Folks on the Grand Strand kicked off the Labor Day weekend with some beach, boogie, and BBQ.
Thousands of people enjoyed day day two of the Beach, Boogie and BBQ Festival at The Market Common in Myrtle Beach Saturday.
It was great weather for the music, games, arts and crafts vendors and of course the food.
The family friendly affair attracted some of the best BBQ from around the country to compete in the Official South Carolina BBQ Championship.
According to the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, who hosted the event, forty teams competed for the Anything Goes competition Sept. 4 and 5. Among the winners were:
Anything Butt category ($1,000): Wholly Smoke, Mt. Pleasant, grilled cantaloupe, shrimp and bacon skewers
Best Dessert category ($200): Bastin' Away, Chester, bananas foster
Best Sauce category ($200): Smoke Shack BBQ, North Augusta, Ga.
Best Booth category (Sea Mist vacation package): Butts R Us, Waxhaw, N.C.
Best-T-shirt category (Sea Mist vacation package): Fatback's BBQ and Rib Shack, Fayetteville, N.C.
People's Choice category (Sea Mist vacation package): Mike's Catering, Savannah, Ga., beef bruschetta
Thirty-one teams total competed in the official South Carolina Barbecue Championship and Kansas City Barbeque Society Cook-off Sept. 5. The KCBS Cook-off, new this year, grew the event to competitors throughout the Southeast. KCBS Cook-off top winners were:
Grand champion ($1,000): Jack's Old South, Unadilla, Ga.
Chicken category, first place ($500 and trophy): Jack's Old South
Pork ribs category, first place ($500 and trophy): Pickin' Porkers, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Pork category, first place ($500 and trophy): Potbelly Cookers, Summerville
Beef brisket category, first place ($500 and trophy): Common Interest, North Charleston
The South Carolina Barbeque Association announced its top winners:
Grand champion (Sea Mist vacation package): Central Truckin'/Smokin' Coals, Summerville
Whole hog/butts category, first place ($500): Southern Q N Stew, Summerville
Ribs category, first place ($500): Taste of Clarendon, Manning
More than $20,000 in cash and prizes were awarded to winners of the three competitions. The large festival turnout significantly benefited Omar Shriners from the sales of Anything Goes tastings, barbeque combos, beer, T-shirts and donations for a Ford Mustang giveaway.
