North Texas’ meatiest nonprofit is back with another way to do good while having a ridiculously fun time. Meat Fight, the organization that has raised more than $3 million to support people living with multiple sclerosis, is hosting its annual Meat Raffle on Sunday, September 7, at Oak Highlands Brewery in Richardson from 3 to 6 p.m.
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Meat Fight® is back, promising an exciting culinary showdown with its Meat Midway! Returning attendees may think they know the drill: four teams of talented DFW chefs from renowned restaurants like Lucia, Petra and the Beast, and Goodwins will compete in various meaty categories, including brisket, ribs, sausage, and fried chicken—plus a sweet category for dessert. These dishes will be evaluated by esteemed pitmasters, while guests will enjoy tasting the creations and voting for their favorites, including the best sides like macaroni and cheese, potato salad, and coleslaw. The stakes are high, with winners earning bragging rights and homemade trophies that are truly priceless.
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Valentine’s Day is almost upon us, and it’s time to make a reservation at 26 or more restaurants all at once. That’s what you get when you buy a Meat Fight Valentine’s Treat Box for your special someone. Tickets on sale at 10 a.m. Monday, January 22nd.
Each box includes a variety of treats to share, including barbecue, sides, cookies, beer, and more to feed two hangry adults from 25 or more local restaurants and bakeries including:
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This year, we’re Dallas-ing the Meat Fight 1k: Instead of walking a 1k, you don’t even have to leave the comfort of your car. Just show up, drive-thru, and we’ll put a box of barbecue and fancy-snacks-for-2 in your trunk. Buy a ready-to-reheat BBQ Box filled with barbecue and crazy-amazing bites from your favorite restaurants in Dallas, pick it up on Saturday, May 29th at Lakewood Brewing Co., and kick off a solid Memorial Day weekend by snacking all day. Each box even comes with a finisher medal for the person who eats the most snacks!
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Tickets for Meat Fight go on sale Wednesday, October 2nd. Meat Fight is a Texas barbecue competition featuring 16 badass chefs, with 100% of tickets sales benefiting people living with MS nationwide. Last year’s event raised over $200,000 for the cause.
This year, the chefs competing for barbecue glory include Misti Norris of Petra and The Beast, David Uygur of Lucia, Anastacia Quinones-Pittman of José, Danyele McPherson of Hero by HGSply (who was also featured on Bravo’s Top Chef) and more. Plus, we’ll have the best pit masters in Texas here to judge be meats, including Miss Tootsie from Snow’s BBQ, Todd David from Cattleack BBQ, Tim Hutchins from Hutchins BBQ, plus Texas Monthly’s BBQ Editor, Daniel Vaughn, and our Chief Meateorologist, WFAA’s Pete Delkus. Continue reading
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Meat Fight is hosting a Meat Raffle at Lakewood Brewing on April 14th from 2-5 p.m. We’ll have all kinds of meats and goodies up for raffle, including Tomahawk Ribeyes from Rudolph’s Meat Market, “meat clutches” from Live Coals, cold-smoked pork belly from BBBop Seoul Kitchen, WhistlePig Rye Whiskey, chocolate salami from Dude Sweet Chocolate, and “a bag of chicken and a bag of brisket” from Slow Bone BBQ. Continue reading
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Tickets for the first ever Chicken Thang, brought to you by Meat Fight, Inc., will go on sale Tuesday, January 2nd at 10 a.m. through Prekindle.com.
What is Chicken Thang? Easy. It’s a fried chicken competition. For charity. You should come. Let’s do some good for other people while we stuff our faces with fried chicken. It’s the clearest win-win ever.
The ten Dallas chefs competing for the Best Fried Chicken trophy include, but aren’t limited to: badass Jeff Bekavac of Neighborhood Services, kickass Sandra Bussey of Chicken Moto, wonderbeard Jeffery Hobbs of Slow Bone BBQ, and Jeana Johnson of Mockingbird Diner. Continue reading
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Tickets for the 8th Annual Meat Fight go on sale Tuesday, October 3rd at 10 a.m. Be sure to set a reminder, as tickets for the meaty charity event sold out last year in under one hour.
Meat Fight is a Texas barbecue competition with a tradition of awarding bronzed beer-can trophies and raising cash for the National MS Society. “This year, Meat Fight is going to be bigger than ever before,” says Alice Laussade, CEO of Meat Fight, Inc. “We’re featuring 20 of Dallas’ best chefs in the main fight, plus 9 more chefs in our beefy VIP Side Show competition—and we’re adding a whole new competition to the mix for all attendees. It’s called Sweet Fight. Our friends at Whole Foods are presenting that, and the category for competition this year is pie. It’s gonna be so great.” Continue reading
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