Windy City Smokeout Unveils 2024 Pitmaster Line Up

Windy City Smokeout returns to the United Center from July 11-14, 2024 and will feature a lineup featuring country music along with BBQ and craft beer from around the country. 

Headline performances for the festival’s eleventh year include Carrie Underwood, Cody Johnson, Parker McCollum, and Thomas Rhett. Curated by Chicago’s Lettuce Entertain You, Windy City Smokeout features nearly 30 pitmasters, including six new teams, offering an array of barbecue styles throughout the music-filled weekend. 

The full 2024 BBQ line-up includes: 

RETURNING

●      Bub City - Chicago, IL 
●      Blues Hog - Washington, MO 
●      Green Street Smoked Meats - Chicago, IL
●      Hogapalooza - Wynne, AR 
●      Hoodoo Brown BBQ - Ridgefield, CT
●      Hurtado Barbecue - Arlington, TX
●      Joe’s Kansas City BBQ - Kansas City, KS
●      Little Miss BBQ - Phoenix, AZ 
●      Lexington Betty’s Smokehouse - Chicago, IL 
●      Meat Mitch - Leawood, KS
●      Operation BBQ Relief - Kansas City, MO
●      Panther City BBQ - Fort Worth, TX
●      Pappy’s Smokehouse - St Louis, MO
●      Salt Lick BBQ - Driftwood, TX
●      Smoque BBQ - Chicago, IL 
●      Soul & Smoke - Evanston, IL 
●      Sugarfire Smokehouse - St Louis, MO
●      Ubons BBQ - Yazoo City, MS 

●      Wright’s Barbecue - Fayetteville, AR

NEWCOMERS for 2024

●      2M Smokehouse BBQ - San Antonio, TX
●      Chef Art Smith's Reunion - Chicago, IL
●      Dampf Good BBQ - Cary, NC
●      GQue BBQ - Westminster, CO
●      Jack Stack Barbecue - Kansas City, MO
●      Pig Beach BBQ - New York, NY