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Welcome to The 2013 Silicon Valley BBQ Championships hosted by The Rotary Club of Santa Clara and the City of Santa Clara!

Friday, June 28th from 4PM-8PM – SVBBQ’s Meat & Greet

3:30PM – Parking lots open, see event parking locations for details.
4:00PM – 5:30PM – Cocktail Monkeys band performs hits from the 80’s, 90’s and today.
6:00PM – 8:00PM – Metal Shop band throws a hard rock party

Enjoy great music, food and drinks as you get to watch some of the nation’s top teams prepare their award winning barbeque. This is your chance to speak to the teams as the competition heats up and we get closer to crowning the 2013 BBQ Champion of Silicon Valley.

Saturday, June 29th from 10:00AM to 8:00PM – The Main Event

10:00AM – Parking lots open, see event parking locations for details.
11:00AM – 11:30AM We commence with the welcoming flag ceremony
11:30AM – 1:00PM Grammy Nominated Country Artist Eric Paslay performs
1:30PM – 3:00PM Long Train Runnin’ performs their tribute to the Doobie Brothers
4:00PM – 5:30PM Rodeo House cranks it up with some country rock
6:00PM – 8:00PM California Cowboys keep the country rock going on strong
8:00PM – Event Ends

The Silicon Valley BBQ Championships and All City Picnic will open up at 10:00AM. At that time the 50 BBQ professional teams will be getting close to putting their final touches on their delectable creations. At 12:00PM the professional teams will start to turn in their tasty BBQ to be judged by the knowledgeable panel of Certified KCBS judges. Teams will be competing in four following categories; Pork Ribs, Pulled Pork, Chicken Thighs and Brisket.