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Pig Island NYC tm is an annual culinary + bbq festival the weekend after labor day each year.

09/25/2026

Foxenkill Farm

09/25/2026

Thanks NYPork Producers , Foxenkill Farm , Emma Kron ,

09/22/2026

The 17th Annual Pig Island NYC may have come and gone, but we’ll be thinking about each and every one of those BBQ bites for a very, very long time.

Not only did we have the most perfect weather, but we got our first Food Karma Projects’ Triple Crown!! 🚨🚨🚨

Here’s the rundown of the winners:

🏆 Best In Show: Brothers Barbecue, who are also the Triple Crown CHAMPS (won Rib King NYC AND Brisket King NYC)
🏆 Best Whole Hog: Tank with an assist from Ben Hooper of Ben’s Backdraft Barbecue
🏆 Friends of Firefighters People’s Choice Award: KAM RAI THAI
🏆 The Underhogs Award: Sweet Lew's BBQ
🏆 One Bite Wonder Award: porkmafiaboss’s porkmafia.us
🏆 Veggie Island Award: David Navarro & Snug Harbor Cultural Center’s Heritage Farm at Snug Harbor

As always, we’re endlessly grateful to our BBQ community — attendees, judges, chefs, businesses, and distributors — who make this event what it is.

A huge thank you to our community partner 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, Snug Harbor Cultural Center for hosting us once again, and Burlap and Barrel, Kikuichi Cutlery, Roto 360, and New York Pork Producers for the incredible chef prizes & demos this year.

Next up:
🍎 C***rFeast East Coast Tour on Saturday, October 3
🍜 Bowl of 'Zole, mezcal y pozole fest! on Thursday, October 22

📸: Photos by Mark Shaw

09/16/2026

Best Bite! porkmafia.us , Phil Wingo , Justice Stewart , Christopher Lubanski , slow cooked a pig by Roger Elmore ... Chicherones!

09/14/2026

Congrats Chef Oak!
KAM RAI THAI , Dhanapol Oak Marprasert

The Friends of Firefighters, Inc. Peoples' Choice Award winner!

09/12/2026

Bring your picnic blankets, water bottles, and appetite because Pig Island NYC is TODAY!

From 11 am-4 pm at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, your all-inclusive tickets will get you some of the most delicious BBQ samples, including smoked pork shoulders, patrami-cured pork ribs, and Thai clay-pot roasted pork jowl, from chefs across NYC, NJ, and even North Carolina.

𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐁𝐐:

Always save room for dessert! Tipsy Scoop is serving up their boozy ice cream, MuMs Baking Boutique | Delicious Gifts | Decadent Dessert Tables will be sampling their beloved carrot cake & other dessert table faves, and Wonder is bringing Baked by Melissa’s bite-size cupcakes.

No Pig Island is complete without Hot Sauce Alley, which will include Coney Island Saucery, Achilles Heat®, and Jersey Barnfire.

East Meets Young brings their bold pan-Asian sauces & snacks, enjoy grilled vegetables from Snug Harbor’s very own Heritage Farm at Snug Harbor, plus get samples from former East Village staple, Jimmy's No. 43 | East Village.

𝐒𝐢𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡:

→ Spirits from Bubba’s Wh***ey, Fort Hamilton Distillery & Tasting Room, Upstate Vodka, and piñaq ®️
→ B**r from The Flagship Brewing Co., Nightmare Brewing Company, and Momentum Brewery (N/A options)
→ C***r from Vermont-based America’s Original Hard C***r
→ Polar Beverages, plus Liquid Death with their signature coffin-shaped cooler

In between bites & sips, stop by the 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 table, our long-time community partner that will have a raffle and information about the wonderful work they do for active and retired FDNY firefighters and their families. They’ll also be presenting the People’s Choice Award.

Link in bio to purchase tickets or get them onsite.

📸: (1) an echo of an echo / (6) Christina Holmes

09/11/2026

Kyle Smith, an Air Force veteran, built Smith Poultry into a working farm in Williamstown, NJ, raising free-range chickens, turkeys, and pigs — plus running an egg CSA that keeps five dozen eggs a month coming to members. He believes in employing sustainable practices and implements organic growing techniques.

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱: Kyle learned to smoke whole hog from his uncles in the Carolinas, and around Philly he’s become known for pulling smoked pigs straight off street-corner smokers and pop-ups with local food businesses like Riverwards Produce.

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱: Smith Poultry’s farm is located in Williamstown, NJ, plus his products are featured regularly at South Jersey and Philadelphia-area farmers’ markets.

Link in bio or head to pigisland.com for more info and to purchase tickets.

09/10/2026

Saturday at Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden !.
The 17th annual
Pig Island NYC September 12, 2026 .

Thanks Pamela Silvestri , Staten Island Advance , for this great preview article.

What a lineup of chefs and bbq!

https://www.silive.com/dining/2026/09/pig-island-nyc-to-return-to-staten-island-with-unlimited-pork-tastings.html

Tickets at pigisland dot com

The snout-to-tail celebration is $85 for VIP tickets with early access or general admission at $55 starting at noon.

Address

1000 Richmond Terrace
Staten Island, NY
10301

Opening Hours

12pm - 4pm

Website

http://www.pigisland.com/, https://twitter.com/ILikePig

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