Old Town Smokeout
2025-06-27 – 2025-06-28 · Van Buren, AR · State championship
Reps: KAREN JANE WILLIAMS, RALPH WILLIAMS · Prize money: $3,550.00
Grand Champion: Blind Hog BBQ (705.0972) · 27 teams
Entries
27
4 categories
Top score
705.0972
Winning margin
8.0460
GC over RC
Field average
670.85
median 687.89
Perfect 180s
5 🔥
Tightest race
Pork
2.8572 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
690.2172
what a walk cost here
Field spread
358.2744
winner to last place
Prize money
$3,550.00
on the line
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 17%
beats 83% of 2713 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1607
avg power rating going in · stronger than 93% of contests
Storylines
🔥 A day of perfect scores
5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1607 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)
Score distribution
This contest over the years
| Date | Where | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-27 ← this one | Van Buren, AR | 27 | 705.0972 | Blind Hog BBQ |
| 2025-06-27 | Van Buren, AR | 6 | 178.8572 | Thin Blue Smoke |
| 2026-06-26 | Van Buren, AR | — | — | — |
| 2026-06-26 | Van Buren, AR | — | — | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series — 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 |
Master Series — 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 |
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. |
Master Series — 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 |
Master Series — 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 |