Steak Cookoff Association of America
Do you cook the best steak in your neighborhood? Are you the king of your cul-de-sac? This Saturday 17th November 2018 the Kangaroo Valley Craft Beer & BBQ Festival is about to settle this once and for all by hosting an Steak Cookoff Association International Cook-Off. Let's see just who exactly can rule the grill!
ABA Lowdown and Competition Leaderboard
The Kangaroo Valley Craft Beer & BBQ Festival (#KVBBQ) is the final sanctioned event of the Australasian Barbeque Alliance 2018 competition. Here's the fat, and the skinny, of the ABA so you can better appreciate the BBQ battles, the rules the teams must abide and what each of the teams have been competing for throughout the year.
Brewers
Here's your gallery of the Craft Breweries and Cider Houses confirmed so far. There are discussions underway with several others and there's more announcements in the wind. Subscribe to our list to stay up to date and keep coming back to this page to see who else will be there.
Frequently Asked Questions
This year marks the sixth time we have hosted a festival on the November weekend and in that time there have been a few commonly asked questions. So, to help the public we have posted the answers here.
Have you tried Brazilian Flame BBQ yet?
If there’s one thing the people of Brazil are famous for, it has to be enjoying a good festival. In fact, just thinking about Brazil brings Rio de Janeiro and the Mardi Gras festival instantly to mind. What I bet you didn’t know when you ask a Brazilian what else they love...
Scotch & Smoke are Heading Back To The Valley
Inaugural Grand Champions of the 2016 Kangaroo Valley BBQ, Scotch and Smoke, are set to return to the Friendly Inn for some unfinished business. Hailing from Seaforth on Sydney's northern beaches, the trio of smokers plan to bring their own style of low-and-slow bbq back down the coast to take out the crown. And they may just do it too...
Wizards of Q
Wizards of Q are a Local team based out of the Hills Shire in Sydney...
The Sheen Shangri La Low & Slow BBQ
It's the Sheen Shangri La Low & Slow BBQ Team. Its a family thing, the name, you possibly wouldn't understand...
Smokey BBQ Bandits
The Smokey BBQ Bandits have been feeding the lower half of Sydney since 2014, when Head Smoker Ruben introduced KC style BBQ to his mates...
Shire Smokers BBQ
Shire Smokers BBQ have been around since the early competitions in the ABA. Matt is a passionate BBQ enthusiast with a solid social presence in Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. He is an avid teacher of BBQ methods and has loads of experience in the sport. So you had all better watch out cause Matts back and he's coming to get ya!!!
Rollin Smoke BBQ
Competing since 2015 , we have reached the elite status for competition bbq in Australia...
Moonshine BBQ
Ben Shute from Moonshine BBQ AU is a keen BBQ rub blender. Now a competitor. To us that sounds like his team may have an unfair advantage at this years KVBBQ...
Oaks BBQ Are Your Shoalhaven Locals
Just 3 local mates who love to have beers,bbq and a laugh....
Grillas in the Mist
2 mates, McGilla & Wookie starting off in the competitive BBQ/Smoking arena. After a few years cooking for family and friends at home on pellet smokers.
Fork ‘N Pork BBQ
Fork 'N Pork are a Bathurst based barbecue team and King of the Smokey Mountain and UDS. 2018 see’s their second season of competing but they have been together for many more cooking for the love of low and slow...
Beer-B-Q are Ready to Q
Beer-B-Q are a team of four mates from South West Sydney. We have been cooking barbecue for around 2 years now, this being our first full year of competing although only competing in 8 competitions all up including this years Kangaroo Valley Comp...
Big Bark Hunter BBQ
Big Bark Hunter BBQ are a four guys from Wollongong NSW. Looking forward to a localish comp. We have been competing on and off for 5 years but have been competing full on the past 2 years...
Smokerados Competition BBQ Team
Smokerados is a competition BBQ team based in Canberra. We have cooked backyard BBQ for several years and decided to enter competitions in 2018, starting with Cue for a Cause in Forster and the Blues and BBQ Festival in Port Macquarie. We cook on offset, bullet and kettle smokers...
2 Smoking Barrels Will Bring On The Meat Sweats
The 'Meat Sweats' are an unavoidable yet enjoyable malady when you come across the 2 Smoking Barrels BBQ meat wagon. It's something they are very proud to bring on with all of their customers. This November they are Barrelling down to Kangaroo Valley so you had better come prepared...
Bar B Skew are the Authentic Filipino BBQ
Enjoying Street food vending in the Phillipines is a time honoured tradition that dates back well beyond the short two hundred odd years that Australia has been a nation. The Quakers Hill based 'Bar B Skew' are an authentic Charcoal BBQ Street Food outfit that fully embodies this tradition. KVBBQ are extremely proud to have retained their services for your enjoyment at this year's festival...
Sneaky Burger are in the Line Up
With two locations, an authentic drive-thru diner and a mobile food truck, the Sneaky Burger company is primed and ready to deliver their brand of 'USA Burger-Ville' to the masses of the Kangaroo Valley Craft Beer and BBQ Festival this November...