Palmetto BBQ & Brew at Prospect Hill

A sunny, breezy day dawned on Edisto Island and brisk temperatures in the 50's greeted the barbecue cooking teams that had slow-cooked their pigs overnight, preparing a feast that would benefit the Olde Charlestowne Sertoma Club and serve as a competition for best tasting barbecue. The Plantation grounds at Prospect Hill were in top condition for all the visiting patrons to enjoy. Lowcountryoutdoors.com is well pleased to promote an event that supports charity, and gets so many families into the pastoral setting that is Edisto Island. Live music, fairground rides, a corporate hospitality tent and sweeping views of the Edisto River provided the entertainment - besides all the BBQ and Brew sampling that defines the event. Trophies were awarded for first through fifth place for the following categories: Showmanship, Whole Hog, Shoulders, Ribs and "AB" - anything but. Of course there can only be one Grand Champion and the winner is...... Fat Back and the Flaming Pig team - CONGRATS! Britton's BBQ of John's Island won the Showmanship Award for their display of pig cooking memorabilia entitled "The Pigsonian Museum of Sertoma BBQ." Other teams with great names included Smoke Shack Barbecue, Kornbread & Gunpowder, Butt Masters, Hoggy Bottom Boys and Hog Wild. Spectator Chris Raispis said, "It's not a hobby for these barbecue teams, it's a passion!"

My photos show Chris Raispis with Sertoma PR rep Maria Aselage, Sertoma member and hard worker Chris Thomas and BBQ patron Charlotte Lemon, Jim Bongalis of Publix with Plato the Publixaurus and Jamie Wright at the corporate tent, WEZL personality Rowdy Nites and Sertoma organizer Tommy Brush announcing the award winners, and the Fat Back and Flaming Pig Team accepting their Grand Champion trophy.