Contests
103 contests
| Contest | Date | Where | Grand champion | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texarkana Air Show BBQ Cookoff | Jun 27, 2026 | Texarkana, AR | Lance Bracco | 27 |
| Jim Bowie Days Smokedown | Jun 20, 2026 | Bowie, TX | Vinny McNamara | 27 |
| Back The Blues | Jun 13, 2026 | Wills Point, TX | Janna Smelley | 26 |
| Glenn Heights County Line Cookoff | Mar 28, 2026 | Glenn Heights, TX | Dwayne Turnbo | 17 |
| Saginaw Youth Association BBQ Cook Off | Mar 21, 2026 | Saginaw, TX | AJ George | 25 |
| Limestone County BBQ Cook Off | Mar 21, 2026 | Groesbeck, TX | Dayne Turnbo | 25 |
| Guns & Hoses - Cookin for Kids | Mar 14, 2026 | Wichita Falls, TX | AJ George -Okie Folks BBQ | 30 |
| Cowtown Cook-Off and Music Festival | Feb 21, 2026 | Ft Worth, TX | AJ George | — |
| Irving Elks Lodge 2334 BBQ Cook Off | Feb 14, 2026 | Irving, TX | Mike Steele | — |
| Wichita Falls | Feb 7, 2026 | Aaron Lesley | 17 | |
| Outlaw BBQ Association Round Up | Dec 6, 2025 | Denton, TX | A J George | — |
| Pecan Festival & BBQ Cook Off | Nov 8, 2025 | Ardmore, OK | James Richey | — |
| November 2025 Events - Outlaw BBQ | Nov 1, 2025 | Decatur, TX | James Richey | 36 |
| National Championship BBQ Cook Off | Oct 25, 2025 | Meridian, TX | Charlie Shirley | 10 |
| Smoke & Whiskey Fest | Oct 25, 2025 | Flower Mound, TX | Lance Sparkman | 36 |
| El Dorado Chevy Carshow & BBQ Cook Off | Oct 18, 2025 | McKinney, TX | AJ George | 33 |
| Keller Lions Club BBQ | Oct 4, 2025 | Keller, TX | Eddie Morales | 31 |
| Busted in Baylor County Cook Off | Sep 27, 2025 | Seymour, TX | Lindsay Vinson | 11 |
| Bear Bottom BBQ Bash | Sep 20, 2025 | Marshall, TX | Mike Bryce | 20 |
| Patriot Days BBQ Bash | Sep 13, 2025 | Ennis, TX | Marcus Lopez | 32 |
| August 2025 Events - Outlaw BBQ | Aug 2, 2025 | Brush Prairie, WA | Vinny McNamara | 25 |
| 903 BBQ Cook Off | Jun 28, 2025 | Paris, TX | Bubba Hargrave | 16 |
| Jim Bowie Days Smokedown | Jun 21, 2025 | Bowie, TX | Bud Brown | 24 |
| Click the link | Jun 7, 2025 | Mesquite, TX | Stephen Peacock | 46 |
| Love County Frontier Days BBQ Cook Off | May 31, 2025 | Marietta, OK | Westin Birks | 15 |
| Cody Dragoo Memorial Cook Off | May 24, 2025 | West, TX | Brian Erbe | 38 |
| Re-Scheduled Date | May 17, 2025 | Rogers, TX | Eddie Morales | 25 |
| Cowcamp Cook Off | May 17, 2025 | San Saba, TX | Braelynn Summer | 9 |
| Cooking For Canines | May 3, 2025 | Ft Worth, TX | Bud Brown | 33 |
| Turkeyfest | Apr 12, 2025 | Henrietta, TX | Tim Esh | 28 |
| April 2025 Events - Outlaw BBQ | Apr 5, 2025 | Gilmer, TX | Justin Thompson | 26 |
| SYA BBQ Cook Off | Mar 29, 2025 | Saginaw, TX | Vinny McNamara | 34 |
| Limestone County Go Texan BBQ Cook Off | Mar 22, 2025 | Groesbeck, TX | Stephen Peacock | 31 |
