Western NC BBQ Festival (Maggie Valley)
August 2 & 3, 2013: Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival (Cary, aka the Containment Area for Relocated Yankees, go figure)
August 9, 2013: Mountain High BBQ and Music Festival (Franklin)
September 13 & 14, 2013: Onslow County Shrine Pig Cookin’ (Jacksonville)
September 20 & 21, 2013: Biker Blues & BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic (Salisbury)
October 11 & 12, 2013: Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down (Rocky Mount)
???: Pork Jam BBQ Festival (Pelham)
October 12, 2013: Future Legends of BBQ Festival (Flat Rock)
???: Vander Pig Cook Off (Fayetteville)
October 24, 2013: Mallard Creek Barbecue (Charlotte) Motto: “If you like our barbecue, you’ll LOVE our Church!”
October 26, 2013: The Barbecue Festival (Lexington)
November 2, 2013: Hog Happnin’ (Shelby)
Do Porky LeSwine, the Rib Rabbi and your readers have any interest in a walking food tour? We started one in downtown Raleigh last Spring and are about to expand to the Chapel Hill & Carrboro area. Durham is next.
Leigh,
We like food and we believe walking is a good excuse for eating more food. Please feel free to post a link or whatever other info you have to share in the comments section, and we’ll be happy to try and spread the good word. Now if only there were more BBQ joints in walking distance of each other…
I know you’ve got this on your site, but here is a blurb from the local paper.
http://tinyurl.com/dbosno (Neuse BBQ Fest)
Are you all going to do a report on Hillsborough Hog Day?
Small notice in N/O
http://www.3cups.net/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/5764
Pig Pickin’ and Beer
Pork Jam 2010 BBQ Festival
Pork Jam 2010 BBQ festival will kick off Saturday October 9th starting at 10am – 7pm. Located at 4895 Old US 29 Pelham, N.C. (about 45 mins north of Greensboro), it benefits the community of Pelham by supporting the Pelham Volunteer Fire Department. We will have art/ Crafters (over 50 in ’08 and ’09), Kids games/rides, face painting, hay rides, clowns, special appearances, giveaways/door prizes, live bands performing all day (Gospel, Rock, Country, Beach, Bluegrass, etc….). If that was not enough we will be serving our famous BBQ and stew all day made fresh by the volunteer firemen.
This will be one event you will not want to miss! Free admission and parking (Handicap parking available), If you are interested in being a vendor please email us at porkjam@bellsouth.net. We expect 2,000 in attendance
Saw this on the N/O food blog Mouthful today.
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/food/the-pits-cuegrass-festival-on-april-17
Thanks, burgeoningfoodie, I’ll post something on this.
http://www.trianglegivesback.org/organizations/food-bank-of-central-eastern-north-carolina/events/2010-5-21/blues-brews-que-bbq/
Brews, Blues and Que
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Sunday, June 27th Tyler’s 9th Annual Blue Ribbon Bluegrass and Barbeque Festival at the Tyler’s in Carrboro.
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Our 3rd 2010 NCBS BBQ Boot Camp& Judging Class will be held October 1&2, 2010 at the Events Center in Halyburton Park, Wilmington, NC. See http://www.halyburtonpark.com for more about this 58-acre Nature Preserve in the heart of Wilmington. The Park is located at 4099 S. 17th St. and is only a few miles from the river front shops and a short trip to the beaches.
Camp cost is $395 p/p for male/female adults (limit 30 adults) and includes the cook-out and mixer Friday night, breakfast, lunch and THE Party Saturday night, time with the Pit Masters and classes on Saturday plus hat/shirt/apron. Spouse or guest may attend THE Party with a camper for an additional $25 fee. Camp cost for male/female teens ages 15-18 (limit 10 teens) is $30. Teens may attend camp Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
BBQ Boot Camp and NCBS Certified BBQ Judging Classes are offered first to NCBS members. Address any questions to Jim Early (336)765-6227 or email info@ncbbqsociety.com
While this is Atlanta, it is not a bad drive for a weekend if you are devoted.
What’s happening this month
Search: Big Pig Jig
Georgia’s largest and oldest barbecue competition (Nov. 5 & 6) attracts 20,000 hungry spectators to watch more than 100 teams compete at cooking up pork shoulders and rib, kettles of Brunswick stew, barbecue sauce and barbecued chicken. Then, they eat. Competition barbecue cost $5 per serving while it lasts. The event began in 1982, and today includes a major arts and crafts festival plus a boisterous battle of the bands.
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Hey Porky, here are a couple more to add to your list:
April 8-9, “Pig in the Park” – Goldsboro, NC
April 15-16, “28th Annual Pigskin Pig-Out Contest” – Greenville, NC
September 9-10, “4th Annual Onslow County Shrine Pig Cookin’” – Jacksonville, NC
Thanks BBQ.Tom
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Hey you may want to add the newly sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbecue Society event down in Pittsboro.
http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/01/18/1785296/barbecue-contest-coming-to-apex.html
I think you have a bad listing for the ECU one
April 16 & 17, 2012: Pigskin Pig-Out Contest (Greenville)
The link you posted goes to the 2010 Pig-Out
The correct date is April 14 and 15
see: http://festivalnet.com/cgi-bin/festbiz2/db.cgi?db=festbiz&fn=fn01058&return_to=http%3A%2F%2Ffestivalnet.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fsubs%2Fsubsdb.cgi%3Fdb%3Dsubs%26view_records2%3D1%26ww%3D1%26ID%3D20089%26fn%3Dfn01058
Thanks for the correction, PBBQ, I’ve updated the events page with that info.