Margaret & Major carve the barbecued pig

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Remember
We remember our friends and family who are no longer with us. Our lives are richer for their presence.

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Related Links

Virtual Tour of the Plantation

Smuteye.com

Pigs

Ode to a Pig Roast

Links

TEAM Support, Inc.

Major Cox's Perspectives

Smuteye Online

Improvement Group, Inc.

History of the Grit Paper

Larry Oestreich, Bowlwright

Margaret on the phone

2010 BBQ Group Photo. Thanks to Bill Brown for this panorama of our guests!

2010 BBQ Group Photo - What a group!!! (use scrollbar to scan)
  

VOLUME 22,  ISSUE 1 BARBECUE on NOVEMBER 12, 2011

22nd ANNUAL HOG KILLIN' TIME BARBECUE

SMUTEYE -- Once again the invitations from Smuteye go out to friends near and far. It is time to celebrate the beginning of Hog Killin' Time at the Cox Plantation.

For those who don't know the story of this event, it began early last century when Major's great grandfather, also named Major, established the Hog Killin' Time Barbecue to celebrate his grandson, Charles' birthday. He would invite local farm workers and use the feast to recruit some of them to help harvest his cotton crop. Today, we continue the tradition with our fall gathering of friends to share food and friendship.

Over the years, several thousand people have trekked to the Cox Plantation in Smuteye, to attend this barbecue. We have been fortunate to have our dearest friends join us and to make new friends from around the world. Expect to spend an afternoon enjoying friends, eating great food and taking your pick of fun-filled autumn activities. As in the past, the property will be open for hiking.

Roasting will start Friday evening and will take approximately 14 hours. You are invited to bring your camping gear and join the brave souls who will spend the night camped around the hickory and oak bonfire that produces coals for the pit. Let us know if you would like to camp overnight!

We'll open the gates and begin the hospitality around 11:00 am. when Margaret will continue the tradition of firing-up her 80-gallon iron caldron to create her Fabulous, Four-alarm, Forty-gallon chili. Guests are invited to bring salads, vegetables, desserts, and beverages to add to the banquet.


Our mascot created by the late Clint & Betty Rae Roberson, El Paso, Texas, Margaret’s Uncle & Aunt

The Pork Procession, followed immediately by the traditional photo and feast, will take place at 2:00 pm on Saturday. We will light the bonfire as soon as temperatures allow.

We will have peanuts and apples to feed the horses and Wilbur will return as a special guest.

Be sure to bring your appetite, wear comfortable shoes and leave your pets and politics at home, please.

 

THE GRIT

BY
INVITATION
ONLY

DAY:
Saturday, Nov 12, 2011
  
PLACE:
Cox Plantation, Smuteye
 
TIME:
Gates open - 10:30 am
Pork Procession - 2:00 pm with group photo immediately afterward
 
R.S.V.P.
Please let us know if you can join us!
By Nov 7, 2010
  
Phone: (334) 474-3271
Mail: 2530 Smuteye Rd
Banks AL 36005
  
Email: memcox@smuteye.com
Online:
www.smuteye.com/bbq
  
Day of Event Telephone: 
334-474-3271

Note:
We are always short of seats, so if you have an "easy to tote" folding chair... bring it along!

  
RSVP NOW

Driving directions are on the invitation.
If you need additional information or a map,
let us know at cox@smuteye.com