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Armadillo’s
Youngstown, Ohio
Hailing from Youngstown, Ohio, Armadillo’s serves up perfect hometown Bar-B-Q with an award winning sauce recipe. By combining Midwestern and Southern flavors and our dedication to provide only the best, our ribs are guaranteed to make your mouth water. Return to top.
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Bad Wolf Barbeque
Toronto, Ontario
Bad Wolf Barbecue originated in Kansas City in 1984. In ‘99, the head Wolf met this pretty Canadian girl and, well, we’ve been working out of Ontario ever since. Still the same barbecue, of course, “smoky and sweet, with a nice kick to it.” We’ve won “Best Ribs” and “Best Sauce” in pretty much every stop along the Canadian ‘Q festival circuit. Return to top.
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BBQ Masters
Stockbridge, Georgia
Our pit master is an award-winning chef, and has been the Executive Chef for the St. Louis Rams, Georgia Tech, and the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games. BBQ Masters presents a mouth watering, taste tantalizing BBQ where the smoke penetrates the bone. Try our Caramelized Vidalia Onion Baked Beans and the legendary Smoked Shrimp Caesar Salad, but most importantly the lip smacking, tongue licking ribs. Return to top.
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Big Boned BBQ Co.
Hixson, Tennessee
Big Boned BBQ is the people’s choice for award winning barbeque. We use our family recipes for sauces and seasonings to create a dining experience you can only get with us. So whether you like ribs, brisket, chicken or pulled pork, you can’t make a bad decision at Big Boned BBQ. Stop by and say hi, and remember, “We’re not fat, we’re Big Boned.” Return to top.
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Butch’s BBQ
Mt. Laurel, New Jersey
Pitmaster Butch Lupinetti knows sauces, rubs and ribs. He's one of a rare breed of “Rib Gypsies” who criss-cross the country, competing in rib cook-offs and, in Butch's case, usually taking home a trophy. Return to top.
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Chicago Barbeque Company
Burr Ridge, Illinois
Chicago BBQ Company opened in 1985, with a vision of creating Chicago's ultimate barbeque experience. Trained in the fine art of low and slow smoking at the age of ten, barbeque expert Tom Ferguson has spent his life creating the world's best barbeque. Chicago BBQ Company is committed to serving only the finest foods, made from scratch and using only the freshest ingredients. Return to top.
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Cowboy’s BBQ & Rib Co.
Weatherford, Texas
One of the most popular people’s choice vendors in the US, Cowboy’s has been mastering their award-winning recipes for the past 15 years. Cowboy’s owner Dallas Green likes to “leave a little sizzle on the table” in the events they compete in and “Guarantees that the girls will kiss better and the boys will like it more” at Cowboy’s, “Where the hugs, kisses, smiles and smells are always free!” Return to top.
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Desperado’s BBQ & Rib Co.
Hinckley, Ohio
Desperado’s features their fall-off-the-bone pork ribs, meaty beef ribs, huge pork sandwiches and chicken to millions of BBQ lovers all across the U.S. every summer. Those "Lick My Ribs" pink stickers mark all the Desperado’s BBQ lovers, stop and see what everyone else already knows. Return to top.
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Famous Dave’s
Plymouth, Minnesota
Famous Dave's does barbeque and we do it right, featuring our hickory-smoked barbeque meats and chicken. We also sneak in a few salads, plates of beans, corn muffins, and irresistible desserts. How could you say no? Return to top.
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Hog Wild Barbeque
Mansfield, Ohio
Hog Wild Barbeque opened in 2002 after Joe Henderson retired with 30 year of service as the Food Service Manager at the Richland Correctional Institution, where 2,500 inmates were served three meals per day. We pride ourselves in the preparation of our ribs. Our ribs are first rubbed with a selection of dry spices and then slowly smoked with hickory wood. The ribs are then grilled and covered with our homemade sauce, which is sweet and tangy. We feel that our dry rub, hickory smoking and sauce provide the perfect combination. Return to top.
