BBQ and Map Update, by Alston Mabry
If one wants to experiment with BBQ sauces, there are plenty out there. I've added a page to the BBQ Map, listing some award-winning sauces available online (disclosure: no financial interest in any).
I also added the following to the maps:
La Fiesta De Los Vaqueros - Tucson Rodeo - Tucson AZ - Feb 17-25
1st Annual Route 66 BBQ Contest - Apple Valley CA - Jun 8-10
West Coast Championship BBQ Cook-Off - Fairfield CA - Aug 10-11
National Grits Festival - Warwick GA - Apr 14
National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest (Weiser, ID: Fiddling Capital of the World) - Weiser ID - Jun 18-23
Lake in the Hills Rockin Ribfest - Lake in the Hills IL - Jul 6-8
Naperville Exchange Club's Ribfest - Naperville IL - Jun 30-4
10th Annual BBQ Ribfest - Fort Wayne IN - Jun 14-17
Canada's National Ukrainian Festival (since 1966) - Dauphin MB
The Belleville National Strawberry Festival - Belleville MI - Jun 15-17
44th Annual National Blueberry Festival - South Haven MI - Aug 9-12
Cass Lake Rib Fest - Cass Lake MN - Jul 20-22
Northern International Livestock Exhibition Stock Show and Rodeo - Billings MT - Oct 17-20
84th Annual Killdeer Mountain Roundup Rodeo (and BBQ) - Killdeer ND - Jul 3-4
National Hamburger Festival - Akron OH - Jul 21-22
Hot Ribs Cool Jazz - Columbus OH - Jul 20-22
12th Annual Canada's Largest Ribfest - Burlington ON - Aug 31-3
Thornbury-Clarksburg Rotary Club's 23rd Annual Blue Mountains Chili Cookoff - Collingwood ON - Jul 7
London Boys and Girls Club Rib-Fest - London ON - Aug 2-6
Gloucester Fair - Canadian BBQ Chmp qualifier - Ottawa ON - May 24-27
Scarborough Ribfest - Scarborough ON - Aug 3-Jul 4
8th Annual Toronto Ribfest - Toronto ON - Jun 29-Sep3
43rd Annual National Apple Harvest Festival - Arendtsville PA - Oct 6-14
85th Annual Days of 76 Rodeo - Deadwood SD - Jul 24-Jul2
Spirit of the West Festival (with a Dutch oven cookoff) - Siuox Falls SD - Sep 14-16
Ribfest and Wings - Gatlinburg TN - Apr 19
National Cornbread Festival, with the 11th Annual National Cornbread Cookoff - South Pittsburg TN - Apr 28-29
34th Annual Brady/McCulloch County World Championship Goat Cookoff (125 teams) - Brady TX - Aug 31-1
Montgomery County Fair BBQ Cookoff (120 teams) - Conroe TX - Mar 29-1
LaSalle County Wild Hog Cook-Off & Fair - Cotulla TX - Mar 8-11
Czhilispiel Chili and BBQ Cookoffs - Flatonia TX - Oct 26-28
Galveston County Fair and Rodeo BBQ, Chili and Seafood Cookoff (260 BBQ teams) - Hitchcock TX - Apr 20-28
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo World's Championship BBQ Contest - Houston TX - Feb 22-24
8th Annual ACS Hardin County Relay for Life Bar-B-Que Cook-Off - Sour Lake TX - Apr 13-14
Terlingua International Chili Championship - Terlingua TX - Nov 3-Sep1
West Virginia Strawberry Festival - Buckhannon WV - May 16-20
West Virginia Black Walnut Festival - Spencer WV - Oct 12-15