Hartford BBQ Bash
Full-day of Community festivities & competitions
July 20, 2024
Live music starting at 1:30PM
JULY 20, 2024
Hartford, IA
Vine St.
7/19 7:00 PM - 7/20 12:00 PM
smoke-off COMPETITION
Award Ceremony 3:00 PM
BYOB permitted
7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
PANCAKE BREAKFAST
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
lunch
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
CRAFT SHOW
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
kids Activities
Yard Games, Races, Cake Walk
2:00 PM
CORNHOLE
TOURNAMENT
11:00 AM
WATER FIGHTS
Women then Men
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
farm to table dinner
Free-will Donation
EVENT MAP
Meat Smoking Competition
Team Registration & Rules
Click to download registration form and team rules. Return form and fee by July 1st to Hartford Hometown Pride Committee
310 Fremont Street, Harford, IA 50118
Timeline
July 19th
7:00 PM - Head Cooks Mtg. & Competition Start
July 20th
10:30 AM - Chicken Turn-In
11:00 AM - Pork Ribs Turn-In
11:30 AM - Pork Butt Turn-In
12:00 PM - Brisket Turn-In
3:00 PM - Awards Ceremony
Prizes
$300 GRAND CHAMPION
$200 RESERVE CHAMPION
$100 1ST PLACE CHICKEN
$100 1ST PLACE PORK RIBS
$100 1ST PLACE PORK BUTT
$100 1ST PLACE BRISKET
Vendor List
- Sammie Dean's Creations (tumblers, personalized gifts, etc.)
- W.O.F. Woodworking (handmade picture frames, personalized items)
- Crafts With Sass (welcome signs)
- Millie Coy Boutique (t-shirts, pens accessories)
- Grandma and Me Baked Goods (cupcakes, cookies, cakes, etc.)
- Gravel Road Crafts (crochet items, wands, crowns, make & take)
- Next Adventure Creations (home decor)
- Amanda Lage Artworks (slipcast, handbuilt, & wheel-thrown ceramics, paintings)
- Ellina's Creations (shadowboxes)
- Woodjoys (woodworking, pens, keychains, etc.)
- Charlette Gardner (crochet towels)
- Amanda (Scentsy, Tupperware)
- Dolly's Custom Creations (coasters, budget binders, keychains, potholders, koozies)
- Mamma's Art (wood-burned signs)
- Amanda H (wreaths)
- Paul Hunt (woodworking)
- Red, White, & Bows (hair bows, birth disks)
- Alex's Craft Co. (rice pals, taggies, baby items)
- Smoke Tree Lane (t-shirt quilts, scrunchies)
- Bits & Bobs (laser wood)
- Carmella Comito (wreaths)
- Celeste Hudspeth (wreaths, gnomes, jams/jellies)
- Botanically Beautiful (plants)
Craft Show
July 20, 2024
8:00AM TO 2:00PM
Event Information
Explore crafts from various vendors along Vine St. at the gazebo and horseshoe pits.
- Erin (Pampered Chef)
- Larry Smith (moonshine BBQ Sauce)
- Marland (jewlery)
- The Traveling Rabbit Hole (jewlery, 3D print)
- Corben's Treats (freeze dried candies)
- She's Colorful (tie-dye)
- Audra Brose (secret compartments, signs, blankets)
FOOD
BREAKFAST
7:00 AM TO 10:30 AM
WHERE: Hartford Masonic Lodge
WHAT: Pancakes, Sausage, Eggs
HOW MUCH: Free-will offering
LUNCH
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
WHERE: Sportsmans Club
WHAT: TBD
HOW MUCH: $TBD
WHERE: Mona Lou's Trading Post
WHAT: Menu Items
HOW MUCH: Menu Prices
WHERE: Hartford Gazebo - MRFC
WHAT: Walking Tacos
HOW MUCH: $TBD
FARM TO TABLE DINNER 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
WHERE: West Elm Street
WHAT: Pork Sandwich, Coleslaw, Baked Beans, Corn on the Cob, & Desserts
HOW MUCH: Free-will offering.
Proceeds support beautification projects and community events hosted by the Hartford Hometown Pride Committee.
Firefighter Water Fights
July 20, 2024
11:00 AM
Women Start
Men to Follow
2023 BBQ Bash Sponsors
- 21st Century Rehab
- A King's Throne
- A&W
- Ashley Redding Photography
- Aspen Waste
- Atcher Service Towing & Recovery
- Burgett BBQ & Wiechman Pig Company
- Casey's General Store
- Curry's Custom Carpentry
- Cutting Edge Outdoors, LLC
- Des Moines River Dental
- Donovan & Kristin Dingman
- Doug Baber
- Fareway Indianola
- Fareway Carlisle
- Fareway Norwalk
- General Mills
- Git N Go
- Goldsberry Giraffix
- Iowa Realty - Brady Jackson
- Iowa Soybean Producers
- ISG, Inc.
- Killen Construction
- Kwik Trip
- Knoxville Aviation/Chad Follis
- Larry Murphy
- Lori's Accounting Solutions
- Lori's Ice Cream Shoppe
- MMM Goodhue Produce
- Morning Glory Coffee
- Murphy Tower
- Ohnemus Construction
- People's Bank Carlisle
- Pride Concrete
- Rawson Mechanical
- Sarah Miller Huegerich & Steve Miller - Coldwell Banker
- Sportsman's Club
- Stubbs Petroleum
- Tiny Tots to Teens
- T.R.M. Disposal
- Tyken Farms
- Warren County Farm Bureau
- Wyckoff Heating & Cooling
- Valentine Foods
Stay Tuned
Stay Tuned
Stay Tuned
Hartford Hometown Pride Committee
310 Fremont St.
Hartford, IA 50118
Join us for monthly meetings at the Hartford City Hall on the second Tuesday of every month at 6:00 PM.
Funds raised throughout the 2024 Hartford BBQ Bash will go towards beautification projects and community events hosted by the Hartford Hometown Pride Committee.
If you would like to contribute, but will not be in attendance, you can mail a donation or Venmo @Hartford-Pride