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Pickles, Pigs & Swigs Returning in Mount Olive

Pickles, Pigs & Swigs Returning in Mount Olive

The third annual Pickles, Pigs & Swigs returns to Mount Olive Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10-11. The N.C. Pork Council-sanctioned whole hog barbecue cook-off gets underway Friday evening, followed by the Saturday festival and BBQ plate sale from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.read more »

Pickles, Pigs, & Swigs

Pickles, Pigs, & Swigs

Friday night as the rain moved across Wayne County the second annual Pickle Pigs and Swigs wasunderway. Cooks were preparing to cook the pigs throughout the night into themorning. Judges began making their rounds to find the top three places. The light misty rain Saturday morning didn’t keep the people from enjoying the day of…read more »

Mount Olive BBQ Cook-off, Fall Festival Return October 28-29

Mount Olive BBQ Cook-off, Fall Festival Return October 28-29

MOUNT OLIVE—The smell of pork barbecue cooking on grills will once again waft over downtown Mount Olive when Pickles, Pigs & Swigs, presented by Smithfield Foods, returns in October. The second annual event is set for Friday and Saturday, October 28-29. The N.C. Pork Council-sanctioned whole hog barbecue cook-off gets underway Friday evening. The Saturday…read more »

Pickles, Pigs & Swigs Draws Crowds To Mount Olive (PHOTO GALLERY)

Pickles, Pigs & Swigs Draws Crowds To Mount Olive (PHOTO GALLERY)

Members of 20 cooking teams started setting up their equipment and tents in the parking lot in front of Mount Olive Town Hall on Friday evening. They started preparing their entries in the NC Pork Council-sanctioned whole hog cooking competition that was part of the first ever Pickles, Pigs & Swigs. The cooking had just…read more »

First-Ever Pickles, Pigs & Swigs Set For Saturday In Mount Olive

First-Ever Pickles, Pigs & Swigs Set For Saturday In Mount Olive

(GDN) — Relish in a DILL-lightful day in the Town of Mount Olive.  The inaugural Pickles, Pigs & Swigs is being held in Mount Olive this Saturday, November 20.  Mount Olive Area Chamber of Commerce President Julie Beck appeared on Jeff Farrow’s Morning Show on Goldsboro’s Greatest Hits and says the town wanted to start…read more »

Pickles, Pigs & Swigs Finalizes Plans For November 20

Pickles, Pigs & Swigs Finalizes Plans For November 20

Pickles. Pigs. Swigs. It all comes together for the first time ever in downtown Mount Olive later this month. Set for Saturday, November 20, Pickles, Pigs & Swigs will benefit the Mount Olive Downtown Development Corporation. Featured, of course, are Mt. Olive Pickles, craft beer from Mount Olive-based R&R Brewing, and a North Carolina Pork…read more »

Smithfield Foods Makes Donation For Pickles, Pigs & Swigs

Smithfield Foods Makes Donation For Pickles, Pigs & Swigs

An upcoming community event in Mount Olive gets a boost thanks to Smithfield Foods.  On Friday, Smithfield Foods announced it was donating 20 hogs for Pickles, Pigs & Swigs in Mount Olive.  Pickles, Pigs & Swigs is set for Saturday, November 20. It will feature a North Carolina Pork Council-sanctioned whole hog cooking competition, which…read more »

New Mount Olive Fall Festival Seeks Cook Teams, Sponsors

New Mount Olive Fall Festival Seeks Cook Teams, Sponsors

Pickles, pork barbecue, and local craft beer, live bluegrass music, antique tractors and the Pickle Train. If all of this sounds like a fun way to spend a Saturday, mark your calendars for Saturday, November 20 in downtown Mount Olive. Organizers are planning the first ever Pickles, Pigs & Swigs to benefit the Mount Olive…read more »

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