BBQ and Blues
Road Trips Foodies driving through Missouri on the first weekend in June can watch amateur and professional chefs try to “smoke” the competition and listen to some down-home blues during the first Lake of the Ozarks Blues and BBQ Weekend.
It’ll be held June 1 though 3, 2012, round about 4265 Bagnell Dam Boulevard, Lake Ozark, Missouri (map).
This festival has no admission charge and features a barbecue cook-off, live music, a vendor village with tons of Missouri products, winery displays, food (including barbecue and barbecue sauces) and local artisans.
Yes, the Kansas City BBQ Society sanctions this barbecue cook-off event that features competitive chefs cooking various meats to earn points toward competing in the national cook-off.
For more information on visiting the region, go online.
(Photo courtesy of Kate Krav)