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This website is intended to be your one-stop shop for KCBS, SCA and backyard BBQ competitions in California, Arizona, Utah and Nevada.

Use the filters below to select your preferred sanctioning body and find a competition near you. When you click on a date with an event, more information will appear below the calendar. Click on that event listing for registration details. For a full list of Southwest BBQ Comps, scroll down the page.

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Full List of Southwest BBQ Comps

The below list of Southwest BBQ Comps is broken up into 3-month intervals – with a few competition BBQ recipes and tips sprinkled in between. Use the filters to select your preferred sanctioning body and find a competition near you. Red comps are KCBS. Blue comps are SCA and Black comps are backyard. 

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june

02junAll Day03KCBS - Horse Town Brew n QueNorco, California

09junAll Day10KCBS – GMG NorUt State BBQ ChampionshipsOgden, UT

09junAll DaySCA - GMG NorUtOgden, UT

16junAll Day17SCA – BBQ Pit Stop Series in Richfield (Quad)Richfield, UT

21junAll DayNVBBQA – Get Sauced for SummerLas Vegas, NV

23junAll Day24SCA – BBQ Pit Stop Series in Richfield (Quad) (2023)Richfield, UT

july

21julAll DaySCA – BBQ Pit Stop Series in Logan (Double)Logan, UT

august

04augAll Day05KCBS - Dinuba's Annual BBQ & Brew FestDinuba, California

05augAll DaySCA – TheBBQHQ (2023)Simi Valley, CA

19augAll DaySCA – BBQ Pit Stop Series in American Fork (Double)American Fork, UT

25augAll Day26KCBS – Clayton BBQ Cookoff (2023)Clayton, CAThe driving factor behind the cancellation is the uncertainty of potential city fee increases, in conjunction with higher overall costs and expenses.

COMPETITION BBQ TIPS & RECIPES

CHICKEN
RIBS
PORK
Competition Brisket Turn-In Box
BRISKET

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september

08sepAll Day09SCA – Solano Steak Out (Double) (2023)Dixon, California

16sepAll DaySCA – BBQ Pit Stop Series in Morgan (Double)Morgan, UT

23sepAll DaySCA – Beachside Bash (Double)Ventura, California

29sepAll Day01octKCBS – American Royal (2023)Kansas City, Missouri

29sepAll Day30KCBS - Field, Fire Fork!Los Banos, California

october

29sepAll Day01octKCBS – American Royal (2023)Kansas City, Missouri

06octAll Day07KCBS - Reata Round-UpSan Juan Capistrano, California

13octAll Day14KCBS – The Jack (2023)Lynchburg, TN

21octAll DaySCA – TheBBQHQ Fall Classic (Double)Simi Valley, California

november

03novAll Day04KCBS - Downtown Mesa Brews & Blues FestivalMesa, Arizona

10novAll Day11KCBS - Indio (2023)Indio, California


MORE COMPETITION BBQ TIPS


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West Coast Steak Championship Series
BBQ Pit Stop Steak Championship Series
The Pitmasters Podcast
Nevada BBQ Association
California BBQ Association

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