BBQ Competition & Sign Up
Registration for 2025 is now open!
Backyard BBQ Competition
Space is limited! Don’t wait to register! Applications are processed as first come, first serve with full payment. The waiting list will also be first come, first serve!
🐷The deadline to register is September (Day Not Decided)
🐷This is a Backyard BBQ Competition
🐷Cash awards for each category:
- Pork, Ribs and Anything But:
1st $500|2nd $300|3rd $200|4th $100|5th $50
- Peoples Choice Award & Desserts:
1st $300|2nd $150|3rd $50
- Pig Master Grand Champion: $1250 (must compete in pork, ribs, & anything but)
- Pig Master Reserve Champion: $750
- Pig Master 3rd $500 | 4th $250 | 5th $100
- Cost – $150 – Small Space (10×20) or $250 – Large Space (Larger than 10×20). Includes tickets to Friday’s concert and may participate in all categories.
- Competitors may only use wood and/or charcoal for competition. No electric pellet smokers.
- Teams MUST provide their own meat. Boston Butt is provided for entry into the People’s Choice category.
- NO electricity or water will be provided to competitors
Register online by completing the registration form. After completion the Hendersonville Parks office will send you the payment link via Eventbrite.
Entry includes the following:
- All five (5) competition categories
- 4 Friday night concert tickets (More may be purchased online)
- (2) Free T-shirts (1) Free Hat
For more information or general questions, please contact Andy Gilley at dallaslong@hvilletn.org
2025 PigFest Competitors
- 2PHATS BBQ
- BIG WIGG BBQ
- Big Barbecue Theory
- Brown Butts
- Buckshot Malone’s Pig Shack
- BURNT OFFERINGS
- Cock & Heifer BBQ
- D&G Swine
- DAD & DAUGHTER BBQ
- DHARI ALQAISI
- Fat Meats BBQ
- Feeding Frenzy BBQ
- Hendersonville Ace Hardware
- I Only Smoke When I Drink
- Jerks BBQ
- KILLER”B” backyard BBQ
- Legendary Smokers
- Magnolia BBQ
- Manos al Fuego BBQ team
- MYKES BBQ
- NEWTS SMOKEHOUSE
- Nice Butt
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- Pops BBQ N Spirits
- Pigs Gone Wild
- Puddleduck BBQ
- RTQUE
- SHOGun BBQ
- Shackle Island Smoke
- Shirley’s Boys
- SHIRLEY’S BOYS
- SMOKIN HOT GUYS
- Smoke A Fatty BBQ Nashville
- Smoke It If You Got It
- Smokin’ Bandits BBQ
- Smokin’ Daddies BBQ
- Smokey Dokie
- STARR STEAD RANCH
- THE RED GOOSE
- The Big B Barbecue Company
- The Blazers
- The Cool Kids
- The Other Jerks
- Unkie’s Barbecue
- VAN BAND BBQ
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HENDERSONVILLE
PIG FEST
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2025
Official Rules and Regulations Coming Soon!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FRIDAY OCTOBER 23, 2025
Schedule of Events Coming Soon!
The 5th Annual Hendersonville, TN PigFest Supports Local Charities and Non-Profits. Last Year’s Beneficiaries:
