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5:00 PM CST
The 11th Annual Kow Kick BBQ Cook-Off
8/29/2025 - 8/30/20255:00 PM CST
Event Description
August 29-30, 2025
Schreiner Park in Junction, TX
$5,000 Guaranteed Payout
Presented By
Platinum Sponsor
HCTC is a proud community partner of The Annual Kow Kick. Learn more about them here.
Bronze Sponsors
Dodson's Tire & Auto Repair • Johnson's Pest Control
Pax Essential • McDonald's • Ochoa's Tires
Junction Fuels Depot • SJV Landscaping
Cowhand Sponsors
Affordable Air & Heat • Carquest
Keep It Movin’ Fitness & Teresa’s Country Candles
Simply Sheer • Cowboy Cottage
Waste Services Provided by Republic Services
The Annual Kow Kick BBQ Cook-Off, hosted in Junction's Schreiner Park, is a Lone Star BBQ Society Sanctioned State Championship. Contestants will face-off to prove who has the best brisket, pork spareribs, chicken, and beans. There is a kids cook-off as well.
Event Details
- Entry is $200 per team and includes entry for Chicken, Pork Ribs, and Beef Brisket. Entry fees for the Beans, Cook's Choice (Appetizers), Maragrita, and Bloody Mary competitions is $25 each. Entry for the kids cook-off (Tacos) is $20.
- Check in starts at 12:00 P.M. on Friday, August 29, 2025 at the big pavilion in Schreiner Park.
- Money and Awards Payout for 1st-5th in sanctioned meats.
- 80% Payback for Beans, Cook's Choice, Margarita, and Bloody Mary.
- Children's Competition - Awards Only.
- All participants must provide their own shelter and cooking equipment. Shelters at the park are not available for use as a festival will be taking place on Saturday, August 30, in Shreiner Park.
- There is no power available from the park as it is reserved for the festival taking place on Saturday.
- Music at your cooking area is allowed, but we ask that no loud amplified music be played between 9:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, August 30, during the Festival taking place in the park.