Appreciation Day
Pork Rind Appreciation Day® is celebrated on the biggest football day of the year, Super Bowl Sunday, because pig skins and pigskin belong together.
Established by Rudolph Foods, the world's largest manufacturer of pork rinds, the fun food holiday supports Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund, a nonprofit organization that provides medical and financial assistance to former National Football League (NFL) players and their families.
Through the Years
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2025
Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas helped us giveaway tickets to the Super Bowl in 2026 in Santa Clara, CA., plus a year's supply of pork rinds. Pork rind lovers could play our retro video game and share their high score for more chances to win!
Hall of Famers Steve Largent and Kellen Winslow Sr. helped us giveaway $5,000 as well as weekly prizes for tailgaters and fans cooking with pork rinds! Sports booster clubs were given free pork rinds to sell to raise money.
2024
2023
"Sacks for Snacks" Sweepstakes was supported by Hall of Famer Carl Eller as well as Mike Golic Sr. Each week a lucky pork rind fan would win cases of pork rinds equal to the number of quarterback sacks.
2022
Supported by Hall of Famers Joe Greene, Ken Houston, and Mel Renfro, fans picked their favorite pork rinds and got to shake the magic 8-football for a fun spin on upcoming games.
2021
We all missed our beloved football in different ways, so we wanted to embrace the opportunity to celebrate the best of the best. We celebrated the way football brings us together with stories from our greats.
2020
"The Great Comeback" contest was supported by Hall of Famer and #1 toughguy, Jack Youngblood. Fans could also tell us their own 'comeback story' for additional chances to win!
2019
We had our consumers scratch off virtual lotto tickets in our "Get in with the Greats" game. Our promotion was supporting by Hall of Famer Ken Houston, NFL veterans Reggie Kelly, and Billy 'White Shoes' Johnson.
Fans were invited to play Gridiron Groovin’, our game that let fans create their own signature touchdown dance with NFL legend, Billy “White Shoes” Johnson for a chance to win $2,500.
2018
We partnered with Hall of Famer Andre Reed to draw attention to a problem affecting many former athletes. Each entry earned consumers the chance to win $3,500 and a year of pork rinds.
2017
2016
We partnered with Hall of Famer Bobby Bell, a veteran of the very first Super Bowl! Pork rind lovers played our interactive "Sack the Quarterback" game to be entered to win $3,500!
We partnered with Icky Woods, who's Geico 'cold cuts' commercial was in heavy rotation, to support Gridiron Greats. Our fans tried to complete touchdown passes in our interactive game for a chance to win.
2015
Voters were asked to choose their favorite: Team Spicy or Team Smooth. Hall of Famer (and Marvin Gaye Backup singer) Lem Barney represented Team Smooth, while Dennis McKinnon returned to head up Team Spicy.
2014
2013
We celebrated with Gridiron Greats and a BIG contest… this time with a chance for consumers to win a party from Rudolph Foods and a TV. Dennis McKinnon of the Chicago Bears served as our spokesperson.
2012
Hundreds of thousands of consumers said they believed pork rinds deserved their own holiday. The Governor of Ohio agreed, and signed a declaration making National Pork Rind Day Official!
2011
We launched an year-long campaign asking pork rind lovers across the country to vote on whether their favorite snack deserved it's own day. 1 in 20 voters won free pork rinds!
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