WORLAND — There is excitement this year from the cooks to the judges for the 17th Pepsi Wyoming BBQ Championship & Bluegrass Festival at the Washakie County Fairgrounds Friday and Saturday.

Committee chairman Dave Paxton said, “There is a lot of interest this year. We’ve had tons of people wanting to know if we were doing it. We have 32 teams, that’s one away from being completely full.”

The teams...