Friday, October 18
TIMES
8:00 am Check-in, registration and meat inspection-Vending Area, Hocking Street
11:00 am – 1:00 am Elks Beer Garden and Food
Elks Lodge, 53 Hocking Street, must have a picture ID
DJ and Music, Ohio State Football on Big Screen TV 8PM
Smoke Meats Beer Garden Flyer PDF
1:00 pm Hocking Valley Scenic Railway-Fall Foliage Train, (www.hvsry.org)
3:00 pm Sling Your Meat, Steak Cook-Off
Team registration, cooks meeting and steak distribution
Elks Lodge, 53 Hocking Street
4:00 pm BBQ Cooks meeting – Elks Lodge, 53 Hocking Street
5:00 – 10:00 pm Vendors Open
6:00 pm Stuart’s Opera House Fall Wine Express
Hocking Valley Scenic Railway, (http://stuartsoperahouse.org)
7:00 pm Sling Your Meat, Steak Cook-Off
Meat turn in for judging
Elks Lodge, 53 Hocking Street
8:00 pm Sling Your Meat, Steak Cook-Off
Awards – Elks Lodge, 53 Hocking Street
9:00 pm BBQ Contest Registration Closes
Saturday, October 19
7:30 am Breakfast Available- $$
Nelsonville American Legion, 11 September Street
8:00 am – 6:00 pm Elks Beer Garden and Food
Elks Lodge, 53 Hocking Street, must have a picture ID
DJ and Music, Football on Big Screen TV
Bloody Mary Bar
Smoke Meats Beer Garden Flyer PDF
10:30 am BBQ Judges Check In – Elks Lodge, 53 Hocking Street
11:00 am BBQ Judge’s Meeting – Elks Lodge, 53 Hocking Street
12:00 noon Hocking Valley Scenic Railway, (www.hvsry.org)
12:00 noon – 5:00 pm Vendors Open
2:30 pm Hocking Valley Scenic Railway, (www.hvsry.org)
JUDGING
Elks Lodge, 53 Hocking Street – NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
12:00 noon Chicken
12:30 pm Ribs
1:00 pm Pork
1:30 pm Brisket
3:00 PM (Approximately) Awards Ceremony – Elks Lodge, 53 Hocking Street
Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival 