Pig Island NYC™ 2024 Recap

r m — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 17:05:00 +0000

Pig Island NYC 2024: A Pork Feast for the Ages

Congratulations to Pig Island NYC 2024 Award Winners! This past weekend, pitmasters from around the country gathered in Staten Island to show off their skills at Pig Island NYC. This annual event, now in its 15th edition, is both a pork-focused competition and a picnic where friends and family can spend the day. Read the full recap at The Smoke Sheet.

The Pig Island NYC 2024 Award Winners

Best Whole Hog
Don Rodrigo Duarte

Best Whole Hog Runner-Up
Holy City Hogs

Best in Show
Kam Rai Thai

Best Bite
Morgan’s Brooklyn Barbecue

People’s Choice Award presented by Friends of Firefighters
Jase BBQ

Ménage a Pork
Avellino Family Barbecue

Bella Robusta
Empire BBQ

Rookie of the Year
Kevin Morgan and Francis Maling for Mike’s Hot Honey

So Long, Farewell, auf Wiedersehen
Blue Smoke

Thank You to Our Sponsors

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More About Pig Island NYC

How did it all start?

Pig Island NYC was conceived after Jimmy Carbone and Josh Ozersky teamed up to produce Meatopia 2010. While Meatopia has since developed into an international food festival, Food Karma Projects sought to embrace the burgeoning farm-to-table movement and support sustainable practices. This is how Pig Island NYC was born.

By providing NYC Chefs with pigs purchased directly from small farms, Pig Island NYC aims to educate consumers and serve delicious food!

In the 15 years since Pig Island was founded, Jimmy has worked to uphold the original vision for Pig Island NYC, expanding the event’s reach, growing relationships with more farms and chefs, working with community partners like Friends of Firefighters, and creating the I Like Pig cookbook.

I Like Pig Cookbook

Jimmy Carbone teamed up with James Beard Award-winning cookbook author Rachel Wharton to create a cookbook full of porcine goodness that captures the flavors of Pig Island NYC within its covers. I Like Pig serves up some of the most popular recipes from Pig Island NYC’s first four years.