Welcome to our Taylor International Barbecue Cookoff website!
45 YEARS! We will have a great celebration honoring 45 years of competition BBQ in our Murphy Park!
August 16th-17th 2024
Help Our Cause
The Taylor International Barbecue Cookoff is now a Certified Federal 501(c)(3) Non Profit. Your donations are now fully tax deductible!
2024 Simplified Fire Precautions
Because of rain, we will have a different Fire Protection Plan. All our cookers need to have their pits/smokers empty before leaving the park. Have your required ABC Fire Extinguisher. Protect your generator with a non-combustible pad !
About Us
BBQ and Family
Food and Family.... there's nothing better than Texas BBQ to bring people together! Come and compete with your family, your friends or your company.
Free to the Public!
Make plans to come see this event for yourself in our shady Murphy Park in Taylor Texas
We have special categories for kids!
There is nothing better than seeing these young cooks having fun outdoors with their family and competing in a tradition that their parents and grandparents also enjoyed.
It's not just BBQ....
We have additional categories on Friday evening that test your adult mixed drink skills
