15
Sep

Praise the Lard™ Schedule of Events

PraiseTheLardCookOff2014_POSTERBig fun ahead as teams prepare to roll into Murphysboro for the 27th annual Praise the Lard Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off. The whole Southern Illinois region comes out to celebrate at the Fish Fry and Grand Champion Buffet, both events followed with music and revelry. The Fish Fry and the Grand Champion Buffet are ticketed events and open to the public. Music after the events is free. Tickets are available in the 17th Street office or at the door. All events take place in and around the 17th Street Warehouse. The best address to use for GPS directions is 214 N. 17th Street, Murphysboro, Illinois.

Entry to the contest grounds, Market vendor area, and all live music is free.

A variety of vendors will make up our Market area this year. You can browse and buy wood and fresh herbs from Lipe Orchards, kettle corn and lemon shakeups, Bling it On custom shirts and jewelry, Jen’s Joe coffee, jewelry, La Unica Mexican bakery pastries, One Hot Cookies, and Silpada sterling jewelry.

We’re still looking for a few competitors for various categories:

Home cooks and regional chefs are invited to enter the World Food Championships. Click on the link for registration information. We also need people to pack the bleachers and watch the fun as the contestants battle in the Kenmore kitchen arena. The categories are bacon and seafood and the winner in each category will win $1,000. The top three in each category win a Golden Ticket to compete at the national event in Las Vegas in November.

Local friends and competitors alike can enter the Brews Brothers Taproom Bloody Mary Contest. Visit Brews Brothers or 17th Street for an application. You’ll provide a gallon of your favorite Bloody Mary recipe and everyone 21 years of age or older is invited to sample the entries and cast a vote to help determine the winner. Winner takes all entry fees as prize money, as well as a blown-glass apple trophy.

The Townsend Spice & Supply Kids’ Que was a resounding success last year and there are still a few spots left. We’ll provide the meat, a t-shirt, and a grill to take home. Click here for an application or you can pick one up at the 17th Street office.

We’ll have lots of cook-off items for sale, including this year’s t-shirt, featuring the artwork in the poster. Designed by Matt Price of Arthur Agency and printed by Silkworm, Ink, this year’s design is getting rave reviews. Get yours before they’re gone! We’ll also have posters, collectible enamel hat pins, and a variety of hats, t-shirts and other items.

Please note that due to health department regulations, the teams cannot sell their food. They’re here strictly to cook food for the contest itself. We’ll have an outdoor barbecue and beer tent, as well as other vendors selling various merchandise. We’re known for our warm welcome and gracious hospitality and the teams do love meeting people and chatting about barbecue. Please come out and extend a warm Southern Illinois welcome!

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13
Sep

Praise the Lard™ Team List & Kids' Que

KidsCueDid you know that there is a kids’ category at the Praise the Lard™ Cook-Off? The Townsend Spice and Supply Kids’ Que competition, will take place on September 20, 2014 and has two age categories. The $30 entry fee includes meat, t-shirt and a small grill. Space is very limited and the deadline to sign up is September 10, so get those entry forms in fast!

Barbecue teams can still enter the World Food Championships Super Regional contest, as well as the Bloody Mary Contest.

Here’s a list of the teams who will be competing next Saturday:

Kansas City Barbecue Society Teams
270 Smokers
A Boy & his BBQ
All in Que
A Pig’s Worst Nightmare
Always Sugar Absolutely Fire
Back Draft BBQ
Back Porch
Big O Dang O
Blazin’ Blues BBQ
Boss Hawg BBQ
Brewmaster Bar-B-Que
Carbondale Pork District
Choke It and Smoke It
Clark Kent Super Smokers
Dewey Smoke’m & Howe
F.B.I. BBQ
Gilly’s BBQ
Hickory Pit Stop
High on the Hog
Iowa’s Smokey D’s BBQ
It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere
Jug’s BBQ
Killer Hogs
Mispits
Monster Q
Nuthatch Hill BBQ Co.
One2bbq
Party Q
Piggy Q
Pitmaster IQ BBQ
Porkmafia
Posey County Cookers
QUAU
Q-bones
Qubed
Runaway Hogs
Sexy Q
Sideburn BBQ CrewSmell That Smoke
Smokey’s Q
Smoki Bros.
Smokin’ All Your Butts BBQ
Smokin Bullets
Smokin’ Sauced
Smokin’ T’s
St. Louis Black Iron BBQ
Standing Rock
Sweet Swine O’Mine
The Fabulous Faultliners
Too Big to Fail BBQ
TR’s Up in Smoke
Two Butts & A Ham
Twyford BBQ & Catering
Uncle Bones BBQ
West Point Porkers
Wild Boar Smokers
Wright on Que–IL

Memphis Barbecue Network Teams
Always Sugar Absolutely Fire
BBQ Travel Germany
Clark Kent Super Smokers
FBI BBQ
Goin’ Hog’n
Gwatney Championship BBQ
Mispits
Party Q
Piggy Style
Qubed
Sweet Swine O’ Mine
The Flying Pigs
The Ninja Pigs
Twyford BBQ & Catering
Victory Lane BBQ
Wild Irish “Q”
Will-b-Que BBQ Team

Teams Cooking Both KCBS & MBN
Always Sugar Absolutely Fire
Clark Kent Super Smokers
FBI BBQ
Mispits
Party Q
Qubed
Sweet Swine O’ Mine
Twyford BBQ & Catering

Photo courtesy of Rob Burke.

Official event hashtag is #PraiseTheLard

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