The BBQ World Cup & Expo is the world's first global barbecue championship, and it lands in Las Vegas April 8 to 11, 2027.

More than 50 sanctioned qualifying events across 13 countries feed into one stage. Texas to Croatia. Memphis to Sydney. Kansas City to São Paulo. The 100 best pitmasters on the planet cook for $1,000,000 and the title of World's Greatest Pitmaster.

Think American Idol meets the World Cup, for barbecue.

The competition is only part of it. Four days on the Las Vegas Strip become the biggest gathering of barbecue brands, gear, and culture on earth. Walk the International Village and eat your way through Argentina, Brazil, and South Africa. Watch live fire cooking theater over open flame. Learn at the master class stage from a pitmaster who has spent thirty years perfecting a single cut. Eat from the world's best barbecue restaurants. Shop an expo floor where the top brands launch new sauces, seasonings, grills, and smokers. Live music all four days.

Bring the kids. Junior competitions, hands on cooking stations, and interactive demos mean they are not tagging along. They are in the middle of it with sauce on their fingers.

Barbecue has always been about gathering around a fire and passing it down. This is that, at global scale.

General admission, VIP tickets, and hotel packages are on sale now.

One stage. One crown. One million dollars.