Blue Ridge BBQ Festival

Last weekend was the Bridges family’s first-ever trip to the Blue Ridge BBQ Festival in Tryon, NC, and it’s definitely going to be an annual event. We had a great time.

There was non-stop music, great barbecue, kiddie rides, crafts, cold beer, and even a cool river to wade in when the mercury got too high.

If you’ve never been to this festival, I wholeheartedly recommend it. You won’t be disappointed.

Here are some of the South Carolina teams that competed this year:

Bare Bonz BBQ, Greenwood (1^st Place ‘Anything But’)
Big Herbs Smokin’ BBQ (5^th Place ‘Anything But’)
Bone Heads, Charleston
B.S. Pittmeister, Boiling Springs (5^th Place Chicken, 2^nd Place Pork Ribs)
Butts-R-Us, Spartanburg
Cannon’s BBQ Hut, Spartanburg
Common Interest, Charleston
Divine Smoke, Greenwood (4^th Place Pork, 3^rd Place Overall)
Pappa Smoke, West Columbia (Gervais’ team)
Smokin Tigers BBQ, Simpsonville
Southern Hillbilly Smokers, Moore
Sue E. Pigg, Clemson (4^th Place ‘Anything But’)
Swine Time, Murrell’s Inlet
Too Bad You’re My Cousin, Greenville (2^nd Place ‘Anything But’)
Up In Smoke, Greenville

*My other favorite team names were Funk Q & The Pig You Rode In On, and Silence of the Hams (slogan: “It puts the sauce on itself”).