Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown
2025-06-21 – 2025-06-22 · Eagle River, AK · 📍 18344 N Eagle River Rd · State championship
Reps: JOHN MANN, MICHELLE MANN · Prize money: $1,500.00
Grand Champion: Smoked & Furious (703.9776) · 8 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 LC BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0116 points — closer than 97% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Smoked & Furious took the Grand Championship home to KS.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)
Score distribution
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-26 | Eagle River, AK | Elks Lodge #2682 | 8 | 701.0856 | Pitts N Grills | Smoked & Furious |
| 2025-06-21 ← this one | Eagle River, AK | 18344 N Eagle River Rd | 8 | 703.9776 | Smoked & Furious | LC BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 170.8344 | — |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 173.1316 | — |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 169.6684 | — |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 170.8228 | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
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 |
Chicken
7 entries · top 180.0000 · 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 |
Pork Ribs
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 |
Pork
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 |
Brisket
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 |