A fundraiser to help provide local firefighters help with PTSD & cancer
Festival Schedule
FBA Sanctioned
Friday March 17th Schedule
COMPETITORS SCHEDULE
Friday - 7am or later - BBQ Contestants & vendors may set up
Please note your load in times and layout
Noon - Bars open
Noon - Meat inspection begins followed with cooking kick off
4pm - Food & Vendors open
4pm - Craft Beer Gardent tastings opens & Irish food
4pm - Live Irish Music with Mt. Dora Pipes & Drums
5pm - BBQ Cook Team meeting
6pm - Live Music from Hypersona
6pm - Cornhole Tournament Sign Up - Cash prizes!!
6:20 - Cook meeting for Burger Battle
6:35 - Cooking begins for Burger Battle
7:20 - Turn in for Burger Battle at Host Hospitality tent
6:30 - Cornhole Tournament begins
8:30 - Winner of Burger Battle announced
11pm - Quiet time
ATTENDEES SCHEDULE
3pm - Will Call & Tasting Ticket booth open
3pm - Shirts & swag booth open
4pm - Food trucks & Vendors open
4pm - Craft Beer tastings opens & Irish food
4pm - All bars open - Irish drink specials & green beer
4pm - Live Irish music from Mt. Dora Pipes & Drums
6pm - Live Music from Hypersona
6pm - Cornhole Tournament Sign Up - Cash prizes!!
6:30pm - Cornhole Tournament begins
Please note entertainment and schedule subject to change
Saturday March 18th Schedule
COMPETITORS SCHEDULE
7am or earlier - Chili Contestants & vendors may set up
Please note your load in times and layout
7am - Backdraft Grill opens for breakfast & coffee
7am - Stage bar open for drink specials
7:45am - Chili Cook Team meeting (Music Pavilion)
8am - Chili cooking begins
10am - Live music from L.S.D.
11am - Last chance to turn sauce in (Host hospitality tent)
11am - All bars open
11am - Chicken turn in (FBA Table at business entrance)
11:45am - Chili turn in for judges (Host hospitality tent)
Noon - Competition field open to the public (Wristbands required)
Noon - Public chili tastings begin (wristband required)
Noon - Pork ribs turn in (FBA Table at business entrance)
1pm - Pork turn in (FBA Table at business entrance)
1pm - Live music from Joe Santana & Kingfish (Pavilion)
2pm - Public pork tastings begin (wristband required)
3pm - Chili teams may begin breakdown (ABSOLUTELY NO VEHICLES IN THE COMPETITION AREA BEFORE 6PM)
4pm - Winners announced at Pavilion
5pm - Live music from Joe Santana & Kingfish (Pavilion)
5pm - BBQ Teams may begin breakdown (ABSOLUTELY NO VEHICLES IN THE COMPETITION AREA BEFORE 6PM)
6pm - Remaining winners announced (if needed)
Thank you and come again next year!
ATTENDEES SCHEDULE
7am - Backdraft Grill opens for breakfast & coffee
7am - Stage bar open for drink specials
10am - Live music from L.S.D.
11am - All bars, food & vendors open
Noon - Competition field open to the public (Wristbands required)
Noon - Public chili tastings begin (wristband required)
Noon - Public sauce tasting begins (Hospitality tent)
1pm - Live music from Joe Santana & Kingfish (Pavilion)
2pm - Public pork tastings begin (wristband required)
4pm - Winners announced at Pavilion
5pm - Live music from Joe Santana & Kingfish (Pavilion)
6pm - Remaining winners announced (if needed)
Thank you and come again next year!
Please note entertainment and schedule subject to change
BBQ Competition
$3,500 in Prize Money
There's nothing better than finger lickin' BBQ! Come compete in the Firefighters Charity BBQ Contest at Gator Harley We are accepting cooking teams, vendors, and sponsors.
3 cooking categories to compete in:
Chicken, Ribs, & Butts
Prizes in each category:
1st Place - $300 + trophy
2nd Place - $200 + trophy
3rd Place - $100 + trophy
4th Place - $ 75 + banner
5th Place - $ 50 + banner
6th Place - $ 25 + banner
7th Place - banner/medal
Grand Prize of $500 + trophy
Grand Reserve - $200 + trophy
Overall 3rd Place - $100 + trophy
Peoples Choice Prize
Grand Prize- $300 + trophy
2nd Place - $150 + trophy
3rd Place - $50 + trophy
NEW!! Hometown Division
Prize for each category:
Chicken/Porks/Ribs
1st Place - $250
2nd Place - $125
3rd Place - $75
Overall winner:
Hometown and Backyard are combined for this running
BBQ Sauce Competition
1st Place - $100 & trophy
2nd Place - Trophy
(prize amounts subject to change based on the number of teams competing. 1st place prizes are guaranteed amounts)
The Hometown Division is an option for any teams that may not be regular touring competition teams and want to compete in this event.
Friday March 17th cooking setup begins as early as 7AM. Approved overnight stays are allowed on a request basis. All new Craft Beer Tasting and our Irish Block party featuring Irish and Class Rock bands, Irish food, Irish Drink Specials, Green Beer, plus, a cornhole tournament hosted by Cornhole Junkies with cash prizes!
Live music Friday night by Mt Dora Pipes and Drums starts at 4PM. Followed by Hypersona. These guys rock the 80's and 90's! You don't want to miss them.
Saturday is our 10th Chili Cook-off and BBQ Competition!
See our complete rules adopted from the Florida BBQ Association here
Don't want to compete? Come out and be a judge! Plus, don't miss the chili contest, lots of great food cooked by your Central Florida Firefighters & volunteers, live music, cash bar, cold drinks, vendors, fire trucks, t-shirts, raffles, prizes and much more! Meet your local area firefighters & emergency workers.
This is a charity benefit for the Firefighter's Charity of Central Florida, a local non-profit organization and helps support the many community programs conducted through out the year. This fund raiser helps raise money for the Florian Foundation Fund - a fund to help local firefighters facing cancer, PTSD and other major medical issues and our local school culinary programs.
Register here now or call for more information
Brian Gamble at 352-267-4580 or Jan at 352-267-3190.
Thank you to our 2023 sponsors!
Think you have great chili?! Come compete in the 10th Firefighter Charity Chili Cookoff at Gator Harley! We are accepting cooking teams, vendors, and sponsors. All our teams will be judged by the people. An open division comprised of business, organizations, and individuals will be judged by the people as well by our judges.
Cooking setup begins at 7AM or earlier
The open division competes for cash & trophy prizes worth $1,000!
Registration fees - $50 for all organizations/companies or individuals
Non-profits and public safety organizations are free entry up to November 15th.
Prizes!
People's Choice
1st Place $300 + Trophy
2nd Place $150 + banner/plaque
3rd Place $ 50 + banner/plaque
Judges Choice
1st Place - $200 + Trophy
2nd Place - Trophy
3rd Place - Medal
Accepting applications for vendors. Vending subject to approval.
Don't want to compete? Come out and be a judge, plus lots of great food cooked by your Central Florida Firefighters, live music, cash bar, cold drinks, vendors, fire trucks, t-shirts, raffles, prizes and much more! Meet your local area firefighters.
This is a charity benefit for the Firefighter's Charity Alliance of Central Florida, a local non-profit organization and helps support the many community programs conducted through out the year. This fund raiser helps raise money for the Florian Foundation Fund - a fund to help local firefighters facing cancer, PTSD and other major medical issues.
Register here now or call for more information
Brian Gamble at 352-267-4580 or Jan at 352-267-3190.