Famous Dave's BBQ Wins People's Choice Award for Best BBQ Restaurant at the 19th National Capital Barbecue Battle
August 10 2011 - 1:45PM
The 19th annual Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle announced
Famous Dave's is the winner of the 2011 Chinet People's Choice
award contest for Best BBQ Restaurant. This marks the sixth
consecutive year that Famous Dave's has received this award.
Barbecue fans and festival attendees participated in voting for
their favorite barbecue restaurant/food vendor during the two-day
festival in Washington, DC on June 25th and 26th.
The annual event is one of the largest food and music festivals
in the nation. With over 150,000 attendees this year, the Safeway
National Capital Barbecue Battle has become the largest barbecue
competition ever held in Washington, DC.
Aric Nissen, Vice President of Marketing at Famous Dave's of
America, Inc. said, "It is a huge honor and source of pride for
Famous Dave's to win the People's Choice Award for the sixth year
in a row. Our mission and commitment is to be the best in BBQ and
hundreds of thousands of people at the Barbecue Battle voted to
name Famous Dave's as the best of the best. Our competitors were
among the finest pitmasters in the world and we are proud to have
been among this elite group."
About Famous Dave's
Famous Dave's of America, Inc. (Nasdaq:DAVE) was founded by
'Famous' Dave Anderson, whose passion for BBQ led him on a 25-year
cross-country trek to find the best regional BBQ recipes in the
country before opening the first Famous Dave's in Hayward, WI. As
of today, the company owns and franchises 183 restaurants in 37
states, and is known for its on-premise real pit smokers where the
BBQ is slow-smoked for up to 10 hours over smoldering hickory wood.
Famous Dave's is proud to serve scratch-recipe cooking, and has won
over 500 awards, including the People's Choice Award at the 2011
Great American Rib Cook-Off in Cleveland and the People's Choice
Award at the 2011 National Capital Barbecue Battle in Washington,
D.C., for the sixth year in a row. The extensive menu features
award-winning barbequed and grilled meats, a large selection of
salads, side items, burgers and sandwiches, and home-baked
desserts. For more information, please visit
www.famousdaves.com.
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Statements in this press release that are not strictly
historical, including but not limited to statements regarding the
timing of our restaurant openings and the timing or success of our
expansion plans, are forward-looking statements within the meaning
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, which
may cause the company's actual results to differ materially from
expected results. Although Famous Dave's of America, Inc.
believes the expectations reflected in any forward-looking
statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no
assurance that its expectation will be attained. Factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from Famous Dave's
expectation include financial performance, restaurant industry
conditions, execution of restaurant development and construction
programs, franchisee performance, changes in local or national
economic conditions, availability of financing, governmental
approvals and other risks detailed from time to time in the
company's SEC reports.
Note to Editors: Contact Jean Golden at (612)385-2324/
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