Ribbers
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Desperado's BBQ & Rib Co.
2008 will be our 10th year at Ribfest, having won 2nd place sauce in 2004 and 1st place ribs and sauce the previous three years in a row. We participate in 25-30 such events each year, traveling from one end of the country to the other. We are a family based operation, as we have 4 of 5 children who travel and work for us. We offer tender falling off the bone ribs with choice of three sauces from mild to suicide hotter than H. Another item which brings rave reviews from the customers is our melt in your mouth Beef Brisket. |
Fast Freddy's Electric BBQ Ribs
Our recipe for great bbq has been hand-crafted by Chef Fred Stevens, and Chef David Miller, CEC. The American Culinary Federation has voted our product 1st Place Chef's Choice and People's Choice year after year. We do not participate in the traveling bbq circuit, so these ribs are only available to the public one week out of the year...so indulge while you can at Ribfest! |
Sweet Baby Ray’s Barbecue and Catering
Sweet Baby Ray burst on the scene at the 1985 Royko Ribfest by capturing 2nd place with the Judges out of a field of 700 entries. Dave Raymond, aka Sweet Baby Ray has parlayed his past experience growing the number one sauce in Chicagoland and the 3rd best selling brand in America into a new business venture, Sweet Baby Ray’s Barbecue Restaurants. |
Texas Outlaws BBQ
Texas Outlaws BBQ is the current defending 1st place rib champion having won 1st place for two of the last 5 years. We are also the only team in the world to win the coveted Reno, Nevada's Best in the West first place ribs "3 times" and to have our restaurant featured on the National "Food Network TV" channel. This is our 13th year at Rib Fest and our old fashion approach to BBQ has remained constant, never precooking, always slow cooking using premium meat, spices, sauce and wood. Even when grilling we use lump coal, never gas. We feel our old fashion, labor intensive approach to BBQ has made us a crowd favorite for many years at Rib Fest, but as my grandmother always said, "self brag is half scandal", so we will let you tell us what you think. See you at Rib Fest. |
Famous Dave's Legendary Pit Bar-B-Que
Realizing one of his life-long dreams, Dave opened his first Famous Dave’s BBQ Shack in Hayward, Wisconsin, on Round Lake. Dave’s new joint, featuring slow-smoked ribs along with Dave’s own secret BBQ sauces, was an instant success. In no time, the restaurant was serving up to 8,000 people a week in a town of only 1,800! Among the many awards and honors that Dave and the company have received, in 1997 Ernst & Young, sponsored by Nasdaq and USA Today, recognized Dave Anderson as Minnesota and Dakota’s Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year. |
Aussom Aussie Australian Barbecue Co.
A 15 year veteran of the International BBQ Circuit, Paul "Aussom Aussie" MacKay started competing in BBQ contests in 1988 and after several years he and his father developed their very own traditional Australian fruit based barbecue sauce. Taking on the best Barbeque chefs he came to North America to prove they had a winning formula.
Traditional Australian Barbecue – Fruit based barbecue sauce and we cook with fruit woods (Apple and Cherry)
One of the original vendors in 1988 and we have only missed three years since then. Find our Brick on the riverwalk. |
Butch's Smack Your Lips BBQ
Basting mop clenched in one fist, steering wheel in the other, rolling cooking pit rattling behind, Butch Lupinetti is back on the road. His destination could be Chicago, Minneapolis, Cedar Rapids or anyplace in between. But the outcome will never change. Butch will pour sweat for 20 hours a day, standing in a cloud of wood smoke, exquisitely charring tons of pork ribs, beef briskets and chickens. When it’s over he’ll be loaded and rolling again; very likely with a huge trophy and a check.
Butch Lupinetti, owner of Butch’s Blues and BBQ joint from 1970 through 1997, serves real roadhouse hickory flavored barbecue. |
Pigfoot BBQ Company
Pigfoot has been in business since 1989. Ribber at Naperville Ribfest for 13 years. Best Ribs 3 years at Naperville and best sauce one year. Best Ribs in Allegheny PA Ribfest 7 years, 4 in a row! Best ribs, best pork, peoples' choice and best sauce at Cedar Rapids BBQ Roundup.
