2008 BBQ Competitions & Cookoffs

Alabama

• 2008 Above the Best Backyard BBQ Cookoff - Fort Rucker - February 22-23, 2008

Arkansas

• Bordertown Bash BBQ Competition - Fort Smith - May 16-17,
• Smoke on the Water BBQ Challenge - Pine Bluff - May 09-10, 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

Colorado

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

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

Indiana

• Q For The Kids - Fairbanks, June 6-7, 2008

Kansas

• Big Blue Barbeque Championship - Marysville - June 06-07, 2008
• Celebration Cookoff - Lyons - May 2 - 3, 200
• 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

Louisiana

• D'Arbonne BBQ Fest & Louisiana State Championship BBQ Cookoff - Farmerville - Event Cancelled for 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

Minnesota

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

Mississippi

• Grillin' On The River - Columbus - April 11-12, 2008
• Oxford Town BBQ Throwdown - Oxford - October 24-25, 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
• 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
• 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
• Tiger Shrine Club Spring Fling BBQ - Columbia - 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

New Mexico

• The New Mexico 2007 "Pork And Brew" Barbeque State Championships - Rio Rancho - March 28-29, 2008

North Carolina

• Lincolnton N.C. Hog Happenin' State Championship BBQ Cook-Off and Bike Rally - Lincolnton - June 6-7, 2008

Oklahoma

• Smokin' Red Dirt & BBQ Cookoff - Enid - April 11-12, 2008
• Stillwater Elks 20th Annual Blazathon - Stillwater - April 4-5, 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

South Dakota

• South Dakota State Championship - Huron - June 06-07, 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

Texas

• Annual Pit Rasslers BBQ Classic Cookoff - Mt Pleasant - August 30-31, 2008

Virginia

• Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cookoff - Chseapeake - May 16-17, 2008
• Pigs in the Park BBQ Competition - Danville - May 16-17, 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

Do you know of a bbq cookoff or competition that you do not see listed here? Send us an email with info and website address if they have one. Thanks......eric