The Voice of Blythewood & Fairfield County

Pig on the Ridge

RIDGEWAY – The crowd was big – about 4,500 over the two days according to senior steering committee member Rufus Jones – and the barbecue was plentiful. 

“The rain held off and the people kept coming in,” Jones said of Ridgeway’s 22nd Annual Pig on the Ridge Festival.

Pictured above are the barbecue winners. Left, 1st place professional division and 1st place in ribs: Philip Miles’ Tail-Gater Hater. At right, 1st place amateur division: Davis Slaton’s Swamp Reapers BBQ, from Blythewood, Brett Thomas, left, Keith Brinson and David Slaton.