This past weekend, the EASTWEST BBQ Festival was held in downtown Greensboro. Pitmasters from North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas and Ohio came together to share their recipe with festival attendees. The annual event gives the Greensboro community a chance to taste BBQ from award winning vendors. The event was held in the lot behind the News & Record on East Washington Street. It is nice to see this part of town being used for a special event. As close as it is to the train station, people could even ride in for the day from Charlotte or Raleigh. Seeing the iconic JP Building in the background situates the photo firmly in Greensboro!

With the reasonably-priced food, beverages, entertainment, and merchandise, the entrance fee was $5 well spent. Do you have a favorite style of BBQ? Do you prefer pork or chicken? What ingredients do you like in your sauce? Dry rub? Vinegar? Molasses? Mustard? Tomato sauce? Just about anything you wanted was available this past weekend. If you missed it, mark your calendar for next year. For more local fare, you could head over to the Lexington BBQ Festival on October 25th.