The Pig in the Park Barbecue Festival and Cook-Off will be held in Williamston’s Mineral Spring Park this weekend, May 16 and 17. The event is sponsored by the Williamton Masonic Lodge and is celebrating its fourth year. According to organizers, cooking teams from all over SC are registered for the cookoff.
The activities begin on Friday with barbecue and food, craft vendors and a children’s play area from 12 noon until 9 p.m. There will be live music from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. with Coyote Moon singing then and now Country music.
On Saturday activities will run from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Beginning at Noon on Saturday, the Williamston Masonic Lodge will be selling wrist bands for all-you-can-eat samples of competitors barbecue for $10.
Presentation of Barbecue championship awards will be at 2:30 p.m..
There will be live music from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with the Original Out of Towners.
Pig in the Park Cookoff Competitors include:
Ultimate Tailgaters BBQ, Chris Fulmer of Aiken
Swig-n-Pig, Andrew Massey, Williamston
The Smokin’ Grill, Kenneth Scales, Williamston
Blind Swine BBQ, Mike Sanders, Greenwood
Outlaw Bar-B-Q, Michael Cooke, Blacksburg
Slop To Chopped, Brown Patterson, Laurens
R & R BBQ, Ronnie Neely, Pelzer
Fatboys Barbeque LLC, Rick Wynn, Greenville
On the Spot BBQ, Ronnie Bishop, Greenwood
Smok’n Brothers BBQ, Lyle J Hogue, Woobridge Virgina
Elite BBQ Smokers, Jason W Hardee, Conway
Get Your Swine On, Brian Simmons, Anderson
Up In Smoke, Brian Teique, Rock Hill
Charcoholics, Michael Gravely, Williamston
Buckwheats BBQ, Dewayne Jones, Windsor
NUT’N BUT BUTS BBQ and Catering team, Frederick Miller, Taylors
High on the Hog BBQ, Matt Talbot, Belton
Pimp My Pig, Dean Price, Leeville
Doko Smoke, Tony Crout, Blythwood
Gullah Q Lowcountry BBQ, Lorenzo G Elmore, Greenville
Visitors are invited to “Bring a lawn chair and enjoy a fun-filled day of entertainment, food and good family fun,” a spokesperson said.
More information can be found on their web site at www.williamstonpiginpark.com.
