As the summer winds down, prepare your taste buds for the last of barbecue season.
Sept 5-7: BBQ & Craft Beer Festival
Monmouth Park Racetrack, Oceanport
11:30 am-5:30 pm; $3; parking, $4.
monmouthpark.com
Sept 12: Marlboro Music & Food Festival
(Formerly Marlboro Blues & BBQ Festival)
Marlboro Recreation Center
Noon-10 pm; $10; ages 12 and under, free.
marlborosunshinefund.org
Sept 12: BBQ Extravaganza on Beachway
Beachway Avenue, Keansburg
11 am-5 pm; free.
irunnewjersey.com
Sept 18-20: Cue by the Sea BBQ
Festival & Competition*
Grant Avenue, Seaside Heights
Fri, 5-10 pm; Sat, 10 am-10 pm; Sun, 10 am-6 pm; free.
exit82.com
Sept 25-27: Red White & Cue BBQ Competition & Music Festival*
Cresskill Community Center, Cresskill
Fri, 5-10 pm; Sat, 11 am-11 pm; Sun, 11 am-6 pm; free.
rwqbbq.com
Sept 26: Hamilton Park BBQ Festival
Jersey City
Noon; free.
facebook.com/hamiltonparkbbqfestival
Sept 27: BBQ Showdown
Raritan Bay Waterfront Park, South Amboy
11 am-6 pm; free.
irunnewjersey.com
*KCBS Sanctioned Competition