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For More Information, please contact AK BBQ INC at https://www.akbbq.org/.
Aug. 8-9, 2025: Lakeside Falls – SCA/ Lord of the Wings Contest, Soldotna, AK. Contact: Carey Foster, Phone: 907-252-4640.
For More Information, please contact Barbecue Competitors’ Alliance at https://www.bcabbq.org.
Jul. 25-26, 2025: 14th Annual BBQ Bash, Morgan City, LA. Contact: Bill Goessl/St. Mary Detachment Marine Corps Lge, Phone: 985-384-3446 or 985-372-8880.
Aug. 2, 2025: Poche’s Rib Cookoff, Breaux Bridge, LA. Contact: Greg Domingue, Phone: 337-332-0326.
Aug. 8-9, 2025: Grillin’ & Chillin’, Bunkie, LA. Contact: Caroline Gromko, Phone: 318-295-4030.
For more information, visit the California BBQ Association website at cbbqa.com.
Jul. 12, 2025: Sons of the American Legion, Squadron 101 – 6th Annual Rib Cook-Off, Benicia, CA.
Jul. 12, 2025: California State Fair BBQ Contest, Sacramento, CA.
Jul. 20, 2025: Sutherlin Throwdown 2025 – Bags, BBQ & Brews, Sutherlin, OR.
Jul. 25-27, 2025: BBQ Music Fest, Sutherlin, OR.
Aug. 2, 2025: 2nd Annual Hayward/Castro Valley Moose Lodge Rib & Chicken Cookoff, Catro Valley, CA.
Aug. 9, 2025: 3rd Annual Roaring Camp BBQ Cook-Off, Felton, CA.
For more information, visit the Central Texas Barbecue Association website at www.ctbabbq.com
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For more information, visit the Champions Barbecue Alliance website at www.cbabbq.com.
Jun. 27-28, 2025: SS American Memorial Firecracker Cook Off, Seguin, TX. Contact: Tim Broderick, Phone: 484-624-2124, Email: [email protected].
Jun. 27-28, 2025: The Silos at Happy BBQ Cookoff, Happy, TX. Contact: Kayleigh McCarrell, Phone: 601-870-8399, Email: [email protected].
Jun. 27-28, 2025: South Texas Red, White, and Blue Festival, Elsa, TX. Contact: David De Los Rios, Phone: 956-232-5270, Email: [email protected].
Jun. 28, 2025: Rhode Island State Championship, Coventry, RI. Contact: Matt Pereira, Phone: 508-726-3324, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 3-4, 2025: Texas Cook’ Em High Stakes in Edinburg, Edinburg, TX. Contact: Ronnie Larralde, Phone: 956-383-4974, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 4-5, 2025: Shiner Half Moon Holidays State Championship, Shiner, TX. Contact: Michelle Price, Phone: 361-772-4808.
Jul. 5, 2025: San Benito 4th of July Festival & Cookoff, San Benito, TX. Contact: Diana Garza, Phone: 956-769-2365, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 11-12, 2025: Inaugural Bandera Chamber of Commerce Cookoff, Bandera, TX. Contact: Bandera Chamber of Commerce, Phone: 210-414-4794, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 11-12, 2025: McDade Watermelon Festival & BBQ Cookoff, McDade, TX. Contact: Stephen Kylberg, Phone: 512-784-6143, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 18-19, 2025: Hempstead Watermelon Cookoff, Hempstead, TX. Contact: Steven Pfeiffer, Phone: 281-203-7066, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 18-19, 2025: Lodge 47 Seaton Star Hall 33rd Annual BBQ Cook-Off, Temple, TX. Contact: Heidi Holliman, Phone: 512-497-5837, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 19-20, 2025: Spindle City BBQ Showdown, Fall River, TX. Contact: Heidi Pereira, Phone: 512-497-5837, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 25-26, 2025: The Great Texas Mosquito Festival, Clute, TX. Contact: Will Blackstock, Phone: 979-265-8392, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 25-26, 2025: Stephenville Area Elks Lodge, Dublin, TX.
Jul. 26-27, 2025: Chik Farm BBQ Classic, Litchfield, NH. Contact: Matthew Pereira, Phone: 508-726-3324, Email: [email protected].
Aug. 8-9, 2025: Chik Farm BBQ Classic, Poteet, TX. Contact: Melissa Popham, Phone: 210-844-6739.
For more information, visit the FBA website at www.fba39.wildapricot.org
Sep. 12-13, 2025: Sizzle and Splash BBQ Cook-Off and Festival Oviedo, Oviedo, FL. Contact: Angela Iversen, Phone: 407-697-4077.
