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Arizona pitmasters compete during a smoky White Mountains finale
More than 40 barbecue teams face judging, people’s choice, cornhole, children’s cooking, and public tastings during a three-day mountain competition.
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Springerville Rib Throwdown brings skilled pitmasters to Town Park for Arizona’s longest-running barbecue competition, with a three-day finale that includes a community dinner, appetizer and dessert contests, cornhole, rib judging, people’s-choice tasting, and a children’s barbecue category alongside plenty of smoke drifting through the White Mountains air each evening of the competition.
The children’s barbecue category is what sets this competition apart for families: rather than watching adults compete from the sidelines, younger visitors can enter their own cooking, giving the whole event a genuinely intergenerational feel that a typical spectator-only barbecue festival elsewhere rarely manages to offer its youngest guests, right alongside seasoned pitmasters competing for the top prize.
Ribs often sell out well before the weekend ends, and the multi-day schedule rewards an overnight stay for anyone hoping to sample everything on offer. Travelers can pair the event with Lyman Lake, mountain drives, hiking, or a quieter end-of-summer weekend in Springerville-Eagar once the tasting and judging have wrapped up for another year of competitive barbecue and community fellowship.
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