Cook Team SCHEDULE

15th Annual Smoke on the Lake BBQ Festival
Friday, May 9th & Saturday, May 10th, 2025

QUESTIONS? Please contact Jude Dooley at judedooley@gmail.com or 336-407-5052

January 1 — Cook Team Registration Opens

10' x 20' Cook Team space:

  • $200.00 Early Registration: Jan 1 - Feb 14

  • $250.00 Registration Fee: Feb 15 - April 14

  • $300.00 Late Registration: April 15 - close

20' x 40' Cook Team space:

  • $400.00 Early Registration: Jan 1 - Feb 14

  • $450.00 Registration Fee: Feb 15 - April 14

  • $500.00 Late Registration: April 15 - close

February 14 — Cook Team Early Registration discount ends

April 16 — Cook Team Late Registration begins

May 1 — Cook Team Registration deadline

Friday, May 9th—SMOKE ON THE LAKE BEGINS

10:00 AM Cook Team check-in at Logan Farm Park

12:00 PM Meat Inspection begins

1:00 PM Lunch available for Cook Teams from Chick-fil-A, Kennesaw

3:00 PM Cook Team Meeting at Judge’s Tent

3:00 PM Pickup Chicken Wings & Pork Butts

5:00 PM Official Event opening time

5:00 PM Kids Zone opens

5:00 PM Dinner Tables ready for paid reservations

5:00 PM LORD OF THE WINGS Contest Ticket Sales begin

5:00 PM Food Vendors start serving

5:30 PM Have LORD OF THE WINGS Contest Chicken Wings ready to serve

5:30 PM – 8:30 PM LORD OF THE WINGS Contest Chicken Wings being served

6:00 PM MYSTERY MEAT turn-in

6:30 PM JUDGED CHICKEN WINGS turn-in

8:00 PM – 10:00 PM Free Concert: 293 BAND performs classic and contemporary dance, pop, and rock hits

10:00 PM Food Vendors finish serving

10:00 PM Official Event closing time

12:00 AM – 6:00 AM Quiet Hours

Saturday, May 10th—SMOKE ON THE LAKE CONTINUES

7:30 AM — Breakfast Served to Cook Teams from Copeland’s of New Orleans

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM — GBA Chicken Turn In

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM — GBA Ribs Turn In

11:00 AM — Official Event opening time

11:00 AM — Kids Zone Opens

11:00 AM — Food Vendors start serving

11:00 AM PEOPLES' CHOICE PORK — Contest Ticket Sales begin

11:00 AM - Noon — West Cobb School of Rock

11:30 AM — Have Contest Pork ready to serve

11:30 PM – 3:00 PM — PEOPLES' CHOICE PORK Contest Begins

11:45 AM – Noon — GBA Pork Turn-In

Noon – 3:00 PM — PEOPLES' CHOICE PORK Public Judging

Noon - 12:15 PM — Acworth Elementary School Chorus

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM — West Cobb School of Rock

1:15 PM & 1:45 PM — Fusion Dance Stage Performances

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM — West Cobb School of Rock

3:30 PM — COOK TEAMS Awards Ceremony

4:00 PM — Food Vendors finish serving

4:00 PM — Official Event closing time