A Central Ohio based fundraising event and celebration of family, food and everything Big Green Egg! It is a grilling, smoking, barbecue and cooking competition that features the Big Green Egg grill. It is essentially one big food festival! 100% of the proceeds benefit cancer research!
A ticket to The Ohio Eggfest includes food samples from 30+ cook teams, no need to pick and choose you get to try them all! It also includes cooking demos, live music & water. There will also be 20+ local vendors, drinks, kids activities & more.
Cook teams gather from all over to show off their skills cooking on the Big Green Egg. It’s bragging rights for the cook team who takes home the Popular Vote Award; it’s legendary status for the cook team that takes home the Very Prestigious Award, Award. When you join us at The Ohio Eggfest you become a judge! After attempting to try all of the dishes, you then vote for your favorite team! Want to cook with us instead? Register a cook team here >>
The Ohio Eggfest is also a great opportunity to purchase a once-cooked-on Big Green Egg for a discount otherwise unheard of, while contributing to the future of cancer research and the community so gracious as to host the 9th annual, The Ohio Eggfest. 100% of the profit of EVERY Egg sale and 100% of EVERY donation, beverage & ticket sale at The Ohio Eggfest benefits cancer research, treatment & prevention through The Buckeye Cruise and The James Cancer Research Hospital. We have now raised over $315,000 in the first 8 years! Shop Big Green Eggs »
Join us for the most delicious festival in Central Ohio, on July 29th at The Fortress Obetz, 10:30am-3:30pm.
Cheers, and Happy Egging!
10:30 AM – Gates Open
10:30 AM – Dave Powers Performs on Stage
11:00 AM – Tasting Begins
11:00 AM – Duck Pond Drawings Begin
11:00 AM – Pitmaster Roundtable at Demo Area
11:45 AM – AJ Angelo Performs on Stage
12:00PM – The BBQ Buddha Cooking Demo at Demo Area
1:00 PM – The BBQ Buddha Cookbook Signing
1:30 PM – Ron Dimpflmaier Cooking Demo at Demo Area
1:45 PM – Second Shot Performs on Stage
2:30 PM – Mystery Meat Live Cooking Challenge at Demo Area
2:30 PM – Last call to vote for favorite cook team
3:00 PM – Eggs get shut down
3:45 PM – Announce Winners
4:30 PM – Start Loading Demo Big Green Eggs!