Stephen Ascuaga, executive vice president of marketing at John Ascuaga’s Nugget, said it’s known as the Super Bowl of rib cook-offs. Last year’s winner Butch ... more»

BBQ
Date: Aug. 29–Sept. 3, 2007
Event Hours: Wednesday–Sunday: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Monday: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Event Location: Victorian Square, Sparks, Nevada on Victorian Avenue, between 14th Street and Pyramid Way
Admission: FREE


All food booths will be open from 11 a.m. – 9 p.m., Wednesday–Sunday and from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Monday. Food and concessions will be available during event hours only. Enjoy great food and great music on six different stages all weekend long.

The 2006 cookers - Aussom Aussie, Pittsburgh - Back Forty Texas Barbecue, Pleasant Hill, Calif. - The Barbecue Co. Inc., Phoenix - B.J.’s Barbecue, Sparks, - Bone Daddy’s, Midland, Mich. - Butch’s Smack Your Lips BBQ, Mount Laurel, N.J. - Carson City BBQ, Carson City - Checkered Pig BBQ, Martinsville, Va. - Chicago BBQ Co., Burr Ridge, Ill. - Coyote Roadhouse BBQ, Chicago - Desperado’s BBQ & Rib Co., Hinckley, Ohio - Famous Dave’s BBQ, Plymouth, Minn. - Joey’s Texas Thunder, Euless, Texas - Johnson’s BBQ, Chesapeake, Va. - Kinder’s Custom Meat Inc., Concord, Calif. - Maui Wowie BBQ Co., Reno - Moonshiner Grill & Café, Westport, Ky. - Outlaw BBQ Co., Clackamas, Ore. - Porky-n-Beans BBQ, Cleveland - Rasta Joe’s BBQ Inc., Plymouth, Ind. - Razorback Cookers, Blytheville, Ark. - Smokehouse Specialities, Modesto, Calif. - Sweet Meat Cooking Team, Euless, Texas - Texas Brothers Bar-B-Que, Pottsboro, Texas - Texas Outlaw Barbecue, Elizabethtown, Ky.