The Yorkville Marketplace Backyard BBQ Cook-Off brings barbecue teams to downtown York for a two-day competition built around smoked pork, ribs, and a category that gives cooks room to get creative.
A Backyard BBQ Competition in Downtown York
Teams set up at Yorkville Marketplace and compete across several barbecue categories, with prizes awarded for individual entries and an overall champion. The competition has included pork, ribs, and an open-ended category for cooks who want to go beyond the standard barbecue box.
The cook-off stretches across Friday evening and Saturday, giving teams time to settle in, cook, and turn in their entries over the course of the event.
Taste the Competition
This is not a cook-off where all of the barbecue disappears behind the judging table. Yorkville Marketplace offers tasting passes that let visitors sample barbecue from the competing teams and get a better sense of what is coming off the smokers.
A People’s Choice award also gives the crowd a say in the results. That public tasting component is a big part of what makes the event worthwhile for barbecue fans who would rather eat their way through the competition than simply watch from the sidelines.
Yorkville Marketplace
The event takes place at Yorkville Marketplace on Congress Street in downtown York. The location has hosted the current Backyard BBQ Cook-Off series from the beginning and had also been used for an earlier amateur barbecue competition.
Because the exact competition schedule, tasting details, and other activities can change, check the organizer’s current information before heading to York.
Admission: Free
Event Organizer
Organizer
- Name
- Yorkville Marketplace
- Phone
- (803) 818-5222
- ymscevents@gmail.com
