Barbecue cookers compete in city
Published 10:00 pm Saturday, May 31, 2014
Downtown Brookhaven was filled with the smell of barbecue as contestants fired up grills to compete in the 2014 Hog Wild BBQ Cook Off and Family Festival.
The event drew about a thousand people with food, vendor booths and a lot of entertainment. A children’s area was filled with inflatables, and the music of local band Red Star drifted through the streets.
“It went real good even though we had rain,” said Mark Porter, of the Lincoln County Volunteer Fire Association.
The barbecue winners were announced Saturday afternoon. They are as follows:
Chicken: First place – Six Shooter BBQ; second place – Kokomo Q
Ribs: First place – Circle K; second place – Bald to the Bone
Brisket: First place – Smoking Sober BBQ; second place – Circle K
Pork shoulder: First place – Kokomo Q; Second place – Six Shooter BBQ
People’s Choice: Circle K, Hank King
Chicken wings: Circle K
Jambalaya: Potbelly Barbecue
Overall: Smoking Sober BBQ
Archery: In the archery competition, Gilberto Huerta won first place in the adult category, and John McDonald took home second. Canon Travis came out on top in the youth division, with Daniel Falvey winning second place.
Dale Parker won first place in the motorcycle event. Kelly Harveston came in second. The People’s Choice winner was Shane Hannah.