BBQ Festivals, Cookouts, and Competitions Directory

Alabama

• 2008 Above the Best Backyard BBQ Cookoff - Fort Rucker - February 22-23, 2008
• Sloss Furnaces Stokin' The Fire BBQ Festival - Birmingham - August 22-23, 2008
• Smokin' In The Wiregrass - Tri-State BBQ Festival - Dothan - May 16-17, 2008
• The Mitchell Company BBQ Championship and Hog Wild Festival - Mobile - March 7-8, 2008
• Whistle Stop Festival - Huntsville - May 02-03, 2008

Arkansas

• Bordertown Bash BBQ Competition - Fort Smith - May 16-17,
• Smoke on the Water BBQ Challenge - Pine Bluff - May 09-10, 2008
• Bikes, Blues & BBQ - Fayetteville - Sept 24-27, 2008

California

• Kingsford Mastercut State BBQ Championship - Modesto - May 09-10, 2008
• Orange County's 1st People's Choice BBQ Competition - Anaheim - April 19, 2008
• ClovisFest - Red, Hot and Real California State BBQ Championship - 2008 TBA

Colorado

• BBQ At The Summitt Competition - Dillon - August 8-9, 2008

Connecticut

• Blues, Views & BBQ Competiton - Westport - September 20-21, 2008

• Hernando County Rodeo And Barbecue Festival - Brookesville - Oct 10-12, 2008
• Lakeland Pig Festival - January 25-26, 2008
• Pig On The Pond - Waterfront Park - Cleremont FL - March 7-8, 2008

Georgia

• Big Pig Jig - Vienna - October 31 - November 1, 2008
• Boss Hog Cook-Off - Waynesboro - May 09-10, 2008
• Coweta Up In Smoke BBQ Cookoff - Newnan - October 3 - 4, 2008
• Georgia Barbecue Classic - Cartersville - June 06-07, 2008
• Hambone Jam The Great Barbecue Cookoff - Fort Valley -September 5-6, 2008
• North Georgia Mountains Horsin' Around BBQ Showdown - Young Harris - May 24-26, 2008
• Stone Mountain 2nd Annual Fathers Day BBQ Cookoff - Stone Mountain - June 14, 2008
• Barnesville BBQ & Blues Festival - Barnesville - April 25-26, 2008
• Decatur BBQ Festival - Decatur - August 16, 2008
• Dillard Bluegrass & BBQ Festival, Dillard - August 1-2, 2008
• National BBQ Festival - Douglas GA - October 31-November 1, 2008
• Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival - Kennesaw - August 8-9, 2008

Illinois

• Holy Smoke BBQ Cook-Off - Salem - August 9, 2008
• Illinois State Barbecue Competion - Shannon - July 11-12, 2008
• Southwestern Illinois Spring Festival BBQ Contest - Wamac - May 02-03, 2008
• The Southern Illinois Bluegrass & BBQ Festival or www.BluegrassBBQ.com - Salem - 2008 TBA - KCBS Sanctioned ~ State Championship Qualifier - Illinois BBQ Society Qualifier
• Murphysboro Barbecue Cookoff - Murphysboro - September 18–20, 2008 (no website info)
• Wabash Ribberfest BBQ Championship - Mt. Carmel - September 04-06, 2008 (no website info)
• Illinois BBQ Society Qualifier
• The Virginia Bar-B-Que - Virginia (yes city of Virginia in Illinois) - June 6-8, 2008

Indiana

• Q For The Kids - Fairbanks, June 6-7, 2008
• Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ribs Cook Off, Concert, & Car Show - South Bend - July 12, 2008 (no website info call Becky at 574.235.5717 for more info)
• BBQ Rib Fest - Fort Wayne, June 19-22, 2008
• Ribberfest - Barbeque, Blues & Balloons - Madison - August 15-16, 2008

• BBQ in the Bluffs - Council Bluffs - May 09-10, 2008

Kansas

• Kansas Winter Que - Great Bend, February 15-16, 2008
• Big Blue Barbeque Championship - Marysville - June 06-07, 2008
• Celebration Cookoff - Lyons - May 2 - 3, 200
• Brew, Blues & BarBQ - Lansing - May 02-03, 2008
• KSU Wildcat BBQ Contest - Manhattan - April 18-19, 2008
• Lawrence Sertoma BBQ Cookoff - Lawrence - May 09-10, 2008
• Oh Mercy! BBQ Challenge - Independence - May 02-03, 2008 Smoke In The Spring - Osage - April 11-12, 2008
• Smokin' Behind The Barn Championship Cookoff - Winfield, KS - August 29 - 30, 2008
• The Great American Barbecue Competition - Kansas City - May 23-25, 2008

