The AWM Bellarine Smoke Off

🔥 The AWM Bellarine Smoke Off 🔥
Bellarine Estate Winery

📅 Saturday, March 28, 2026
📍 Bellarine Estate Winery – Bellarine Peninsula

Get fired up — the Bellarine’s biggest BBQ celebration is back!

AWM proudly presents The AWM Bellarine Smoke Off, a massive outdoor BBQ and live music festival held at Bellarine Estate Winery on the Bellarine Peninsula.

This one-day event brings together Australia’s top pitmasters for an official ABA-sanctioned American BBQ competition, where teams go head-to-head for a chance to wine a share of $15,000 cash prize money plus trophies. Competition catgories are:

• Brisket - Whole, Flat, Half Flat or Point
• Beef 2 - Brisket, Beef Cheek, Ribs, Chuck
• Pork Ribs - Baby back, Spare or St Louis- Lamb
• Open Lamb any cut

But the Smoke Off is more than just the competition — it’s a full-scale festival experience designed for BBQ lovers, families, and music fans alike.

🎶 Live Music Line-Up

• Screamin Eagles
• Reece Mastin’s Great Big Beer Band
• TJR & The Longhorns

🔥 What’s On

• ABA-sanctioned American BBQ competition
• Live music all day
• Market stalls & artisan makers
• A mouth-watering line-up of food vendors
• Award-winning Bellarine Estate wines, plus beer & beverages
• BBQ demos, pitmaster action & BBQ culture
• Relaxed, family-friendly outdoor festival atmosphere

🍔 Food Vendors
Happy Gelato • MDO Twisted Potatoes • Dippin’ Dots • Neats Treats • Inkredible Calamari • Lil Dumplings • Dutch Pancakes & Gozleme

🤝 Event Sponsors
AWM Minerva Foods • K-Rock • Blackman’s Brewery • Black Opal Wagyu • Pure Valley Brisket • Sovereign Lamb

Whether you’re a BBQ diehard, a food lover, a live-music fan, or just chasing an epic day out — The AWM Bellarine Smoke Off delivers it all.

📣 Mark the date, bring your mates, and come hungry.
🎟 Tickets available now — don’t miss it!

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Bellarine Estate Winery, 2270 Portarlington Road, Bellarine, Australia

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