Windy City BBQ Classic
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This competition is not for the weak at heart!

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This Labor Day Weekend Chicago will host 
30 BBQ Pit Masters in a REAL BBQ Competition! Teams from across the US will fire up their smokers in a 
No Gas, No Electricity competition for the title of 
Grand Champion. 
Set to the beautiful backdrop of Chicago's Lakeshore and city scape at historical Soldier Field; this competition promises to give everyone who comes out an authentic experience of BBQ done right, right here in the Windy City!

Come as a Competitor or as a People's Choice Judge*!

ENTER HERE TO COMPETE

WATCH

as Pit Masters prepare and smoke their meats

LEARN

what makes award winning BBQ

SMELL

authentic 100% 
all-wood-smoked 
BBQ

JUDGE

meats from local BBQ hotspots & trial some 
 well-loved craft beers

GROOVE

to live local bands playing all day
*BUY A TICKET TO BE A PEOPLE'S CHOICE JUDGE
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These guys are super cool!  The founder is a Chicago native - opening the brewery in Northern California in 1993.  Over the past 20 years, Lagunitas has grown to be one of the top craft brewers in the US, growing from a 27,000 barrel production in 2004 to over 106,000 barrels in 2010!  The overwhelming popularity of their product has inspired them to bring it home...opening a brewery right here in Chicago in 2013.  While they are growing larger in size, they're as homegrown as it gets - a cool brand, great beer, and good people......AND, they are the official beer sponsor of Windy City BBQ Classic 2013.  They will be onsite, with their giant beer-dispensing truck, satisfying the thirst of all the BBQ & Beer -loving Chicagoans.