05/12/2026
🔥🍖 Taste! Vote! Celebrate! 🍖🔥
The People’s Choice Award at BBQ Fest gives YOU the chance not only to sample competition BBQ and vote for your favorite team, but also the opportunity to win a brand-new grill!
Here’s how it works:
âś… Beginning at 1pm, purchase a People's Choice Ballot at the BBQ Fest Info Booth (Limited Quantities are available)
âś… Sample BBQ from the 21 competing teams and mark on your ballot to vote for your favorite
âś… By 3pm, return your ballot to the BBQ Fest Info Booth
âś… At 4pm, join the crowd at the Custer Coliseum for the Award Ceremony and celebrate who wins the honors and $2,400 in cash prizes!
BONUS: Every returned ballot is an entry for a chance to win a Green Mountain Pellet Grill, generously donated by Home Oasis Pools and Spas of Altoona!
Special appreciation is shared with Mike's Star Market for donating the pork loins used by competitors in the People’s Choice competition.
Saturday, May 16 | 11am-5pm | Free Parking + Admission
Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds | Chippewa Falls, WI
For more information and the event schedule visit: nwsfa.com/bbqfest