2025 Coalfields Cookoff Schedule

Times may slightly adjust to accommodate the festival schedule with the exception of turn ins.

 

FRIDAY,  June 6, 2025​

Teams who need to arrive early should contact the BBQ office at 301-335-2715.

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9:00am  MCDOWELL STREET CLOSURE (Alternate Route, 2-way Traffic - Wyoming Street)

10:00am - 4:00pm BBQ Teams Arrive

12:00pm - 5:00pm Meat Inspection
5:00pm - 6:00pm Cooks Meeting
5:00pm - 10:00pm Beer Sales
6:00pm - 10:00pm Tee Shirt Sales Open
5:00pm - 10:00pm Food Vendors Open
7:30pm - 9:30pm SHANE THOMAS BAND
9:30pm - 11:00pm BBQ Showers Open/Shuttle to Armory   

 

SATURDAY, June 7, 2025

7:00am - 8:00am BBQ Showers Open/Shuttle to Armory
7:00am - 8:00am Donuts/Coffee for Cookers/Vendors
9:00am - 3:00pm  Tasting Ticket Sales Open
9:00am - 6:00pm Tee Shirt Sales
9:30am -  BBQ Judges check in at Jack Caffrey Arts Center

10:00am - BBQ Judges Meet at JACK CAFFREY ARTS CENTER (143 Wyoming St.)

10:00am - 6:00pm Beer Sales
11:00am - ATV Short Trail Rides

12:00pm - Mr. Bill Karaoke
11:40am - Judges In Place
11:55am - 12:05pm Chicken Turn In

12:25pm - 12:35pm Rib Turn In
12:55pm - 1:05pm Pork Butt Turn In
1:25pm - 1:35pm Brisket Turn In

2:00pm - Public Tasting Turn In
2:30pm - 4:00pm Public Tasting Event (or when we run out)

2:00pm - 4:00pm GRASS MONKEYS BAND
5:30pm - 6:00pm Contest and BBQ Awards
  

SUNDAY, June 8, 2025

8:00 am All Cookers Must Leave/Streets Reopen  

See you June 5 - 6, 2026 for the 5th Annual WV Coalfields Cookoff!