Uptown Greenwood

South Carolina Festival of Discovery

8th Annual Festival of Discovery
Barbeque & Hash Cookoff
July 11-12, 2008
Greenwood, South Carolina
 

 

South Carolina
State Championship
$20,000 In Cash Prizes
$2,500 Grand Champion
$1,500 Reserve Grand Champion
Trophies for 1st - 3rd places
Ribbons for 4th & 5th place

 

 

Over 60 barbeque teams are expected to converge on beautiful Uptown Greenwood for the 8th Annual South Carolina Festival of Discovery.  In 2007 (see 2007 results), teams from Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and South Carolina filled Uptown with the incredible smell of barbeque.  The Festival has been proclaimed an Official South Carolina State Championship by Governor Mark Sanford.  The Festival is sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) and includes four required categories: pork shoulder, pork ribs, beef brisket and chicken.  The professional competition will follow the 2008 KCBS rules and regulations
 
The Festival also features an amateur/backyard contest and celebrates the rich history of hash in Greenwood County by sponsoring a hash cookoff.  Additionally, the Festival features a 'Taster's Choice' competition where the general public critiques participating barbeque team samples that can be purchased for $1.
 
DOWNLOAD 2008 COOK OFF ENTRY FORM (pdf)
 
Any team wishing to vend during the Festival can do so by paying a $100 vending fee.  The Festival of Discovery does not utilize a ticket system for direct vending; therefore the Festival does not receive a percentage of your sales.  Vending teams are required to follow South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control food guidelines (pdf).
 
Previous Grand Champions
 
2007 - Florida Skin and Bones
2006 - Jack's Old South 
2005 - buttrub.com
2004 - Weapons of Mass BBQing
2003 - Your Butts on Fire
2002 - Bar B Q Pit Crew 
 
Judges
 
Are you a certified Kansas City Barbeque Society Judge?  Consider completing an application to judge the South Carolina Festival of Discovery today!
 
DOWNLOAD 2008 KCBS JUDGES APPLICATION (pdf)
 
 

For more information, contact uptown@cityofgreenwoodsc.com.

Uptown Greenwood Development Corporation
P.O.Box 202
Greenwood, SC 29648
(864) 942-8448