The Butcher's Smoke and Flames Barbeque Cookoff

10/16/2026

💧💙 A HUGE THANK YOU TO BLUE SPRINGS WATER!! 💙💧

We are SO excited and incredibly thankful for the amazing support we’re receiving for Butcher Smoke & Flames BBQ Cookoff! 🔥🐷

A HUGE shoutout to Blue Springs Water for generously donating and delivering 30 CASES OF WATER for all of our BBQ cook teams and judges next weekend!! 🙌💦

When you’re spending hours around hot smokers, grills, and competition pits, staying hydrated is a MUST! And thanks to Blue Springs Water, we’ve got our teams and judges covered! 💪🔥

It’s businesses like Blue Springs Water that remind us just how blessed we are to have such an incredible community rallying behind this event. Every donation, every sponsorship, and every helping hand makes a difference, and we couldn’t pull this off without y’all! ❤️

THANK YOU, BLUE SPRINGS WATER, for helping us make our very first Butcher Smoke & Flames one to remember!! 👏👏

📍 Vinemont Sports Complex

📅 Saturday, October 24th

🔥 FREE ADMISSION!

10/13/2026

🎸🔥 TURN UP THE MUSIC, CULLMAN!! 🔥🎸

The BBQ will be smokin’, the grills will be HOT, and the LIVE MUSIC is going to be ROCKIN’ at the Butcher Smoke & Flames BBQ Cookoff! 🎶🔥

🎤 HITTING THE STAGE:
🎸 NIGHT TRAIN
🎶 JESSE PRIEST
🎵 WILL DOWDY

We're bringing you a FULL day of live entertainment, mouthwatering BBQ, cold drinks, and good times with family and friends!

🪑 BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS, GRAB YOUR FRIENDS & COME HANG OUT WITH US! Kick back, enjoy some incredible live music, eat some delicious BBQ, and spend the day soaking up the atmosphere! We want you to come early, stay awhile, and enjoy everything this festival has to offer! 🎶

📅 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24TH
📍 Vinemont Sports Complex | Vinemont, AL
⏰ Gates open at 10:00 AM
🎟️ FREE ADMISSION!

🔥 LIVE MUSIC
🔥 BBQ COMPETITION
🔥 CLASSIC CAR CRUISE-IN
🔥 KIDS ZONE
🔥 ARTS & CRAFTS VENDORS
🔥 FOOD & FUN FOR EVERYONE!

A HUGE thank you to our Main Stage Sponsor, First South Farm Credit, for helping us bring the entertainment to this year's festival! ❤️

🎶 TAG YOUR CONCERT CREW, PACK THOSE LAWN CHAIRS, AND COME SPEND SATURDAY WITH US!

October 24th can't get here fast enough!! 🔥

10/13/2026

🚨🔥 VENDOR SPOTS ARE OFFICIALLY FULL! 🔥🚨

Y’ALL!!! The Butcher Smoke & Flames BBQ Cookoff is almost here, and our arts & crafts vendor spaces are officially SOLD OUT! 🙌

We have an AMAZING lineup joining us, and we can’t wait for y’all to shop, eat, and support these wonderful businesses!

🛍️ CHECK OUT OUR VENDOR LINEUP!

• Just 2 Chicks Bakery
• Perfect Bite BBQ
• 3 Bears Snacks
• Summer Ray Apparel
• Hollis Family Sweet Dips LLC
• Leaf Home
• Legacy of Hope
• The Hunt Family Foundation
• The Pink Cactus Western Co.
• AKG Metalworks
• Susan’s Craft Candles
• Ice Cream Express
• The Blooming Barista
• Otter Creek Soap LLC
• Mississippi Spice Company
• The Roland Pin
• Karyn’s Jewelry & Gifts
• 1778 Bathhouse and Bakes
• P&J BBQ
• The Butcher’s Chuckwagon
• A Little Something Extra Ice Cream
• Pink Cactus Trading Post
• Maw Maw Gypsy’s Jam & Jellies
• Kustom Wood Creations
• B & K Sales
• AMK Original Designs
• Wrestling Donation Tent VHS
• Corey Hill
• Hannah Made Crochet
• Alabama Realty Group
• The Pickled Patch Farm/Punchy Bronc Boutique
• Bright Touch Auto Detailing
• Faith in Goods
• Like Mother Like Daughter
• Slime Time
•OG’s Designs
• Bonnie Jeans Boutique

