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AWARDS
ROYAL ADELAIDE
BEER & CIDER AWARDS
PRESENTED FRIDAY NIGHT
Royal Adelaide Beer & Cider Awards | Royal Australian Spirit Awards
Since 2015, the Royal Adelaide Beer & Cider Awards have been held on the opening night of the Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival, and this year, the inaugural Royal Australian Spirit Awards will also be presented on this night.
The competition gets even better every year, with a record number of entries received from across the country in 2019.

UP IN SMOKE
AUSTRALIAN BBQ COMPETITION
PRESENTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON
‘Up in Smoke’ is Adelaide’s first Australasian BBQ Alliance sanctioned BBQ Competition. It is a low and slow BBQ competition held in conjunction with the Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival at the Adelaide Showgrounds.
Everyone from amateur to professional BBQ teams are invited to test their sauces, rubs, marinades and smokers against each other to win cash, prizes, trophies and acclaim. Teams will compete in 5 categories; Beef, Pork Ribs, Pork, Lamb and Chicken for supremacy as the Reserve Grand Champion and Grand Champion for the overall points leaders.
Proudly presented by McFuzzlebutt’s Manchen and JK BBQ & Smoke









