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The food was terrific, the truck show was of great interest to the boys, the cook off was exciting for the participants and the music was totally awesome!!! I hope that it will be an annual event!
Overall a good experience, but lacking in the food department. I went expecting all kinds of BBQ food for sale (ribs, brisket, chicken, etc) and there was only three BBQ vendors. Corn dogs, hot dogs, and mini donuts don't cut it at an adult event.
For a first year festival it was not bad. The volunteers were great. There were too few food vendors for the size of the crowd, the lines were extremely long and some of them ran out early in the day. The Jack Daniels lounge was a very nice venue - the only one where you could dance. That would have to be my biggest complaint - how can you bring all that wonderful music and not give us the opportunity to dance?
Music Lineup was great, concession lineups were not. The vendors seemd very ill prepared for the volume of visitors and were often sold out or delayed in their ability to serve customers. Wait times on Saturday were often more than 1 hour. This is way too long to be waiting while trying to enjoy the fantastic music lineup. Would love to see more BBQ themed food vendors, Famous Dave's is a mainstage sponsor, but no food presence??? I think in general, visitors were a little aprehensive in approaching the BBQ competitiors with questions, comments etc. Perhaps more information could be available as to what the competition is about etc.
Long over due and cant wait for next year.For the first year they did a great job,just a couple of minor things 1 Spread the food venues out Lineups were insane 2 Quality of t shirts not very good 3 Jam was great 4 Venue was very good Overall great job just a couple of minor kinks see you next year
Really liked Miss Higgins and Romi Mayes. Line ups too long for food.
The music seemed well organized as were the grounds. The sessions I was able to catch were leaning more to the folk genre then I would have expected, but enjoyable none the less. Bars were plentiful and staff were great keeping lines moving at a good pace. Burger wars was a disaster, no signage to detail the process, which including lining up three times to receive the three competing mini hamburgers. Total line wait time about 1.5 hours and one of the burgers was pretty much raw as they were unable to keep up with demand and rushed the product. They definitely need to triple / quadruple the cooking capacity for that event. It would also work well if they put up better signage and / or handed out a sheet with the site layout indicating where you could buy some of the BBQ. On Saturday night I ventured into the "Smoke pit", which looked like it would be the place to get some BBQ, but about ten feet in I thought I could hear the banjo guitar duo from deliverance staring up. Just not an inviting place, but who knows maybe I wasn't supposed to be there?? Next year... the jury's out.
For a first year event, it was good. Since most of us were over 55, it would have been nice to: 1) have coffee (including decaf) 2) not have to line up for hours for food outside 3) the contest burger line was the length of building all night. Next year plan on having a few more stations for the contestants. 4) drink prices were high On the positive side, The bands were exceptional, the areas were always kept clean and the bathrooms plentiful. The volunteers were very helpful and cordial. Admission price of $40 for the whole weekend was reasonable. Parking was great. I'm sure next year little things will be ironed out. Thanks to the organizing committee for this event. Mema
