The winners of the 2009 Central Florida BBQ were announced Saturday evening before an enthusiastic crowd at Firemens Field with Bubba Latimer of Bub-Ba-Q accepting the Grand Champion trophy. ...more

January 11, 2009

The winners of the 2009 Central Florida BBQ were announced Saturday evening before an enthusiastic crowd at Firemens Field with Bubba Latimer of Bub-Ba-Q accepting the Grand Champion Trophy. ...more

January 10, 2009

The 2009 Central Florida BBQ Festival - 12 Hours of BBQ will begin today and continue through Jan. 10. ...more

January 9, 2009

Teams with barbecue rigs, big and small, arrived throughout the day Thursday at Firemen's Field in preparation for the 2009 Central Florida BBQ Festival. ...more

January 9, 2009

It's time to sharpen those knives and get the grills smokin' - at least for these contestants. ...more

January 7, 2009

SEBRING — Bubba Latimer and the Bub-ba-Q team from Jasper, Ga. is the Grand Champion at the 12th Central Florida BBQ Festival. Latimer was ecstatic after his team beat competitors from all over the Southeast in the weekend-long barbecue festival, also called the "Pig Fest." He has been competitively barbecuing for only the past year and a half. He already knew where his prize was going when another competitor suggested mounting his trophy wooden pig statue. ...more

January 14, 2008

Bubba Latimer and the Bub-ba-Q team from Jasper, Ga. is the Grand Champion at the 12th Central Florida BBQ Festival. ...more

January 12, 2008

In her book, 'Food Fest! Your Complete Guide to Florida's Food Festivals,' Joan Steinbacher lists dozens of food festivals across the state. Many are within a short drive in the Tampa Bay area and surrounding counties. Here's a month-by-month guide to those events. ...more

October 17, 2007