Kentucky

• Benton Kentucky Kiwanis BBQ Kookoff - Benton - April 4-5, 2008
• Barbecue On The River, Paducah - September 25-27, 2008
• Cave Run Rock-n-Blues-n-BBQ Fest, Morehead - July 18-19, 2008
• International BBQ Festival, Owensboro - May 9-10, 2008
• Kentucky Crossroads Harvest Festival - Springfield - October 4, 2008
• W.C. Handy Blues & BBQ Festival, Henderson - June 7-14, 2008

Louisiana

• D'Arbonne BBQ Fest & Louisiana State Championship BBQ Cookoff - Farmerville - Event Cancelled for 2008
• Louisiana State BBQ Championship - Vidalia - September 26–27, 2008
• Smokin' Blues & BBQ Challenge - Hammond - March 28-29, 2008

Maryland

• Pork In The Park Maryland State Championship BBQ Contest - Salisbury - April 18-20, 2008

Michigan

• Silver Lake Sand Dunes Area State Championship BQQ Cook-Off - Silver Lake - Sept 13-14, 2008
• Hot Blues And BBQ Festival - Oxford - June 21, 2008
• Kalamazoo Ribfest -Kalamazoo - August 7-9, 2008

Minnesota

• Crow River BBQ Challenge - Watertown - July 18-19, 2008

Mississippi

• Grillin' On The River - Columbus - April 11-12, 2008
• Mississippi Springfest - Ashland - May 09-10, 2008
• Oxford Town BBQ Throwdown - Oxford - October 24-25, 2008
• Roast n' Boast - Columbus - September 4-6, 2008

Missouri

• Annual Belton Heritage BBQ Contest - Belton - May 02-03, 2008
• Apple Blossom BBQ - St. Jospeh - May 02-03, 2008
• 2008 Kick-Off Cookoff - Hazelwood - March 28-29, 2008
• Capital City Cookoff - Jefferson City - April 11-12, 2008
• Meat on the Mississippi - Caruthersville - August 01-02, 2008 (no website)
• NKC Missouri State BBQ Championship - March 14-15, 2008
• Redneck BBQ - Sikeston - April 11-12, 2008
• Richmond Mushroom Festival BBQ Contest - Richmond - May 02-03, 2008
• Show Me State BBQ Cookoff - Kennett - June 27-28, 2008 (no website)
• Smoke-A-Palooza - 1st Annual Amateur Benefit BBQ Competition - St. Peters, September 20, 2008
• Smokin' on Big Creek/4th Annual Brain Injury Assn.- Pleasant Hill - BBQ - March 4-5, 2008
• 29th Annual American Royal Barbecue - Kansas City - October 2-5, 2008
• Tiger Shrine Club Spring Fling BBQ - Columbia - May 09-10, 2008
• Osage River Bottoms BBQ & Blues Festival - Warsaw - May 16-17, 2008
• The 2nd Annual Great Pacific Missouri BBQ & Bluegrass Festival - Pacific - August 15-16, 2008
• Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival - Springfield - April 18-19, 2008
• Roots 'n Blues n' BBQ Festival - Columbia - October 3-4, 2008
• Sedalia Lions Club Blues & BBQ - Sedalia - June 13-14, 2008
• Sertoma Summer Sizzle - Springfield (Nixa) - July 19, 2008

• Capital City Ribfest - Lincoln - August 7-10, 2008
• North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival - North Platte - May 09-10, 2008

Nevada

• Best Dam Barbecue Cook-off Competition - Boulder City - May 23-24, 2008
• Best in the West Nugget Rib Cookoff - Sparks - August 27 - September 1, 2008

New Jersey

• New Jersey State Barbecue Championship - N. Wildwood - July 11-13, 2008

• Whole Hog BBQ & Music Festival - Haverhill - August 09–10, 2008 (no website)
  

New Mexico

• The New Mexico 2007 "Pork And Brew" Barbeque State Championships - Rio Rancho - March 28-29, 2008
• National Fiery-Foods & Barbecue Show, Albuquerque - February 29 - March 2, 2008

New York

• Battle of the BBQ Brethren - Sayville - October 24-26, 2008
• Long Island BBQ Cook Off -Central Islip - August 16, 2008
• Grillin' On The Bay - Brooklyn, June 7, 2008
• Hudson Valley Rib Fest - New Paltz - August 15-17, 2008
• The Lake Placid NY, I Love Barbeque Festival - Lake Placid - July 4-6, 2008

