From the live music to the lemonade and funnel cakes there was something at the third annual Sip & Swine BBQ festival for everyone. The festival is a Kansas City Barbecue Society-sanctioned BBQ competition.

The goals of Sip & Swine are to fundraise and find the best BBQ out there! Both professional and amateur teams competed to see who could create the best barbecue. There were three different categories: Chicken, Pork Ribs, and Pork (though the Pro teams competed in all of those categories plus Beef Brisket.) By the end of the competition, the judges had crowned the victors.

Grand Champion: The Pit Crew GA
Reserve Grand Champion: Who Cares BBQ
Backyard Overall: Bite Me BBQ
Anything But Overall: Extra Mile BBQ
Dessert Overall: Nice Rack BBQ

There was also a People’s Choice competition, where the event attendees could purchase a Taster Kit of samples and vote on which one they felt deserved to win.

Here are the victors of the People’s Choice Competition, with the cup number from the Taster Kit included…
 

First place went to … E.T.’s BBQ (Cup #19)
Second place went to … FYC BBQ (Cup #50)
And there was a three-way tie for third place between … Roast Beast BBQ (Cup #13), Slow Smokin’ BBQ (Cup #7), and Sweet Smoke BBQ (Cup #11)