BBQ & Fly-in on the River
AUGUST 14-15, 2026
DOWNTOWN EXCELSIOR SPRINGS
Smoke Em’ If You Got Em’
Whether you spell it BBQ, Barbeque or Barbecue, it’s the taste of America. The BBQ & Fly-In on the River is back for year 26 in the heart of our community, DOWNTOWN EXCELSIOR SPRINGS!
Mark your calendars and join us Friday, August 14th through Saturday, August 15th 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, and so much more! It’s promising fun for the entire family!
Check Out Who’s Coming
Ambition Que
American Fire BBQ
Atlas Saloon Brewery
Aww Shucks BBQ
B3 BBQ
Bad Influence BBQ – MO
Bald Beauties BBQ
BBQ Maestros
BBQ Pit Bros
Blind Fox BBQ
Blind Hog BBQ
Bocephus BBQ
Brushfire BBQ
Bucknutz BBQ
BULL IN THE RING
CROSSED RIFLES BBQ
Damn Fine Beef & Swine
Dirt Crüe BBQ
Dr. Smoke
Dr. Squealgood BBQ
Fairway Smokers
Finger Leikam Good
Fire Dancer BBQ
Get Sum On Ya BBQ
Gettin’ Basted
Go Pig or Go Home
Gothic Town Grillers
Grinders BBQ
Home Farm BBQ
I Smell Smoke
In Deep Sauce
Iowa’s Smokey D’s BBQ
Irwin’s Pit Crew
Janky Leg BBQ
Keep Calms & Sauce On
Keep On Porkin On
Locomotive #1
Love 2 Q
Low Eye Que
Machete Boys BBQ
Man Meat BBQ
Matty Mack’s BBQ
Meat Rushmore BBQ
Meats My Mistress
Mulkey’s BBQ
MY3SONSBARBQUEMO
Never Easy BBQ
O.G. Bandits
Old Grunt Bbq
Pancho, Sisco, the Kid, and Company
PARTS R SMOKIN
Peties Smokin Pit BBQ
Pirates of Bar B Que Bay
Porky Butts BBQ
Razorracks
Red Oak BBQ
Rock Star BBQ
Rooters-N-Tooters
Rum N’ Smoke BBQ
Sasquatch Smoke N Que
Score One Smokin
Shiggin’ & Grinnin’
Shirts n Fire BBQ
Slaps BBQ
Slightly Sauced
Smoke n’ Magic
Smoke This BBQ-MO
Smoke This Drink That BBQ
Smokey Bey’s Barbecue
Smokey D’s Wannabees
Smokin’ Beaver BBQ
Smokin’ Suckers
Smokinghostbbq
SONS OF A BRISKET
SouthInUrMouth
Split Borders BBQ
Squealin N Dealin BBQ
STL-High on the Hog
Summa Dat Que (SDQ)
Team Crawford
Texas Smoke Whisperer
The Dogs Liked It
There’s No Place Like Smoke
Thump & Strum BBQ
Triple H BBQ
Weekend Bum BBQ
Who’s Cookin’?
Winged Swine
Woodfire BBQ
WOTS
Yelton Farm Services Wood Ticks
Y-We-Q
