The Roanoke-Chowan Pork-Fest is an annual regional event held each May since 2002[1] on the grounds of the Brady C. Jefcoat Museum in Murfreesboro, North Carolina.
[2][3] It is noted as a showcase to sample the type of cooking the region is famous for.
[4] Largely a barbecue cooking contest, funds from the event benefit the maintenance and operation of the Museum.
[5] In 2010, the first place prize was awarded as a tie for the first time to Fred Woodard of Smithfield, Virginia and J.W.
[6] The competition is sanctioned by the North Carolina Pork Council[7] and is part of the Whole Hog Barbecue Series[8] where the winners of this competition compete for the state championship in Raleigh each October.