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GRILL AND BBQ EVENTS 2025/2026
Are you looking for the most important BBQ events of 2025 and 2026? Then you've come to the right place! Our FIRE&FOOD event calendar includes all the key dates for grilling and barbecue. Besides grilling trade shows and other grilling events, you'll also find dates for national and international grilling championships and barbecue competitions. Whether it's the GBA, SCA, or KCBS, we'll tell you where and when the best pitmasters and grill masters of 2025 will compete against each other. Who grills the best steak? Who will be crowned the new BBQ king? Be there and find out live! Or participate in the competitions yourself with your BBQ team! Mark your calendars now for the big events in the BBQ scene! Plan your trade show visit, your grilling course, your competition participation, and enjoy the anticipation of events that celebrate the BBQ lifestyle! PLEASE NOTE: Dates are subject to change! All information is provided without guarantee.
November 2025
Championships:
November 29-30, 2025: (WBQA) Intercontinental BBQ Championship in Viña del Mar/Chile
November 5th - 9th, 2025: (KCBS) American Royal World Series of Barbecue , Kansas City (USA)
December 2025
No events have been scheduled yet.
January 2026
January 27 - February 1, 2026: Hunting & Dog Fair with Wild Food Festival in Dortmund
February 2026
No events have been scheduled yet.
March 2026
March 7, 2026: FIRE&FOOD BBQ DAY Final Exam in Vienna (AT)
March 27-29, 2026: Rauch & Glut BBQ Lifestyle Fair in Freiburg
March 18-22, 2026: International BBQ24 Lake Constance Grill Championship & Alpine Cup
Championships:
21.03.2026 (GBA) Regional BBQ Championship, International BBQ24 Lake Constance BBQ Championship, Friedrichshafen
28.03.2026 (GBA) State Barbecue Championship Baden-Württemberg, as part of Rauch & Glut Freiburg
April 2026
09.-12.04.2026: BBQ Days in Stuttgart
April 11-13, 2026: Barbecue Expo in Paris (France)
April 11-14, 2026: BBQ EXPO Cucinare Outdoor in Parma (Italy)
April 18-19, 2026: NordGrill in Neumünster
April 25, 2026: Thuringian Grill Battle Club Grill Championship 2026
Championships:
19.04.2026 (GBA) State Barbecue Championship Schleswig-Holstein, Neumünster
25.04.2026 (GBA) Motto Championship German Vegan Barbecue Championship, Bad Windsheim
26.04.2026 (GBA) Motto Championship German Fish Grill Championship, Bremerhaven
May 2026
May 13-16, 2026: Memphis in May International Festival in Memphis/USA
May 14-16, 2026: SMOKESLAM BBQ Competition in Memphis/USA
Championships:
03.05.2026 (GBA) State Barbecue Championship, Hesse, Dillenburg
15th and 16th May 2026 (GBA) State Barbecue Championship, Lower Saxony, Norderney
15th and 16th May 2026 (GBA) State Barbecue Championship Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rostock
30.05.2026 (GBA) Wagyu Championship Taubertal Wagyu Championship, Creglingen
June 2026
2. June 2–24, 2026 : Spoga & Gafa Garden Fair in Cologne (Trade Visitor Fair)
Championships:
27.06.2026 (GBA) Authentic American BBQ Championship - In Meat We Trust, Derben
July 2026
Championships:
July 25th and 26th, 2026 (GBA) German Barbecue Championship 2026, Fulda
August 2026
Championships:
22nd and 23rd August 2025 (GBA) State Barbecue Championship Berlin/Brandenburg, Diedersdorf Castle
September 2026
September 5-7, 2026: FIRE&FOOD BBQ WEEK 2026 in Cologne (Motorworld Cologne-Rhineland)
Championships:
19.09.2026 (GBA) State Barbecue Championship Saxony-Anhalt, Colbitz
26th and 27th September 2026 (GBA) State BBQ Championship Bremen
October 2026
Championships:
03.10.2026 (GBA) Motto Championship German Wild Game Barbecue Championship agra Messepark, Leipzig
04.10.2026 (GBA) State Barbecue Championship Saxony State Barbecue Championship agra Messepark, Leipzig
November 2026
No events have been scheduled yet.
December 2026
No events have been scheduled yet.
Is your event not listed here?
Then please send us an email to ef@fire-food.com , and we will include your event in the FIRE&FOOD Grill/BBQ Events.
Current date status: November 6, 2025
We regularly update our Grill & BBQ events for 2025/26. However, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information.
