Join us Labor Day Weekend 2009 for the 21st annual Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off! Featuring great music playing on five stages, lots of fun for the kids, cash prizes, the World Rib Eating Championship, the Best Ribs in the West, and so much more!

View these videos from past years' events to see why this is the Best and Biggest Rib Cook-off in the West!

Congratulations to Bone Daddy's BBQ from Midland, MI, winner of the 2008 Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off! See the full results of the 2008 competition here.

See what the Travel Channel, the Food Network, USA Today, MSNBC, and the New York Times have to say about the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off!

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The Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off could not be possible without the support of our generous sponsors, cookers, vendors, the City of Sparks, and all the staff at John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino Resort!