International Bar-B-Q Festival

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The Drive-Thru Mutton Glutton begins later this morning in downtown Owensboro. You can get a FREE mutton sandwich, bag of chips and a Pepsi. Here's how it's going to work.

Though the festival is canceled this year due to COVID-19, the International Bar-B-Q Fest has decided to host a Drive-Thru Mutton Glutton Saturday in Owensboro!

Due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the International Bar-B-Q Festival in downtown Owensboro has been canceled. Full story here.

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At the International Bar-B-Festival, Angel and I ran into the folks from Mom's Sweet Tea and Lemonade.  They're from Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and have been coming to the festival here for years.  This time, they're set up on 2nd Street right in front of the Daviess County Courthouse and that's where they're serving up delicious Lemon Shake-Ups!  And Avery is showing us . . . and you . . . how to ma

There's a brand new exhibit at this year's International Bar-B-Q Festival in downtown Owensboro.  It's Kentucky Legend's Oink for Owensboro exhibit.  Check it out!

World champion eater Joey Chesnut is coming back to Owensboro on Saturday, May 12th for the International Bar-B-Q Festival. He'll be defending his title in the 2nd annual World Mutton Slider Eating Championship presented by Kentucky Legend.   Last year Joey won the inaugural event by eating fifty-five quarter-pound mutton sandwiches in just ten minutes!  Yes, you read that correctly!  He ate nearl

World champion eater Joey Chesnut is coming back to Owensboro in a couple of weeks for the International Bar-B-Q Festival. He'll be defending his title in the 2nd annual World Mutton Slider Eating Championship presented by Kentucky Legend.   Last year Joey won the inaugural event by eating fifty-five quarter-pound mutton sandwiches in just ten minutes!  Yes, you read that correctly!  He ate nearly

He's coming back for more!  World champion eater Joey Chesnut is coming back to Owensboro.  Last year, Joey was in town for the inaugural World Mutton Slider Eating Championships.  He ate 55 quarter-pound mutton sandwiches in 10 minutes.  If you're trying to do the math, I'll help.  He literally ate FOURTEEN pounds of meat in ten minutes.  And, this May, he's coming back for more!

Some of the most competitive professional eaters in the world are in Owensboro this weekend for the World Mutton Slider Eating Championships.  And Angel and I had the chance to chat with Joey Chestnut about the contest and how he's preparing to eat 10 pounds of mutton (or more) in ten minutes!