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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Festival Documents
- Judges Application
- Competitor Application
- Competition Prizes
- Competiton Events
- Past Competition Results
KCBS Sanctioned BBQ Competition
Competing BBQ team spends the weekend slicing, seasoning and sizzling pork, chicken and beef in hopes that their cooking will earn them a portion of the $18,000 in cash prizes and invaluable bragging rights on the Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) BBQ Circuit. The competition decisions lie in the hands of the KCBS certified professional judges. Judging is done in many categories including whole hog, beef, chicken, pork, ribs, anything butt and a special seafood and dessert category. Click here to see which teams came out on top during.
