Barbecue Events Calendar - USA & Canada
One Place to Find Barbecue Events
Looking for your next barbecue competition, local cookoff, grilling festival, or live-fire event?
The Fire Goddess Barbecue Events Calendar is built to help competitors, pitmasters, backyard cooks, vendors, and BBQ fans find events across the United States and Canada in one organized place.
Browse upcoming competitions, festivals, sanctioned events, food-focused community gatherings, and regional barbecue celebrations. Click an event to view basic details, then follow the official event link for registration, rules, tickets, or organizer updates.
Barbecue events are scattered across sanctioning body websites, Facebook pages, chamber of commerce listings, local festival sites, and event platforms. That makes it hard to quickly see what is happening, where it is happening, and whether an event is worth the trip.
This calendar brings those events into one easier-to-browse hub.
Use it to find serious barbecue competitions, regional cookoffs, steak events, food festivals, live-fire demonstrations, and community gatherings where barbecue is a major part of the experience.
Upcoming BBQ Events Calendar
Use the calendar below to browse upcoming barbecue events by date. Click on any event to view location details and follow the official event link.
Featured Barbecue Events
Prefer a list view? Browse selected barbecue competitions and festivals below. Each listing includes the event name, location, date, event type, and a link to the official organizer page.
How to Use This BBQ Events Calendar
Use this calendar as a starting point for planning your barbecue season.
Event dates, prize pools, registration deadlines, judging requirements, vendor rules, and public admission details can change. We link to official event pages whenever possible so you can verify the most current information directly with the source.
Who This Calendar Is For
Competitors
Find upcoming barbecue competitions, cookoffs, steak contests, and regional events worth adding to your season schedule.
Backyard Pitmasters
Discover events where you can learn, taste, compete casually, or connect with the broader BBQ community.
BBQ Fans
Find festivals, food events, rib cookoffs, and smoke-filled weekends where barbecue is part of the main attraction.
Vendors & Sponsors
Identify events where barbecue crowds gather, from local cookoffs to larger regional festivals.
Event Organizers
Get your barbecue event in front of people who care about outdoor cooking, grilling, smoking, and live-fire food culture.
Have a BBQ Event to Add?
Know about a barbecue competition, cookoff, grilling festival, or live-fire event that should be listed?
Send us the event details and we’ll review it for possible inclusion in the Fire Goddess Barbecue Events Calendar.
Plan Your BBQ Season
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BBQ Event Calendar Questions
No. The calendar includes barbecue competitions, cookoffs, grilling events, food festivals, steak competitions, live-fire events, and community festivals where barbecue is a major feature.
No. Fire Goddess does not manage event registration unless clearly stated. Each event listing links to the official event page whenever possible so you can confirm registration, rules, fees, judging details, and deadlines.
No. Event schedules can change. Always confirm dates, location, registration deadlines, and event details directly with the official organizer before making travel plans.
Yes. If you know of a barbecue competition, cookoff, food festival, or live-fire event that should be listed, submit the details for review.
No. The calendar is intended to cover barbecue events across both the United States and Canada.