Sponsorship Opportunities

We Want You To Become A Part Of Our Team!!! Pork Barrel BBQ is currently seeking additional sponsors for our Competition BBQ Team. The Pork Barrel BBQ Competition Team is one of the most recognized teams on the professional BBQ circuit as a result of being one of America’s fastest growing BBQ Sauce companies and our frequent national media exposure. Heath and Brett are widely recognized across the country as winning entrepreneurs from ABC’s hit television show Shark Tank and from appearances on shows like Fox & Friends and Good Morning America and in publications like Men’s Health Magazine, Food & Wine and Cook’s Illustrated. The Pork Barrel BBQ Competition Team is also recognized for their success on the professional BBQ circuit. Since forming the Pork Barrel BBQ Competition Team in 2009, we have won numerous awards and participated in more than 50 BBQ competitions across America, including many of the nation’s most prestigious contests including the American Royal Invitational, the American Royal Open, Memphis in May and the Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue. Our success on the professional BBQ circuit and in the BBQ industry creates the perfect opportunity to expose your brand to millions of consumers through our various promotional channels including BBQ competitions, television appearances, special events and through our vast social media network. Pork Barrel BBQ offers a number of sponsorship opportunities and will work with you to develop a sponsorship package that meets your marketing needs. Potential sponsorship benefits include: BBQ Competitions – Competitions offer your company the opportunity to reach a large number of consumers in a short period of time. Competitions draw a diverse group of potential consumers and attendance at contests is at an all-time high attracting thousands of people over the course of a weekend. Marketing opportunities at contests include:

• Use of your product at BBQ competitions.
• Hanging your sponsorship banner at our cook site.
• Inclusion in social media posts from BBQ competitions.
• Making samples of your product available to the public (only available for certain products).
• Making your company’s literature and/or coupons available to the public (only available at certain competitions).
• Placing your logo on our competition shirts and/or wearing your company’s logo apparel (shirts, hats, aprons, etc…).

Television Appearances – Pork Barrel BBQ is frequently featured on local and national television programs offering your brand a prime spot in front of millions of potential viewers. Marketing opportunities during television appearances include:

• Use of your product on television.
• Mention of your product on television.
• Hanging your sponsorship banner on set.
• Inclusion in social media posts from television appearances.
• Wearing your company’s logo apparel (shirts, hats, aprons, etc…).

Special Events – We host and participate in a number of special events each year including festivals, charity events and culinary events. These events have attendance that range in the hundreds to thousands allowing us to get your brand in front of a unique and diverse set of consumers. Marketing opportunities during special events include:

• Use of your product at special events.
• Mention of your product at special events.
• Hanging your sponsorship banner at our event site.
• Inclusion in social media posts from the special event.
• Making samples of your product available to the public (only available for certain products and at certain events).
• Making your company’s literature and/or coupons available to the public (only available at certain events).
• Wearing your company’s logo apparel (shirts, hats, aprons, etc…).

Social Media – Pork Barrel BBQ is the social media leader in the BBQ world. We have built a social network that can get your brand and products in front of tens of thousands of eyes with the click of a button. In addition to using well established social platforms like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest we have created two of our own sites, BBQ Backyard and BBQ Race, and operate one of the most viewed blogs in the BBQ world. Marketing opportunities through our social media platforms include:

• Twitter – tweets mentioning your brand and products to our more than 37,000 followers on Twitter.
• Facebook – posts mentioning your brand and products on our multiple Facebook pages with thousands of likes and friends.
• YouTube – videos featuring your brand and products on our YouTube channel that has enjoyed hundreds of thousands of views.
• Pinterest – picture posts of your brand and products to our ever growing presence on Pinterest.
• BBQ Backyard & BBQ Race – reduced rate advertising on our BBQ specific sites.
• Pork Barrel BBQ Blog – posting of blogs that feature your brand and products. These posts can range from product reviews, press releases highlighting our partnership or announcing your brands events to name a few. 

We have a full schedule of competitions and events planned and would welcome the opportunity to represent your brand across America. If you are interested in partnering with Pork Barrel BBQ please fill out our sponsorship form.  We are always looking to add sponsors for the Pork Barrel BBQ Competition Team and would love to talk with you about how a sponsorship of Pork Barrel BBQ can benefit your company. If you are interested in sponsoring the Pork Barrel BBQ Competition Team please complete our Sponsorship Form and we will be in touch. Thank you for your interest in Pork Barrel BBQ!