Photo by Wm. Harold Senn David "Tubo" Owens, right, presents Jim Burg of Killer B's BBQ with the Grand Champion award for the 2012 Uniquely Union Barbeque Cook-Off.

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Photo by Wm. Harold Senn The title of Miss Uniquely Union 2012 was won by 12-year-old Kylie Gregory.

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Photo by Wm. Harold Senn Barbecue enthusiasts flock to cookers' tents during the Taster's Choice portion of the cook-off.

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Photo by Wm. Harold Senn Jason Millwood works his way through the hot dog eating contest bite by bite.

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Photo by Megan Cohen The Treasure Box and More Consignment and Resale Shop celebrated its second anniversary with a vendor's booth at the festival.

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Photo by Wm. Harold Senn Jake Sumner holds his own in the doughnut eating competition.

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UNION — Last weekend’s Uniquely Union Festival included a number of competitions, one of which was the festival’s centerpiece — the annual barbecue cook-off.

The cook-off was judged by the Southern BBQ Network, and scoring was as follows:

Overall Grand Champion — Killer Bees

Reserve Grand Champion — Waylon’s Wickedly Good Q

Top Pork Score — Killer Bees

Top Chicken Score — Lang BBQ Smokers

Top Ribs Score — Slap Yo Mama

First Place Sauce — Bubba’s Backyard Barbecue

First Place Chicken and Beef — On the Spot

Grand Champion Kids Q — On the Spot

Miss Uniquely Union

The festival also featured the Miss Uniquely Union Pageant. Winners were as follows:

Miss Uniquely Union Grand Supreme Queen — Kylie Gregory (age 12) of Union

Baby Miss Uniquely Union Princess — Teally-Rein Gray (age 10 months) of Spartanburg

Tiny Miss Uniquely Union Princess — Kimber Vicars (age 16 months) of Spartanburg

Wee Miss Uniquely Union Princess — Ally Farr (age 2) of Pauline

Toddler Miss Uniquely Union Princess — Lexie Smith (age 3) of Calhoun Falls

Precious Miss Uniquely Union Princess — Sara Gibbs (age 5) of North Augusta

Petite Miss Uniquely Union Princess — Emille Tobias (age 7) of Whitmire

Little Miss Uniquely Union Princess — Laurel Treadway (age 8) of Union

Young Miss Uniquely Union Princess — Madison Roach (age 13) of Seneca

Hot Dogs And Doughnuts

The festival also featured a hot dog eating contest as well as a doughnut eating contest.

Nicolas Worthy won the hot dog eating contest adult division, receiving a prize of $50.

Mikala Lipsey, 10, and Jason Millwood, 11, tied for first place in the kids division of the hot dog eating contest. Lipsey and Millwood won $10 each.

Wilson Bates won the doughnut eating contest adult division, while Jake Sumner, 9, won the kids division.