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Pig & Hog Statues (page 2)

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Flying Pig
Topanga Canyon, CA
Flying Pig
Simi Valley, CA

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2023:
This Flying Pig in Topanga Canyon is mounted on a pole in someone's yard. Since this photo was taken in 2008, the concrete pig was painted black for a while. It has been repainted pink and has been joined by several other similar pigs. These were created by Chris Budzin. He sells the pig sculptures for about $420. He has also produced donkeys and elephants. [map]

The Flying Pig in Simi Valley was also created by Budzin. It is located in a residential area on Box Canyon Road. In 2015, the pig was painted red, white, and blue. One of Budzin's pink elephants and a donkey is also located up the street. [map]

Cheap Charlie's
Rochester, MN		 Barnyard Acres
RV Park & Campground
Freedom, WY
This Pig in Rochester is installed on the roof of Cheap Charlie's restaurant. [map]

The Pig in Freedom is installed at Barnyard Acres RV Park & Campground. There is also a Rooster in front of the place.

Big D's BBQ [gone]
Dawsonville, GA		 Johnny's BBQ & Diner
Midland, TX
This pig at Big D's BBQ was installed on the roof by 2014. It was removed sometime after 2019 and moved behind the building. The restaurant closed in 2024 and I assume that this statue is gone. For more, see this website.

Johnny's BBQ & Diner has a pig on the roof that is just like the one in Freedom shown above. There is also a pig on a spit integrated into the sign. I assume that pig originally revolved. The restaurant opened in 1951 and the sign appears to be from then. [map]

Pig Chef [gone]
Lake George, NY		 Pig Chef [gone]
Gilroy, CA		 Pig Chef
Tulsa, OK		 Pig Chef
Moweaqua, IL
The Pig Chef in Lake George was just one of the many statues at Magic Forest. In 2018, the owner sold off most of the statues at the park.

The Pig Chef in Gilroy was installed on the roof of the Cove restaurant which became Cafe 152 in 2007. By 2011, the restaurant was known as Las Palmitas. By 2014, the name of the restaurant had changed again and the statue was gone.

The Pig Chef in Tulsa was installed at Buck Atom's Cosmic Curios around 2022. [map]

The Pig Chef in Moweaqua stands at the parking lot entrance of the Moweaqua Foods supermarket. [map]

Pig Chef and Bull
Lena, IL
The Pig Chef and Bull statues in Lena have been installed at Lena Maid Meats since at least 2007. [map]

Pig Chef
Windsor, IL		 Pig Chef [gone]
Sioux Falls, SD		 Pig Chef [gone]
Lake Worth, FL
The Pig Chef in Windsor was probably installed in front of the Windsor Food Center around 2011 when the store was built. [map]

The Pig Chef in Sioux Falls was installed at the Sioux Falls Stockyards Hog Division by 1962. These photos were taken in 2011. When the stockyards were demolished in 2012, the statue was saved. The owner had the statue restored and is hoping to display it at a local museum. I have not read anything about that happening. For more, see this website.

There are other identical Pig Chefs around the country including this one in Haddon Heights, NJ. There statues were popular with BBQ restaurants. As far as I know, they were never affiliated with a chain.

The Pig Chef in Lake Worth appeared to be modern and made of concrete. It might have been inspired by the fiberglass pig chefs. It was located at the closed Blue Front Bar & Grill. It was installed around 2017. It was gone by 2022.

Pigs
Natchez, MS
These Pigs are located at the Pig Out Inn. One of them has been there since at least 2008. The other one was installed around 2014. [map]

Pork and Beans
Peoria, IL		 Pig
Sioux Falls, SD		 Dancing Pigs
Davis, CA
This pig in a can of Pork and Beans is installed on the George O. Pasquel Company building. It has been there since at least 2007. [map]

This Pig in Sioux Falls was installed by 2016 at the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant. [map]

Theis ceramic tile-covered Dancing Pigs sculpture was created by Donna Billick and was installed at The Marketplace shopping center in 1989. [map]

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