The Cape BBQ Fest is sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Agribusiness Committee, but includes a number of individual sponsors, including two "Gold" sponsors, Southeast Missourian newspaper and KZIM-AM 960.

"Silver" sponsors are BioKyowa Inc., Bluff City Beer, Capital Bank, Cape County Pork Producers Association, Coca Cola Bottling Co., Midwest Agri-Chemico Inc., Pepsi Cola Bottling, River Eagle Distributing and SEMO Cattlemen's Association.

"Bronze" sponsors are: Ameritech Cellular Services, Baker Implement Co., Commerce Bank, Farm Bureau and Insurance Services, Heartland Telephone Services, Kohlfeld Distributing Inc., MVP Communications, S & S Livestock Supply, Southeast Missouri Builders Supply, Strack Equipment Inc. and SuperValu.

"Copper" sponsors are Fabick Bros. Equipment, Hendrix, Schwab, Garner, Schermann & Co., P.C., Heuer Sons Implement Co., Jackson Implement Co., Mercantile Bank, Overhead Door Co. of S.E.M.O., South East Missouri Bank and the Medicine Shoppe.

Other sponsors include Farm Credit of Southeast Missouri, Save-A-Lot, Schnucks, Shop `N' Save, Storey's Food Giant and Straightway Farm Services Inc.