
Can you take the heat?
The best BBQ & chili cooks from across the Southwest will come to Red River to prove their skills and compete for cash, prizes, and bragging rights. Festival attendees are typically invited to taste samples of the offerings on Saturday.

BBQ
Lone Star BBQ Society Sanctioned Event
Official State Championship
$10,000 Purse*
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Competition Categories:
• Brisket (7 Slices), Chicken (2 Halves), Pork Spare Ribs (7 Pieces)
• LSBS Beans
• People's Choice
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Awards​
• "Weldon Broaddus" Trophies for
Grand Champion & Reserve Grand Champion
• Top 10 for Each Meat
• Top 3 LSBS Beans
• People's Choice
*55-team minimum for full purse to be awarded
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Entry Fees
$225: Standard (Any/all meats)
+$25: LSBS Beans
+$25: People's Choice
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**You may enter LSBS Beans and/or People's Choice without a Standard Entry IF you are also entering the chili cookoff. Contact us at hello@redriverevents.org for questions about entry fees and included wristbands.


CASI Red Chili &
NM Green Chile
​Awards
Top 10 CASI Red
Top 10 NM Green
1st, 2nd, 3rd in Showmanship
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​Entry Fee
$70
Entry fee covers competition in one or both categories
Entry includes up to 2 wristbands for all Friday & Saturday events at Brandenburg Park
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