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Safeway Barbecue Battle XVI hosts nation’s only dual KCBS / MIM national barbecue contest
Early summer is usually a quiet time in our Nation’s Capital, but this summer the smoke will be rising along with the fun. On June 21 and 22, the country’s only dual-sanctioned barbecue cooking contest will take place along Pennsylvania Avenue featuring both Kansas City Barbecue Society (KCBS) and Memphis in May (MIM) contests. In this historic setting, only a stone’s throw from the Mason-Dixon Line, the nation’s best barbecue teams will compete for over $40,000 in cash and prizes and the chance to become the National Barbecue Champion.
On Saturday, June 21, teams will cook using KCBS rules with categories
including beef brisket, chicken and pork, and with a special prize going to
the Rancher’s Reserve Beef Champion. Saturday’s winner will also receive
entry into the American Royal BBQ Contest in Kansas City, Missouri. On
Sunday, June 22, the pork-centric MIM contest will determine the National
Pork Champion and feature pork shoulder, rib and whole hog categories. The
winner of this contest will be guaranteed entry to the 2009 Memphis in May
World Barbecue Championship and proclaimed the National Pork Champion by the National Pork Board. There will also be a Nation's Best Sauce contest.
Teams from some 29 states have competed in past years.
At the Safeway Barbecue Battle event, held each year on the first weekend of
summer, tens of thousands of local, national and international Barbecue
Battle enthusiasts enjoy free food samples in the Safeway Sampling Pavilion,
celebrity chefs and on-going cooking on multiple demonstration stages. Top
barbecue restaurants and caterers from across the country offer all kinds of
mouth-watering barbecue while 30 great rock, R&B, jazz and blues bands
perform on three stages. The Battle hosts many exciting interactive
exhibits each year like the NBA Nation Basketball and Disney movie tours, as
well as other children’s activities and Americana, with magicians, games,
prizes and more to round out the family fun!
With so much to eat, see and do, the Safeway Barbecue Battle has garnered
many awards and prizes such as being voted a “Top 10 BBQ Event” by The
Travel Channel and Discovery.com and is featured internationally on
television newscasts each year. The event is also the largest annual
fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington Metropolitan
Police Clubhouses, and has donated over $900,000 to this very worthwhile
organization in past years.
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