Old Town Smokeout
2025-06-27 – 2025-06-28 · Van Buren, AR · 📍 619 Main Street · State championship
Reps: KAREN JANE WILLIAMS, RALPH WILLIAMS · Prize money: $3,550.00
Grand Champion: Blind Hog BBQ (705.0972) · 27 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Glamping Grillers
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Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
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How hot was the win?
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🔥 A day of perfect scores
5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 3–4: Glamping Grillers and BULL IN THE RING tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: Poppa Pig and WOOD HOOK BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Pits and Grills and PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1606 power rating going in — stronger than 93% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
BLIND HOG BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Poppa Pig, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-27 ← this one | Van Buren, AR | 619 Main Street | 27 | 705.0972 | Blind Hog BBQ | Glamping Grillers |
| 2025-06-27 | Van Buren, AR | 619 Main Street | 6 | 178.8572 | Thin Blue Smoke | — |
| 2026-06-26 | Van Buren, AR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-06-26 | Van Buren, AR | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.5828 | 174.8572 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.0000 | 172.5716 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 177.1428 | 173.1428 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 174.8456 | 170.8112 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
27 entries · top 705.0972 · median 687.8852
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 2 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 3 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 4 | BULL IN THE RING | |
| 5 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 6 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 7 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 8 | BREWS BEFORE Q'S | |
| 9 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 10 | Ahh Townley BBQ | |
| 11 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 12 | LA PASADITA | |
| 13 | Thin Blue Smoke MS | |
| 14 | Bad Dog BBQ | |
| 15 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 16 | Poppa Pig | |
| 17 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 18 | Pits and Grills | |
| 19 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 20 | BUTCHER BBQ | |
| 21 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 22 | Slappin'Butt BBQ | |
| 23 | DASAWYERS | |
| 24 | Survivor-Que | |
| 25 | FATTMIKES BBQ | |
| 26 | Bad to the Bone | |
| 27 | FAST HAND BBQ Co. |
Chicken
27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 2 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 3 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 4 | BULL IN THE RING | |
| 5 | DASAWYERS | |
| 6 | FAST HAND BBQ Co. | |
| 7 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 8 | Poppa Pig | |
| 9 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 10 | LA PASADITA | |
| 11 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 12 | Ahh Townley BBQ | |
| 13 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 14 | Pits and Grills | |
| 15 | Thin Blue Smoke MS | |
| 16 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 17 | BUTCHER BBQ | |
| 18 | Slappin'Butt BBQ | |
| 19 | FATTMIKES BBQ | |
| 20 | BREWS BEFORE Q'S | |
| 21 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 22 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 23 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 24 | Survivor-Que | |
| 25 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 26 | Bad Dog BBQ | |
| 27 | Bad to the Bone |
Pork Ribs
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 2 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 3 | Bad Dog BBQ | |
| 4 | Pits and Grills | |
| 5 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 6 | BREWS BEFORE Q'S | |
| 7 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 8 | BULL IN THE RING | |
| 9 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 10 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 11 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 12 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 13 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 14 | Thin Blue Smoke MS | |
| 15 | Poppa Pig | |
| 16 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 17 | BUTCHER BBQ | |
| 18 | Ahh Townley BBQ | |
| 19 | FAST HAND BBQ Co. | |
| 20 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 21 | Slappin'Butt BBQ | |
| 22 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 23 | LA PASADITA | |
| 24 | Bad to the Bone | |
| 25 | Survivor-Que | |
| 26 | FATTMIKES BBQ | |
| 27 | DASAWYERS |
Pork
26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.6856 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 2 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 3 | LA PASADITA | |
| 4 | BREWS BEFORE Q'S | |
| 5 | Ahh Townley BBQ | |
| 6 | Poppa Pig | |
| 7 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 8 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 9 | Bad Dog BBQ | |
| 10 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 11 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 12 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 13 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 14 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 15 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 16 | Slappin'Butt BBQ | |
| 17 | Survivor-Que | |
| 18 | Pits and Grills | |
| 19 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 20 | Thin Blue Smoke MS | |
| 21 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 22 | BULL IN THE RING | |
| 23 | BUTCHER BBQ | |
| 24 | FATTMIKES BBQ | |
| 25 | DASAWYERS | |
| 26 | Bad to the Bone |
Brisket
26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 2 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 3 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 4 | BULL IN THE RING | |
| 5 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 6 | Thin Blue Smoke MS | |
| 7 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 8 | BUTCHER BBQ | |
| 9 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 10 | Bad Dog BBQ | |
| 11 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 12 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 13 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 14 | BREWS BEFORE Q'S | |
| 15 | Ahh Townley BBQ | |
| 16 | LA PASADITA | |
| 17 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 18 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 19 | Slappin'Butt BBQ | |
| 20 | DASAWYERS | |
| 21 | Pits and Grills | |
| 22 | Poppa Pig | |
| 23 | FATTMIKES BBQ | |
| 24 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 25 | Bad to the Bone | |
| 26 | Survivor-Que |