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Your best resource for upcoming events is from the KCBS website...They are one of the major sanctioning bodies of BBQ Competitions. Here is a link to their website for events...just click the month you are interested in, things really ramp up in the spring when the weather starts to get nice.
A lot of the info on the KCBS has recently been hidden to everyone except KCBS members...but membership does have its privledges, including most recently a free membership to restaurant depot. A great place to grab meat to smoke.
There is a competition in Topeka too. If you send me your registration you are almost guaranteed to win. Currently I am the only judge and you are the only competitor! Let me know if you need my address!