This article links to most of the large associations calendars for this summer's BBQ events, so you can find when and where the BBQ is coming to your area.
Every summer in cities around the globe people gather to celebrate and enjoy local barbecue at nearby events. Local BBQ contests and challenges draw the best restaurants and cooks in town to one place, where you can sample and compare the goods at your leisure. State and County Fairs are also a great place to find new BBQ sources. The absolute best place to sample good BBQ is at one of the many professional BBQ Challenges or competitions, because no one puts more effort into BBQ than up-and-coming contestants that have traveled across the country to compete.
Time to find a local event and sample the some local goods!
Select one of the local BBQ Associations from the listings below to see what is coming to your area this summer!
BBQ Events, Contests and Festivals
Everfest BBQ Festival Finder
(state by state listings at the bottom of the page)
https://www.everfest.com/food/bbq-cook-off-festivals
Active BBQ Association Event Lists
Alabama BBQ Associationhttp://alabamabbqassociation.com/bbq-trail/events
California BBQ Associationhttp://www.cbbqa.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
Florida BBQ Associationhttp://fbabbq.com/events/
Georgia BBQ Championshipshttp://www.georgiabbqchampionship.com/contests.aspx
Greater Omaha BBQ Societyhttp://www.gobs.org/#!contests/c1m3e
Iowa BBQ Societyhttp://www.iabbq.org/contests/iowa-backyard-bbq-series/
Kansas City BBQ Societyhttp://www.kcbs.us/events
Lonestar BBQ Societyhttp://www.lonestarbarbecue.com/2016-events/
Memphis BBQ Networkhttp://www.mbnbbq.com/list_contests.php
Mid-Atlantic Barbecue Associationhttps://mabbqa.com/events/
NorthEast BBQ Societyhttps://www.nebs.org/calendar/
Pacific Northwest Barbecue Associationhttp://www.pnwba.com/
Rocky Mountian BBQ Associationhttp://rmbbqa.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=400799&module_id=194960
South Carolina BBQ Associationhttp://www.scbarbeque.com/index.php/2014-01-26-09-53-58
St Louis BBQ Societyhttp://stlouisbbqsociety.com/events/
US State Fair listings
State and county fairs always have a good selection of local BBQ too.
https://www.everfest.com/civic/state-fairs
International BBQ Events, Contests, and Festivals
World BBQ Associationhttp://world-bbq.com/events-around-the-world/
Australasian Barbecue Alliancehttp://ausbbq.com.au/upcoming-events/
Australian BBQ Associationhttp://www.aba-barbecue.at/events/
International BBQ Associationhttp://ibcabbq.org/all-events/
Swiss BBQ Associationhttp://www.swissbarbecue.ch/
German BBQ Associationhttp://gbaev.de/gba-grillmeisterschaften/
Dutch BBQ Associationhttp://www.barbecue-dba.com/page/335/barbecue-agenda.html
Nederlandse Barbecue Societyhttp://nkbbq.nl/nk-bbq/#nkkwalificatie
Now go on, enjoy some BBQ!
Know of an association or current event list I missed? Post it and I will add it to the list!
I would love to see a BBQ event where you can pay with Bitcoin or Steem.
You can at any of these!
You just need a shift card, it's a visa that spends money out of your coinbase account.
https://steemit.com/crypto-news/@bbqbear/how-to-spend-bitcoin-using-a-visa-debit-card-with-shiftpayments