Kevin Martini / Western Herald. Kalamazoo resident Tina Mulder enjoying a messy plate of Big Moe’s award winning BBQ ribs at Ribfest on Thursday, August 4. Big Moe’s award winning signature sauce (seen here on Mulder’s face) can now be found in supermarkets across Michigan.
Kevin Martini / Western Herald. Drummer Brandt Miller, bassist Chris Brumbaugh, and frontman Matt Siewert from the band Attaboy from Huntington, Ind. RibFest 2011 at the Arcadia Creek Festival Place was their first show in Kalamazoo, and they said they had a great time.
Kevin Martini / Western Herald. Lead guitar and vocalist Matt Siewert of Attaboy says he uses music to express his Christian faith and reach out to others during Kalamazoo’s RibFest at Arcadia Creek Festival Site on August 4th.
Kevin Martini / Western Herald. WMU students Chris Marchant and Maggie Kelly enjoy ribs from the first place winner Big Moe (second from the right) cooked with his son Big Moe Jr., on the far left. Big Moe is a self-proclaimed BBQ man, who said, “Just because you’re a chef and you cook ribs, that doesn’t mean you can cook them right.”
Kevin Martini / Western Herald. The crew of the first place winners Big Moe’s BBQ, from left to right, Katie Shattuck, Big Moe, Kali Burnett, and Big Moe Jr. Big Moe is a WMU alum who played football for the university as a defensive midguard until he graduated in 1976.
Kevin Martini / Western Herald. Beer tent volunteers, (from left to right) Ronald Coleman (WMU alum with a masters in sociology and a Phd in criminology), Emily Bringer (a current WMU student), Kenneth Rowell (another WMU alum) and Cathy Hybell take a pause from pouring to pose for a photo during Kalamazoo’s RibFest at the Arcadia Creek Festival Site on August 4.
Trevor Ritsema / Western Herald. Sara Troop, Alicia Whitmore, and Bryan Whitmore enjoy ribs from Cowboy's at the 2011 RibFest in Arcadia Creek Festival Place, downtown Kalamazoo, Friday, August 5, 2011.
Trevor Ritsema / Western Herald. Jessica Alexander, cook from Rasta Joe's in Plymouth, Indiana grills up a slap of ribs at the 2011 Rib Fest.
Trevor Ritsema / Western Herald. Audience members sit and enjoy the band, The Rock Show, a tribute band to Journey, perform at the 2011 RibFest on Friday, August 5, 2011.
Trevor Ritsema / Western Herald. Tommy K. from the band The Rock Show performs in downtown Kalamazoo, Friday, August 5, 2011.
Trevor Ritsema / Western Herald. "The best part is the ribs," said members of the Theoeald family as they sit and enjoy ribs at the 2011 RibFest in Arcadia Creek Festival Place in downtown Kalamazoo, Friday, August 5, 2011.
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