❤️ To all our vendors — THANK YOU! Thank you for supporting our vision and helping us bring something special to our community!

📣 VENDORS: An email with important event details, setup instructions, and arrival information will be sent out TOMORROW! Keep an eye on your inbox!

🔥 CULLMAN COUNTY, ARE Y’ALL READY?!

10/07/2026

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WINNER: Corey Moss!

Kadi & Justin at The Butcher - Meat Co. sent me home with this basket as we continue getting the word out about The Butcher's Smoke and Flames Barbeque Cookoff coming up October 24th in Vinemont.

In the basket, there’s The Butcher’s Steak Rub, Smoked SPG and Rib Rub, W Sauce, Wagyu Beef Tallow, a The Butcher T-shirt, two koozies and $40 in gift cards to The Butcher - Meat Co.! If you enjoy that sort of thing, that can get you some mighty good steaks!

Corey gets ALL of it!

I’m currently in the running for Top Host!

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And feel free to follow The Butcher - Meat Co., The Butcher's Smoke and Flames Barbeque Cookoff, The Butcher's Chuck Wagon, & The Mark White Show if you haven’t already!

While we’re having some fun with the giveaway, I really want to help Kadi Lee Smith & Justin get the word out about what they’re putting together.

The Butcher’s 4th Annual Smoke & Flames Barbecue Cookoff will be Saturday, October 24th, at the Vinemont Sports Complex. Classic cars begin arriving at 8a & gates open at 10a.

There will be a KCBS-sanctioned Backyard BBQ Competition, People’s Choice Boston Butt Competition, live music, classic cars, arts & crafts vendors, a Kids Zone, plenty of food and a whole lot going on throughout the day.

Competitors, vendors, volunteers and sponsors can still get involved, too.

You can find more information at ButchersSmokeAndFlames.com.

October 24th is getting closer! Help me spread the word!

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10/07/2026

Our MAIN STAGE Sponsor getting us all in our feels! We’re so thankful you chose us to support!! Yall check out this awesome interview with Maria Singleton @ First Farm South Credit! 🔥🔥

LISTEN: audioboom.com/posts/8961563-make-a-difference-minute-supporting-the-community-that-supports-you

On this Make a Difference Minute, Maria Singleton-Loan Officer, First South Farm Credit , in Cullman, shares why supporting local events and businesses matters.

After learning more about The Butcher - Meat Co. and the The Butcher's Smoke and Flames Barbeque Cookoff, Maria says the Smith family’s commitment to agriculture, farm-to-table food and their community made the event a natural fit for First South Farm Credit.

The Butcher’s 4th Annual Smoke & Flames Barbecue Cook-Off is Saturday, October 24th, at the Vinemont Sports Complex.

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You can cast one free vote every 24 hours, and no donation is required. If you choose to donate for additional votes, funds raised through the competition help support the Ryan Seacrest Foundation through a grant from AIT. The foundation creates interactive media studios in children’s hospitals nationwide.

Thank you for supporting the work I care so much about!

