Ohio

The Ohio BBQ Triple Crown Series is designed to promote barbecue in Ohio and encourage teams to actively compete in Ohio sanctioned KCBS competitions and to reward the best overall scoring team from three competitions.

The Triple Crown qualifiers in Ohio are;

BrickStreet BBQ
Marietta, Ohio
$10,000 in prizes
June 11th-12th
http://www.brickstreetbbq.com/site/

Ohio Veteran Barbecue Cook-Off
Kettering, Ohio
$8000 in prizes
July 9th-10th
http://www.ohiovetbbq.com/

Ohio Smoked Meat & Barbecue Festival
Nelsonville, Ohio
$10,000 in prizes
October 16th-17th
http://ohiobbq.com/

13th Annual Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Nelsonville, OH
Starts: 10/16/2009
Ends: 10/17/2009
Website: http://www.nelsonvillechamber.com
KCBS Reps: SCOTT GRINSTEAD, STEVE GRINSTEAD

Contact Information:
Jim Shumway
PO Box 276
Nelsonville, OH 45764
Phone: 740-753-4346
Fax: 740-753-1019
rockybrands@nelsonvilletv.com

Ok, so I'm working on our BBQ contest schedule for 2009. These are just a few of the contests that I'm interested in, with the dates. This is a scratchpad so it may change as the years moves on.

April 17-18
Pork In The Park - Salisbury, MD

May 23-24
Roc City Rib Fest - Rochester, NY

June 5-6
Brick Street BBQ - Marietta, Ohio
Art of BBQ - Mays Landing, NJ

June 12-13

4th Annual Jim Dandy's BBQ Cook-Off

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Sharonville, OH
Starts: 09/18/2009
Ends: 09/19/2009
Website: http://www.jimdandybbq.com
KCBS Reps: KATHY BRAZIER, PHILLIP BRAZIER

Contact Information:
Jim Emig
2343 E Sharon Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45241
Phone: 513-771-4888
Fax: 513-771-3176
jim@jimdandybbq.com

Ohio Veteran Barbecue Cook-Off

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Kettering, OH
Starts: 07/10/2009
Ends: 07/11/2009
Website: http://www.ohiovetbbq.com
KCBS Reps: KATHY BRAZIER, PHILLIP BRAZIER

Contact Information:
Jim Ferguson
2908 Valley View Drive
Fairborn, OH 45324
Phone: 937-416-7924
jlferguson@woh.rr.com

Jim Emig: owner of Jim Dandy's Family BBQSHARONVILLE - It starts as a really big cooking party, said Roger Cagle.

Folks from across the region gather in Jim Dandy's Family BBQ parking lot, gabbing and making friends.

Barbecue fanatics rumble into the parking lot, some with their own huge, homemade smokers in tow.

By the next morning, the once-jovial cooks have bloodshot eyes, said Cagle, a Green Township resident who remembers staying up all night cooking with his team last September in Jim Dandy's parking lot.

"Everyone's having a good time. Some work too hard, some of them don't work hard enough. The next day - you're there 24 hours - you're pretty tired."