Owned and operated by husband and wife, Jerry and Debbie Gibson. It is Debbie's award winning sauce recipe. They will ship their sauce anywhere in the US and Canada. In every event that they travel to, the Gibson's generously donate a portion of their proceeds to the philanthropy. |
Porky N Beans
Porky-N-Beans has been a proud member of the National Award Winning Rib Cookers of America since 1983. We are national rib cook off contenders and travel between 10,000 and 15,000 miles a year competing in cities from St. Paul, Minnesota to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. We have won numerous rib cook off titles such as the prestigious Golden Rib Award and Best Ribs in America. In addition to barbecue ribs and chicken that are cooked fresh each day, Porky-N-Beans boasts a pulled pork sandwich that surpasses the best! Cooked for 12 hours, smoked with apple and cherry wood in a genuine Southern Pride Oven, and then drizzled with fresh, homemade sauce...JUST DELICIOUS |
Rasta Joes BBQ
Jamaican Style BBQ - Plymouth, IN
Joe Alexander, better known as "Rasta Joe," has successfully traveled
the National Ribfest circuit for over 15 years repeatedly winning in highly
competitive rib cook-offs. Rasta Joe has participated in the Napereville
Exchange Club Ribfest for about 13 years where he's been awarded 1st Place "Best
Sauce" twice. Awards for Rasta's ribs date back as far as 1995. Rasta Joe
contributes his continued sucess to the unique product he offers. Using his own
secret blended Jamaican style BBQ sauce, Rasta's slow-cooked, hickory smoked BBQ
pork ribs offer customers a taste of the familiar combined wth an exotic island
flair. |
Sgt. Oink's Pit BBQ
Sgt. Oink’s BBQ Co. has been in business for 11 years. Gary and Teresa Stephens started catering 11 years ago, then decided to hit the circuit and do national rib cookoff’s. We have been doing Rib cookoffs for 9 years now and with our daughter Lisa we have had some great events. We have been in Naperville for 6 years. Naperville's Ribfest is a great event and the profits go to a great cause. Most of our events are fundraisers. |
Uncle Bub's
Although being Naperville’s Ribfest’s new que’r on the block, Uncle Bub's BBQ is a seasoned veteran to serving world class barbeque. This Westmont based restaurant and catering has competed alongside the greatest BBQ experts in the nation (and shown them a thing or two). Now, Uncle Bubs BBQ is pleased to bring their outstanding taste and service to you. |
Howling Coyote Southwest BBQ
The Howling Coyote Southwest BBQ cooking team has competed in many national cook-offs. We have been serving our uniquely delicious Southwest style BBQ since 1989. We serve St Louis style pork spare ribs, which are smoked and slow cooked to a perfected combination of flavor and tenderness. We finish off our cooking process by basting our ribs with our secret recipe "salsafied sauce" as they are open seared over a hardwood charcoal fire. We also serve our famous Colorado chopped beef brisket sandwich, which always gets rave reviews from our customers. Our menu also offers a chopped pork BBQ sandwich and sides of cole slaw and our famous "Southwest beans". |
Hog Wild Barbeque
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Johnson's BBQ
Home of the Thermonuclear Sauce, Johnson’s BBQ is well known, not only for their sauces, but also for their rubs and smoking techniques. While owner Dan Johnson won’t divulge specific information, he does admit that “our great taste is a result of our tender combination of first-class rubs and hickory wood which permeates the meat in a special way.” Johnson’s has over 120 national awards to their credit in the last five years including the “Best Sauce in America” in 2001. |
Mo Jo's Ribshack
Mo Jo's Ribshack has been in business 3 years and is owned/operated by the children of Debbie and Jerry Gibson. The Gibson's are owners of Pigfoot BBQ Company which has participated in Naperville Ribfest for 13 years. Curt Gibson, Joe Russell and Liz Russell had traveled over 15 years with their parents to festivals and, by request, began their own company three years ago. They run their own show, own recipes and have,on occasion, beat their parents in awards. This is the second year at Naperville Ribfest and they were the winners of 2003's second place sauce. |
Smokin' Joe's
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Armadillo's Rib and Que Company
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Other Foods
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Oberweis Dairy
Ice cream and milk |
Dominick's Finer Foods
Fresh Fruit |
Angeli's Catering
Offering: pasta salad, bread plate homemade chips, curly fries, special salad, citrus shake-ups |
Big Fun Enterprises
Fruit Smoothies, Mocha Chillers, Gourmet Cheesecakes, Frappucino |
BOJO's
Elephant Ears, Citrus Shake-Ups, Shaved Ice |
Caney Creek Corn
Fresh Roasted Corn |
Chase Root Beer Corp
Root beer, root beer floats, hot dogs, cotton candy, pop corn, lemonade |
Country Time Kettle Korn
Kettlekorn and fresh squeezed lemonade |
Dippin Dots
Ice Cream |
Eatery Huts Lemonade
Fresh squeezed lemonade |
Fruit & Cream Hut Inc.
Soft serve ice cream hut, frozen bananas, floats, chocolate covered strawberries, ice cream bars |
Gary's Concessions Inc.
Onion rings, veggies, blooming onions |
King Spud
Homemade potato chips, fries, curly fries, cheese, citrus shakes |
Naperville Noon Lions Club
Funnel Cakes and Coffee |
Suzies Funnel Cakes
Funnel Cakes |
Brad and Diane's Italian Ice Featuring Little Jimmy's
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Gold Rush Soda
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Kahunas
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Lee Concessions
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The Strawberry Patch
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