The Bolt for Breast Cancer, organized by the Junior Board of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama (BCRFA) and presented by ABC 33/40, took place at Crestline Field on Sunday, October 27, and raised a whopping $48,287 with 565 participants of the 5K and 1-mile Dolly Dash.
Birmingham BBQ Legends Rodney Scott and Nick Pihakis to Judge CahabaQue BBQ Cook-Off on April 15
The BCRFA is excited to welcome Rodney Scott and Nick Pihakis, Birmingham BBQ legends and talent behind Rodney Scott’s Whole Hog BBQ, as special guest judges at the spring CahabaQue BBQ Cook-Off on Saturday, April 15 at Cahaba Brewing Company!
As judges, Rodney and Nick will sample BBQ from nearly 20 cook teams and help select the winner of Best CahaBUTT.
Benefitting the BCRFA, CahabaQue is a fun-filled afternoon with live music, craft beer, and all the BBQ tastings you can eat! Teams will compete for Best CahaBUTT, People’s Choice, and more.
CahabaQue tickets and details available here.
Additionally, the Pihakis Restaurant Group brands will host four give-back days the week of CahabaQue with 10% of sales donated back to the BCRFA! See below for details.
BCRFA Give-Back Days with the Pihakis Restaurant Group:
- Monday, April 10 at Little Donkey (Homewood, 280)
- Tuesday, April 11 at Rodney Scott’s BBQ (Avondale, Trussville, Homewood)
- Wednesday, April 12 at Tasty Town (Downtown)
- Thursday, April 13 at Hero Doughnuts (Homewood, Railroad Park, Trussville)
About Nick and Rodney
Rodney Scott is Pitmaster and co-founder of Rodney Scott’s Whole Hog BBQ. Winner of the 2018 James Beard Award for Best Chef, Southeast, Rodney has been cooking whole-hog barbecue, over wood coals burned down from hardwood, since he was in middle school. In 2017, Rodney partnered with the Pihakis Restaurant Group to open Rodney Scott’s BBQ.
Nick Pihakis is the Founder and CEO of the Pihakis Restaurant Group. Working in restaurants since he was 19 years old, Nick started the Birmingham-based barbecue business, Jim N Nick’s Bar-B-Q, with his father Jim, 30 years ago, and along with his Pihakis Restaurant Group partners has opened multiple brands in Atlanta, Birmingham, Charleston, and Nashville including Rodney Scott’s Whole Hog BBQ, Little Donkey, Hero, and Tasty Town Greek Restaurant and Lounge.
Thank you, Nick and Rodney, for joining the fight against breast cancer! We can’t wait to chow down on April 15.