| DID NOT MEET SANCTION | Mar 22, 2025 | Granbury, TX | Tammy Cooper | 12 |
| Spring Shindig & Shenanigans BBQ Cook Off | Mar 15, 2025 | Lampasas, TX | Aubrey Hart | 17 |
| Highland VFW Post 6974 | Mar 15, 2025 | Burnet, TX | AJ George | 17 |
| KCJLS BBQ Cook Off | Mar 8, 2025 | Kaufman, TX | Nate Bocanegra | 15 |
| Thomas Fowler American Legion Post 169 | Feb 8, 2025 | Wichita Falls, TX | Brittnay Unkart | 26 |
| Outlaw Round Up | Dec 7, 2024 | Denton, TX | Melissa Marek | 75 |
| Oklahoma Pecan Festival | Nov 9, 2024 | Ardmore, OK | Coty Alambar | 23 |
| San Augustine County Chamber of Commerce Sassafras Festival BBQ | Oct 26, 2024 | San Augustine, TX | Duane Anderson | 10 |
| National Championship BBQ Cookoff | Oct 26, 2024 | Meridian, TX | Ben Blanton | 35 |
| SmokeFest | Oct 26, 2024 | Flower Mound, TX | Bud Brown | 43 |
| Busted in Baylor County Cook-Off | Sep 28, 2024 | Seymour, TX | Dub Ewing | 14 |
| Kare for Kids | Sep 21, 2024 | Longview, TX | Scotty Bryce | 18 |
| Patriot Day Bash | Sep 14, 2024 | Ennis, TX | Coty Alambar C.A. Cookers | 18 |
| SMOKEOUT at Southfork Ranch | Sep 7, 2024 | Parker, TX | Coty Alambar | 75 |
| Goin’ For Broke in the PNW | Aug 17, 2024 | Shane LeClair | 21 | |
| 903 BBQ | Jun 22, 2024 | Paris, TX | Jeff Wyatt | 25 |
| Cow Camp Cookoff | Jun 15, 2024 | San Saba, TX | Peter Harrison | 18 |
| Kosse Homecoming BBQ Cookoff | Jun 7, 2024 | Kosse, TX | Karley Aleksines | 8 |
| Cody Dragoo Memorial BBQ Cook Off | May 25, 2024 | West, TX | Karley Aleksines | 36 |
| Butterfield Stage Days | May 11, 2024 | Bridgeport, TX | Marcus Lopez | 20 |
| Sabine County Go Texan | Apr 27, 2024 | Hemphill, TX | Trey Whitehead | 19 |
| Germanfest | Apr 27, 2024 | Muenster, TX | Cody Alambar | 39 |
| Terrell Jubilee BBQ Cook Off | Apr 27, 2024 | Terrell, TX | Nate Bocanegra | — |
| Turkey Fest | Apr 13, 2024 | Henrietta, TX | Charles Tant | 30 |
| 11th Annual Sumthin’s Burnin BBQ Cook Off | Apr 13, 2024 | Clifton, TX | Dwayne Turnbo | 12 |
| Reinspire BBQ Cookoff | Apr 6, 2024 | Cleburne, TX | Stephen Peacock | 33 |
| Risk it For the Brisket | Apr 6, 2024 | Gilmer, TX | Ricky Bocanegra | 38 |
| 5th Annual Spring Freedom is NOT Free BBQ Cook Off | Mar 23, 2024 | Granbury, TX | AJ George | 25 |
| Limestone County Go Texan BBQ Cook Off | Mar 16, 2024 | Groesbeck, TX | Craig Groves | 19 |
| Red River Classic 15th Annual BBQ Cook Off | Mar 16, 2024 | Ardmore, OK | Kyle Speicher | 35 |
| KCJLS BBQ Cook Off | Mar 3, 2024 | Kaufman, TX | Nate Bocanegra | 25 |
| Rattle Snake Round Up BBQ Cook Off | Mar 2, 2024 | Walnut Springs, TX | AJ George | 15 |
| Irving Elks Lodge | Feb 24, 2024 | Irving, TX | Mikes Steele | 27 |
