The Murfreesboro Breakfast Rotary Club will hold its second barbecue fundraiser on Saturday, April 26, on the historic grounds of Cannonsburgh Village in Murfreesboro.
The BBQ Battle in the Boro—Spring Fling event, offering $5,000 in prizes, will be held in conjunction with Pioneer Days at Cannonsburgh Village, an annual event that attracts several thousand visitors to a day of family fun, food, entertainment and adventure. If you claim to cook some great barbecue, here is your chance to show your cooking skills.
The Murfreesboro Breakfast Rotary Club actively supports a number of local charities including Read to Succeed, the Dictionary Project (all third-graders in Rutherford County receive a free dictionary), the Good Shepherd’s Home, InterFaith Dental, Tennessee School for the Blind, the Alzheimer’s Association, the Center for the Arts, Girls State, CAPE, FolkFest, Sports4All, Sam Davis Home, Murfreesboro Symphony Orchestra, the Polk Scholarship Fund and the club’s own International Jabulani, which aids citizens of Westville, South Africa. Rotary also encourages its members to engage in public service and public welfare, and to exemplify sound standards of conduct in local civic and community affairs.
To register a team or for more information on the BBQ Battle in the Boro, call Ben Weatherford at (615) 907-5501 or visit borobbqbattle.com.
Also this month, Al Knowles, one of the BBQ Battle organizers, will hold a chicken and ribs barbecue cooking class on Saturday, April 12.
This course, from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Cannonsburgh Pioneer Village’s Lions Club Building, will cover KCBS (Kansas City Barbecue Society) chicken and ribs entries, including information on competition checklists, knife sharpening, cooking temperatures, meat selection and prep, injections, rubs, sauces, marinating, brining, smoking on a gas grill, sanitation and food safety and more.
For more information on the April 12 class, call Knowles at (931) 478-1000 or visit bbqclasses.com.
Cannonsburgh is located at 312 S. Front St., Murfreesboro.
