2026 Events Calendar

SCBA-sanctioned BBQ competitions and events

2026 2025 Archive

January 2026

8th Annual Cookers Banquet & Awards Ceremony

Saturday, January 17, 2026

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

W. Columbia

Pineview Ruritan Clubhouse

Gene Culbertson Cooking Class

Saturday, January 31, 2026

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Columbia

TBA

February 2026

Judges Seminar

Saturday, February 7, 2026

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Columbia

St. Paul's Lutheran Church

Bands, Brews and BBQ

Championship

Saturday, February 14, 2026

All Day

Port Royal

March 2026

14th Annual BBQ Cook-Off Benefiting Scouts BSA

Championship

Saturday, March 21, 2026

All Day

Sumter

April 2026

Florence Pee Dee Mentors

Championship

Saturday, April 11, 2026

All Day

Florence

Lake Murray Country BBQ Festival

Championship

Saturday, April 25, 2026

All Day

Chapin

May 2026

Fire & Smoke

Championship

Saturday, May 2, 2026

All Day

Myrtle Beach

June 2026

Blue Ridge BBQ Festival

Championship

Saturday, June 13, 2026

All Day

Tryon, NC

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