READY FOR AN ALL-AMERICAN CELEBRATION IN DOWNTOWN STOCKTON?
With a free entrance and a wide variety of food at affordable prices, this event has something for everyone. It also provides top flight local entertainment for diners and features a “Food-Network-Style” barbecue cook off and classic car show.
All proceeds from Taste benefit local charities
and improvement of Downtown Stockton.
Taste of San Joaquin is hosted by the Downtown Stockton Alliance.
TASTE 2009 STATISTICS
- 4,500 attendees (up from 1,000 in 2008)
- $3,500 donated to local charities
(up from $700 in 2008)
- 25,000 tasting tickets sold
(up from 10,000 in 2008)
- 8.2 million impressions made via radio, tv and print media
(up from 2 million in 2008)
- 90 volunteers and 400 volunteer hours
(up from 88 hours in 2008)
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Taste of San Joaquin is an All-American celebration.
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Visitors have a chance to sample foods from local restaurants. |
Food is barbecued on-site and visitors can watch the process. |
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PARTICIPATING LOCAL RESTAURANTS
To be announced.
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NEW LAST YEAR!
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| Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ from Diamond Bar, CA, were the winners of WOW Contest. |
1st Annual Way Out West BBQ Championship fired up Stockton! More than 20 talented cooks from all over the Western United States competed for a California State Championship. Downtown Stockton was filled with overwhelming aromas as the BBQ teams went to work. Cooking lasted 18 hours!
A BBQ competition is an event
like no other! Visitors observe and interact with the BBQ cooks,
who love to answer questions about
the sport
of competition BBQ. Click here for a list of participating barbecue'ers.
The judging was open for public viewing and featured BBQ
pro’s and local
personalities who sampled the submissions!
Watch a video about Way Out West BBQ on Comcast Channel
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MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT
To be announced.
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TESTIMONIALS
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Kelly Belly Clown painted faces
at the Kids Corner. |
“Even though the city of Stockton cancelled our annual fireworks show due to the current budget crisis, there was still reason to be down at the waterfront on Independence Day. The second annual Taste of San Joaquin was held along with the first annual Way Out West BBQ Championship was held at the Weber Points Event Center on a perfect July day.
As soon as we paid our $1 admissions we could hear an '80s rock band playing on the main stage. We made our way back and hung out and watched Aquanett perform songs from Ratt, Metallica, Poison, AC/DC and other rock bands. (...)
After listening to Aquanett for a while we ventured out to try some of the BBQ prepared by the 20 or so competitors. (...) After a few samples of BBQ we tried some specialties from local restaurants (...).
After a full day of music and food we headed out to Lodi to watch the fireworks.”
— Matt Beckwith
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SPONSORS
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