Community Corner

Barbecue Festival in Acworth Saturday

You will be able to smell the 4th Annual North Cobb Rotary Smoke on the Lake BBQ Festival from miles around as pro and backyard teams compete for more $12,500 in cash and prizes.

The Barbecue season kicks off the year with one of the first competitions in north Georgia. More than 30 teams will fill up Cauble Park in downtown Acworth on Friday May 10, from 6 to 10 p.m., and Saturday May 11, from 10 a.m., to 4 p.m. Admission to the festival is free and free parking can be found downtown with free shuttles running Friday night and all day Saturday.

You will be able to smell the 4th Annual North Cobb Rotary Smoke on the Lake BBQ Festival presented by Superior Plumbing from miles around as pro and backyard teams compete for more $12,500 in cash and prizes. Pro teams will compete for the piles of cash up for grabs to see who takes the title as the Grand Champion and Backyard cook teams are competing for their shot at four different Primo Grills.

Superior Plumbing is presenting the event which kicks off with a free concert in conjunction with the Acworth Business Association and the City of Acworth on Friday May 10, Sons of Sailors, a Jimmy Buffett cover band takes to the Day’s Chevrolet stage at 8 p.m., on Friday night. Reserved tables that seat six can be purchased for $50. The Georgia Barbecue Association BBQ cooking competition will continue all night along the banks of beautiful Lake Acworth and the event will open back up to the public on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. You can visit the Taster’s Tent to taste all the BBQ you desire, as the Taster’s Choice award will be decided by patrons of the event. Tickets to taste the backyard teams BBQ will be on sale for a nominal charge. You can vote with your stomach as patrons vote for their favorite BBQ to crown the winner of a Primo Grill and the title of the People’s Choice Champion.

Find out what's happening in Dallas-Hiramwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Activities for the kids will be in the Kids Zone and the music that we all know and love will be played acoustically as Scott Thompson of Peachtree Station will perform from 11 a.m., to 3 p.m., on Saturday with the awards given out immediately following the finals of the cook competition at 4 p.m.

The Smoke on the Lake BBQ Festival is the largest fundraiser of the year for the Rotary Club of North Cobb as proceeds of the event go to the charities of the North Cobb Rotary Club, including the Acworth Special Needs Field, End Polio Now, Mountain Top Boys Home, The Men’s Extension, The Women’s Extension, MUST Ministries, HERO, House of Hope in Haiti, Cobb Christmas and more.

Find out what's happening in Dallas-Hiramwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

For information, call 770-423-1330, or visit www.smokeonthelake.org and follow on facebook.


Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

More from Dallas-Hiram