Food

If you like your food cooked low & slow, then step right up and order some of our BBQ. Some of the folks selling ‘Q are also competing for prizes and championship status in our contest, so you know you’re getting the best of the best!

$15,000 in Prize Money!

Payout Schedule

Great Food

Lots of great food vendors - BBQ and more!

Music

Located right on the beautiful shore of the Tennessee River, bring your blanket or chair and enjoy the music!

The TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest will be held on March 29-30, 2019 at Green Acres RV Resort in Savannah, TN!!!

Over $10,000 is up for grabs in a battle for Grand Champion! The TN River BBQ Battle is also a Jack Daniels' World Championship and American Royal Invitational Qualifier as well!

2019 Teams as of 3/18/19:

4 Legs Up BBQ - Pitmaster Kelly Wertz - Great Bend, KS

662 Barbecue - Pitmaster Brandon Sumler - Counce, TN

BBQ Up - Pitmaster Russ Lannom - Lebanon, TN

Bee's Knees BBQ Team - Pitmaster Brent Bourland - Huntsville, AL

Big Blue Que - Pitmaster Jeremy Alexander - Athens, AL

Bullheaded BBQ - Pitmaster Mike Poynter - Hustonville, Ky

Bush League Bar-B-Que - Pitmaster Tony Mancuso - Madison, AL

Danny D's BBQ - Pitmaster Daniel Grobman - Bryn Mawr, PA

Extra Mile BBQ - Pitmaster Peter Golob - Loveland, OH

Fat, Drunk & Stupid BBQ Team - Pitmaster Laddy Ratliff - Huntsville, AL

Firehouse Smokers TN - Pitmaster Michelle Zinneman - Seymour, TN

Full Metal Pork - Pitmaster Riley Adams - Savannah, TN

Hogglegg Smokers - Pitmaster David Thacker - Selmer, TN

HogTown Barbecue - Pitmaster Gordon McRay - Harrodsburg, KY

Pig Sexy BBQ - Pitmaster Shawn Palmer - Booneville, MS

Q Bones BBQ - Pitmaster Ben Wilson - Memphis, TN

Razorracks - Pitmaster Drew Davis - Pleasant Plains, AR

Rooters-N-Tooters - Pitmaster Paul Keltner - Mt. Pleasant, TN

Slayton's Barbeque Company - Pitmaster Micheal Slayton - Owens Cross, AL

Smoke Me Silly - Pitmaster Robert Vanderipe - Madison, AL

Smoke on This - Pitmaster Jackie Price - Knoxville/Lenoir City, TN

Smoke This BBQ-MO - Pitmaster Chase Knowles - Clark, MO

Smokin' Sweetmeats - Pitmaster Trey Terry - Buford, GA

South Pork - Pitmaster Scott Burton - Madison, AL

Tennessee Smoke Showin' - Pitmaster Michael Hughes - Franklin, TN

The Specialists - Pitmaster Chester Lewis - Mountain Brook, AL

TNSmokeShow - Pitmaster Justin Griffin - Franklin, TN

Congrats to the 2018 winners:

Overall:
Rooters-N-Tooters
Razorracks
Hot Cole's BBQ
Killer Hogs
Extra Mile BBQ
Tennessee Smoke Showin
Hawgamania
A Fine Swine
Midnight Burn
Magnolia Meats

Chicken:

Extra Mile BBQ
Rooters-N-Tooters
Razorracks
Killer Hogs
Magnolia Meats

Pork:

Rooters-N-Tooters
Hot Cole's BBQ
BBQr's Delight
Hawgamania
Magnolia Meats

Ribs:

High On The Hawg
Uncle J's
Rooters-N-Tooters
Tennessee Smoke Showin
Hot Cole's BBQ

Brisket:

Razorracks
Hot Cole's BBQ
Killer Hogs
Tennessee Smoke Showin
Midnight Burn

People's Choice:

Midnight Burn