Join us for the 4th Annual Jeff Michner BBQ Benefit, a full-day meat smokin’ extravaganza organized in honor of our late friend, Pig Beach BBQ Executive Chef Jeff Michner, who passed away suddenly in 2018 at age 36 leaving behind his wife Sara and daughter Hayes.
This all-day “swine around” will feature more than 25 indoor & outdoor food stations helmed by celebrated chefs and barbecue royalty, plus complimentary beer, specialty cocktails, and non-alcoholic refreshments from our kind sponsors.
This year’s event will include a friendly competition component, where pitmasters will compete for awards including People’s Choice and Judges’ Best Bite of the Day.
As always, proceeds from this event will be donated to the Jeff Michner Foundation, an established 501c3 nonprofit created by the Michner family, which supports families managing loss and grief and provides scholarships to graduating high school students with a love for cooking and golf - two of Jeff’s biggest passions in life.
Losing Jeff is a loss we will never overcome, but it is our hope to keep his memory with us by celebrating his life and embracing the things he loved most: family, friends and great food!
VIP ENTRY AT 11AM
GA ENTRY AT 12:30PM
There will be a 50/50 raffel, silent auction & raffel taking place during the event.
We’ve got an EPIC lineup of Pitmasters & Chefs from around the country!
- Chris & Andrew Lilly, Big Bob Gibson (Decatur, Alabama)
- Tuffy Stone, Cool Smoke BBQ (Richmond, Virginia)
- Craig Verhage and Leslie Roark, Ubons BBQ (Yazoo City, Mississippi)
- Amy Mills, 17th Street BBQ (Murphysboro, Illinois)
- Carey Bringle, Peg Leg Porker (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Kelly Dallas, Hogapalooza (Wynn, Arkansas)
- John Wheeler, Memphis BBQ Co. (Horn Lake, Mississippi)
- Ed Randolph, Handsome Devil BBQ (NYC)
- Billy Durney, Hometown BBQ (NYC)
- Danny Beck, Toon's Bar & Grill (Chicago, Illinois)
- Phil Wingo, Pork Mafia (Chicago, Illinois)
- Sean Keever, Big Guns BBQ (Fishkill, New York)
- Grant Pinkerton, Pinkerton’s BBQ (Houston, Texas)
- Damon Wise & Lauren Hircshberg, Pineapple Express (Montclair, New Jersey)
- Tank Jackson, Holy City Hogs (South Carolina)
- Kerry Fitzmaurice, Pure Grit (NYC)
- George Morasci & Andy Nguyen, Five Monkeys BBQ (California)
- Cody Sperry, Hoodoo Brown BBQ (Ridgefield, Connecticut)
- Bret Lunsford, Sally's Apizza
- Ralph Perrazzo, Snap-O-Razzo Hot Dogs
- Mike Johnson, Sugarfire Smokehouse (St. Louis, MO)
- Gloria Chabot, Bakergoog
- Josh Capon, Capons Burgers
- Dominique Leach, Lexington Betty Smokehouse
- Robert Austin Cho, Kimchi Smoke
- Christine Espinal, Blue Smoke
- Anthony Dibernardo, Swig & Swine BBQ
- Michael Symon, Mabel's BBQ
