Date
Contest
Location
March 12 - 13 NKC, Missouri State BBQ Championship North Kansas City, MO
March 19 - 20 Smoke on the Water USA Barbecue Championship North Little Rock, AR
April 03 - 04 Smokin' on Big Creek Pleasant Hill, MO
April 16 - 17 Capital City Cookoff Jefferson City, MO
April 23 - 24 Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Cookoff Sugar Creek, MO
May 21 - 22 Great American Barbecue Festival Bonner Springs, KS
May 28 - 29 Smokin' in the Junction West Des Moines, IA
July 02 - 04 Florida State BBQ Championship Daytona Beach, FL
August 06 - 07 Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie, MO
August 13 - 14 Michigan State Barbecue Championship Brooklyn, MI
August 20 - 21 BBQ on the River & Fly In Excelsior Springs, MO
August 27 - 28 NW Arkansas State BBQ Championship Springdale, AR
September 10 - 11 Riverside Resources Charity BBQ Leavenworth, KS
September 17 - 18 Arkansas State BBQ Championship Hot Springs, AR
October 01 - 03 American Royal Kansas City, MO
October 29 - 31 Degaque/Alabama State BBQ Championship Talladega, AL