Wiener Wars 2024! May the Best Dawg Win!

Wiener Wars 2024 is a culinary competition benefiting the Marion County Literacy Council and the Ocala Outreach Foundation.

General Admission tickets allow holders to enter the event at 6:00pm, when the event officially begins.

*** Early Entry tickets allow holders to enter the event at 5:00pm, one full hour before the official event start time.***

Downtown Ocala restaurants will compete on cooking technique, creativity, presentation, and taste using a pre-chosen all-beef frank wiener. Method of cook, bun (or lack thereof), toppings, condiments, presentation, etc. are completely at the discretion of the participating teams.

Participating restaurants include: Bank Street Patio Bar & Grill, Big Hammock Brewery & Bites, Brick City Southern Kitchen & Whiskey Bar, District Bar & Kitchen, Fat Boys BBQ Ocala, Flying Boat Taproom, The Lodge Ocala, Mutiny Ocala, and the Smoked Biscuit Company.

Patrons will be given a passport and have the option to sample each participating team’s wiener and side offering and will be asked to cast a vote for their selection for the People’s Choice Champion. Each participating team will also present a wiener and side offering to each member of our celebrity judging panel. The judges will then rate each offering on presentation, creativity, and taste to determine the Judge’s Choice Champion.

Beer will be available for purchase at the event. There will also be live music!

Thank you to our Presenting Sponsor - Cheney Brothers, Inc. - as well as all of our incredible event sponsors: Angie Lewis State Farm, Ocala Caregivers, Neighborhood Storage, CIC, BAI Electronic Systems Distributors, Tri-Eagle Sales, MRM - McGraw, Rauba & Mutarelli, Xtreme Audio and Performance, Culture Curators, Grafito Advertising and Marketing, and Clean Cut Lawn Care!