For more information, visit the Georgia Barbecue Association website at http://www.bbqga.org/.
Aug. 22-23, 2025: Sylvester Swine Festival, Sylvester, GA. Contact: Karen Singletary, Phone: 229-773-7716, Email: [email protected].
For More information, visit the IBCA website at www.IBCAbbq.org.
Jun. 27-28, 2025: 20th Annual Quail Creek VFD BBQ Cook Off, Victoria, TX. Contact: Matthew Lange, Phone: 361-935-1830, Email: [email protected].
Jun. 27-28, 2025: 6th Annual State Championship Smoke in the Pines BBQ Cook Off, Livingston, TX. Contact: Brenda Clifton, Phone: 936-327-4929, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 11-12, 2025: Buckles & Badges, Hempstead, TX. Contact: Dustin Standley, Phone: 281-924-6357, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 11-12, 2025: The View’s Flavors of the Pits, Plainview, TX. Contact: Mason Gallaway, Phone: 806-292-8048, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 25-26, 2025: 3rd Annual Smokin Summer BBQ, Baytown, TX. Contact: Raynaldo Urbano Jr, Phone: 832-767-7143, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 25-26, 2025: Hill Country Rally For Kids BBQ Competition, Driftwood, TX. Contact: Ron White, Phone: 512-657-3184, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 25-26, 2025: National Day of the American Cowboy, Bandera, TX. Contact: John Cressey-Neely, Phone: 540-840-5550, Email: [email protected].
Aug. 1-2, 2025: Flames of Freedom, Lamesa, TX. Contact: James Grayson, Phone: 806-808-9626, Email: [email protected].
Aug. 1-2, 2025: Schulenburg Festival, Schulenburg, TX. Contact: Virginia Meyer, Phone: 979-743-1352.
For More Information, Visit The Kansas City BBQ Society website at kcbs.us.
Jun. 27-28, 2025: Smoke-N-Wings, Blackfoot, ID. Contact: Steven McClellan, Phone: 208.681.7571, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 5-6, 2025: Dillon Days Blowin’ Smoke BBQ Cook Off, Dillon, MT. Contact: Stacey Roundy, Phone: 406-925-2438, Email: [email protected].
ul. 10-12, 2025: South Carolina Festival of Discovery, Greenwood, SC. Contact: Julie Wilkie, Phone: 864-942-8410, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 10-13, 2025: Great River Threshers BBQ Contest, Greenwood, SC. Contact: Warren Moeller / Tory Ketelsen, Phone: 563-357-0453 / 563.357.6937, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 11-12, 2025: KTD Smokn’ Gobbler, Worthington, MN. Contact: John Roberts, Phone: 507-372-2919, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 11-12, 2025: Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off, Cameron, MO. Contact: Carl McBee, Phone: 660-973-1953, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 11-12, 2025: Goose’s 1st Annual Pitmaster Showdown, Papillion, NE. Contact: Jon King, Phone: 402-212-1315, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 12-13, 2025: Connecticut Barbecue Challenge, Somers, CT. Contact: Geoff Mullen, Phone: 860-305-5400, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 12-13, 2025: New Jersey State Barbecue Championship, North Wildwood, NJ. Contact: Eric Shenkus, Phone: 609-523-6565, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 12-13, 2025: California State Fair BBQ Contest, Sacramento, CA. Contact: Michelle Johnson, Phone: 919-606-6296, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 18-19, 2025: Chillin & Grillin in the Glades, Wise, VA. Contact: Greg Cross, Phone: 276-393-0737, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 18-19, 2025: Buckeye BBQ Classic, Hillsboro, OH. Contact: Carly Haines, Phone: 937.763.9645, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 18-19, 2025: Shenandoah ShenDig, Shenandoah, IA. Contact: Natalie Kirsch, Phone: 712.215.3326, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 19-20, 2025: Sutherlin Throwdown, Sutherlin, OR. Contact: Terry Brock and Lisa Brock, Phone: 541.733.5164 / 541.784.7421, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 25-26, 2025: Curley Que Classic, Honolulu, HI. Contact: Lisa DeJournett, Phone: 808-271-3319, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 25-26, 2025: Fire on the Mountain BBQ, Leburn, KY. Contact: Chris Amburgey, Phone: 606-497-8865, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 25-27, 2025: Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival, New Freedom, PA. Contact: Andrew Shaffer, Phone: 717.324.6352, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 25-26, 2025: Albany County Fair Smokin’ BBQ Cook-Off, Laramie, WY. Contact: Patrick Downey, Phone: 307.760.7086, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 26-27, 2025: Code 3 Spices – Smokin’ on Main, Collinsville, IL. Contact: Chris Bohnemeier, Phone: 618-855-8855, Email: [email protected].
