2024-06-14 – 2024-06-15 · Morris, IL · 📍 Morris, IL 60450
Reps: CHARLIE BRINZA, JEANNE TITUS · Prize money: $2,550.00
Grand Champion: Rudes BBQ (349.6916) · 40 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Truck'n Sauced
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2022 to 2024 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100
Rudes BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Pork Ribs places 9–10: HOT EMBERS BBQ edged HESSHOGS by 0.0112. Chicken places 5–6: Skinny Pig BBQ edged Truck'n Sauced by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 6–7: 2 GREEKS BBQ edged Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que by 0.0344.
BBQ MIKE turned in 178.8572 in chicken — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: 309 BBQ (won 2023).
This contest usually draws about 28 teams
40 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 28.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-17 | Morris, IL | Goold Park | 23 | 353.1084 | Smoke, Fire & Brew | — |
| 2023-06-17 | Morris, IL | Morris, IL 60450 | 33 | 346.2400 | 309 BBQ | — |
| 2024-06-14 ← this one | Morris, IL | Morris, IL 60450 | 40 | 349.6916 | Rudes BBQ | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 171.4172 | 168.5256 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 171.4172 | 169.7144 |
40 entries · top 349.6916 · median 328.5312
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 2 | Truck'n Sauced | |
| 3 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 4 | HESSHOGS | |
| 5 | Troublemakers BBQ | |
| 6 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 7 | Shmack Q | |
| 8 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 9 | Sugba Smokehouse | |
| 10 | 309 BBQ | |
| 11 | 2 GREEKS BBQ | |
| 12 | Hillbilly Deluxe | |
| 13 | Grundy County Smokin Pigs | |
| 14 | Rub, Sauce and 2 Smoking Barrels | |
| 15 | BBQ MIKE | |
| 16 | All Smoked Up BBQ | |
| 17 | Meathouse Bob-B-Que | |
| 18 | TJD Smokehouse | |
| 19 | Rusty Pig BBQ | |
| 20 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 21 | Big Foot BBQ | |
| 22 | HOT EMBERS BBQ | |
| 23 | Kaleta's Kitchen | |
| 24 | Bulldog BBQ | |
| 25 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 26 | Flamin Dave's | |
| 27 | Thick & Nasty | |
| 28 | Big Rich BBQ | |
| 29 | Pals BBQ | |
| 30 | Ishy Links BBQ | |
| 31 | LyondellBasell BBQ Team | |
| 32 | 2 Sauced 2 Pork | |
| 33 | TC's Smokin Section | |
| 34 | Smoke N Guns | |
| 35 | Bods by BBQ | |
| 36 | Just A Smokin BBQ | |
| 37 | Show Me Your Pits | |
| 38 | Dark Mountain BBQ | |
| 39 | BS BBQ | |
| 40 | Diabolical Pig |
39 entries · top 178.8572 · median 163.9312
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ MIKE | |
| 2 | HESSHOGS | |
| 3 | Sugba Smokehouse | |
| 4 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 5 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 6 | Truck'n Sauced | |
| 7 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 8 | Troublemakers BBQ | |
| 9 | 309 BBQ | |
| 10 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 11 | Just A Smokin BBQ | |
| 12 | Thick & Nasty | |
| 13 | Shmack Q | |
| 14 | All Smoked Up BBQ | |
| 15 | Rub, Sauce and 2 Smoking Barrels | |
| 16 | Grundy County Smokin Pigs | |
| 17 | Hillbilly Deluxe | |
| 18 | Pals BBQ | |
| 19 | 2 GREEKS BBQ | |
| 20 | Flamin Dave's | |
| 21 | Bods by BBQ | |
| 22 | TC's Smokin Section | |
| 23 | Ishy Links BBQ | |
| 24 | Rusty Pig BBQ | |
| 25 | Big Foot BBQ | |
| 26 | Kaleta's Kitchen | |
| 27 | TJD Smokehouse | |
| 28 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 29 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 30 | Bulldog BBQ | |
| 31 | LyondellBasell BBQ Team | |
| 32 | Big Rich BBQ | |
| 33 | Meathouse Bob-B-Que | |
| 34 | 2 Sauced 2 Pork | |
| 35 | Smoke N Guns | |
| 36 | HOT EMBERS BBQ | |
| 37 | Dark Mountain BBQ | |
| 38 | Show Me Your Pits | |
| 39 | BS BBQ |
40 entries · top 178.8572 · median 164.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 2 | Truck'n Sauced | |
| 3 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 4 | Troublemakers BBQ | |
| 5 | Shmack Q | |
| 6 | 2 GREEKS BBQ | |
| 7 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 8 | Meathouse Bob-B-Que | |
| 9 | HOT EMBERS BBQ | |
| 10 | HESSHOGS | |
| 11 | Hillbilly Deluxe | |
| 12 | Grundy County Smokin Pigs | |
| 13 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 14 | TJD Smokehouse | |
| 15 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 16 | 309 BBQ | |
| 17 | Rub, Sauce and 2 Smoking Barrels | |
| 18 | Rusty Pig BBQ | |
| 19 | Big Foot BBQ | |
| 20 | Bulldog BBQ | |
| 21 | All Smoked Up BBQ | |
| 22 | Big Rich BBQ | |
| 23 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 24 | Kaleta's Kitchen | |
| 25 | Sugba Smokehouse | |
| 26 | Flamin Dave's | |
| 27 | Smoke N Guns | |
| 28 | 2 Sauced 2 Pork | |
| 29 | LyondellBasell BBQ Team | |
| 30 | Ishy Links BBQ | |
| 31 | Pals BBQ | |
| 32 | Thick & Nasty | |
| 33 | Show Me Your Pits | |
| 34 | TC's Smokin Section | |
| 35 | BBQ MIKE | |
| 36 | BS BBQ | |
| 37 | Bods by BBQ | |
| 38 | Dark Mountain BBQ | |
| 39 | Diabolical Pig | |
| 40 | Just A Smokin BBQ |
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
38 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.2570 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 2 | HOT EMBERS BBQ | |
| 3 | Diabolical Pig | |
| 4 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 5 | Sugba Smokehouse | |
| 6 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 7 | LyondellBasell BBQ Team | |
| 8 | Meathouse Bob-B-Que | |
| 9 | Smoke N Guns | |
| 10 | Shmack Q | |
| 11 | Kaleta's Kitchen | |
| 12 | Big Rich BBQ | |
| 13 | 309 BBQ | |
| 14 | Rub, Sauce and 2 Smoking Barrels | |
| 15 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 16 | Bulldog BBQ | |
| 17 | Troublemakers BBQ | |
| 18 | Pals BBQ | |
| 19 | Bods by BBQ | |
| 20 | 2 GREEKS BBQ | |
| 21 | 2 Sauced 2 Pork | |
| 22 | Rusty Pig BBQ | |
| 23 | TJD Smokehouse | |
| 24 | Grundy County Smokin Pigs | |
| 25 | Thick & Nasty | |
| 26 | Truck'n Sauced | |
| 27 | Just A Smokin BBQ | |
| 28 | Ishy Links BBQ | |
| 29 | Flamin Dave's | |
| 30 | HESSHOGS | |
| 31 | BS BBQ | |
| 32 | Hillbilly Deluxe | |
| 33 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 34 | Dark Mountain BBQ | |
| 35 | Show Me Your Pits | |
| 36 | Big Foot BBQ | |
| 37 | TC's Smokin Section | |
| 38 | SmoQued On Main St |