Roanoke-Chowan Pork-Fest

The Roanoke-Chowan Pork-Fest is an annual regional event held each May since 2002[1] on the grounds of the Brady C. Jefcoat Museum in Murfreesboro, North Carolina.[2][3] It is noted as a showcase to sample the type of cooking the region is famous for.[4]

Largely a barbecue cooking contest, funds from the event benefit the maintenance and operation of the Museum. Judgement of the winner is performed by 3 certified, licensed judges selected from a list of approved judges from the North Carolina Pork Council.[5]

In 2010, the first place prize was awarded as a tie for the first time to Fred Woodard of Smithfield, Virginia and J.W. Condon of Newport, North Carolina.[6] The competition is sanctioned by the North Carolina Pork Council[7] and is part of the Whole Hog Barbecue Series[8] where the winners of this competition compete for the state championship in Raleigh each October.[7] Several winners of the Roanoke-Chowan Pork-Fest have won the state championship including one year where the first, second and third place winners of the state championship were from this competition.[5]

No event was held 2020-2023 because of the pandemic but it was reinstated in 2024.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Roanoke-Chowan Pork-Fest". Taste Atlas Awards. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  2. ^ VanDerBroek, Amanda (May 23, 2007). "Records fall at Pork Fest". Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald.
  3. ^ Flanagan, Tim (4 April 2015). "Jefcoat Museum: a hidden treasure". Tidewater News. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  4. ^ Zeigler, Jeff (8 August 2019). "Murfreesboro Pork-Fest a showcase for best in barbecue". Virginia Pilot. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  5. ^ a b Davis, Sarah (May 2019). "Less Sauce Equals More Flavor: Pork Fest Continues Long Tradition". Eastern Living. p. 42-43. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Pork Fest competition produces 1st-place tie". Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  7. ^ a b "About". Whole Hog Barbeque Series. North Carolina Pork Council . Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  8. ^ "13th Annual Roanoke Chowan Porkfest". NC BBQ. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  9. ^ Taylor, Holly (23 August 2023). "Pork Fest Revived". Roanoke-Chowan News Herald. Retrieved 6 January 2025.

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