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Jack on the Bone International Rib Team
Massillon, Ohio
The Jack on the Bone International Rib Team has over 20 years of experience selling over 250 tons of ribs. The tender, smoked ribs and complex blend of flavors in the sauce, including Jack Daniels Tennessee Whiskey, create the ultimate barbeque experience. Return to top.
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Johnson’s BBQ
Chesapeake, Virginia
Home of the Thermonuclear Sauce, Johnson’s BBQ is known, not only for their sauces, but also for their rubs and smoking techniques. Their secret, according to owner Dan Johnson, is “our great taste is a result of our tender combination of first-class rubs and hickory wood which permeates the meat in a special way.” Return to top.
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The King of Bar-B-Que Ribs
Mansfield, Ohio
Once known as Ron’s Bar-B-Que Ribs, we are one of the original rib burners at the Jazz & Rib Fest, having participated since 1986. We are known not only for our fall-off-the-bone ribs, but also for our made-from-scratch barbeque sauce. Return to top. |
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Mojo’s Rib Shack
Diamond, Ohio
Since our origination, we have been traveling around the country competing and winning at many of the major rib festivals. Although our specialty is our St. Louis style ribs, we are also famous for our pulled pork sandwiches. We offer three award winning sauces including "Hickory Lickin’," "Smokin’" and our too hot for most, "Freakin’ Hot." So, if you have never tried our BBQ, give us a taste and get your MOJO'S WORKIN! Return to top.
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Pigfoot BBQ Co.
West Salem, Ohio
We are a family owned and run business specializing in rib competitions and caterings. Since opening in 1989, we have won over 250 awards for "Best Ribs," "Best Sauce," "People's Choice" and "Best Pork." We pride ourselves on having the most meaty, tender ribs you can find, along with offering 4 different flavors of sauce: Sweet, Mild, Hot and Killer. Return to top.
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Porky N’ Beans
Port Saint Lucie, Florida
Porky N’ Beans has been a proud member of the National Award Winning Rib Cookers of America since 1983. We are national rib cook off contenders and travel between 10,000 and 15,000 miles a year competing in cities from St. Paul, Minnesota to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. We have won numerous rib cook off titles such as the prestigious Golden Rib Award and Best Ribs in America. Return to top.
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Schmidt’s German Village
Columbus, Ohio
Schmidt's, a Columbus, Ohio dining landmark, has been a proud participant of the Jazz & Rib Fest for over twenty years. Usually when you think Schmidt's you think Bahama Mamas and cream puffs, but during the Jazz & Rib Fest you also get Schmidt's succulent BBQ ribs. Our seasoned ribs are glazed with a gourmet pineapple habanero BBQ sauce that is the perfect combination of sweet and heat. Return to top.
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Smokin’ Joes Ribs
Columbus, Ohio
At Smokin’ Joes Ribs we pride ourselves on serving, “no swine before it’s time” and lucky for the Jazz & Rib Fest fans, we deliver on time. With a unique sauce recipe coming straight from Smokin Joe’s uncle and in the family for over 65 years, we keep “smokin for the people” and are committed to staying the hometown favorite year after year. Return to top.
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Texas Outlaws BBQ
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
We are the only team in the world to win the coveted Reno, Nevada's Best in the West first place ribs 3 times and have been featured on the "Food Network." Our BBQ is never precooked, always slow cooked using premium meat, spices, sauce and wood. We feel our old fashioned, labor intensive approach to BBQ has made us a crowd favorite, but as my grandmother always said, "self brag is half scandal,” but you be the judge. Return to top.
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Texas Thunder BBQ
Phillips, Texas
The Southwest is rich in tradition and Sutphen's brings that tradition back to you...in barbecue. We have been operating family style restaurants in Phillips, Borger, and Amarillo since 1950. Return to top.
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Willingham’s BBQ
Memphis, Tennessee
What makes Willingham’s unique from all the other BBQ teams is that we serve our ‘Que “dry.” Our signature sauces come 100% on the side, as we believe that BBQ sauce was invented to cover up not so perfect barbeque. However, don’t think we don’t like the sauce, because we have five different flavors, including our “cool breeze.” Heat connoisseurs tell us that it’s got a great burn with an awesome flavor. Return to top. |
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