08/17/2025
Another Brew Bash is behind us and as the smokers cool down, the animals have calmed down and the beer is all tapped, a very big thank you to everyone who helped make yesterday’s Brew & BBQ Bash such an amazing event!
Special thank you to all the sponsors who supported the event including TITLE Sponsors, The Streetsboro Visitors & Convention Bureau and The Streetsboro VFW. Also special thanks to our supporting sponsors, the GPD Group, Soft Lite, Your Home Outlet Appliances, Legends & Lore, Hammerhead Washing, Dairy Queen of Streetsboro, Boulder Crossing Rehabilitation, The Powerhouse Gym, SGT. Clean, Woodsy’s Music, Rita’s Italian Ice, Cynthia Toth of Coldwell Banker, Luxy Links Jewelry, Blasiole’s Pizza, AMS Title Agency, Shaffer Branding, Jersey Mike’s, Strickland’s Frozen Custard, Gionino’s Pizza, Chuggers Bar & Grill, Wash ‘n Go, Great Clips, Greathouse Services, Raising Canes, Portage Community Bank, The Portager and Giant Eagle.
A special thank you to all of the participating breweries including our Title Beer Sponsor, Schnitz Ale Brewery and shout out to Joe Freitas of Heidelberg. Special thanks to Aeonian Brewing, Broadview Brewing, Rhetoric Brewing, Hoppy Dude Brews, Lock 15 Brewing, North Water Brewing, Paradigm Shift Brewery, The Phoenix Brewing Company, Brooklyn Brewery, Saucy Brew Works, Lost Coast Brewery, Thirsty Dog and Victory Brewing.
Special thank you to all 15 competing BBQ teams and congratulations to the 2025 Grand Champion, John Hejduk-The Game Night Grillers (Streetsboro) and runner up, David Mizer of Sucka Bone BBQ (Ravenna)
Also, congrats to the 2025 2-time People's Choice Award winner- Bernie Thomas of Chasin Tailz BBQ (Ravenna) and 2-time runner-up, Christina Shahriari of Pink Piggy BBQ (Macedonia)
A special thank you to all the participating food trucks, dessert trucks, delicious BBQ trucks, craft vendors and so many others.
Special thank you to all of the local celebrity judges who participated in the BBQ competition- City of Streetsboro Mayor Glenn Broska, Coach Ira Campbell of Streetsboro City Schools; Jimmy Stewart owner of Gionino’s Pizza; Nate Crowe President of Streetsboro Junior Baseball and Softball, Samantha Edgar, Director of Streetsboro Parks & Recreation and Kevin Kovach, owner of Sammy’s Food Mart.
Amazing performance from headlining band, The Hair Band Experience, local artists, Steve Blankenship, Chuck Cooper and the members of John Doe along with a special thank you to the crew at Woodsy’s Music and an unbelievable job from DJKrooze. Your energy and talent kept the party going all day!
Special thanks to the St. Helen Unicycle Drill Team for their awesome performance, to Harvey and Luke Johnson who brought out the Total Chaos monster truck and special thank you to Top Notch Motorsports Monster Truck rides and Fast Traxx Monster Tank! Thank you to Pure Passions Live Animals, the Foam Zone and all the other family attractions.
All the volunteers and workers behind the event including members of the Streetsboro Heritage Foundation, members of the Streetsboro Senior Center, Alex Canella and RKS, the Parks & Recreation group- Samantha Edgar, Sal Ruffo, Joe Balli, Tyler Baughman Craig Barger, Alex Dabrowski, Eric Wood, Ayden Long, Theresa Summers, Sandy Mates and Missy and Ryan Procop. Special thanks to Lindsey Harden and her crew from Walmart.
A special shout out to Jason and Grace Olszewski of Ol’ Chefskis BBQ, who gave us the special guest appearance from Lola Oink who was kind enough to take pictures with all of the guests.
Once again, the Brew & BBQ Bash BBQ competition raised $871.00 for the Streetsboro Heritage Foundation and $1,123.00 to benefit the Special Olympics “Portage Grin and Bear it” organization
I personally want to thank everyone who came out on the scorcher of a day and enjoyed the 2025 Brew & BBQ Bash!! The Brew & BBQ Bash returns on Saturday, August 15, 2026! SAVE THE DATE! ~MIke
