Old Smokey Throwdown
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🔥Welcome to the 12th Annual Old Smokey Throwdown, where backyard legends and grill gladiators battle for Pitmaster Prestige in THREE mouthwatering categories:
🍗 Chicken Wings
🌭 Hot Dogs *NEW*
🥓 Bacon Open
This is a FREE community event, so bring your friends, bring your appetite, and wander through the cook teams as they transform the entire street block into a sizzling flavor festival packed with smoke, fire, and hometown bragging rights.
Spectators are welcome all day to soak up the smoke, music, and glorious chaos of competitive cooking! 🌞🔥
Event Schedule
🔥 8:00 AM – Street Closure & Pitmaster Takeover
🔥 12:30 PM – 1st Round of Judging Begins
(Detailed turn-in times listed below)
🔥 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM – Live Music on the Albatross Patio 🎸🍻
🔥 5:30 PM – Awards Ceremony & Bragging Rights Begin 🏆
Come hungry. Leave smelling like smoke and victory.
Spread the word and come watch the magic happen at Albatross! 🌭🍗🥩
🔴RULES
A contestant or team consists of one chief cook and no more than four assistants (but who’s counting). Contestants may check in and pickup turn in containers at the judging tent beginning at 10 A.M Saturday, July 18, 2025. Space setup may begin at 8am.
🔴The City of Galveston will not be closing the street at 8am.
🔴Categories for the 2026 Albatross Old Smokey Throw down Cook-off are as follows:
Chicken Wings (Wings and Drumettes only)
Hot Dog
Bacon Open
**ALL ENTRIES MUST BE COOKED ON A STOCK OLD SMOKEY.(Unmodified)
Teams may bring more than one Old Smokey pit to cook on.
Please only Old Smokeys. Your official start time is as soon as you’re Setup.
SAUCE: You like it use it. Cook with it, pour it on your entry; we don’t care just make it delicious. NO garnishing or markers allowed.
No foil inside containers.
**EVERY TEAM IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
Cooks are to prepare and cook barbecue in as sanitary a manner as possible. Cooking conditions are subject to inspection by the BARBECUE COOK-OFF COMMITTEE and/or County and State Health Inspectors. Conditions found to be unsanitary will be grounds for disqualification from this cook-off. Fires must be wood or wood substance, or charcoal.
NO gas or electric fires are allowed. No holes, open fires, or dug pits will be allowed.
JUDGING: Contest meats will be judged by the public on Saturday, July 18, 2026. Contest meats must be delivered to the designated turn-in point.
Turn in time listed below:
CHICKEN WINGS: 12:30pm to 12:40pm
HOT DOGS: 2:20pm to 2:30pm
BACON OPEN: 3:50pm to 4:00pm
THE OFFICIAL TIME WILL BE THAT ONE AS KEPT BY THE HEAD JUDGE & HIS/HER DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE. WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT 5:30PM.
DOUBLE BLIND JUDGING: You will receive 3 foam trays with lids. Each of these trays will have a numbered ticket affixed to the bottom and a matching numbered ticket inside. The Chief Cook is responsible for removing the inner ticket and putting it in a safe place. You MUST present this number matching inner ticket to claim any prize when the winning tickets are announced at the award ceremony.
Event Timing: July 18, 2026 • 8am
Event Address: 815 21st St, Galveston, TX 77550
Contact us at (409) 765-5778 or
[email protected]
PLEASE NOTE:
SPOT COST FEE OF $100.
You may request up to 6 spots.
The fee is $100 per spot.
🔥Welcome to the 12th Annual Old Smokey Throwdown, where backyard legends and grill gladiators battle for Pitmaster Prestige in THREE mouthwatering categories:
🍗 Chicken Wings
🌭 Hot Dogs *NEW*
🥓 Bacon Open
This is a FREE community event, so bring your friends, bring your appetite, and wander through the cook teams as they transform the entire street block into a sizzling flavor festival packed with smoke, fire, and hometown bragging rights.
Spectators are welcome all day to soak up the smoke, music, and glorious chaos of competitive cooking! 🌞🔥
Event Schedule
🔥 8:00 AM – Street Closure & Pitmaster Takeover
🔥 12:30 PM – 1st Round of Judging Begins
(Detailed turn-in times listed below)
🔥 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM – Live Music on the Albatross Patio 🎸🍻
🔥 5:30 PM – Awards Ceremony & Bragging Rights Begin 🏆
Come hungry. Leave smelling like smoke and victory.
Spread the word and come watch the magic happen at Albatross! 🌭🍗🥩
🔴RULES
A contestant or team consists of one chief cook and no more than four assistants (but who’s counting). Contestants may check in and pickup turn in containers at the judging tent beginning at 10 A.M Saturday, July 18, 2025. Space setup may begin at 8am.
🔴The City of Galveston will not be closing the street at 8am.
🔴Categories for the 2026 Albatross Old Smokey Throw down Cook-off are as follows:
Chicken Wings (Wings and Drumettes only)
Hot Dog
Bacon Open
**ALL ENTRIES MUST BE COOKED ON A STOCK OLD SMOKEY.(Unmodified)
Teams may bring more than one Old Smokey pit to cook on.
Please only Old Smokeys. Your official start time is as soon as you’re Setup.
SAUCE: You like it use it. Cook with it, pour it on your entry; we don’t care just make it delicious. NO garnishing or markers allowed.
No foil inside containers.
**EVERY TEAM IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
Cooks are to prepare and cook barbecue in as sanitary a manner as possible. Cooking conditions are subject to inspection by the BARBECUE COOK-OFF COMMITTEE and/or County and State Health Inspectors. Conditions found to be unsanitary will be grounds for disqualification from this cook-off. Fires must be wood or wood substance, or charcoal.
NO gas or electric fires are allowed. No holes, open fires, or dug pits will be allowed.
JUDGING: Contest meats will be judged by the public on Saturday, July 18, 2026. Contest meats must be delivered to the designated turn-in point.
Turn in time listed below:
CHICKEN WINGS: 12:30pm to 12:40pm
HOT DOGS: 2:20pm to 2:30pm
BACON OPEN: 3:50pm to 4:00pm
THE OFFICIAL TIME WILL BE THAT ONE AS KEPT BY THE HEAD JUDGE & HIS/HER DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE. WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT 5:30PM.
DOUBLE BLIND JUDGING: You will receive 3 foam trays with lids. Each of these trays will have a numbered ticket affixed to the bottom and a matching numbered ticket inside. The Chief Cook is responsible for removing the inner ticket and putting it in a safe place. You MUST present this number matching inner ticket to claim any prize when the winning tickets are announced at the award ceremony.
Event Timing: July 18, 2026 • 8am
Event Address: 815 21st St, Galveston, TX 77550
Contact us at (409) 765-5778 or
[email protected]
PLEASE NOTE:
SPOT COST FEE OF $100.
You may request up to 6 spots.
The fee is $100 per spot.
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815 21st St, Galveston, TX, United States, Texas 77550
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