Smoke & Sip BBQ Festival

05/18/2026

WHAT. A. DAY. 🔥🍖 Our hearts (and stomachs) are so full after Saturday’s second annual Smoke & Sip BBQ Festival!

Thank you to everyone who came out to eat great BBQ, sample drinks, enjoy live music, gather around the Barnyard Bingo board, and bring the energy all afternoon long. We’re so grateful for this community and already can’t wait to make next year’s event even bigger and better.

Join us in congratulating Gringo’s Tex-Mex BBQ, winner of this year’s People’s Choice Award! 🏆🔥 Lucky for us, Bob and the team will be back this Friday for our first Fridays at the Farm of the season, so be sure visit his trailer again for round two!

A huge thanks as well to all of our BBQ vendors, beverage partners, market vendors, and sponsors. You made the day incredibly special. 💛

05/13/2026

We can already smell the smoke, hear the crowd, and taste the BBQ! See you THIS SATURDAY for a BBQ throwdown for the ages!!

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05/11/2026

Who's ready to sample some local brews and spirits at Smoke & Sip?! These local favorites will have a tent on Saturday sampling up their finest.

05/06/2026

Only 10 days left until the biggest BBQ throwdown of the year, and with over two decades of smoked meat savvy, General Lee’s Smoke Shack LLC is bringing the brisket. Catch us at Middlebrook Farm next Saturday for this kick-off to the summer season that you won't want to miss.

05/04/2026

We've got all the activities for your friend group to compete in at Smoke & Sip! From giant Connect 4 to bags, yard dice to big beer pong, let the games begin!

Grab a bite, snag a beer, and play your way through these fun favorites.

A special thank you to our Yard Games Sponsor, The Kitchen & Bath Company!

05/04/2026

04/29/2026

Smokin' Bad Decisions will be serving up BBQ worth talking about long after Smoke & Sip is over! Stop by their trailer for slow-smoked meats sure to satisfy.

04/28/2026

The BBQ Passport at Smoke & Sip is your chance to try each pitmaster's offerings and get rewarded!

Pick up a passport from the Middlebrook table or any of the pitmasters when you arrive and try each tasting dish to get all five stamps. Turn in your passport after you try them all for a chance to win a Middlebrook prize package 🔥

Shout out to our BBQ Passport sponsor Fidelity Bank Iowa!

04/23/2026

Taylor King will be back rocking The Farmhouse porch at Smoke & Sip 🎸

Enjoy gritty guitar riffs and standout vocals as he blends rock, country, and alternative hits from the ’60s to today—all courtesy of this year’s live music sponsor, Fidelity Bank Iowa.

04/21/2026

We're bringing you a new kind of bingo this year at Smoke & Sip. Line up, pick your lucky number, and if the chicken chooses it (💩), you're a winner!

Inspired by a few rowdy vacation bars down south, this chicken-friendly game is no stakes (it's free to enter), and you could win some clucking good prizes. See you at the Barnyard Bingo board.

04/15/2026

Bob Lowery, the man behind Gringo's Tex-Mex BBQ, is a former pitmaster at Cornbred, contestant on BBQ Pitmasters, and has won several Grand Championships at the American Royal. Hailing from right down the street, Bob is a Middlebrook favorite.