There’s also a free pork chop feed which is 4,000 pounds of pork chops and a free watermelon feed where they give out approximately 4,000 pounds of watermelon.įeatured image a compilation of screenshots from the embedded Facebook / TikTok video from XIT Rodeo & Reunion’s official accounts. That’s not all the 85th annual XIT Rodeo & Reunion has to offer. “Show up with an empty belly and we’ll fill it up for ya” – Kyle Burke, BBQ Director Come for the free BBQ and then buy your ticket for the Rodeo and the dance. No ticket to the XIT Rodeo & Reunion is required to participate.
It all starts with digging out a massive bbq pit which is then prepped and volunteers help fill it up with the beef 10,000 pounds of beef to cook and then help remove it and serve it to their community. A fantastic opportunity to add to your rare book collection Item will be shipped Media Rate unless Priority Mail is. Today the World’s Largest Free BBQ event feeds between 15,000 and 20,000 people each year with 10,000 lbs of smoked beef shoulder clod, 1,000 pounds of cooked beans, homemade bbq sauce, and enough fixins like onions and pickles for everyone. Because profits form the XIT Ranch were minimal, the capitol syndicate began to sell parcels of land in order to redeem bonds due to their British. The bbq started sometime in the 1980’s, roughly around 1983 according to BBQ Director Kyle Burk. Marked edge of XIT, ranch empire bartered away by Texas for its Capitol building., The 16th Legislature in 1879 designated a 3,000,000-acre tract to be used in payment for the Capitol. With its wraparound porch, turned wood columns, decorative eave brackets, and brightly painted trim, the XIT main headquarters was easily distinguishable form its surrounding ranch environment. The free BBQ hasn’t been around the entire time as the XIT Rodeo & Reunion which was a tradition that originated among the cowboys of the famed XIT Ranch and later after the ranch was split up grew into the major public event that is held to this day. Along with the standard rodeo events like roping and bull riding you would find at most any Texas rodeo, there’s something that makes the XIT stand out above the herd – it’s home to the world’s largest Free BBQ. If you ever wanted to explore the panhandle, a free bbq is a dang good reason to go.Įvery year since 1936 the XIT Rodeo & Reunion in Dalhart, TX has taken place roughly tripling the size of the panhandle town temporarily.
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