Come out and see the 2025 National Cornbread Cook-off! The top ten finalists will be announced and will join us in South Pittsburg to go head to head to determine this year’s champion!

Each year we search the nation for the best original main dish cornbread recipes. This year we will host the 28th Annual Lodge® Cast Iron National Cornbread Cook-Off, sponsored by Lodge® Cast Iron and Bush’s®.

Recipe entries require the original main dish/entree/main course recipe to be prepared and cooked in Lodge® Cast Iron cookware. The ten finalists chosen must compete during the National Cornbread Festival® on April 26th, 2025 in South Pittsburg, Tennessee. Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.