Raleigh -- September 9, 2024: NC Department of Agriculture & Customer Service Press Release: The Whole Hog Barbecue

Series is coming to the 2024 N.C. Mountain State Fair, with MANNA FoodBank receiving all meat from the competition as well as on-site monetary donations. The Whole Hog Cookoff is sanctioned by the N.C. Pork Council, sponsored by Mariner Finance and Heritage Finance Co., Inc., and will feature cooking teams from across the Carolinas.

Food donations from the event are coming at a time when MANNA is serving over 158,000 people a month on average, the highest numbers in their 41-year history.       

Saturday, Sept. 7

Cooking: 5 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Judging: 5 p.m.

Awards presentation: 6 p.m.     

Leon Jacobs Piano Stage and surrounding area

WNC Agricultural Center

1301 Fanning Bridge Road, Fletcher 

Enter through Gate 1 off Fanning Bridge Road. Park near Entrance E.           

Cooking teams, Whole Hog Barbecue Series representatives, NCDA&CS Got to Be NC program representatives

MORE INFO:   

The 30th N.C. Mountain State Fair runs Sept. 6-15 at the WNC Ag Center in Fletcher. More information is available at   ncagr.gov/divisions/marketing/fairs

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