BBQ & Fly-in on the River
AUGUST 18-19, 2023
DOWNTOWN EXCELSIOR SPRINGS
THE 2024 BBQ & FLY-IN ON THE RIVER HAS BEEN APPROVED BY KCBS.
NO REGISTRATIONS FOR TEAMS OR JUDGING WILL BE AVAILABLE UNTIL JANUARY 2024.
FIREWORKS AT DARK ON FRIDAY NIGHT
Smoke Em’ If You Got Em’
Whether you spell it BBQ, Barbeque or Barbecue, it’s the taste of America. This year, BBQ & Fly-In on the River will be located in the heart of our community, DOWNTOWN EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, celebrating its 23rd year!
Mark your calendars and join us Friday, August 18th through Saturday, August 19th while over 50 Competition BBQ Teams compete to take home the trophy! This year’s annual competition will feature some of the top pitmasters in the nation battling it out in the rugged competition, the aromas of meat filling the air, great music, food trucks, beer, ReMax hot air balloon rides, and so much more! It’s promising fun for the entire family!
Schedule of Events
Teams Arrive
4:00 PM – Gates Open
4:00 PM – 11:00 PM – D&S Guns Gun Raffle
4:00 PM – 11:00 PM – Beer Garden
4:30 PM – Kid’s Que Cook Meeting
5:00 PM – KCBS Cook’s Meeting
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM – BBQ Team Scavenger Hunt
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM – Whiskey Walk
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM – People’s Choice
7:00 PM – 11:00 PM – Live Music with the Backroad Navigators
Sponsored by Turn Key Construction & ALG Properties
AT DARK – FIREWORKS
8:00 AM – Bloody Mary Contest
8:00 AM – 3:00 PM – BBQ Team Scavenger Hunt
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM – Home Brew Contest
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM – D&S Guns Gun Raffle
11:30 AM – 2:30 PM – KCBS Competition Turn Ins
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Live Music with Kevin Cline
4:00 PM – Awards Ceremony
Turkey Smoke Series Is Back!!!
Sign up to compete in 1 of the 19 Turkey Smoke Series competitions by The National Turkey Federation. No cost to you! National Turkey Federation even provides the turkey product for you to cook.
Henry Golden Boy Law Enforcement Tribute Edition Sponsored By D&S Guns
Purchase Raffle Tickets Here!
Thank You to Our 2023 Sponsors!
23rd Annual BBQ Results
Category
Pasta Results
Chicken Results
Pork Ribs Results
Pork Results
Brisket Results
Turkey Smoke Results
Dessert Results
Overall Results
1st Place Winner
Y-We-Q
Keep Calm & Sauce On
Machete Boys BBQ
Irwin’s Pit Crew BBQ
Love 2 Q
Damn Fine Beef & Swine
Harold’s Hot Meat Smokers
Gettin’ Basted
2023 Competition BBQ Teams
1) 22 Que
2) 4 Legs Up
3) 913 BBQ
4) All Fired Up And Kicking Ash
5) All Forked Up For Q
6) Ambition Que
7) American Fire BBQ
8) Atlas Saloon Brewery
9) Bears Backyard Q
10) Brisketbone BBQ
11) Brushfire
12) Cow Creek BBQ
13) Damn Fine Beef & Swine
14) Fairway Smokers
15) Gettin’ Basted
16) Gettin’ Sauced
17) Go Pig or Go Home
18) Goodfellas BBQ & Catering
19) Grillas BBQ Team
20) Harold’s Hot Meat Smokers
21) Irwins Pit Crew BBQ
22) Janky Leg BBQ
23) JDQ BBQ
24) JJ’s Bangin’ BBQ
25) KCASS BBQ
26) Keep Calm & Sauce On
27) Locomotive #1
28) Love 2 Q
29) M2 Smokin Q
30) Machete Boys BBQ
31) Man Meat BBQ
32) No Money No Honey BBQ
33) Notch 9 BBQ
34) Pancho, Sisco, The Kid and Company
35) Parts R Smokin
36) Score One Smokin
37) Shaken-Baken
38) Slaps BBQ
39) Smoke ‘n Magic
40) Smoke This BBQ-MO
41) Smokin Guns
42) Smokin’ The Rite Way
43) Split Borders BBQ
44) Texpat BBQ
45) The Art of Que
46) The Dogs Like It
47) Three Brothers Different Mothers
48) Three Legged Pig BBQ
49) Too Sauced To Smoke
50) Weekend Bum BBQ
51) WOTS Smokers
52) Yelton Wood Ticks
53) Y-We-Q
