The world’s top rib cookers compete for top honors each year at the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook Off.
The competition is widely regarded as the most prestigious rib cook-off in the country.
The rib cookers aren’t just competing for bragging rights –
$19,000 in Cash Is Up For Grabs For Those Who Impress The Judges The Most!
Winners are announced on Monday, September 4 at 2pm.
See our 2023 Rib Cooking Teams Below.
NEW in 2023: Men Wielding Fire
Armadillo’s Real Down Home BBQ
Naperville, IL
Big Daddy's Sin City Barbecue
Las Vegas, NV
Brothers BBQ
Reno, NV
Git-R-Smoked
Sparks, NV
Blazin’ Bronco BBQ
Port St. Lucie, FL
Porky Chicks BBQ
Fayetteville, AR
Aussom Aussie
Pittsburgh, PA
Austin’s Texas Lightning BBQ
Burr Ridge, IL
Back Forty Texas Barbecue
Pleasant Hill, CA
BJ’s Barbecue
Sparks, NV
Butch’s Smack Your Lips BBQ
Mt. Laurel, NJ
Carson City BBQ
Carson City, NV
Chicago BBQ Company
Burr Ridge, IL
Checkered Pig BBQ
Martinsville, VA
Men Wielding Fire
Reno, NV
Joey’s Texas Thunder
Borger, TX
Just North of Memphis
Minneapolis, MN
Montana Q Bar-B-Que House
Frenchtown, MT
Rasta Joe’s BBQ Inc.
Rochester, IN
Texas Outlaw Barbecue
Elizabethtown, KY