Aug. 1-2, 2025: Grand American Barbecue World Championship, Port Jervis, NY. Contact: Jeremy Garrett, Phone: 802-272-5113, Email: [email protected].
Aug. 1-2, 2025: Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ, Council Bluffs, IA. Contact: Ashley Stange, Phone: 712-355-1189, Email: [email protected].
Aug. 1-2, 2025: All American BBQ Throwdown, Westland, MI. Contact: Jim Hart, Phone: 734-709-5307 Email: [email protected].
Aug. 8-9, 2025: Smoke on the Bricks, Baldwin City, KS. Contact: Matt McClure, Phone: 785-594-3670, Email: [email protected].
Aug. 8-9, 2025: 3rd Annual Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off, Felton, CA. Contact: Ben Lobenstein, Email: [email protected].
Aug. 8-10, 2025: Triple Crown BBQ, Doswell, VA. Contact: Mary Jones, Phone: 804-467-3558, Email: [email protected].
Aug. 9, 2025: Smokin Downtown, Warsaw, IN. Contact: Dave Rapp, Phone: 574-551-0345, Email: [email protected].
Aug. 9-10, 2025: Trillium BBQ Throwdown, Canton, MA. Contact: Michael Lane, Phone: 508-594-9890, Email: [email protected].
For more information, visit the Lone Star Barbecue Society website at www.lonestarbarbecue.com.
Jun. 27-28, 2025: TNT Fest, Jacksboro, TX.
Jun. 27-28, 2025: Hotter Than Hell, Ballinger, TX.
Jul. 4-5, 2025: Kingsland AquaBoom Cookoff, Kingsland, TX. FMI: www.KingslandAquaBoom.org/BBQ.
Jul. 11-12, 2025: S.T.A.R. Land & Livestock 2nd Annual Burleson 1856 BBQ Cookoff, Lampasas, TX. Contact: S.T.A.R. Land And Livestock, Phone: 512-566-6110, Email: [email protected].
Jul. 18-19, 2025: Night In Old Fredericksburg State Championship, Fredericksburg, TX. Contact: The Gillespie County Fair & Festivals Association, Phone: 830-997-2359.
Aug. 8-9 2025: Band Boosters Cookoff, Hamilton, TX. Contact: Harmon Thompson, Phone: 254-784-2713, Email: [email protected].
Aug. 8-9, 2025: 14th Annual BBQ Cookoff, Lavernua, TX.
For additional info, visit the Memphis Barbecue Network website at www.memphisbbqnetwork.com.
Jul. 25-26, 2025: Smoke on the Mountain, Galax, VA. Contact: Cassie Younce, Phone: 276-236-2184, Email: [email protected].
Aug, 1-2, 2025: Water Valley’s Train Track Pork Attack, Water Valley, MS. Contact: Tonya Eubanks, Phone: 662-609-7370, Email: [email protected].
For more information, visit the Mid-Atlantic Barbecue Association website at www.mabbqa.com
Jul. 12-13, 2025: New Jersey State Barbecue Championship, North Wildwood, NJ.
Jul. 19, 2025: Chillin’ & Grillin’ in the Glades, Downtown Wise, VA. Jul. 26-27, 2025: Smoke on the Rail DOUBLE, New Freedom, PA.
Jul. 26, 2025: Smoke on the Mountain Barbecue Championship – Barbecue with Altitude, Downtown Galax, VA.
Aug. 2-3, 2025: Grand American Barbecue World Championship – DOUBLE, Port Jervis, NY.
Aug. 9-10, 2025: Triple Crown BBQ DOUBLE, Doswell, VA.
For more information, visit the Minnesota BBQ Society website at www.mnbbqsociety.com
Jun. 27, 2025: Art of Que, Spenser, IA.
Jul. 19, 2025: Smokin’ Gobbler, Worthington, MN.
Aug. 19, 2025: Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff 2025, Canton, MN. Contact: Brady Bergey, Phone: 507-273-2564, Email: [email protected].
For More Information, visit the National Barbecue & Grilling Association at www.NBBQA.org.
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For additional information, contact the Northeast Barbeque Society at www.nebs.org
Jul. 12, 2025: New England Steak Championship, Sommers, CT.
Jul. 13, 2025: Chamber’s Smokin’ BBQ Cook-Off, Caribou, ME.
Jul. 13, 2025: Connecticut BBQ Challange, Sommers, CT.
Aug. 9-10, 2025: Trillium BBQ Throwdown, Canton, MA.
