“Show up with an empty belly and we’ll fill it up for ya” – Kyle Burke, BBQ Director
#Xit restaurant dalhart tx free
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. 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. The bbq started sometime in the 1980’s, roughly around 1983 according to BBQ Director Kyle Burk. 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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