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Marina Saeger, 10, left, shares a meal with her father Bob during the Pigs for Kids Barbecue Cook-Off and Festival at Craig Ranch Regional Park Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, in North Las Vegas. Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal

A whole pig called Pig D-licious, which was smoked for 20 hours and is slated to be cut into, is displayed at the Rollin Smoke Barbecue tent during the Pigs for Kids Barbecue Cook-Off and Festival at Craig Ranch Regional Park Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, in North Las Vegas. Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal

Trophies are shown in the barbecue judging tent at the Pigs for Kids Barbecue Cook-Off and Festival at Craig Ranch Regional Park Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, in North Las Vegas. Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal

A pig statue is shown at the entrance to the Pigs for Kids Barbecue Cook-Off and Festival at Craig Ranch Regional Park Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, in North Las Vegas. Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal

People have plates of food outside of House of Hogs barbecue structure set up at the Pigs for Kids Barbecue Cook-Off and Festival at Craig Ranch Regional Park Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, in North Las Vegas. Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal

Barbecue sauce is poured over a plate of food for a customer at the Rollin Smoke Barbecue tent during the Pigs for Kids Barbecue Cook-Off and Festival at Craig Ranch Regional Park Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, in North Las Vegas. Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal

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