Grilling Competition Set For July In Downtown Tuscaloosa

TUSCALOOSA, AL — Tuscaloosa Tourism and Sports (TTS) on Monday announced a partnership with the Bama-Q Grilling Series to host Grilling in T-Town on Saturday, July 9 at Druid City Social.

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The free, family-friendly event will serve as an official Steak Cookoff Association (SCA) competition and will feature food trucks, a sampling tent, local vendors, cold drinks and live music.

As part of Grilling in T-Town, TTS hopes to foster more opportunities for family-friendly events that "unite the community through food sport."

TTS says it is also working with local private chef and traveling food judge Alison Hudnall, along with food sport promoters Alabama Coasting and Bama-Q productions to bring this SCA sanctioned event to Tuscaloosa.

This SCA-sanctioned event will serve as a World Food Championship qualifier, which will spotlight top-tier traveling competitors as a way to promote food sport tourism to the City of Tuscaloosa.

Local businesses, organizations, and amateur backyard cooks are invited and encouraged to register to compete alongside the best on the circuit, with top performers recognized and eligible to win special prize packs.

The World Food Championships qualifying event will also feature the best dessert taking home a golden ticket to the World Food Championships Finals in Dallas.

All steaks for the competition will be provided by local sponsor Northriver Cattle Co. — in order to ensure a level playing field — and will be included in the competition's registration fee.

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