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Backyard BBQ Contest

Saturday August 2nd, 2025, Turn-ins starting at 1:00pm, People’s Choice at 2:15pm

Cash Prizes for the Top 3 cooks in each Category, Chicken, Tri-Tip and Ribs

Contest will be at Cafe 191 in Melville Montana

Entry $150.00 per Team

This Contest is to Help Support the Sweet Grass Technical Institute in Big Timber

“Change Young People’s Lives one Project at a Time.”

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Sign up and Show off your skills and maybe you can be “The Best Chef in the Whole Backyard!”

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