# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 🔥 Smok’n in the Park BBQ Competition – 2026 🔥
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 29 May, 2026 at 10:00 am – Sat, 30 May, 2026 at 03:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: FIRST LEG of our FIRST EVER WEEKEND-LONG ROLLING DOUBLE!

We’re kicking things off in a big way—grab your team, fire up those pits, and get ready for an unforgettable weekend of smoke, music, and competition!

📍 Location: Turner Park – Smithton, IL
📅 Dates: Friday & Saturday, May 29–30, 2026
🕔 Public Entry:
• Friday @ 5:00 PM
• Saturday @ 11:00 AM

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🔥 EVENT DETAILS 🔥
• Hosted by Smithton Fire Company
• St. Louis BBQ Society (SLBS) Sanctioned
• Categories: Chicken, Ribs, Pork, Brisket  
• 💰 $12,500 Total Payout  
• Entry Fee: $150 per team  
• Team cap: 35 – don’t wait!  

🚨 Bonus: Every team is automatically entered to win a Yoder YS640S Pellet Smoker

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🎶 ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP 🎶
• Friday Night: Lane Narrows (7:00–10:30 PM)
• Saturday Afternoon: Miranda Bury (3:00–6:00 PM)

🍻 Ice cold beer
🎵 Great music
🍖 Some of the BEST BBQ around

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🏕️ COOK INFO
• Move-in begins Friday morning
• 20x20 cook sites
• Water available
• ⚡ Bring your own power  

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❤️ CAUSE
Proceeds help send kids to IFSA Burn Camp “Camp I Am Me”

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📞 CONTACT / REGISTRATION
Patrick Nichols – 618-791-0958
📧 smokninthepark@yahoo.com
🌐 www.stlouisbbqsociety.com

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🚨 ROLLING DOUBLE ALERT 🚨
This is just the beginning… lock in your spot for Leg 1, because the momentum carries straight into the next stop. Let’s make history with this first-ever double-header weekend!

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🔥 Who’s in?! 🔥

#SmoknInThePark #SLBS #RollingDouble #CompetitionBBQ #BBQLife #BBQFamily #FireUpThePits #MidwestBBQ #RoadToGrandChampion #SmokeShow #IllinoisBBQ
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/smithton/smok’n-in-the-park-bbq-competition-2026/200029893089813
- **Event Categories**: contests, nonprofit, kids
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 51

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029893089813?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=smithton-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Smithton
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Smithton Park
- **lat**: 38.402379267557
- **long**: -89.995601478271
- **full address**: Smithton Park, Smithton, Illinois, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: St. Louis BBQ Society (https://allevents.in/org/st-louis-bbq-society/5904604)

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 29 May, 2026 at 10:00 am (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Smithton Park, Smithton, Illinois, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** St. Louis BBQ Society
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** contests, nonprofit, kids
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about 🔥 Smok’n in the Park BBQ Competition – 2026 🔥 ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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