Jun 21–22, 2025 · Eagle River, AK · 📍 18344 N Eagle River Rd · State championship
Reps: John Mann, Michelle Mann · Prize money: $1,500
Smoked & Furious won Grand Champion at the Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown on June 21, 2025 in Eagle River, AK at 18344 N Eagle River Rd, scoring 703.9776 in a field of 8 teams. LC BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 703.9660. Category winners: Chicken — LC BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Sweetie's Bar-B-Q (177.7144); Pork — CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. (178.8572); Brisket — HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY (178.2972). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2024 edition was won by Pitts N Grills.
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 98% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0116 points — closer than 98% of every championship in the data.
703.9776 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 701.0856 Pitts N Grills set in 2024.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 71 times in 100
Smoked & Furious came in rated below the field's top team, CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO., and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Smoked & Furious won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Pork Ribs places 3–4: LC BBQ and CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. tied on 174.2860 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. and Smoked & Furious tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: Smoked & Furious and LC BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY turned in 178.2972 in brisket — past the 176.0000 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2024 | Eagle River, AK | Elks Lodge #2682 | 8 | 701.0856 | Pitts N Grills | Smoked & Furious |
| Jun 21, 2025 ← this one | Eagle River, AK | 18344 N Eagle River Rd | 8 | 703.9776 | Smoked & Furious | LC BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 170.8344 | — |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 173.1316 | — |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 169.6684 | — |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 170.8228 | — |
8 entries · top 703.9776 · median 693.9372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 2 | LC BBQ | |
| 3 | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. | |
| 4 | Sweetie's Bar-B-Q | |
| 5 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 6 | Bear's Den BBQ | |
| 7 | This Guys BBQ | |
| 8 | Holy Trinity BBQ |
7 entries · top 180 · median 173.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LC BBQ | |
| 2 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 3 | Sweetie's Bar-B-Q | |
| 4 | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. | |
| 5 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 6 | This Guys BBQ | |
| 7 | Bear's Den BBQ |
8 entries · top 177.7144 · median 173.7088
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweetie's Bar-B-Q | |
| 2 | This Guys BBQ | |
| 3 | LC BBQ | |
| 4 | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. | |
| 5 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 6 | Holy Trinity BBQ | |
| 7 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 8 | Bear's Den BBQ |
7 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. | |
| 2 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 3 | LC BBQ | |
| 4 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 5 | Sweetie's Bar-B-Q | |
| 6 | Bear's Den BBQ | |
| 7 | This Guys BBQ |
7 entries · top 178.2972 · median 173.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 2 | Sweetie's Bar-B-Q | |
| 3 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 4 | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. | |
| 5 | Bear's Den BBQ | |
| 6 | LC BBQ | |
| 7 | This Guys BBQ |