| Thomas Fowler American Legion Post 169 | Feb 10, 2024 | Wichita Falls, TX | AJ George | 33 |
| 16th Bi-Annual BBQ Throwdown | Nov 18, 2023 | Marksville, LA | Mike Steele | 38 |
| North Texas Fair & Rodeo BBQ Cookoff | Nov 4, 2023 | Denton, TX | Stephen Peacock | 28 |
| 2023 Events - Outlaw BBQ | Oct 28, 2023 | WICHITA FALLS, TX | Richard Johnson | 43 |
| Rockwall Rib, Run and Roll | Oct 7, 2023 | Rockwall, TX | Ben Marshall | 25 |
| Hella Shrine BBQ Extravaganza | Sep 16, 2023 | Garland, TX | Lonnie Carroll | 18 |
| Ennis Chamber of Commerce - Patriot Day BBQ BASH | Sep 9, 2023 | Ennis, TX | Michael Griffin | 20 |
| 903 BBQ Cook Off | Jul 29, 2023 | Paris, TX | Kyle Speicher | 17 |
| Henrietta Turkey Fest | Apr 15, 2023 | Henrietta, TX | Curt Wallace | 16 |
| Risk it for the Brisket | Mar 25, 2023 | Gilmer, TX | Cody Malin | 25 |
| Red River Classic | Mar 18, 2023 | Ardmore, OK | Curt Wallace | 31 |
| Limestone County Go Texan Cookoff | Mar 18, 2023 | Groesbeck, TX | Chris Hamilton | 22 |
| Rattlesnake Roundup | Mar 4, 2023 | Walnut Springs, TX | Greg Phillips | 19 |
| AMERICAN LEGION 4TH ANNUAL BBQ COOKOFF | Feb 11, 2023 | WICHITA FALLS, TX | Richard Johnson | 25 |
| 1st Annual Outlaw Roundup | Dec 3, 2022 | Granbury, TX | Ricky Bocanegra | 45 |
| 903 1st Annual BBQ Cook-off | Jul 23, 2022 | Paris, TX | Scotty Bryce | 19 |
| Thomas Fowler American Legion Post 169 | Jun 26, 2022 | Wichita Falls, TX | Bennie Koger | 15 |
| Kaufman Junior Livestock Association | Mar 11, 2022 | Kaufman, TX | Ricky Bocanegra | 34 |
| August 2026 Events - Outlaw BBQ | Brush Prairie, WA | Adam Scattergood | 37 | |
| J & C BBQ, RIBS & RIDES | Lebanon, OR | Erick Duchesneau | 15 | |
| Red River Classic | Ardmore, OK | AJ George | — | |
| Cody Dragoo Memorial Cook Off | West, TX | Mike Steele | — | |
| 1st Annual Lone Star Hootdown BBQ Cook Off | Burleson, TX | Autumn Reed | — | |
| Rogers Springfest BBQ Cook Off | Rogers, TX | Chad Gangnath | — | |
| Cooking for Canines | Ft Worth, TX | Brian Erbe | 27 | |
| Germanfest | Muenster, TX | Stephen Peacock | 51 | |
| Risk it For the Brisket | Gilmer, TX | AJ George | 44 | |
| Smoke on the Water | Run Away Bay, TX | Mike Bryce | — | |
| Jambo Shootout | Ennis, TX | Aaron Lesley | — | |
| Glenn Heights County Line Cook Off | Glenn Heights, TX | James Dodson | — | |
| Smoke on the Water | Runaway Bay, TX | Steve Cumbie | — | |
| Keller Lions Club BBQ | Keller, TX | Steve Cumbie | 34 | |
| 4th Annual Rogers Springfest | Rogers, TX | Reagan Broeshe | — | |
| Back The Blue BBQ Cookoff | Wills Point, TX | Stephen Peacock | — | |
| Cooking for Canines | Ft Worth, TX | Tim Esh | — | |
| 2nd Annual Outlaw Round Up & Invitational | Mabank, TX | Mike Bryce | — | |
| Jambo Shootout | Ennis, TX | Brad Olenick | — |