Atlanta Kosher BBQ Festival Was Smokin’ Hot
Thousands of community members gathered on a picturesque Sunday afternoon at Brook Run Park in Dunwoody for the 10th anniversary of the Atlanta Kosher BBQ Festival.
More than 4,500 community members gathered on a picturesque Sunday afternoon at Brook Run Park in Dunwoody for the 10th anniversary of the Atlanta Kosher BBQ Festival.
Presented by the Hebrew Order of David (HOD), the event featured barbeque teams from around the country vying for glory in the categories of: Beef Brisket, Beef Ribs, Chicken, Chili and more. Members of the Atlanta Kashruth Commission oversaw the preparation standards and provided kosher certifications for all the competing cooking teams.
“The weather, the aroma, the energy, the camaraderie,” said Atlanta Kosher BBQ Festival Executive Director Jody Pollack. “What an amazing way to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Atlanta Kosher BBQ Festival! Great venue.”
Noah’s Bark took home the coveted Grand Champion prize. The complete list of winners is as follows:
Grand Champion
Noah’s Bark
Brisket
1: Halburnt Offerings
2: Rest in Meat
3: Feederation
Ribs
1: Masterful Menche’s of Meat
2: Noah’s Bark
3: Challa’d Greens
Chili
1: Blue Crew BBQ
2: The Wandering Q
3: Feederation
Chicken
1: Halburnt Offerings
2: Burnt Offerings
3: I’ll Have What She’s Having
Team Name
Moshe Ribeinu
Booth Decoration
Smokin’ Hot Off the Press
Fan Favorite
BBQ’n Hebrew Hillbillies
The full roster of competing teams includes: BBQ’n Hebrew Hillbillies; Blue Crew BBQ (Cobb County Police Department K9 Unit); HOD Lodge Shimshon Sons of BBQ’ers (Plumbing Express); Pirates of the Cow Rib Bean (HOD Lodge Bezalel and Congregation Or Hadash); Challa’d Greens (Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition); CMCH Flames; I’ll Have What She’s Having (Congregation Or VeShalom and HOD Lodge Magen David); Noah’s Bark (Temple Kol Emeth); Smokin’ Hot Off the Press (Atlanta Jewish Times); Hermano A Hermano (HOD Lodge Tikvah, Houston); The Wandering Q (Ahavath Achim Men’s Club); Masterful Mensche’s of Meat (Congregation Beth Shalom); Rest in Meat (Dressler’s Funeral Care); Moshe Ribeinu (Congregation Etz Chaim); War Wagon (DeKalb Fire and Rescue Department); Don’t Butter my Brisket; Burnt Offerings (Palm Beach Synagogue, Palm Beach, Fla.); Peeps Pit (Aventura, Fla.); Halburnt Offerings; Cloven Hoof; Feederation (Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta); Alpha Epsilon Pi.
The festival also featured a Kids’ Zone, community expo, silent auction, and live music.
- News
- Local
- Sasha Heller
- Brook Run Park
- Atlanta Kosher BBQ Festival
- Beef Brisket
- Beef Ribs
- Chicken
- Chili
- Atlanta Kashruth Commission
- Jody Pollack
- Noah’s Bark
- BBQ’n Hebrew Hillbillies
- Blue Crew BBQ
- Cobb County Police Department K9 Unit
- HOD Lodge Shimshon Sons of BBQ’ers
- Plumbing Express
- Pirates of the Cow Rib Bean
- HOD Lodge Bezalel
- Congregation Or Hadash
- Challa’d Greens
- Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition
- CMCH Flames
- I’ll Have What She’s Having
- Congregation Or VeShalom
- HOD Lodge Magen David
- Temple Kol Emeth
- Hermano A Hermano
- HOD Lodge Tikvah
- houston
- The Wandering Q
- Ahavath Achim Men’s Club
- Masterful Mensches of Meat
- Congregation Beth Shalom
- Rest in Meat
- Dressler’s Funeral Care
- Moshe Ribeinu
- congregation etz chaim
- War Wagon
- DeKalb Fire and Rescue Department
- Don’t Butter my Brisket
- Burnt Offerings
- Halburnt Offerings
- Cloven Hoof
- Feederation
- jewish federation of greater atlanta
- Alpha Epsilon Pi
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