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Canton, Georgia – August 2, 2023 – Again this year, the RED White and Blue BBQ is coming back to the American Legion Fairgrounds at 160 McClure Street in Canton the last weekend in October. For those who have watched BBQ Pitmasters on TV this event is even better as this is a Georgia Sanction BBQ event that will showcase BBQ competition of some of the best BBQ cookers from across the state and region. This annual BBQ competition is sponsored by the over 15,000 Veterans who live here in Cherokee County and all donations and proceeds from the event will help fund Mental Health programs to help awareness and prevention of Veteran Suicide in our community.
Cherokee County is the 6th largest Veteran community in Georgia. Georgia is the 3rd largest State for Veterans as we have over 750,000 Veterans living in Georgia. Georgia is also the #1 State for female Veterans.
The Professional flight of the competition pits the teams against each other in the traditional Pork BBQ for pork loin, ribs, and butt for both trophies and $12,000 in prize monies. Winning and placing also helps the teams, who have been competing across the state for months, gain points toward being named BBQ team of the year for 2023, https://www.bbqga.org/. Each week of competition in the annual Georgia BBQ Association events does not have the same winner so each team will bring their best to the event which last year showcased over 40 teams from across four states.
Secret sauces, years of honing their skills and selecting the right meats for the competition are just some of the skills that these Pitmasters will bring to the event. To challenge their skills will be 40+ Georgia BBQ Association trained judges who will judge the entries for all three areas over many criteria to finally select the overall winner in each category and ultimately name of the Pitmasters “Grand Champion” of the event. The Pro competition will take place on Saturday, October 28th at the fairgrounds.
Each team that competes will prepare a pork butt that is provided to them to our program. We will use these butts on Saturday the 28th for BBQ sandwiches, pork plates, and a pork parfait that is a meal in a cup with mashed potatoes, BBQ pork, for sale to the public. Also this event will showcase Veteran owned businesses and beverage companies from across the state as well as from South Carolina.
What about amateur teams – we have not forgotten the backyard BBQ dads and moms out there. We are looking for 10-15 amateur teams to compete in event as well and if you have what it takes come on down and prove it. Amateurs will compete for trophies and bragging rights.
Besides the food and drink both days, there will be music, games for all. Speaking of games, Friday night we are holding a Cornhole competition for both prize money and trophies. We will pay out $500 in total prize money so if you are interested please let contact us. Cornhole team entry fee is $30 per team.
Entry to the fairground both Friday night and Saturday are free.
Lastly, we cannot forget to remind everyone that the annual Georgia/Florida football is October 28th at 3:30 and we will be selling pork butts for $30 ahead of the game. If you want to pre-order, please contact Raymond Rollins at 770-841.5833. Pre-cooked weight of butt is 7-8 pounds. We will have TV on site to view the game.
Please contact Jim Lindenmayer at jlindenmayer80@gmail.com or John Bruss at john_b1966@comcast.net for further information. Event Sponsorships and booth spaces are also available.
