10/03/2026
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🔥🐷 Announcing our 2026 Smoke Over Holston Competitor Roundup! 🐷🔥
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Let’s hear it for this year’s teams! 👏
🔥 Grumpy’s Great Outdoors BBQ
🔥 Meadow Creek BBQ
🔥 Rehab BBQ
🔥 Wicked Pig
🔥 BackPew Barbecue
🔥 Pit Stop BBQ
🔥 Borough BBQ
🔥 B**r Goggles BBQ
🔥 Smokin’ in the Boy’s Room
🏆 Now… let’s talk trophies! 👀
FUN FACT: Our Grand Champion has been a first-time Smoke Over Holston competitor BOTH years! Grumpy’s Great Outdoors BBQ won in 2024, and House & Barn Mtn. BBQ won in 2025. Will a newcomer make it THREE FOR THREE? 😎🔥
Grumpy’s, you’ve got that 2024 Grand Champion title AND two straight People’s Choice wins! Can you bring the Grand Champion trophy back home and make People’s Choice a three-peat? Or will someone interrupt your trophy collecting? 😂👑
Rehab BBQ and Pit Stop BBQ, you’ve been close BOTH previous years! Are you ready to trade “almost” for “Grand Champion”? Last year, Rehab finished second and Pit Stop third, with only 92 points separating the top three! 🔥
Rehab, are you ready to close that gap? Pit Stop, is it time to shift gears and pass the competition? 🏁🏆
Wicked Pig and Borough BBQ, you know how this showdown works. Have you been keeping a winning recipe a secret? Should everyone else be nervous? 🤫🐷
Meadow Creek BBQ, BackPew Barbecue, B**r Goggles BBQ, and Smokin’ in the Boy’s Room—are you bringing something that’ll shake up the standings? Our returning teams might be keeping an extra eye on your smokers! 👀😂
❤️ We’ll miss House & Barn Mtn. BBQ, our 2025 Grand Champion, this year! Jim, we hope all is well and know you’ll be cheering everyone on from home. You’re part of our Smoke Over Holston family, and we look forward to having you back around the smokers!
It’s friendly competition, great barbecue, and a whole lot of heart—but nobody’s hauling a smoker out here just to admire the scenery! 😂🔥
📅 October 23–25, 2026
Friday: Competitor setup
🕙 Saturday and Sunday: Gates open at 10 AM; tasting begins at 10:30 AM!
📍 Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
1 Partnership Circle, Abingdon, VA 24210
Right off I-81, Exit 14!
❤️ People’s Choice is up to YOU! Be a taster for $10, sample the barbecue, and vote for your favorite!
Admission is FREE! Come hang out, shop our vendors, enjoy the kids’ corner, and catch live music on Sunday. You only pay the $10 tasting fee if you choose to be a taster.
🔥 Think your team can take the heat? There’s still time to enter—registration closes October 15!
Thank you to all our competitors for supporting Green Spring Volunteer Fire Department! 🚒❤️
👇 Will a newcomer make it 3-for-3, or will a returning team break the streak? Tag your favorite team and let the friendly smack talk begin!
P.S sorry for the AI photo my drawing didnt turn out as good
