Friday, October 16, 2020
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 17, 2020
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 
When is the best day/time to sample the BBQ for attendees (non-contestants)?
Click to access bbq-competition-etiquette-for-the-public.pdf
Maybe I should have been more specific. I’ve never been to one of these before. On your schedule of events, you list vendor times 5PM – 10PM on Friday, is that the vendor food you refer to? Will there be vendors selling BBQ? All I care about is, when and where do I get to have some BBQ! Thank you.
Yes, there are two BBQ vendors
John, Please see the updated schedule of events for more current times. This is a KCBS competition that is open to the public to come and observe. Many of the teams are quite social and will answer questions and talk about their cooking. Teams generally will not give out samples or feed the public for a variety of reasons. We will have BBQ and other vendors at two locations at the competition.