Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce
Business and travel information for Apalachicola, St. George Island and Eastpoint Florida
The Butts & Clucks Cook-off on the Bay, this event is sanctioned by the Florida BBQ Association and is now the 2020 Florida BBQ Assoc. State Cchampionship. Wwith over $15,000 in prizes to be awarded and the winner moving on to the Jack Daniels Championship. The event will be held on January 23rd, 24th & 25th in Battery Park in Apalachicola.
Include there will be a Judging seminar on Thursday, January 23rd for anyone interested in being a state certified BBQ Judge. As well as a Shut up and Shuck party for teams and Judges.
Also, during the event we will be having a Deviled Egg (The Cluck that came from the Butt Contest) contest to be judged on Saturday the 25th anyone that is interested go to www.ButtsandClucks.com for more information.
The Butts & Clucks, like all sanctioned events in the BBQ world will have multiple teams coming in from all over the state as well as Georgia and Alabama. Currently we have teams that have signed up from Orlando, North Carolina, Jacksonville and Americus Georgia.
This is an annual event now for the Chamber of Commerce which we hope will get larger and larger each year bringing a much-needed boost to the area in a typically slow time of year. These teams travel all over competing in these events bringing family and friends which most will be new to our area.