Jazz & Rib Fest
July 23-25
Downtown Columbus Riverfront
Admission is FREE

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Past Award Winners  
2010 Best Ribs Awards
  • Critics’ Choice – professional rib judges
  • Critics’ Hometown Choice – highest score of local rib burners from Critics’ Choice category
  • Best Sauce – NEW CATEGORY!!
  • Big Whigs' Pig Award – media personalities and sponsors
  • People’s Choice – voted on by festival attendees
2010 Winners
Critics’ Choice
1. Mojo's Rib Shack (Diamond, Ohio)
2. Porky N’ Beans (Port St.Lucie, Florida)
3. BBQ Masters (Stockbridge, Georgia)		 Critics’ All-Ohio Champion
1. Mojo's Rib Shack (Diamond, Ohio)
2. Smokin’ Joe’s Ribs (Columbus, Ohio)
Big Whigs' Award
1. Butch's BBQ (Mt. Laurel, New Jersey)
2. Smokin’ Joe’s Ribs (Columbus, Ohio)		 People’s Choice
1. Big Boned BBQ, Co. (Malta, Illinois)
2. Texas Outlaws BBQ (Elizabethtown, Kentucky)
Best Sauce
Porky N’ Beans (Port St.Lucie, Florida)		  
2009 Winners
Critics’ Choice
1. Butch's BBQ (Mt. Laurel, New Jersey)
2. Armadillo's (Youngstown, Ohio)
3. Big Boned BBQ, Co. (Malta, Illinois)		 Critics’ Hometown Choice
1. Smokin’ Joe’s Ribs (Columbus, Ohio)
2. Open Hands Catering (Columbus, Ohio)
Big Whigs' Pig Award
1. Porky N’ Beans (Port St.Lucie, Florida)
2. Cowboy's BBQ & Rib Co. (Weatherford, TX)		 People’s Choice
1. Big Boned BBQ, Co. (Malta, Illinois)
2. Butch’s BBQ (Mt. Laurel, New Jersey)
Best Sauce
Porky N’ Beans (Port St.Lucie, Florida)		  
2008 Winners
Critics’ Choice
1. Porky N’ Beans (Port St.Lucie, Florida)
2. Desperado’s (Hinkley, Ohio)
3. Johnson’s BBQ (Chesapeake, Virginia)		 Critics’ Hometown Choice
1. Smokin’ Joe’s Ribs (Columbus, Ohio)
2. Open Hands Catering (Columbus, Ohio)
Big Whigs' Pig Award
1. Porky N’ Beans (Port St.Lucie, Florida)
2. Famous Dave’s (Plymouth, Minnesota)		 People’s Choice
1. Butch’s BBQ (Mt. Laurel, New Jersey)
2. Famous Dave’s (Plymouth, Minnesota)
Best Sauce
Armadillo’s (Youngstown, Ohio)		  
2007 Winners
Critics’ Choice
1. Porky N Beans
2. Famous Dave's
3. Schmidt's of German Village 		Critics’ Hometown Choice
1. Schmidt's of German Village
2. J & J Catering
Big Whigs' Pig Award
1. Smokin' Joe's Ribs
2. D.D. Stutz 		People’s Choice
1. Famous Dave's
2. Open Hands Catering
2006 Winners
Critics’ Choice
1. Armadillo's
2. Porky N Beans
3. Famous Dave's

Critics’ Hometown Choice
1. J & J Catering
2. Smokin' Joe's

Big Whigs' Pig Award
1. D.D. Stutz
2. Smoke Shack

People’s Choice
1. Famous Dave's
2. Butch's

2005 Winners
Critics’ Choice
1. Johnson's BBQ
2. Peanut's Hickory Smoked BBQ
3. Texas Outlaw

Critics’ Hometown Choice
1. Smoke Shack
2. J & J Catering

Big Whigs' Pig Award
1. Pigfoot BBQ Company
2. Cowboy BBQ

People’s Choice
1. Network Restaurant
2. Smokin' Joe's

2004 Winners
Critics’ Choice
1. Johnson’s BBQ
2. Smokin Joe’s
3. Countrymen BBQ

Critics’ Hometown Choice
1. Smokin Joe’s
2. Smoke Shack
3. Open Hands Ministry

Big Whigs' Pig Award
1. Johnson’s BBQ
2. Smoke Shack
3. Chicago BBQ

 People’s Choice
1. Cowboy BBQ
1. Texas Outlaw BBQ
2. Rib-Bins
3. Smokin Joe’s