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10/06/2026

🔥🔥 IT’S FESTIVAL MONTH!!! 🔥🔥

The countdown is ON! Butcher Smoke & Flames BBQ Cookoff is happening Saturday, October 24th at the Vinemont Sports Complex — and we are packing a LOT into one day! 🐷🔥

🎟️ FREE ADMISSION
🚪 Gates open at 10:00 AM

Here’s what’s waiting for you 👇

🔥 KCBS Sanctioned BBQ Competition
🏆 People’s Choice BBQ — YOU get to taste competition BBQ & vote for your favorite!
🎶 LIVE MUSIC all day
🛍️ Arts, Crafts & Local Vendors
🚘 Classic Car Cruise-In
🎈 Kids Zone
🍔 Food Trucks & Food Vendors
🌭 Kids Q BBQ Competition
🍰 Dessert Competition
🏆 Awards + some of the BEST BBQ around!

And did we mention… IT’S FREE TO GET IN?! 🙌

We’ve got BBQ teams rolling in ready to compete, vendors bringing some GOOD stuff, live music lined up, cars coming out, plenty for the kids to do, and food you’re definitely going to want to show up hungry for. 🔥

📍 Vinemont Sports Complex
📅 Saturday, October 24, 2026
⏰ Gates open at 10:00 AM
🎟️ FREE ADMISSION

This is the post we need y’all to SHARE, SHARE, SHARE! 📲

Tag your BBQ buddy, your shopping buddy, your car-show buddy, your whole family — heck, tag everybody. 😂

🔥 OCTOBER 24TH — VINEMONT, AL — BE THERE! 🔥

10/05/2026

🔥 THE OFFICIAL TEAM LINEUP IS HERE! 🔥
24 teams. One big day of BBQ. And some serious competition coming to Vinemont! 🐷🔥
We are officially FULL for the 2026 Butcher’s Smoke & Flames Barbecue Cookoff, and we couldn’t be more excited about the teams joining us this year!
These teams will be firing up the smokers and battling it out for the title on Saturday, October 24th at the Vinemont Sports Complex! 🏆
Come hungry, bring the family, and get ready for a FULL day of BBQ, live music, vendors, the Kids Zone, classic cars, People’s Choice BBQ & more!
📅 Saturday, October 24th
⏰ Gates open at 10:00 AM
🎟️ FREE ADMISSION
🔥 THIS is going to be a good one, y’all! 🔥

10/04/2026

🔥🔥🔥🔥 SO EXCITED!!

As my biggest job yet quickly approaches, I’m (attempting) to give myself plenty of time to prepare for it! I can’t wait to pour my all into this and watch everything to come life 🤩

If you’ve already contacted me about a banner or balloons for the month of October, your order is secured! Im still taking orders for November as well!
Thank y’all so much for keeping me busy! 🤎

10/01/2026

🔥🏆 TEAM ENTRIES ARE OFFICIALLY CLOSED! 🏆🔥

We have officially reached capacity for the 2026 Butcher’s Smoke & Flames BBQ Cookoff and are no longer accepting cook team entries!

⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTE: If you previously registered but did not pay your entry fee or outstanding invoice, your team has been removed from our roster. Registration alone does not guarantee a spot, and only paid entries are confirmed.

We want to give a HUGE thank you to all the teams who have committed to competing this year! We are beyond excited to welcome you all and can't wait to see some incredible BBQ! 🐷🔥

📅 October 24, 2026
📍 Vinemont Sports Complex
🎟️ FREE Admission!

The countdown is ON! Let’s get ready for some SMOKE & FLAMES! 🔥🏆

09/25/2026

🔥 FESTIVAL SHIRTS HAVE ARRIVED! 🔥

October 24th is almost here, and we are getting SO excited for The Butcher’s Smoke & Flames BBQ Cookoff! 🙌

Huge shoutout to C & C Graphics for always killing it on our merch! These shirts turned out amazing, and we can’t wait to see y’all wearing them! ❤️🔥

📣 COOK TEAM UPDATE:
We can still accept up to 3 more teams whose entire cooking setup will fit within a 36’ x 18’ space! If you’ve been thinking about joining us, grab one of these remaining spots!

👉 Sign up at www.butchersmokeandflames.com

Which shirt color is your favorite? 🤍💛❤️🖤