Pork in the Park National BBQ Cookoff in Salisbury, Maryland

Follow your nose and the pig signs off Route 50 to the Pork in the Park BBQ Festival at Winterplace Park in Salisbury, Maryland. This family friendly BBQ festival has grown in leaps and bounds as the recent events have hosted 142 BBQ competitor teams and saw over 35,000 attendees, making it the 2nd largest Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) Competition in the nation.

Festival Facts

Dates: April 19-21, 2013
Hours: Friday 4-10pm; Saturday 10am-10pm; Sunday 11am-5pm
Admission: $2/Daily for Adults; Kids under 12 Free
Location: Winterplace Park, Salisbury, Maryland - Get Directions
Additional Parking: FREE Parking and Shuttle from the Shorebirds Parking Lot. All hours of the event and for one hour after the close of the festival

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KCBS Sanctioned BBQ Competition

Competing BBQ teams spend the weekend slicing, seasoning and sizzling pork, chicken and beef in hopes that their cooking will earn them a portion of the cash prizes and invaluable bragging rights on the Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) BBQ Circuit. The barbeque competition decisions lie in the hands of the KCBS certified professional judges. BBQ competition judging is done in many categories including whole hog, beef, chicken, pork, ribs, anything butt and a special seafood and dessert category.