Johnny Mac Wells Smokehouse

06/16/2026

Few updates on our SCA event at the Smokehouse.

-The person with the highest combined steak points for Friday & Saturday will have their Steak entry fee’s paid for the Smokehouse SCA event next year!

-If you need ancillary or other grocery items when you get in town, please shop local at the Piggly Wiggly of Mt Olive. Please show the attached coupon to get 10% off your total purchase!

-We have someone coming to do face painting from 11:30-1:30 on Saturday. We will have corn hole and some other games to keep the kiddos busy! Speaking of kids, please get them signed up! It is free for them to cook, the top 5 will get trophies, and the winner gets a golden ticket!! 🎫

-Live music and bar-tender Friday night, Bloody Mary/mimosa open bar on Saturday morning, and some live music during the day Saturday also!

-Stay tuned for our raffle items. We will be posting pictures of them in the next couple of weeks. You will have the opportunity to purchase tickets before the event and during. We will announce the winners of the raffle items on Saturday night before awards.

As always, thank you to all of our sponsors for supporting our event and for the donation of our raffle items. We couldn’t do it without you!!

06/11/2026

Happy Birthday! Aunt Betty!
Hope you have a great day!

06/10/2026

We ate lunch today at Brisas downtown Goldsboro. We had the steak lunch bowl. It was awesome!! The steak was tender, cooked perfectly, and it was more food than we could eat. If you haven’t tried Brisa’s for lunch, you are missing out! Give it a try! They have different lunch specials every week and you can’t go wrong!

06/09/2026

🎂 Happy birthday Aunt Kay! 🎉

It seems like yesterday we were drawing straws to see who would go talk to Aunt Kay about taking over the original Smokehouse building. It was just used for storage at the time and we wanted a place to hang out and cook. At the time, beer wasn’t allowed across the driveway. 😂 With her blessing, we started construction on what is today, the Johnny Mac Wells Smokehouse! Aunt Kay told us on Sunday how proud Johnny Mac would be to see what the Smokehouse has become. She said if he was here, he would even give us some money to keep building! 🤣

Thank you Aunt Kay for always supporting us, and putting up with our Shenanigans, events, and entertaining. You are always standing on the porch to see us off on our cooking adventures, and the first one to see us when we get home. Thank you for everything you do for us! We love you!

06/08/2026

We made a deal with Rick Manzi before we cooked, that if either of us won 1st place we would bust a watermelon in true Ross Chastain fashion! Rick won 1st place steak, and Pots won first place Ribs! I know Ross would be proud!! Please support the Watermelon industry by going to your local grocery store and buying them!!

NC Watermelon Association
National Watermelon Association

06/07/2026

The Johnny Mac Wells Smokehouse cooked in the 4th annual, Cars and Carnivores Street Festival in Wake Forest yesterday. It is a great event and one we always look forward to! Special thank you to Capital Chevrolet for sponsoring us yesterday, we really appreciate your support!

All four of us walked in Ribs yesterday, using some beautiful St Louis cut ribs from Piggly Wiggly of Mt Olive. All of us used the newly released “Hog Havoc” from Disruption Rubs. Amazing color and flavor!!! You can find it locally at Grate Sauces and Rubs!

Darren, Bruce, Pots, and Nathan competed in all six categories. Three steaks, dessert, wings, and ribs. Results as follows-

🍗 Wings
4th- Nathan (GOLDEN TICKET) 🎫

🐷 Ribs
9th- Bruce
6th- Darren
5th- Nathan
1st- Pots (GOLDEN TICKET) 🎫

🧁 Dessert
10th- Nathan
9th- Bruce
8th- Darren

🥩 Steak A
8th- Pots
5th- Nathan
4th- Darren

🥩 Steak B
9th- Bruce
7th- Nathan
6th- Darren
5th- Pots (GOLDEN TICKET) 🎫

🥩 Jackpot Steak
8th- Pots
7th- Nathan
5th- Darren

Thank you to all of our sponsors for your continued support!

Jealous Devil
Grate Sauces and Rubs
PK Grills
Mt. Olive Pickles
Mt. Olive Pickle Parlor
MEATER
Award-Winning Disruption Rubs
Piggly Wiggly of Mt Olive

06/02/2026

This year’s event will be an SCA World Championship paid entry for the winner of Steak A&B on Saturday. We will be going live soon to discuss all of the details and answer any questions!

We have also secured a room block at the Sleep Inn of Mt olive at a discounted rate! Please use the code below when booking a room online!

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If anyone needs any equipment please let us know so we can get you what you need.

Looking forward to seeing everyone!

05/29/2026

Wanted to share with everyone how Mr Pickle will be awarded this year! The person that has the highest total SCA steak points Friday and Saturday, will have the honor of traveling with Mr Pickle for a year! Huge thank you to Wicked Pirates Grilling Crew for the awesome job they did this year promoting Mr Pickle!

05/29/2026

05/29/2026

The Johnny Mac Wells Smokehouse is proud to now be a brand ambassador for Cowboy Revolution Apparel!

Check out their website using the link below, and use code, “NATHAN39” if you purchase to get 15% off! Really cool hats, shirts, etc. Go get you some!!

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