For More Information, Contact Outlaw BBQ Association at outlawbbq.org.
Jun. 27-28, 2025: 903 BBQ Cookoff, Paris, TX. Contact: Kyle Queen, Phone: 903-272-0559.
Aug. 1-2, 2025: Going For Broke in the PNW Cookoff, Brush Prairie, WA. Contact: Alta Hertz, Phone: 360-600-5727, Email: [email protected].
For more information, visit the Pacific Northwest BBQ Association website at www.pnwba.com.
Jun. 27-29, 2025: Big Smoke in Little Kalama, Kalama, WA.
Aug. 1-2, 2025: Mission Outdoors WTC, Westport, WA.
For More Information, Contact Rib Cookoff Association at ribcookoffassociation.com.
Jul. 4, 2025: Arnett Masonic Lodge Rib Cookoff, Arnett, OK. Contact: Scott Vincent, Phone: 405-420-6801, Email: scottyvyspld.net.
Jul. 25-26, 2025: Rolling Smoke At The Pawnee County Fair, Larned, KS. Contact: Cory johnson, Phone: 785-656-0124, Email: [email protected].
For more information, visit the St. Louis BBQ Society website at https://stlouisbbqsociety.com.
Jul. 12, 2025: SLBS Golf Tournament, Wentzville MO.
For more information, visit the Southern BBQ Network website at www.sbbqn.com.
Sep. 5-6, 2025: Smoke On Shrine Lake, Summerville, SC.
For more information, visit the Steak Cookoff Association website at www.steakcookoffs.com.
Jun. 27, 2025: Lynchburg’s Frontier Days Sizzle in the Hollow, Lynchburg, TN. Jun. 27, 2025: Deer Creek Days Steak Cookoff, Glenrock, WY.
Jul. 12, 2025: New England Steak Championship, Sommers, CT.
Jul. 12, 2025: Grillin’ on the River Steak Cookoff, Sugar Tree, TN.
Jul. 12, 2025: Flames and Fortunes Steak Showdown, El Dorado, AR.
Jul. 25, 2025: Smoke on the Mountain BBQ & Steak Cookoff, Galax, VA.
Jul. 26, 2025: Smoke on the Main Steak Cookoff, Collinsville, IL.
For more information, visit the World Food Championship, https://worldfoodchampionships.com.
Oct. 16-19, 2025: World Food Championships, Indianapolis, IN.
Non-Sanctioned Events/Public Events
Sept. 20, 2025: McCool Vol Fire Dept 3rd Annual Rib Cookoff, McCool Junction, NE. Contact: Adam Beck, Phone: 402-724-8030.
HIGH SCHOOL BBQ COMPETITIONS
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BBQ Cooking Schools
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BBQ Judging Schools
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LIVE EVENTS
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PODCASTS
BARBECUE BASE https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/barbecue-base/id1510373361
BASEBALL AND BBQ https://baseballandbbq.weebly.com
BBQ NATION https://player.fm/series/bbq-nation
BBQ STATE OF MIND http://bbqstateofmind.libsyn.com
BEST BBQ SHOW https://blubrry.com/bestbarbecueshow/
BUTCHER BBQ https://butcherbbq.com/podcast-2/
COOKING WITH FIRE https://www.kmuw.org/programs/cooking-fire
DIGITAL HOSPITALITY https://calibbq.media/podcast-episodes
GRAB EM IN THE BRISKET https://grabeminthebrisket.podbean.com
JIM’S BBQ http://www.jimsbbqpod.com/episodes/
KEVIN’S BBQ JOINTS https://kevinsbbqjoints.podbean.com
MAN MEAT BBQ http://www.manmeatbbq.com/mmb-blog
MEAT & GREET BBQ PODCAST https://meatgreetbbqpodcast.com
LOW N SLOW BBQ SHOW https://LowSlowBBQShow.com
PIT LIFE BBQ https://pitlifebbq.podbean.com
RED MEATLOVER https://redmeatlover.com/meat-america-podcast/
SAUCED ON BEER BOURBON AND BBQ https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/sauced-on-beer-bourbon-bbq-2/sauced-on-beer-bourbon-bbq
TALES FROM THE PITS BBQ SHOW https://bryannorton.podbean.com
THE BBQ BEAT https://bbqbeat.com/category/podcast/
THE BBQ CENTRAL SHOW GET IN THE SMOKE http://thebbqcentralshow.com/
THE PITMASTERS PODCAST https://www.thepitmasterspodcast.com/podcast
THE RUB https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-rub
THE SMOKIN HOT CONFESSIONS https://smokinghotconfessions.com/shcpodcast/
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