Sharonville

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

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."