North Carolina

• Lincolnton N.C. Hog Happenin' State Championship BBQ Cook-Off and Bike Rally - Lincolnton - June 6-7, 2008
• Blue Ridge BBQ Festival, Tryon - June 13-14, 2008
• Rockin' Rib Fest - Troutman - May 30 - June 01, 2008
• The BBQ Festival, Lexington - Oct 25, 2008

Ohio

• Berea's National Rib Cookoff - Berea - May 23-26, 2008
• Jazz and Ribfest - Columbus - July 25-27, 2008
• 3rd Annual Jim Dandy's BBQ Cook Off - Sharonville - September 12-13, 2008
• Monster BBQ Pit Build Off - Mount Vernon - June 13, 2009

Oklahoma

• Smokin' Red Dirt & BBQ Cookoff - Enid - April 11-12, 2008
• Stillwater Elks 20th Annual Blazathon - Stillwater - April 4-5, 2008
• Bixby BBQ’n Blues Festival, Bixby - Bixby May 09-10, 2008
• Boots & BBQ - Claremore - May 16-17, 2008
• Claremore Rotary BBQ Festival - Claremore - May 15-17, 2008

Pennsylvania

• BBQ on the Farm Competition - Yardley - June 06-08, 2008
• Pennsylvania State Championship BBQ Cook-Off - New Holland - August 22-23, 2008

South Carolina

• Publix Prestigious Palmetto Pig Pick'n - Charleston - March 7-8, 2008
• Carolinas Childrens Home BBQ Cookoff Festeival, Columbia - May 16-17, 2008
• Festival of Discovery - Annual BBQ and Hash Cookoff, a KCBS Sanctioned South Carolina State Championship event, Greenwood - July 10-12, 2008
• Smoke At The Lodge, Summerville - April 4-5, 2008
• Squeelin On The Square - KCBS State Championship BBQ Cookoff, Laurens - October 5-6, 2008

South Dakota

• 4th Annual Q-Fest - Milbank - June 28, 2008
• South Dakota State Championship - Huron - June 06-07, 2008
• South Dakota State BBQ Championships - Vermillion - September 05-06, 2008
• Argus Leader Rib Fest - Sioux Falls - May 29 - June 1, 2008

Tennessee

• Memphis In May - World Championship BBQ Cooking Contest, Memphis May 15-17, 2008
• SunDrop Country BBQ Cookoff - Pulaski - May 8-10, 2008
• Tennessee Funfest State Barbecue Championship Cooking Contest - Memphis - June 12-14, 2008
• Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash - June 06-07, 2008
• Winchester High On The Hog - Winchester - April 18-19, 2008
• Porkin' in the Park - Clarksville - April 4-5, 2008
• Tennesse State BBQ Festival - Lenoir City - October 10-11, 2008
• Annual Tennessee Heritage BBQ Festival - Smyrna - June 14-15, 2008
• Bloomin' Barbeque & Bluegrass - Seiverville - May 16-17, 2008
• Dickson Fiddler's Contest & Family Fun Festival - Dickson - June 26-28, 2008

Texas

• All American BBQ Cookoff - Alvin - August 30-31, 2008 Phone 281-388-4365
• Annual Pit Rasslers BBQ Classic Cookoff - Mt Pleasant - August 30-31, 2008
• Hays County Fair and Cookoff - San Marcos - October 10-11, 2008
• Annual Texas BBQ Festival - Austin - 2008 TBA
• Rythm and BBQ Festival - Driftwood - October 11-12, 2008

Virginia

• Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cookoff - Chseapeake - May 16-17, 2008
• Pigs in the Park BBQ Competition - Danville - May 16-17, 2008
• Smoke On The Mountain Barbecue Championships - Galax - July 11-12, 2008

Washington D.C.

• National Capital BBQ Battle, Washington DC - June 21-22, 2008

West Virginia

• Pickin' in the Panhandle - Glengary - September 6 & 7, 2008. For further details contact Martinsburg Berkeley County Convention and Visitors Bureau at 304-264-8801. (no website)

Wisconsin

• Ben Biken BBQ Competition - Sparta - September 12-13, 2008
• Burning Down The Fox State BBQ Championship - Princeton - August 22-23, 2008
• North Star BBQ & Blues Fest - DeForest - June 06-07, 2008

Wyoming BBQ Festivals

• Wyoming State BBQ Championship & Bluegrass Festival - Worland - August 15-16, 2008