February 18, 2018
An official round of the Barbeques Galore National Barbecue Championship will be held in Kingaroy as part of the BaconFest festival in August.
There will be $5000 in cash and trophies up for grabs in the Sunpork Smoke-Off BBQ Competition.
Competition categories will include a Sunpork Promoter’s Challenge of Pork Belly then Pork, Pork Ribs, Chicken and Beef Ribs.
The cost to enter is $275 per team (maximum of four) which includes the Australian Barbecue Alliance (ABA) sanction fee.
The competition will be held across August 25-26.
Competitors will have to submit their results to the judges on Sunday: Pork Belly (10:00am), Beef Ribs (11:00am), Pork Ribs (noon), Pork (1:00pm), and Chicken (2:00pm).
The results will be announced at 4:00pm.
The barbecue competition is only one of the events scheduled for the inaugural BaconFest, which gets underway on the Friday night (August 24).
Other attractions include a Wine and Swine cocktail party, a Long Table Breakfast, a Family Bacon Carnival, Kevin Bacon Film Festival, Bacon Eat Street and live music from The Porkers.
Entry forms for the BaconFest barbecue competition are available online
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