4th Annual Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons starts on August 7, 2015 in Huntington Beach, California

Starting Friday, August 7, 2015 through Sunday, August 9, 2015, Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons will stake their claim in Huntington Beach with a Pro BBQ Competition and Summer Festival. The Pro BBQ Competition is a KCBS (Kansas City Barbeque Society) sanctioned event. Proceeds from this event will go to American Family Housing. Since 1985, AFH has evolved from meeting the basic needs of providing food and clothing to an organization which now supports over 1,300 people and reside in their emergency, transitional, permanent housing units in Orange, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino Counties.

Schedule of Events:

Friday, August 7:

• 5:30pm-7:30pm – 1503 Blues
• 7:30pm-8pm – Watermelon Eating Contest & Cow Milking Contest
• 8pm-10pm – Side 2

Saturday, August 8:

• 10am-12pm – Watermelon Eating Contest, Cow Milking Contest, Rib Eating Contest
• 12pm-2pm – Maureen & the Mercury 5
• 1pm-5pm – Craft Beer Tasting (BJ’s, Valiant Brewing Company, Bootlegger’s Brewery, Brewbakers, Einstök Ölgerd)
• 2:15pm – Kid’s Que
• 2:30pm-4:30pm – The American Vagrants
• 4:30pm-5:30pm – Rib Eating Contest
• 5:30pm-6:30pm – BBQ Awards Ceremony
• 6:30pm-8pm – DJ, Watermelon Eating Contest, & Cow Milking Contest

Sunday, August 9:

• 10am-5pm – Car Show
• 11am-11:30am – Watermelon Eating Contest & Rib Eating Contest
• 12pm-3pm – Lil’ Mo and the Dynaflos
• 1pm-5pm – Craft Beer Tasting
• 3pm-3:30pm – Rib Eating Contest & Cow Milking Contest
• 3:30pm-5pm – Rockaholics

Confirmed BBQ Teams:

• 7 Sins BBQ
• A Guy and His Grill
• A.F.U. - ALL FIRED UP!
• Bad Dog BBQ
• Bar-B-Q's-2Go
• Big Aces BBQ
• Big Poppa Smokers
• Blaze's BBQ
• Blazed N' Glazed
• Brisket Brothers
• Cool Grilling
• Coto Pitmasters
• Cow Tippin' BBQ
• Daddy O' Smokin' BBQ
• DG Firehouse BBQ
• Four King BBQ!
• Fu Man Que Crew
• Hickory & Spice BBQ
• Jet Coatings "Monkey Style"
• Lady of Q
• Major Woody's BBQ Team
• Nothing Compares 2 Q
• Pig Skin BBQ
• Pizza Grilled
• Porterhouse BBQ
• R and B BBQ
• Ribanator Rub BBQ Team
• Rod's Hickory Hawgs BBQ
• Simply Marvelous BBQ
• Smoked Out BBQ
• Smokin' Harts
• SoCal BBQ Company
• Team Awesome
• Thank the Lard BBQ
• Three-Ten BBQ
• Tie Dye BBQ
• Toot & Stinky's Cali-Q
• Twisted Brisket
• We Turn Grillz On!
• Yard Lobster BBQ

• And more!

Tickets:

• Adult 3-Day Pass - $10
• Kids (ages 8-12) 3-Day Pass - $5
• Beer Tasting Wristband (10 samples) - $25
• 2 Adult Package (2 adult tickets, 1 day parking pass, 5 food tickets, 2 beer tickets) - $55
• Family Package (2 adult tickets, 2 kid tickets, 1 day parking pass, 10 food tickets, 2 beer tickets) - $75
• Group Package (4 adult tickets, 1 day parking pass, 10 food tickets, 4 beer tickets) - $95

For more information:

Pigs, Ribs and Watermelons

Huntington Beach State Beach parking area at Pacific Coast Hwy and Beach Blvd.

Parking: Huntington State Beach Parking Lot 9 (corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Beach Boulevard)

To learn more about American Family Housing, please visit their website or call 714.897.3221