nationally-sanctioned ribs,
shoulder and whole pig
bbq competition


8th Annual
Sunday, August 8th, 2010 From Noon until 7 p.m. or so
North Haverhill Fairgrounds, North Haverhill, NH.
Watch these pages for more information about the 2010 festival!

We encourage you to consider becoming a participating BBQ team at our Whole Hog BBQ & Music Festival. The North Haverhill Fairgrounds provides a lovely, country setting for this festival. This is a family-friendly event. As one of 60 sanctioned Memphis BBQ Network contests in the country, and the only one in New England, the Whole Hog BBQ and Music Festival should attract greater numbers of serious competitors and festival-goers than ever before (we’ve averaged nearly 1000 attendees in each year of the event). If you have been with us at other events, we appreciate your past support and hope you will consider participating again this year.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
  • The overall winner of the contest will receive an opportunity to compete at the MBN (Memphis BBQ Network) championship cookoff in Memphis in 2010. Frank & Mary Horner are scheduled to be our MBN contest reps again this year.
  • This will be a sanctioned ribs, shoulder and whole hog BBQ competition.
  • Chamber member PT Farm, email or 603-787-2248) a local wholesaler/retailer of meat, will once again provide hogs and shoulders at very competitive prices and they’re just four miles from the fairgrounds.
  • Whole hog and shoulders will made available for sampling on a first-come, first-served basis following the formal judging. A People’s Choice award will be made based on this sampling.
  • See the team application for entry fees.
  • On-site camping accommodations for Saturday and Sunday nights are provided for competing teams as part of the entry fees.
  • Admission to the festival is $12 for those over 12 years of age ($10 pre-sale) and six passes will be sent to each competing team. Enclosed you will find the contest application and the specs on the cuts of meat.
  • The Memphis BBQ Network has more details about the sanctioned competitions.
  • Here is the judging schedule. It is a pdf that you may view, save, or print. You probably already have it but if you need to, you may download the free software for viewing pdf's from Adobe Systems.
  • Here is the team application. It is a pdf that you may view, save, or print.